diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6116405..dceb576 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #    By: adjoly <adjoly@student.42angouleme.fr>     +#+  +:+       +#+         #
 #                                                 +#+#+#+#+#+   +#+            #
 #    Created: 2024/10/25 16:09:27 by adjoly            #+#    #+#              #
-#    Updated: 2025/01/21 13:13:53 by mmoussou         ###   ########.fr        #
+#    Updated: 2025/02/03 16:43:32 by mmoussou         ###   ########.fr        #
 #                                                                              #
 # **************************************************************************** #
 
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ CC = c++
 
 OBJSDIR = obj/
 
+INCLUDES = ./includes
+
 SRCS = $(shell find . -name '*.cpp')
 
 OBJS = $(addprefix $(OBJSDIR), $(SRCS:.cpp=.o))
@@ -38,12 +40,12 @@ endif
 all: $(NAME)
 
 $(NAME): $(OBJS)
-	@$(CC) $(FLAGS) -I . $(OBJS) -o $(NAME)
+	@$(CC) $(FLAGS) -I$(INCLUDES) $(OBJS) -o $(NAME)
 	@printf "$(YELLOW)「✨」 feat($(NAME)): program compiled\n"
 
 $(OBJSDIR)%.o: %.cpp
 	@mkdir -p $(@D)
-	@$(CC) $(FLAGS) -I . -c $< -o $@
+	@$(CC) $(FLAGS) -I$(INCLUDES) -c $< -o $@
 	@printf "$(DELETE)$(GREEN)「🔨」 build($<): object compiled\n"
 
 clean:
diff --git a/includes/requests/HttpRequest.hpp b/includes/requests/HttpRequest.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e828a51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/includes/requests/HttpRequest.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* ************************************************************************** */
+/*                                                                            */
+/*                                                        :::      ::::::::   */
+/*   HttpRequest.hpp                                    :+:      :+:    :+:   */
+/*                                                    +:+ +:+         +:+     */
+/*   By: mmoussou <mmoussou@student.42angouleme.fr  +#+  +:+       +#+        */
+/*                                                +#+#+#+#+#+   +#+           */
+/*   Created: 2025/02/03 17:23:00 by mmoussou          #+#    #+#             */
+/*   Updated: 2025/02/03 18:11:29 by mmoussou         ###   ########.fr       */
+/*                                                                            */
+/* ************************************************************************** */
+
+#pragma once
+#ifndef __REQUESTS_HTTP_REQUEST_HPP__
+# define __REQUESTS_HTTP_REQUEST_HPP__
+
+struct HttpRequest {
+	std::string method;
+	std::string target;
+	std::string protocol;
+	std::map<std::string, std::string> headers;
+	std::string body;
+};
+
+HttpRequest parseRequest(const std::string &rawRequest);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/includes/requests/HttpResponse.hpp b/includes/requests/HttpResponse.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9784a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/includes/requests/HttpResponse.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/* ************************************************************************** */
+/*                                                                            */
+/*                                                        :::      ::::::::   */
+/*   HttpResponse.hpp                                   :+:      :+:    :+:   */
+/*                                                    +:+ +:+         +:+     */
+/*   By: mmoussou <mmoussou@student.42angouleme.fr  +#+  +:+       +#+        */
+/*                                                +#+#+#+#+#+   +#+           */
+/*   Created: 2025/02/03 17:21:20 by mmoussou          #+#    #+#             */
+/*   Updated: 2025/02/03 18:11:27 by mmoussou         ###   ########.fr       */
+/*                                                                            */
+/* ************************************************************************** */
+
+#pragma once
+#ifndef __REQUESTS_HTTP_RESPONSE_HPP__
+# define __REQUESTS_HTTP_RESPONSE_HPP__
+
+#include "requests/default.hpp"
+
+class HttpResponse {
+public:
+	HttpResponse(const HttpRequest	&request);
+	HttpResponse(const HttpResponse	&cpy);
+	~HttpResponse(void);
+
+	HttpResponse	&operator=(const HttpResponse &cpy);
+
+	std::string	str(void) const;
+
+private:
+	std::string	_protocol;
+	size_t		_status_code;
+	std::string	_status_text;
+	std::map<std::string, std::string> _headers;
+	std::string _body;
+
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/webserv.cpp b/includes/requests/default.hpp
similarity index 57%
rename from src/webserv.cpp
rename to includes/requests/default.hpp
index b60c590..9584306 100644
--- a/src/webserv.cpp
+++ b/includes/requests/default.hpp
@@ -1,20 +1,26 @@
 /* ************************************************************************** */
 /*                                                                            */
 /*                                                        :::      ::::::::   */
-/*   webserv.cpp                                        :+:      :+:    :+:   */
+/*   default.hpp                                        :+:      :+:    :+:   */
 /*                                                    +:+ +:+         +:+     */
-/*   By: adjoly <adjoly@student.42angouleme.fr>     +#+  +:+       +#+        */
+/*   By: mmoussou <mmoussou@student.42angouleme.fr  +#+  +:+       +#+        */
 /*                                                +#+#+#+#+#+   +#+           */
-/*   Created: 2025/01/20 16:33:31 by adjoly            #+#    #+#             */
-/*   Updated: 2025/01/20 16:35:02 by adjoly           ###   ########.fr       */
+/*   Created: 2025/02/03 15:48:22 by mmoussou          #+#    #+#             */
+/*   Updated: 2025/02/03 18:12:58 by mmoussou         ###   ########.fr       */
 /*                                                                            */
 /* ************************************************************************** */
 
+#pragma once
+#ifndef __REQUESTS_DEFAULT_HPP__
+# define __REQUESTS_DEFAULT_HPP__
+
+#include <map>
+#include <string>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <sstream>
 #include <iostream>
 
-int	main(int ac, char **av, char **env) {
-	(void)ac;
-	(void)av;
-	(void)env;
-	std::cout << "test" << std::endl;
-}
+#include "requests/HttpRequest.hpp"
+#include "requests/HttpResponse.hpp"
+
+#endif
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89abca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+	<style>
+body {
+	background-color: #1e2024;
+}
+	</style>
+	<body>
+		<h1 style="font-size: 3rem; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; text-align: center; letter-spacing: 2px; background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ff00ff, #00ffff); -webkit-background-clip: text; display: inline-block; border-bottom: 2px solid #fff;">evilge</h1>
+	</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb4b71b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+/* ************************************************************************** */
+/*                                                                            */
+/*                                                        :::      ::::::::   */
+/*   main.cpp                                           :+:      :+:    :+:   */
+/*                                                    +:+ +:+         +:+     */
+/*   By: mmoussou <mmoussou@student.42angouleme.fr  +#+  +:+       +#+        */
+/*                                                +#+#+#+#+#+   +#+           */
+/*   Created: 2025/02/03 15:45:07 by mmoussou          #+#    #+#             */
+/*   Updated: 2025/02/03 18:36:29 by mmoussou         ###   ########.fr       */
+/*                                                                            */
+/* ************************************************************************** */
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <csignal>
+#include <cstdlib>
+
+#include "requests/default.hpp"
+
+#define PORT 8080
+#define BUFFER_SIZE 4096
+
+int server_socket;
+
+void	close_socket(int signal)
+{
+	close(server_socket);
+	exit(signal);
+}
+
+int main() {
+	// handle ctrl-C to close server socket
+	if (signal(SIGINT, close_socket) == SIG_ERR) {
+        std::cerr << "Error registering signal handler!" << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    // create a socket
+    server_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    if (server_socket == -1) {
+        std::cerr << "Failed to create socket" << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    // prepare the server address
+    sockaddr_in server_address;
+    std::memset(&server_address, 0, sizeof(server_address));
+    server_address.sin_family = AF_INET;
+    server_address.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
+    server_address.sin_port = htons(PORT);
+
+    // bind the socket to the address
+    if (bind(server_socket, (sockaddr*)&server_address, sizeof(server_address)) == -1) {
+        std::cerr << "Failed to bind socket" << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    // listen for incoming connections
+    if (listen(server_socket, 5) == -1) {
+        std::cerr << "Failed to listen on socket" << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    std::cout << "Server is listening on port " << PORT << std::endl;
+
+    while (true) {
+        // accept an incoming connection
+        sockaddr_in client_address;
+        socklen_t client_address_len = sizeof(client_address);
+        int client_socket = accept(server_socket, (sockaddr*)&client_address, &client_address_len);
+        if (client_socket == -1) {
+            std::cerr << "Failed to accept connection" << std::endl;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        // receive the HTTP request
+        char buffer[BUFFER_SIZE];
+        std::memset(buffer, 0, BUFFER_SIZE);
+        ssize_t bytes_received = recv(client_socket, buffer, BUFFER_SIZE - 1, 0);
+        if (bytes_received == -1) {
+            std::cerr << "Failed to receive request" << std::endl;
+            close(client_socket);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        // parse the request
+        std::string received_data(buffer, bytes_received);
+		HttpRequest request = parseRequest(received_data);
+
+        std::cout << "Received " << request.method << " request for " << request.target << std::endl;
+
+
+        // handle the request
+        if (request.method == "GET")
+		{
+			HttpResponse response(request);
+            send(client_socket, response.str().c_str(), response.str().length(), 0);
+        }
+		else
+		{
+            std::string response = "HTTP/1.1 501 Not Implemented\r\nContent-Type: text/html\r\n\r\n<html><body><h1>501 Not Implemented</h1></body></html>";
+            send(client_socket, response.c_str(), response.length(), 0);
+        }
+
+        close(client_socket);
+    }
+
+    close(server_socket);
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/requests_handling/HttpRequests.cpp b/src/requests_handling/HttpRequests.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74fc0a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/requests_handling/HttpRequests.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/* ************************************************************************** */
+/*                                                                            */
+/*                                                        :::      ::::::::   */
+/*   HttpRequests.cpp                                   :+:      :+:    :+:   */
+/*                                                    +:+ +:+         +:+     */
+/*   By: mmoussou <mmoussou@student.42angouleme.fr  +#+  +:+       +#+        */
+/*                                                +#+#+#+#+#+   +#+           */
+/*   Created: 2025/02/03 16:07:01 by mmoussou          #+#    #+#             */
+/*   Updated: 2025/02/03 18:20:51 by mmoussou         ###   ########.fr       */
+/*                                                                            */
+/* ************************************************************************** */
+
+#include "requests/default.hpp"
+
+HttpRequest parseRequest(const std::string &rawRequest)
+{
+	std::istringstream	stream(rawRequest);
+	HttpRequest			request;
+	std::string			line;
+
+	if (std::getline(stream, line))
+	{
+		std::istringstream line_stream(line);
+		line_stream >> request.method >> request.target >> request.protocol;
+		request.target.insert(request.target.begin(), '.');
+	}
+
+	while (std::getline(stream, line) && line != "\r")
+	{
+		size_t delimiter_index = line.find(':');
+		if (delimiter_index != std::string::npos)
+		{
+			std::string key = line.substr(0, delimiter_index);
+			std::string value = line.substr(delimiter_index + 2);
+			request.headers[key] = value;
+		}
+	}
+
+	std::ostringstream body_stream;
+	while (std::getline(stream, line))
+		body_stream << line << "\n";
+	request.body = body_stream.str();
+
+	std::cout << "method: " << request.method << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "target: " << request.target << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "protocol: " << request.protocol << std::endl;
+	std::cout << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "-- headers --" << std::endl;
+	for (std::map<std::string, std::string>::const_iterator it = request.headers.begin(); it != request.headers.end(); ++it)
+	  std::cout << it->first << ": " << it->second << std::endl;
+	std::cout << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "-- body --" << std::endl << request.body << std::endl;
+
+	return request;
+}
diff --git a/src/requests_handling/HttpResponse.cpp b/src/requests_handling/HttpResponse.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea412eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/requests_handling/HttpResponse.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/* ************************************************************************** */
+/*                                                                            */
+/*                                                        :::      ::::::::   */
+/*   HttpResponse.cpp                                   :+:      :+:    :+:   */
+/*                                                    +:+ +:+         +:+     */
+/*   By: mmoussou <mmoussou@student.42angouleme.fr  +#+  +:+       +#+        */
+/*                                                +#+#+#+#+#+   +#+           */
+/*   Created: 2025/02/03 17:28:31 by mmoussou          #+#    #+#             */
+/*   Updated: 2025/02/03 18:15:12 by mmoussou         ###   ########.fr       */
+/*                                                                            */
+/* ************************************************************************** */
+
+#include "requests/HttpResponse.hpp"
+
+/*std::string	_protocol;
+size_t		_status_code;
+std::string	_status_text;
+std::map<std::string, std::string> _headers;
+std::string _body;*/
+
+HttpResponse::HttpResponse(const HttpRequest &request): _protocol(request.protocol)
+{
+	std::ifstream file(request.target.c_str(), std::ios::binary);
+	if (file)
+	{
+		this->_status_code = 200;
+		this->_status_text = "OK";
+		this->_headers["Content-Type"] = "text/html";
+		this->_body = std::string((std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(file)), std::istreambuf_iterator<char>());
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		this->_status_code = 404;
+		this->_status_text = "Not Found";
+		this->_headers["Content-Type"] = "text/html";
+		this->_body = "<html><body>nuh uh, get 404'd >:D</body></html>";
+	}
+}
+
+HttpResponse::HttpResponse(const HttpResponse &cpy)
+{
+	(void) cpy;
+}
+
+HttpResponse::~HttpResponse(void)
+{
+}
+
+HttpResponse	&HttpResponse::operator=(const HttpResponse &cpy)
+{
+	(void) cpy;
+	return (*this);
+}
+
+std::string	HttpResponse::str(void) const
+{
+	std::ostringstream response;
+
+	response << this->_protocol << " " << this->_status_code << " " << this->_status_text;
+	response << "\r\n";
+
+	for (std::map<std::string, std::string>::const_iterator it = this->_headers.begin(); it != this->_headers.end(); ++it)
+		response << it->first << ": " << it->second << "\r\n";
+
+	response << "\r\n";
+	response << this->_body;
+
+	return (response.str());
+}