diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 599bae2..a39fc9a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,14 @@
 name = "geoffrey"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2018"
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+authors = ["R Tyler Croy <rtyler@brokenco.de>"]
+description = "The freshest butler in Bel-air"
 
 [dependencies]
+async-std = { version = "1", features = ["attributes", "tokio1"] }
+dotenv = "*"
+handlebars = { version = "4", features = ["dir_source"] }
+log = "*"
+pretty_env_logger = "0.3"
+#sqlx = { version = "0.5", features = ["chrono", "json", "offline", "postgres",  "uuid", "runtime-async-std-rustls"] }
+tide = "*"
diff --git a/projects.d/.gitignore b/projects.d/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e7a11a9..82d192e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,29 @@
-fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
+
+
+#[async_std::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+    dotenv::dotenv().ok();
+    pretty_env_logger::init();
+
+    #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+    {
+        info!("Activating DEBUG mode configuration");
+    }
+
+    if let Some(fd) = std::env::var("LISTEN_FD")
+        .ok()
+        .and_then(|fd| fd.parse().ok())
+    {
+        /*
+         * Allow the use of catflag for local development
+         * <https://github.com/passcod/catflap>
+         */
+        use std::net::TcpListener;
+        use std::os::unix::io::FromRawFd;
+        app.listen(unsafe { TcpListener::from_raw_fd(fd) }).await?;
+    } else {
+        app.listen("0.0.0.0:8000").await?;
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
 }