diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a048662
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+LISTEN=127.0.0.1:3000
+SECRET=secret
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9a3a8d8..a0bc7f6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,14 +1,4 @@
-# ---> Go
-# Binaries for programs and plugins
-*.exe
-*.exe~
-*.dll
-*.so
-*.dylib
-
-# Test binary, build with `go test -c`
-*.test
-
-# Output of the go coverage tool, specifically when used with LiteIDE
-*.out
-
+# ---> Rust
+/target
+Cargo.lock
+**/*.rs.bk
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0166836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[package]
+name = "backend-auth"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["UnicodingUnicorn <7555ic@gmail.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+[dependencies]
+dotenv = "0.13.0"
+lazy_static = "1.2.0"
+iron = "0.6.0"
+router = "0.6.0"
+jsonwebtoken = "5"
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = [ "derive" ] }
+serde_json = "1.0"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6a5b31d..f08950d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
 # backend-auth
 
-Beep backend auth proxy
\ No newline at end of file
+Beep backend auth proxy. At long last, something done properly in Rust. My ancestors are smiling at me, Imperial, can you say the same?
+
+Is basically tailored just for traefik's Forward Authentication system. It takes a `GET`, `POST`, `PUT`, `PATCH` or `DELETE` request, reads a Bearer Auth JWT token if available. If it is not available or invalid, request fails with 4XX and traefik rejects the request. Otherwise, a success response is returned with a `X-User-Claim` header containing serialised user information. `OPTIONS` requests are allowed to pass through wholesale.
+
+## Contents of `X-User-Claim`
+
+```json
+{
+  "userid": "<userid>",
+  "clientid": "<clientid>"
+}
+```
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff98395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate serde;
+extern crate serde_json;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate lazy_static;
+extern crate dotenv;
+extern crate iron;
+extern crate router;
+extern crate jsonwebtoken as jwt;
+
+use dotenv::dotenv;
+use iron::prelude::*;
+use iron::headers::{ Authorization, Bearer };
+use iron::status::Status;
+use router::Router;
+use std::env;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+struct UserClaims {
+    userid: String,
+    clientid: String,
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    dotenv().ok();
+
+    let listen = env::var("LISTEN").unwrap();
+
+    lazy_static! {
+        static ref secret:String = env::var("SECRET").unwrap();
+    }
+
+    fn verify_jwt(req:&mut Request) -> IronResult<Response> {
+        if let Some(authorisation_header) = req.headers.get::<Authorization<Bearer>>() {
+            match jwt::decode::<UserClaims>(&authorisation_header.token, secret.as_ref(), &jwt::Validation{ validate_exp:false, ..Default::default()}) { // Don't validate expiry
+            // match jwt::decode::<UserClaims>(&authorisation_header.token, secret.as_ref(), &jwt::Validation::default()) { // Production version
+                Ok(decoded) => {
+                    let user_string = match serde_json::to_string(&decoded.claims) {
+                        Ok(s) => s,
+                        Err(_) => return Ok(Response::with((Status::Unauthorized, "401 Unauthorised"))),
+                    };
+                    let mut res = Response::with((Status::Ok, "200 Ok"));
+                    res.headers.set_raw("X-User-Claim", vec![user_string.as_bytes().to_vec()]);
+                    Ok(res)
+                },
+                Err(_) => Ok(Response::with((Status::Unauthorized, "401 Unauthorised")))
+            }
+        } else {
+            Ok(Response::with((Status::BadRequest, "400 Bad Request")))
+        }
+    }
+
+    let mut router = Router::new();
+    // Let OPTIONS through
+    router.options("/auth", success, "auth_options");
+    // Auth GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE
+    router.get("/auth", verify_jwt, "auth_get");
+    router.post("/auth", verify_jwt, "auth_post");
+    router.put("/auth", verify_jwt, "auth_put");
+    router.patch("/auth", verify_jwt, "auth_patch");
+    router.delete("/auth", verify_jwt, "auth_delete");
+
+    match Iron::new(router).http(&listen) {
+        Ok(_) => println!("Listening on {}", &listen),
+        Err(e) => println!("Error: {:?}", e),
+    };
+}
+
+fn success(_:&mut Request) -> IronResult<Response> {
+    Ok(Response::with((Status::Ok, "")))
+}