diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*~
+.cpcache
diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
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+++ b/deps.edn
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+{:deps
+ {http-kit/http-kit {:mvn/version "2.3.0"}
+  metosin/reitit {:mvn/version "0.5.6"}
+  ring/ring-defaults {:mvn/version "0.3.2"}}}
diff --git a/src/openretro/main.clj b/src/openretro/main.clj
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+(ns openretro.main
+  (:require [org.httpkit.server :as http-server]
+            [reitit.ring :as reitit-ring]
+            [ring.middleware.defaults :refer [wrap-defaults]]))
+
+(defn hello [req]
+  {:status 200
+   :headers {"Content-Type" "text/html"}
+   :body "http-kit"})
+
+(defn ws-endpoint [req]
+  (http-server/with-channel req channel
+    (http-server/on-close
+     channel
+     (fn [status] (println "closed" status)))
+    (http-server/on-receive
+     channel
+     (fn [data]
+       (http-server/send! channel data)))))
+
+(def router
+  (reitit-ring/ring-handler
+   (reitit-ring/router
+    [["/hello" {:get {:handler hello}}]
+     ["/ws" {:get {:handler ws-endpoint}}]])))
+
+(defonce server (atom nil))
+
+(defn stop-server []
+  (when-not (nil? @server)
+    (@server :timeout 1000)
+    (reset! server nil)))
+
+(defn -main [& args]
+  (reset! server
+          (http-server/run-server #'router
+                                  {:port 8080})))