diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ea11c55..a6b1ef6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 module github.com/TheLovinator1/FeedVault
 
 go 1.21.6
+
+require github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.11
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd04e27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.11 h1:BnpYbFZ3T3S1WMpD79r7R5ThWX40TaFB7L31Y8xqSwA=
+github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.11/go.mod h1:DslCQbL2OYiznFReuXYUmQ2hGd1aDpCnlMNITLSKoi8=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c110333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5/middleware"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	r := chi.NewRouter()
+	r.Use(middleware.Logger)
+	r.Get("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+		w.Write([]byte("welcome"))
+	})
+
+	log.Println("listening on http://localhost:8000/")
+	http.ListenAndServe("127.0.0.1:8000", r)
+}