diff --git a/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/cmd.go
index 315c1b2..8594e8f 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"os"
+
+	"github.com/harry-hov/gnopls/internal/env"
+	"github.com/harry-hov/gnopls/internal/lsp"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
@@ -15,6 +18,14 @@ func GnoplsCmd() *cobra.Command {
 		SilenceUsage:       true,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			slog.Info("Initializing Server...")
+			env := &env.Env{
+				GNOROOT: os.Getenv("GNOROOT"),
+				GNOHOME: env.GnoHome(),
+			}
+			err := lsp.RunServer(cmd.Context(), env)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 
 			return nil
 		},
diff --git a/cmd/serve.go b/cmd/serve.go
index 52638c1..18e879f 100644
--- a/cmd/serve.go
+++ b/cmd/serve.go
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"log/slog"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/harry-hov/gnopls/internal/env"
+	"github.com/harry-hov/gnopls/internal/lsp"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
@@ -13,6 +17,17 @@ func CmdServe() *cobra.Command {
 		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(0),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			slog.Info("Initializing Server...")
+			env := &env.Env{
+				GNOROOT: gnoroot,
+				GNOHOME: env.GnoHome(),
+			}
+			if env.GNOROOT == "" {
+				env.GNOROOT = os.Getenv("GNOROOT")
+			}
+			err := lsp.RunServer(cmd.Context(), env)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 
 			return nil
 		},
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1b9b9b8..683e5ba 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,10 +5,22 @@ go 1.21.1
 require (
 	github.com/google/go-github v17.0.0+incompatible
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.5.0
+	go.lsp.dev/jsonrpc2 v0.10.0
+	go.lsp.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20210717090340-384b27a52fb2
+	go.lsp.dev/protocol v0.12.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
+	github.com/segmentio/asm v1.1.3 // indirect
+	github.com/segmentio/encoding v0.3.4 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 // indirect
+	go.lsp.dev/uri v0.3.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.9.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 39ac77f..37abcf4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,10 +1,59 @@
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+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.3 h1:FJKSZTDHjyhriyC81FLQ0LY93eSai0ZyR/ZIkd3ZUKE=
+github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.3/go.mod h1:mgiwOwqx65TmIk1wJ6Q7wvnVMocbUorkibMOrVTHZps=
 github.com/google/go-github v17.0.0+incompatible h1:N0LgJ1j65A7kfXrZnUDaYCs/Sf4rEjNlfyDHW9dolSY=
 github.com/google/go-github v17.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:zLgOLi98H3fifZn+44m+umXrS52loVEgC2AApnigrVQ=
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 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.0 h1:WgNl7dwNpEZ6jJ9k1snq4pZsg7DOEN8hP9Xw0Tsjwk0=
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 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.5.0/go.mod h1:dWXEIy2H428czQCjInthrTRUg7yKbok+2Qi/yBIJoUM=
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diff --git a/internal/lsp/error.go b/internal/lsp/error.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f531ac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/lsp/error.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package lsp
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"go.lsp.dev/jsonrpc2"
+)
+
+func sendParseError(ctx context.Context, reply jsonrpc2.Replier, err error) error {
+	return reply(ctx, nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", jsonrpc2.ErrParse, err))
+}
diff --git a/internal/lsp/run.go b/internal/lsp/run.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb4ae78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/lsp/run.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package lsp
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/harry-hov/gnopls/internal/env"
+	"go.lsp.dev/jsonrpc2"
+	"go.lsp.dev/pkg/fakenet"
+)
+
+func RunServer(ctx context.Context, env *env.Env) error {
+	conn := jsonrpc2.NewConn(jsonrpc2.NewStream(fakenet.NewConn("stdio", os.Stdin, os.Stdout)))
+	handler := BuildServerHandler(conn, env)
+	stream := jsonrpc2.HandlerServer(handler)
+	err := stream.ServeStream(ctx, conn)
+	if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/internal/lsp/server.go b/internal/lsp/server.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c2c6fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/lsp/server.go
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package lsp
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"log/slog"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"go.lsp.dev/jsonrpc2"
+	"go.lsp.dev/protocol"
+
+	"github.com/harry-hov/gnopls/internal/env"
+	"github.com/harry-hov/gnopls/internal/version"
+)
+
+type server struct {
+	conn jsonrpc2.Conn
+	env  *env.Env
+
+}
+
+func BuildServerHandler(conn jsonrpc2.Conn, env *env.Env) jsonrpc2.Handler {
+	dirs := []string{}
+	if env.GNOROOT != "" {
+		dirs = append(dirs, filepath.Join(env.GNOROOT, "examples"))
+		dirs = append(dirs, filepath.Join(env.GNOROOT, "gnovm/stdlibs"))
+	}
+	server := &server{
+		conn: conn,
+
+		env: env,
+
+	}
+
+	return jsonrpc2.ReplyHandler(server.ServerHandler)
+}
+
+func (s *server) ServerHandler(ctx context.Context, reply jsonrpc2.Replier, req jsonrpc2.Request) error {
+	switch req.Method() {
+	case "exit":
+		return s.Exit(ctx, reply, req)
+	case "initialize":
+		return s.Initialize(ctx, reply, req)
+	case "initialized":
+		return s.Initialized(ctx, reply, req)
+	case "shutdown":
+		return s.Shutdown(ctx, reply, req)
+	default:
+		return jsonrpc2.MethodNotFoundHandler(ctx, reply, req)
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *server) Initialize(ctx context.Context, reply jsonrpc2.Replier, req jsonrpc2.Request) error {
+	var params protocol.InitializeParams
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(req.Params(), &params); err != nil {
+		return sendParseError(ctx, reply, err)
+	}
+
+	return reply(ctx, protocol.InitializeResult{
+		ServerInfo: &protocol.ServerInfo{
+			Name:    "gnopls",
+			Version: version.Version,
+		},
+		Capabilities: protocol.ServerCapabilities{
+			TextDocumentSync: protocol.TextDocumentSyncOptions{
+				Change:    protocol.TextDocumentSyncKindFull,
+				OpenClose: true,
+				Save: &protocol.SaveOptions{
+					IncludeText: true,
+				},
+			},
+			CompletionProvider: &protocol.CompletionOptions{
+				TriggerCharacters: []string{"."},
+				ResolveProvider:   false,
+			},
+			HoverProvider: true,
+			ExecuteCommandProvider: &protocol.ExecuteCommandOptions{
+				Commands: []string{
+					"gnopls.version",
+				},
+			},
+			DocumentFormattingProvider: true,
+		},
+	}, nil)
+}
+
+func (s *server) Initialized(ctx context.Context, reply jsonrpc2.Replier, _ jsonrpc2.Request) error {
+	slog.Info("initialized")
+	return reply(ctx, nil, nil)
+}
+
+func (s *server) Shutdown(ctx context.Context, reply jsonrpc2.Replier, _ jsonrpc2.Request) error {
+	slog.Info("shutdown")
+	return reply(ctx, nil, s.conn.Close())
+}
+
+func (s *server) Exit(ctx context.Context, reply jsonrpc2.Replier, _ jsonrpc2.Request) error {
+	slog.Info("exit")
+	os.Exit(1)
+	return nil
+}