diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6635cf5..556d10e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ node_modules
 /build
 /.svelte-kit
 /package
+/target
 .env
 .env.*
 !.env.example
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
similarity index 98%
rename from src-tauri/Cargo.lock
rename to Cargo.lock
index d432e10..9e1faef 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -213,6 +213,58 @@ version = "1.5.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f2032f911046de80f0a198e0901378627c33f59ea0ac00e363d481118bd70a53"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "axum"
+version = "0.8.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "31b698c5f9a010f6573133b09e0de5408834d0c82f8d7475a89fc1867a71cd90"
+dependencies = [
+ "axum-core",
+ "bytes",
+ "form_urlencoded",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "itoa",
+ "matchit",
+ "memchr",
+ "mime",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "serde_core",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_path_to_error",
+ "serde_urlencoded",
+ "sync_wrapper",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "axum-core"
+version = "0.5.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "08c78f31d7b1291f7ee735c1c6780ccde7785daae9a9206026862dab7d8792d1"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-core",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "mime",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "sync_wrapper",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.21.7"
@@ -1595,6 +1647,12 @@ version = "1.10.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6dbf3de79e51f3d586ab4cb9d5c3e2c14aa28ed23d180cf89b4df0454a69cc87"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "httpdate"
+version = "1.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df3b46402a9d5adb4c86a0cf463f42e19994e3ee891101b1841f30a545cb49a9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hybrid-array"
 version = "0.4.13"
@@ -1617,6 +1675,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http",
  "http-body",
  "httparse",
+ "httpdate",
  "itoa",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "smallvec",
@@ -2077,6 +2136,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "web_atoms",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "matchit"
+version = "0.8.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "47e1ffaa40ddd1f3ed91f717a33c8c0ee23fff369e3aa8772b9605cc1d22f4c3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.8.1"
@@ -2921,6 +2986,12 @@ version = "1.0.22"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b39cdef0fa800fc44525c84ccb54a029961a8215f9619753635a9c0d2538d46d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ryu"
+version = "1.0.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9774ba4a74de5f7b1c1451ed6cd5285a32eddb5cccb8cc655a4e50009e06477f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "same-file"
 version = "1.0.6"
@@ -3082,6 +3153,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "zmij",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_path_to_error"
+version = "0.1.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "10a9ff822e371bb5403e391ecd83e182e0e77ba7f6fe0160b795797109d1b457"
+dependencies = [
+ "itoa",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_repr"
 version = "0.1.20"
@@ -3111,6 +3193,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_urlencoded"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d3491c14715ca2294c4d6a88f15e84739788c1d030eed8c110436aafdaa2f3fd"
+dependencies = [
+ "form_urlencoded",
+ "itoa",
+ "ryu",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_with"
 version = "3.21.0"
@@ -3845,9 +3939,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "mio",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "socket2",
+ "tokio-macros",
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-macros"
+version = "2.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6328af13490e73a9b4694030fafd93f8c8c6a9dede33e821c3fc63eddf8042ba"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.117",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-util"
 version = "0.7.18"
@@ -4005,6 +4111,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4043,6 +4150,7 @@ version = "0.1.44"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "63e71662fa4b2a2c3a26f570f037eb95bb1f85397f3cd8076caed2f026a6d100"
 dependencies = [
+ "log",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tracing-attributes",
  "tracing-core",
@@ -5052,6 +5160,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows 0.58.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wyd-server"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "axum",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "x11"
 version = "2.21.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60bd6f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[workspace]
+members = ["src-tauri", "src-server"]
+resolver = "2"
diff --git a/src-server/Cargo.toml b/src-server/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c2e39e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "wyd-server"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+publish = false
+
+[dependencies]
+axum = "0.8"
+tokio = { version = "1.53.1", features = ["macros", "net", "rt-multi-thread"] }
diff --git a/src-server/src/main.rs b/src-server/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9ece2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-server/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+use std::env;
+
+use axum::{http::StatusCode, routing::get, Router};
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let bind_addr = env::var("BIND_ADDR").unwrap_or_else(|_| "127.0.0.1:3000".to_string());
+    let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(&bind_addr).await?;
+    let app = Router::new()
+        .route("/", get("ok"))
+        .route("/health", get("ok"))
+        .fallback((StatusCode::NOT_FOUND, "not found"));
+
+    println!("wyd-server listening on http://{bind_addr}");
+
+    axum::serve(listener, app).await
+}