diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ab951f8..61ae5aa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,10 +13,3 @@ Cargo.lock
 
 # MSVC Windows builds of rustc generate these, which store debugging information
 *.pdb
-
-# RustRover
-#  JetBrains specific template is maintained in a separate JetBrains.gitignore that can
-#  be found at https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
-#  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
-#  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
-#.idea/
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6e4a49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "simpleshout"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+rocket = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["json"] }
+sled = { version = "0.34.7", features = ["mutex"] }
+toml = "0.8.19"
diff --git a/src/channel.rs b/src/channel.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9ddd96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+#[macro_use] extern crate rocket;
+
+pub mod channel;
+pub mod client;
+pub mod message;
+
+pub struct Config {
+    admin_password: String,
+    ratelimit: usize,
+    init_scrollback: usize,
+    sync_rate: usize,
+    reserved_usernames: Vec<String>,
+    banned_words: Vec<String>,
+    banned_users: Vec<String>,
+    banned_ips: Vec<String>,
+}
+
+impl Config {
+    pub fn save(&self) -> bool {
+        todo!();
+    }
+    pub fn load(path: &str) -> Self {
+        todo!();
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct State {
+    config: Config,
+    db: sled::Db,
+}
+
+#[derive(Display, Serialize)]
+pub enum ChatResponseStatus {
+    SUCCESS,
+    FAILURE
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+pub struct ChatResponse {
+    status: ChatResponseStatus,
+    message: String,
+}
+
+
+#[get("/init")]
+fn init() -> Json {
+    todo!();
+}
+
+#[post("/login")]
+fn login() -> Json {
+    todo!();
+}
+
+#[post("/create_channel")]
+fn create_channel() -> Json {
+    todo!();
+}
+
+#[get("/channels")]
+fn channels() -> Json {
+    todo!()
+}
+
+#[post("/join")]
+fn join() -> Json {
+    todo!();
+}
+
+#[post("/sync")]
+fn sync() -> Json {
+    todo!();
+}
+
+#[post("/send")]
+fn send() -> Json {
+    todo!();
+}
+
+#[delete("/delete")]
+fn delete() -> Json {
+    todo!();
+}
+
+#[post("/ban")]
+fn ban() -> Json {
+    todo!();
+}
+
+#[launch]
+fn rocket() -> _ {
+    // load config
+    // create shared config state
+    // init database, add to shared state
+    rocket::build().mount("/", routes![init, login, create_channel, channels, join, sync, send, delete, ban])
+}
diff --git a/src/message.rs b/src/message.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29