diff --git a/src/activitystream/actor.rs b/src/activitystream/actor.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/activitystream/object.rs b/src/activitystream/object.rs
index b3941c0..accddcd 100644
--- a/src/activitystream/object.rs
+++ b/src/activitystream/object.rs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ impl Object for serde_json::Value {
 		todo!()
 	}
 
-	// ...
+	// ... TODO!
 }
 
 impl Link for serde_json::Value {
@@ -78,5 +78,26 @@ impl Link for serde_json::Value {
 		self.get("href")?.as_str()
 	}
 
-	// ...
+	// ... TODO!
+}
+
+pub trait ToJson : Object {
+	fn json(&self) -> serde_json::Value;
+}
+
+impl<T> ToJson for T where T : Object {
+	fn json(&self) -> serde_json::Value {
+		let mut map = serde_json::Map::new();
+
+		if let Some(id) = self.id() {
+			map.insert(
+				"id".to_string(),
+				serde_json::Value::String(id.to_string())
+			);
+		}
+
+		// ... TODO!
+
+		serde_json::Value::Object(map)
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..138ccb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+use std::ops::Deref;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use crate::activitystream::object::ToJson;
+use crate::activitystream::{types::ActivityType, Object, Type};
+use crate::model::user;
+use axum::{extract::{Path, State}, http::StatusCode, routing::{get, post}, Json, Router};
+use sea_orm::{DatabaseConnection, EntityTrait};
+
+pub async fn serve(db: DatabaseConnection) {
+	// build our application with a single route
+	let app = Router::new()
+		.route("/inbox", post(inbox))
+		.route("/outbox", get(|| async { todo!() }))
+		.route("/users/:id", get(user))
+		.route("/objects/:id", get(object))
+		.with_state(Arc::new(db));
+
+	// run our app with hyper, listening globally on port 3000
+	let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("0.0.0.0:3000").await.unwrap();
+
+	axum::serve(listener, app)
+		.await
+		.unwrap();
+}
+
+async fn inbox(State(_db) : State<Arc<DatabaseConnection>>, Json(object): Json<serde_json::Value>) -> Result<Json<serde_json::Value>, StatusCode> {
+	match object.object_type() {
+		None => { Err(StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST) },
+		Some(Type::Activity) => { Err(StatusCode::UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY) },
+		Some(Type::ActivityType(ActivityType::Follow)) => { todo!() },
+		Some(Type::ActivityType(ActivityType::Create)) => { todo!() },
+		Some(Type::ActivityType(ActivityType::Like)) => { todo!() },
+		Some(Type::ActivityType(_x)) => { Err(StatusCode::NOT_IMPLEMENTED) },
+		Some(_x) => { Err(StatusCode::UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY) }
+	}
+}
+
+async fn user(State(db) : State<Arc<DatabaseConnection>>, Path(id): Path<String>) -> Result<Json<serde_json::Value>, StatusCode> {
+	match user::Entity::find_by_id(id).one(db.deref()).await {
+		Ok(Some(user)) => Ok(Json(user.json())),
+		Ok(None) => Err(StatusCode::NOT_FOUND),
+		Err(e) => {
+			tracing::error!("error querying for user: {e}");
+			Err(StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+async fn object(State(_db) : State<Arc<DatabaseConnection>>, Path(_id): Path<String>) -> Result<Json<serde_json::Value>, StatusCode> {
+	todo!()
+}