diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6a57def..205f41f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-sqlx = { version = "0.6.2", features = ["postgres"] }
+rocket = "0.5.0-rc.2"
+sqlx = { version = "0.6", features = ["postgres", "runtime-tokio-rustls"] }
+serde = "1.0"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..940eb97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  school-app-db:
+    image: postgres
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_DB: school_app_api
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: school_app_api_password
+      POSTGRES_USER: school_app_api_username
+      PGDATA: /db
+    volumes:
+    - ./pgdata:/db:rw
+
+  school-app-api:
+    image: school_app_api
+    depends_on: [school-app-db]
+    ports: ["4455:4455"]
+    
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e7a11a9..9619136 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
-fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate rocket;
+
+use rocket::response::status::BadRequest;
+
+#[get("/event")]
+fn events() -> String {
+    format!("event list")
+}
+
+#[get("/event/<id>")]
+fn event_id(id: Result<u64, &str>) -> Result<String, BadRequest<String>> {
+    match id {
+        Ok(id) => { Ok(format!("event for {}", id)) }
+        Err(_) => { Err(BadRequest(Some(format!("event id must be a valid u64")))) }
+    }
+}
+
+#[launch]
+fn rocket() -> _ {
+    rocket::build().mount("/", routes![events, event_id])
 }