diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 80d3a7e..3ba572e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@
 members = [
     "board-shared",
     "board-frontend",
+    "board-server",
+    "board-network",
 ]
diff --git a/board-network/Cargo.toml b/board-network/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78aa7b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board-network/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[package]
+name = "board-network"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+serde = { version = "1.0.152", features = ["derive"] }
+board-shared = { path = "../board-shared" }
diff --git a/board-network/src/lib.rs b/board-network/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b800ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board-network/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod protocol;
diff --git a/board-network/src/protocol.rs b/board-network/src/protocol.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c850203
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board-network/src/protocol.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+pub enum ClientMessage {
+    CreateRoom(String),
+    JoinRoom(String, String),
+    Disconnected,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+pub enum ServerMessage {
+    JoinedRoom {
+        room_name: String,
+    },
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/board-server/Cargo.toml b/board-server/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0d8a9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[package]
+name = "board-server"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+futures = { version = "0.3" }
+board-shared = { path = "../board-shared" }
+board-network = { path = "../board-network" }
+smol = "1.3.0"
+async-tungstenite = "0.20.0"
+tungstenite = "0.18.0"
+anyhow = "1.0.69"
diff --git a/board-server/src/main.rs b/board-server/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb3404c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board-server/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+use anyhow::Result;
+use futures::StreamExt;
+use smol::Async;
+use std::net::{SocketAddr, TcpListener, TcpStream};
+use std::{env, io};
+use tungstenite::Message as WebsocketMessage;
+
+async fn handle_connection(raw_stream: Async<TcpStream>, addr: SocketAddr) -> Result<()> {
+    println!("[{addr}] Incoming TCP connection");
+    let mut ws_stream = async_tungstenite::accept_async(raw_stream).await?;
+    println!("[{addr}] WebSocket connection established");
+
+    while let Some(Ok(WebsocketMessage::Text(text))) = ws_stream.next().await {
+        println!("[{addr}] Received message: {text}");
+    }
+
+    println!("[{addr}] Dropping connection");
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+    let addr = env::args()
+        .nth(1)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| "0.0.0.0:8080".to_string())
+        .parse::<SocketAddr>()
+        .expect("Invalid address");
+
+    smol::block_on(async {
+        println!("Listening on: {addr}");
+        let listener = Async::<TcpListener>::bind(addr).expect("Could not create listener");
+
+        while let Ok((stream, addr)) = listener.accept().await {
+            smol::spawn(async move {
+                if let Err(e) = handle_connection(stream, addr).await {
+                    eprintln!("Failed to handle connection from {addr}: {e}");
+                }
+            })
+            .detach();
+        }
+    });
+    Ok(())
+}