diff --git a/lib/server.js b/lib/server.js
index 35d4a27..e0ba6b8 100644
--- a/lib/server.js
+++ b/lib/server.js
@@ -1,5 +1,114 @@
-var server = function(settings){
+var http = require("http");
+var util = require("util");
+
+var yaps_plugin = require("./plugin.js");
+
+var handler_chain = function(handlers, request, server, response, not_found){
+    if(handlers.length){
+	handlers[0](request, server, function(status, body, headers){
+	    if(status == null || status == undefined){
+		handler_chain(handlers.slice(1), request, server, response, not_found);
+	    } else{
+		response.writeHead(status, headers);
+		response.end(body);
+	    }
+	});
+    } else{
+	not_found();
+    }
+};
+
+var server = function(settings, http_server){
     this.settings = settings || {};
+    this.bind = this.settings["bind"] || "0.0.0.0:8000";
+    this.enabledPlugins = [];
+    this.routes = {};
+    this.notFound = [];
+    this.setup = [];
+
+    // they gave us an http server, lets use that
+    if(http_server != null || http_server != undefined){
+	this.server = http_server;
+    } else{
+	this.server = new http.Server();
+    }
+    this.server.yaps = this;
+};
+
+server.prototype.rootHandler = function(request, response){
+    var self = this.yaps;
+    var handlers = [];
+    var method = request.method.toUpperCase();
+    for(var route in self.routes[method]){
+	if(!self.routes[method][route].length){
+	    continue;
+	}
+	var pattern = new RegExp(route);
+	if(pattern.test(request.url)){
+	    handlers = handlers.concat(self.routes[method][route]);
+	}
+    }
+
+    handlers = self.setup.concat(handlers);
+
+    if(handlers.length){
+        handler_chain(handlers, request, self, response, function(){
+    	    handler_chain(self.notFound, request, self, response, function(){
+    		response.writeHead(404);
+    		response.end("Not Found");
+    	    });
+        });
+    } else{
+    	handler_chain(self.notFound, request, self, response, function(){
+    	    response.writeHead(404);
+    	    response.end("Not Found");
+	});
+    }
+};
+
+server.prototype.errorHandler = function(error){
+    console.log("Error:", error);
+};
+
+server.prototype.registerPlugin = function(plugin_constructor){
+    util.inherits(plugin_constructor, yaps_plugin);
+    var plugin = new plugin_constructor(this.settings);
+    this.enabledPlugins.push(plugin);
+    for(var method in plugin.routes){
+	this.routes[method] = this.routes[method] || {};
+	for(var route in plugin.routes[method]){
+	    this.routes[method][route] = this.routes[method][route] || [];
+	    this.routes[method][route] = this.routes[method][route].concat(plugin.routes[method][route]);
+	}
+    }
+    if(plugin.notFound){
+	this.notFound.push(plugin.notFound);
+    }
+    if(plugin.setup && plugin.setup.length){
+	this.setup = this.setup.concat(plugin.setup);
+    }
+};
+
+server.prototype.start = function(){
+    this.server.on("error", this.errorHandler);
+    this.server.on("request", this.rootHandler);
+
+    var bind_parts = [undefined, undefined];
+    if(this.bind.indexOf("unix://") == 0){
+	bind_parts[1] = this.bind;
+    } else{
+	if(!~this.bind.indexOf(":")){
+	    bind_parts = [this.bind, "0.0.0.0"];
+	} else{
+	    bind_parts = this.bind.split(":");
+	}
+    }
+
+    this.server.listen(bind_parts[1], bind_parts[0]);
+};
+
+server.prototype.stop = function(){
+    this.server.close();
 };
 
 module.exports = server;