diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 95ad7ce..8c01eaa 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -149,6 +149,57 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "axum"
+version = "0.6.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a6a1de45611fdb535bfde7b7de4fd54f4fd2b17b1737c0a59b69bf9b92074b8c"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "axum-core",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "hyper",
+ "itoa",
+ "matchit",
+ "memchr",
+ "mime",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rustversion",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_path_to_error",
+ "serde_urlencoded",
+ "sync_wrapper",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "axum-core"
+version = "0.3.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "759fa577a247914fd3f7f76d62972792636412fbfd634cd452f6a385a74d2d2c"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "mime",
+ "rustversion",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "backtrace"
 version = "0.3.68"
@@ -339,14 +390,18 @@ name = "core"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ammonia",
+ "axum",
  "chrono",
  "config",
  "dirs",
  "env_logger",
  "log",
  "scraper",
+ "serde",
  "sqlx",
  "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
  "whatlang",
 ]
 
@@ -1201,6 +1256,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "tendril",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "matchit"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b87248edafb776e59e6ee64a79086f65890d3510f2c656c000bf2a7e8a0aea40"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "md-5"
 version = "0.10.5"
@@ -1296,6 +1357,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "minimal-lexical",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nu-ansi-term"
+version = "0.46.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77a8165726e8236064dbb45459242600304b42a5ea24ee2948e18e023bf7ba84"
+dependencies = [
+ "overload",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-bigint-dig"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -1385,6 +1456,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown 0.12.3",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "overload"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b15813163c1d831bf4a13c3610c05c0d03b39feb07f7e09fa234dac9b15aaf39"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -1895,6 +1972,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "untrusted",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustversion"
+version = "1.0.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7ffc183a10b4478d04cbbbfc96d0873219d962dd5accaff2ffbd4ceb7df837f4"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.15"
@@ -1993,6 +2076,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_path_to_error"
+version = "0.1.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4beec8bce849d58d06238cb50db2e1c417cfeafa4c63f692b15c82b7c80f8335"
+dependencies = [
+ "itoa",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_urlencoded"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -2047,6 +2140,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sharded-slab"
+version = "0.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "900fba806f70c630b0a382d0d825e17a0f19fcd059a2ade1ff237bcddf446b31"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook-registry"
 version = "1.4.1"
@@ -2422,6 +2524,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sync_wrapper"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2047c6ded9c721764247e62cd3b03c09ffc529b2ba5b10ec482ae507a4a70160"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
 version = "3.7.0"
@@ -2475,6 +2583,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.27",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3fdd6f064ccff2d6567adcb3873ca630700f00b5ad3f060c25b5dcfd9a4ce152"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.1.45"
@@ -2576,6 +2694,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tower"
+version = "0.4.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b8fa9be0de6cf49e536ce1851f987bd21a43b771b09473c3549a6c853db37c1c"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "pin-project",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-layer"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c20c8dbed6283a09604c3e69b4b7eeb54e298b8a600d4d5ecb5ad39de609f1d0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-service"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -2613,6 +2753,32 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0955b8137a1df6f1a2e9a37d8a6656291ff0297c1a97c24e0d8425fe2312f79a"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
+ "valuable",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-log"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "78ddad33d2d10b1ed7eb9d1f518a5674713876e97e5bb9b7345a7984fbb4f922"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "log",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-subscriber"
+version = "0.3.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "30a651bc37f915e81f087d86e62a18eec5f79550c7faff886f7090b4ea757c77"
+dependencies = [
+ "nu-ansi-term",
+ "sharded-slab",
+ "smallvec",
+ "thread_local",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-log",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2696,6 +2862,12 @@ version = "0.7.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "09cc8ee72d2a9becf2f2febe0205bbed8fc6615b7cb429ad062dc7b7ddd036a9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "valuable"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vcpkg"
 version = "0.2.15"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2c9efb7..11e1252 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ env_logger = "0.9.0"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.26", features = [ "serde" ] }
 sqlx = { version = "0.7", features = [ "runtime-tokio", "tls-rustls", "chrono", "macros", "sqlite" ] }
 scraper = "0.17.1"
+axum = { version = "0.6.19", features = [ "http2", "tracing" ] }
 
 [profile.release]
 strip = true
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 0ee2df8..018ba30 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,5 +15,9 @@ chrono.workspace = true
 config.workspace = true
 dirs.workspace = true
 scraper.workspace = true
+axum.workspace = true
 whatlang = "0.16.2"
 ammonia = "3"
+tracing-subscriber = "0.3.17"
+tracing = "0.1.37"
+serde = "1.0.175"
diff --git a/core/src/main.rs b/core/src/main.rs
index 3ab79ec..2757ea2 100644
--- a/core/src/main.rs
+++ b/core/src/main.rs
@@ -2,21 +2,40 @@
 extern crate log;
 
 use ammonia::clean;
+use axum::{
+    http::StatusCode,
+    response::IntoResponse,
+    routing::{get, post},
+    Json, Router,
+};
 use scraper::{Html, Selector};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use sqlx::sqlite::SqlitePool;
 use std::env;
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use whatlang::{detect_lang, Lang};
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
-    env_logger::init();
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
 
     let pool = SqlitePool::connect(&env::var("DATABASE_URL").unwrap())
         .await
         .unwrap();
 
-    info!("Hello, world!");
-    update_index(&pool).await;
+    let app = Router::new()
+        // `GET /` goes to `root`
+        .route("/", get(root));
+    let addr = SocketAddr::from(([127, 0, 0, 1], 3000));
+    tracing::debug!("listening on {}", addr);
+    axum::Server::bind(&addr)
+        .serve(app.into_make_service())
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+}
+
+async fn root() -> &'static str {
+    "Hello, World!"
 }
 
 async fn update_index(pool: &SqlitePool) {