diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3316696..7bc0fac 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -26,12 +26,70 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "atomic-waker"
+version = "1.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1505bd5d3d116872e7271a6d4e16d81d0c8570876c8de68093a09ac269d8aac0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c08606f8c3cbf4ce6ec8e28fb0014a2c086708fe954eaa885384a6165172e7e8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "axum"
+version = "0.8.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "31b698c5f9a010f6573133b09e0de5408834d0c82f8d7475a89fc1867a71cd90"
+dependencies = [
+ "axum-core",
+ "bytes",
+ "form_urlencoded",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "itoa",
+ "matchit",
+ "memchr",
+ "mime",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "serde_core",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_path_to_error",
+ "serde_urlencoded",
+ "sync_wrapper",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "axum-core"
+version = "0.5.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "08c78f31d7b1291f7ee735c1c6780ccde7785daae9a9206026862dab7d8792d1"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-core",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "mime",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "sync_wrapper",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.22.1"
@@ -223,6 +281,16 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "877a4ace8713b0bcf2a4e7eec82529c029f1d0619886d18145fea96c3ffe5c0f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "errno"
+version = "0.3.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "39cab71617ae0d63f51a36d69f866391735b51691dbda63cf6f96d042b63efeb"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "etcetera"
 version = "0.8.0"
@@ -428,6 +496,86 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "http"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e3ba2a386d7f85a81f119ad7498ebe444d2e22c2af0b86b069416ace48b3311a"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "itoa",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "http-body"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1efedce1fb8e6913f23e0c92de8e62cd5b772a67e7b3946df930a62566c93184"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "http",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "http-body-util"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b021d93e26becf5dc7e1b75b1bed1fd93124b374ceb73f43d4d4eafec896a64a"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-core",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "httparse"
+version = "1.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6dbf3de79e51f3d586ab4cb9d5c3e2c14aa28ed23d180cf89b4df0454a69cc87"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "httpdate"
+version = "1.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df3b46402a9d5adb4c86a0cf463f42e19994e3ee891101b1841f30a545cb49a9"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper"
+version = "1.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6299f016b246a94207e63da54dbe807655bf9e00044f73ded42c3ac5305fbcca"
+dependencies = [
+ "atomic-waker",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "httparse",
+ "httpdate",
+ "itoa",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "smallvec",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-util"
+version = "0.1.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "96547c2556ec9d12fb1578c4eaf448b04993e7fb79cbaad930a656880a6bdfa0"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "hyper",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "icu_collections"
 version = "2.2.0"
@@ -630,6 +778,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex-automata",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "matchit"
+version = "0.8.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "47e1ffaa40ddd1f3ed91f717a33c8c0ee23fff369e3aa8772b9605cc1d22f4c3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "md-5"
 version = "0.10.6"
@@ -646,6 +800,12 @@ version = "2.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f8ca58f447f06ed17d5fc4043ce1b10dd205e060fb3ce5b979b8ed8e59ff3f79"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mime"
+version = "0.3.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6877bb514081ee2a7ff5ef9de3281f14a4dd4bceac4c09388074a6b5df8a139a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -918,6 +1078,7 @@ checksum = "dc897dd8d9e8bd1ed8cdad82b5966c3e0ecae09fb1907d58efaa013543185d0a"
 name = "rhythm-backend"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "axum",
  "dotenvy",
  "sqlx",
  "tokio",
@@ -1008,6 +1169,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "zmij",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_path_to_error"
+version = "0.1.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "10a9ff822e371bb5403e391ecd83e182e0e77ba7f6fe0160b795797109d1b457"
+dependencies = [
+ "itoa",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_urlencoded"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -1051,6 +1223,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "signal-hook-registry"
+version = "1.4.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c4db69cba1110affc0e9f7bcd48bbf87b3f4fc7c61fc9155afd4c469eb3d6c1b"
+dependencies = [
+ "errno",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "signature"
 version = "2.2.0"
@@ -1341,6 +1523,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sync_wrapper"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0bf256ce5efdfa370213c1dabab5935a12e49f2c58d15e9eac2870d3b4f27263"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "synstructure"
 version = "0.13.2"
@@ -1447,6 +1635,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "mio",
  "pin-project-lite",
+ "signal-hook-registry",
  "socket2",
  "tokio-macros",
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
@@ -1474,6 +1663,34 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tower"
+version = "0.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ebe5ef63511595f1344e2d5cfa636d973292adc0eec1f0ad45fae9f0851ab1d4"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "sync_wrapper",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-layer"
+version = "0.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "121c2a6cda46980bb0fcd1647ffaf6cd3fc79a013de288782836f6df9c48780e"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-service"
+version = "0.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8df9b6e13f2d32c91b9bd719c00d1958837bc7dec474d94952798cc8e69eeec3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing"
 version = "0.1.44"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2b20f33..1e85b82 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ tracing = "0.1.44"
 tracing-appender = "0.2.5"
 tracing-subscriber = {version="0.3.23", features = ["env-filter", "json"]}
 tracing-tree = "0.4.1"
-tokio = { version = "1.52.1", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.52.1", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros", "signal"] }
 sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = [ "runtime-tokio", "postgres", "time", "uuid" ] }
+axum = "0.8.9"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 3a577bb..834650a 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ impl AppEnv {
 pub struct Config {
     pub db_url: String,
     pub app_env: AppEnv,
-    pub http_port: String,
+    pub socket_address: String,
 }
 
 impl Config {
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ impl Config {
         dotenv().ok();
         Self {
             db_url: env::var("DB_URL").expect("DB_URL is not configured"),
-            http_port: env::var("PORT").expect("PORT is not configured"),
+            socket_address: env::var("SOCKET_ADDRESS").expect("SOCKET_ADDRESS is not configured"),
             app_env: AppEnv::from_env(),
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/database.rs b/src/database.rs
index d10613a..dc79422 100644
--- a/src/database.rs
+++ b/src/database.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::process::exit;
 
 use sqlx::{Pool, Postgres, postgres::PgPoolOptions};
 
-pub async fn init_database(db_url: &str) -> Pool<Postgres> {
+pub async fn init(db_url: &str) -> Pool<Postgres> {
     let db = match PgPoolOptions::new().connect(db_url).await {
         Ok(p) => p,
         Err(_) => {
diff --git a/src/logging.rs b/src/logging.rs
index e2dcc38..a201022 100644
--- a/src/logging.rs
+++ b/src/logging.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use tokio::signal;
 use tracing_appender::{
     non_blocking::WorkerGuard,
     rolling::{RollingFileAppender, Rotation},
@@ -60,3 +61,27 @@ impl LoggerConfig {
         guard
     }
 }
+
+pub async fn shutdown_signal() {
+    let ctrl_c = async {
+        signal::ctrl_c()
+            .await
+            .expect("failed to install Ctrl+C handler");
+    };
+
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    let terminate = async {
+        signal::unix::signal(signal::unix::SignalKind::terminate())
+            .expect("failed to install signal handler")
+            .recv()
+            .await;
+    };
+
+    #[cfg(not(unix))]
+    let terminate = std::future::pending::<()>();
+
+    tokio::select! {
+        _ = ctrl_c => {tracing::info!("Process killed with CTRL+C")},
+        _ = terminate => {tracing::info!("Process killed")},
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1ffdb0b..b76a9a2 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::database::init_database;
+use axum::{Router, routing::get};
 
 mod config;
 mod database;
@@ -8,5 +8,21 @@ mod logging;
 async fn main() {
     let cfg = config::Config::load();
     let _logging_guard = logging::LoggerConfig::init(cfg.app_env);
-    let db = init_database(&cfg.db_url).await;
+    let _db = database::init(&cfg.db_url).await;
+    let app = Router::new().route(
+        "/",
+        get(|| async {
+            tracing::info!("ciao");
+            return "ciao";
+        }),
+    );
+    let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(&cfg.socket_address)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    tracing::info!("Server started on {}", cfg.socket_address);
+    axum::serve(listener, app)
+        .with_graceful_shutdown(logging::shutdown_signal())
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
 }