diff --git a/server/.gitignore b/server/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ddc6ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+kloam
diff --git a/server/go.mod b/server/go.mod
index 3c5d440..b5d0d74 100644
--- a/server/go.mod
+++ b/server/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ module github.com/jordanorelli/kloam
 go 1.13
 
 require (
+	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.3
+	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.1
 	github.com/jordanorelli/blammo v0.0.0-20200201231725-9fd70eb7c1f2
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200117160349-530e935923ad // indirect
 )
diff --git a/server/go.sum b/server/go.sum
index 6869562..a001543 100644
--- a/server/go.sum
+++ b/server/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.3 h1:gnP5JzjVOuiZD07fKKToCAOjS0yOpj/qPETTXCCS6hw=
+github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.3/go.mod h1:1lud6UwP+6orDFRuTfBEV8e9/aOM/c4fVVCaMa2zaAs=
+github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.1 h1:q7AeDBpnBk8AogcD4DSag/Ukw/KV+YhzLj2bP5HvKCM=
+github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.1/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/adAjf1fMHhE=
 github.com/jordanorelli/blammo v0.0.0-20200121053404-bd13f6b43c9f h1:m1UX7IV22aEt+hw5R/9MkmB2jdF4kRucP9Z/E/ql1JU=
 github.com/jordanorelli/blammo v0.0.0-20200121053404-bd13f6b43c9f/go.mod h1:ofUhNTXhWoL77wTBOnWpjPN9s244RK1Hn0XiYhE4E1s=
 github.com/jordanorelli/blammo v0.0.0-20200201231725-9fd70eb7c1f2 h1:DH2VZ5Z4paQJe0zViSQENrwbgfrt4yyTeckjureCKOw=
diff --git a/server/main.go b/server/main.go
index ba64743..cf29676 100644
--- a/server/main.go
+++ b/server/main.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/jordanorelli/blammo"
@@ -12,4 +14,15 @@ func main() {
 	log := blammo.NewLog("kloam", blammo.DebugWriter(stdout), blammo.InfoWriter(stdout), blammo.ErrorWriter(stderr))
 	log.Info("this is some info")
 	log.Info("some more info here")
+
+	s := server{
+		Log: log,
+	}
+	s.init()
+	lis, err := net.Listen("tcp", "0.0.0.0:9001")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("listen error: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+	http.Serve(lis, s.handler())
 }
diff --git a/server/player.go b/server/player.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee62aae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/player.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package main
+
+import "github.com/gorilla/websocket"
+
+type player struct {
+	conn *websocket.Conn
+}
+
+func (p *player) readMessages() {
+}
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e1fafc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
+	"github.com/jordanorelli/blammo"
+)
+
+type server struct {
+	*blammo.Log
+	router *mux.Router
+}
+
+func (s *server) init() {
+	r := mux.NewRouter()
+	r.HandleFunc("/kloam", s.play)
+
+	s.router = r
+}
+
+func (s *server) handler() http.Handler {
+	return s.router
+}
+
+func (s *server) play(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	u := websocket.Upgrader{}
+
+	conn, err := u.Upgrade(w, r, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.Error("upgrade error: %s", err)
+		return
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	s.Info("client connected: %v", conn.RemoteAddr())
+
+	for {
+		_, rd, err := conn.NextReader()
+		if err != nil {
+			s.Error("nextreader error: %s", err)
+			break
+		}
+
+		b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(rd)
+		if err != nil {
+			s.Error("read error: %s", err)
+		} else {
+			s.Child("rcv").Info(string(b))
+		}
+	}
+
+}