diff --git a/api/.gitignore b/api/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..87e56100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# See https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files/ for more about ignoring files.
+
+# dependencies
+/node_modules
+/.pnp
+.pnp.js
+
+# testing
+/coverage
+
+# next.js
+/.next/
+/out/
+
+# production
+/build
+
+# misc
+.DS_Store
+*.pem
+
+# debug
+npm-debug.log*
+yarn-debug.log*
+yarn-error.log*
+
+# local env files
+.env.local
+.env.development.local
+.env.test.local
+.env.production.local
+
+# vercel
+.vercel
+
+**/*.trace
+**/*.zip
+**/*.tar.gz
+**/*.tgz
+**/*.log
+package-lock.json
+**/*.bun
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/bun.lockb b/api/bun.lockb
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..327eb02f
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diff --git a/api/package.json b/api/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8fc08dd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+	"name": "api",
+	"version": "1.0.50",
+	"scripts": {
+		"dev": "bun --watch src/index.ts",
+		"build": "bun build src/index.ts --target bun --outdir ./dist",
+		"start": "NODE_ENV=production bun dist/index.js",
+		"test": "bun test"
+	},
+	"dependencies": {
+		"elysia": "latest"
+	},
+	"devDependencies": {
+		"bun-types": "latest"
+	},
+	"module": "src/index.js"
+}
diff --git a/api/src/index.ts b/api/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f28d368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { Elysia } from "elysia";
+
+const app = new Elysia().get("/", () => "Hello Elysia").listen(3000);
+
+console.log(`🦊 Elysia is running at ${app.server?.hostname}:${app.server?.port}`);
diff --git a/api/tsconfig.json b/api/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e03f1d36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+	"compilerOptions": {
+		"target": "ES2021",
+		"module": "ES2022",
+		"moduleResolution": "node",
+		"types": [
+			"bun-types"
+		],
+		"esModuleInterop": true,
+		"forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+		"strict": true,
+		"skipLibCheck": true
+	}
+}
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index 22e5f9c8..7e882007 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ in
       sqlc
       go-swag
       robotframework-tidy
+      bun
     ];
 
     DOTNET_ROOT = "${dotnet}";