diff --git a/controller/index.go b/controller/index.go
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/controller/index.go
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+package controller
+
+import (
+	//"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+// IndexGET displays the home page
+func IndexGet(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, _ httprouter.Params) {
+
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	response := "{\"test\" : 123}"
+
+	fmt.Fprint(w, response)
+
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
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+++ b/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	//"fmt"
+	//"github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/mgerb42/mywebsite/route"
+)
+
+func main() {
+
+	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8080", route.Routes()))
+
+}
diff --git a/public/test.html b/public/test.html
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/test.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+test
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/route/route.go b/route/route.go
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+++ b/route/route.go
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+package route
+
+import (
+	//"encoding/json"
+	//"fmt"
+	"github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/mgerb42/mywebsite/controller"
+)
+
+func Routes() *httprouter.Router {
+
+	r := httprouter.New()
+
+	r.GET("/", controller.IndexGet)
+
+	//set up public folder path
+	r.ServeFiles("/public/*filepath", http.Dir("./public"))
+
+	return r
+}