diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..485dee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.idea
diff --git a/backend/api.go b/backend/api.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80b4438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/api.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package main
+
+import "net/http"
+
+type ApiHandler struct {
+}
+
+func NewApiHandler() *ApiHandler {
+	// TODO
+	return &ApiHandler{}
+}
+
+func (api *ApiHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	// TODO
+}
diff --git a/backend/backend.iml b/backend/backend.iml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eacc75a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/backend.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="WEB_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="Go" enabled="true" />
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+    <exclude-output />
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+  </component>
+</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/go.mod b/backend/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5e093e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module backend
+
+go 1.25
diff --git a/backend/main.go b/backend/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74a9a23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	port := os.Getenv("PORT")
+	if port == "" {
+		port = "8080"
+	}
+
+	staticFolder := os.Getenv("STATIC_FOLDER")
+	if staticFolder == "" {
+		staticFolder = "static"
+	}
+
+	fsHandler := http.FileServer(http.Dir(staticFolder))
+	apiHandler := NewApiHandler()
+
+	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+	mux.Handle("/", fsHandler)
+	mux.Handle("/api/", apiHandler)
+
+	log.Println("Listening on port", port)
+	err := http.ListenAndServe(":"+port, mux)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln(err.Error())
+	}
+}
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index 40eb577..5f83469 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 { pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
 pkgs.mkShell {
-  nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs.buildPackages; [ nodejs ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs.buildPackages; [
+    go
+    nodejs
+  ];
 }