diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d9be1c2..b40de1a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # beep-permissions
 
-Beep backend handling user permissions
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+Beep backend handling user permissions. Currently, permissions are defined as user-scope (i.e. userid in conversationid). If no such pairing exists, permission is denied. Might consider moving to searchms style user-scope-action system later.
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ea73aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+  "database/sql"
+  "log"
+  "net/http"
+  "os"
+
+  "github.com/joho/godotenv"
+  "github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
+  _ "github.com/lib/pq"
+)
+
+var listen string
+var postgres string
+
+func main() {
+  // Load .env
+  err := godotenv.Load()
+  if err != nil {
+    log.Fatal("Error loading .env file")
+  }
+  listen = os.Getenv("LISTEN")
+  postgres = os.Getenv("POSTGRES")
+
+  // Postgres
+  log.Printf("connecting to postgres %s", postgres)
+  db, err := sql.Open("postgres", postgres)
+  if err != nil {
+    log.Fatal(err)
+  }
+  defer db.Close()
+
+  // Routes
+  router := httprouter.New()
+
+  // Serve
+  log.Printf("starting server on %s", listen)
+  log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(listen, router))
+}