diff --git a/SourceCode/arduino/include/theServer.h b/SourceCode/arduino/include/theServer.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adef3ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SourceCode/arduino/include/theServer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#ifndef THESERVER_H
+#define THESERVER_H
+
+#include "WebServer.h"
+#include "cJSON.h"
+
+static WebServer server(8080);
+
+void custom_message_response(const char *message, int response_code)
+{
+    cJSON *json_response = cJSON_CreateObject();
+    cJSON_AddBoolToObject(json_response, "ok", true);
+    cJSON_AddStringToObject(json_response, "message", message);
+    server.send(response_code, "application/json", cJSON_Print(json_response));
+    cJSON_Delete(json_response);
+}
+
+static void getFirewallRules()
+{
+    custom_message_response("firewall rules..", 200);
+}
+
+static void setup_routing()
+{
+    server.on("/api/v1/firewall", HTTP_GET, getFirewallRules);
+}
+
+void setup_server()
+{
+    setup_routing();
+    server.begin();
+}
+
+void handle_server_clients()
+{
+    server.handleClient();
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/SourceCode/arduino/include/theWifi.h b/SourceCode/arduino/include/theWifi.h
index 1c33737..0f4c2b4 100644
--- a/SourceCode/arduino/include/theWifi.h
+++ b/SourceCode/arduino/include/theWifi.h
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 #include "WiFi.h"
 #include "theSecrets.h"
 
-const char *serverIp;
+const char *esp_ip_address;
 
-void connectWifi()
+void setup_wifi()
 {
     log_i("Attempting to connect to WPA SSID: %s", ssid);
     WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ void connectWifi()
     {
         delay(1000);
     }
-    serverIp = WiFi.localIP().toString().c_str();
-    log_i("Connected, IP Address: %s", serverIp);
+    esp_ip_address = WiFi.localIP().toString().c_str();
+    log_i("Connected, IP Address: %s", esp_ip_address);
 }
 
-#endif
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+#endif
diff --git a/SourceCode/arduino/src/main.cpp b/SourceCode/arduino/src/main.cpp
index 22db30b..348aabb 100644
--- a/SourceCode/arduino/src/main.cpp
+++ b/SourceCode/arduino/src/main.cpp
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 #include <Arduino.h>
 #include "theWifi.h"
+#include "theServer.h"
 
 void setup()
 {
-  connectWifi();
+  setup_wifi();
+  setup_server();
 }
 
 void loop()
 {
-  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
+  handle_server_clients();
 }
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