diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b70d544..e442d3c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,3 +31,7 @@ node_modules
 *.aux
 *.toc
 /proposal/proposal.out
+
+#nodejs things
+node_modules
+npm-debug.log
diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15e2251
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Modules
+ */
+var express = require('express');
+var path = require('path');
+var app = express();
+
+app.configure(function() {
+  app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3000);
+  app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
+  app.set('view engine', 'jade');
+  app.use(express.logger('dev'));
+  app.use(express.json());
+  
+  app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
+
+  //debug error handler
+  app.use(express.errorHandler());
+  app.locals.pretty = true;
+
+});
+
+/*
+ * Routes
+ * Add additional views here :-)
+ */
+
+//index
+app.get('/', require('./routes/index')());
+
+app.listen(app.get('port'), function(){
+  console.log('Express server listening on port ' + app.get('port'));
+});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fef5848
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "name": "c0db",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/aarongut/cdb.git"
+  },
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/aarongut/cdb/issues"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "express": "~3.4.8",
+    "jade": "~1.1.5"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/public/favicon.ico b/public/favicon.ico
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd0ca93
Binary files /dev/null and b/public/favicon.ico differ
diff --git a/routes/index.js b/routes/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9850734
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module.exports = function(db) {
+  return function (req, res) {
+    res.render('index');
+  }
+}
diff --git a/views/base.jade b/views/base.jade
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6220878
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/base.jade
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+doctype html
+html
+  head
+    meta(charset="utf-8")
+
+    link(rel="stylesheet"
+         href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.3/css/bootstrap.min.css")
+    
+    block head
+
+  body
+
+    block body
+  
+    script(type="text/javascript"
+           src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js")
+    script(type="text/javascript"
+           src="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.3/js/bootstrap.min.js")
+
+
+    block script
+
diff --git a/views/index.jade b/views/index.jade
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0827ea5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/index.jade
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+extends base
+
+block head
+  title c0db
+
+block body
+  div.jumbotron c0db
+