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diff --git a/packages/backend/crates/server/Cargo.toml b/packages/backend/crates/server/Cargo.toml
index dd022ab514..a73bac8539 100644
--- a/packages/backend/crates/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/backend/crates/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+axum = "0.6.18"
+tokio = { version = "1.28.1", features = ["full"] }
+config = { path = "../config" }
diff --git a/packages/backend/crates/server/src/api/routes.rs b/packages/backend/crates/server/src/api/routes.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..212ea4ae73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/crates/server/src/api/routes.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+use axum::{routing::get, Router};
+
+pub fn routes() -> Router {
+    Router::new().route("/", get(|| async { "Hello world!" }))
+}
diff --git a/packages/backend/crates/server/src/lib.rs b/packages/backend/crates/server/src/lib.rs
index 4122fe8566..ed9f2338c8 100644
--- a/packages/backend/crates/server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/packages/backend/crates/server/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,37 @@
-pub fn add(left: usize, right: usize) -> usize {
-    todo!();
-    left + right
+use std::error;
+
+use axum::Router;
+
+use tokio::runtime;
+
+use config::get_config;
+
+pub mod api {
+    pub mod routes;
 }
 
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
+pub enum Error {}
 
-    #[test]
-    fn it_works() {
-        let result = add(2, 2);
-        assert_eq!(result, 4);
+pub fn init() -> Result<(), Box<dyn error::Error>> {
+    // initialize tokio runtime
+    let mut rt = runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread();
+
+    let rt = rt.enable_all();
+
+    if let Some(n) = get_config()?.cluster_limit {
+        rt.worker_threads(n as usize);
     }
+
+    let rt = rt.build()?;
+
+    let app = Router::new().nest("/api", api::routes::routes());
+
+    rt.block_on(async {
+        axum::Server::bind(&format!("127.0.0.1:{}", get_config()?.port).parse()?)
+            .serve(app.into_make_service())
+            .await?;
+        Result::<(), Box<dyn error::Error>>::Ok(())
+    })?;
+
+    Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/main.rs b/packages/backend/src/main.rs
index b6268f3d21..760391f136 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/packages/backend/src/main.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn error::Error>> {
             .join("default.yml"),
     )?;
 
-    println!("{:?}", config::get_config()?);
+    eprintln!("{:?}", config::get_config()?);
+
+    server::init()?;
+
     Ok(())
 }