diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/cmd/server/config.toml b/cmd/server/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76efb65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/server/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[server]
+address = ":6379"
diff --git a/cmd/server/handlers.go b/cmd/server/handlers.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b7ea42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/server/handlers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/tidwall/redcon"
+)
+
+func (app *App) ping(conn redcon.Conn, cmd redcon.Command) {
+	conn.WriteString("PONG")
+}
+
+func (app *App) quit(conn redcon.Conn, cmd redcon.Command) {
+	conn.WriteString("OK")
+	conn.Close()
+}
+
+func (app *App) set(conn redcon.Conn, cmd redcon.Command) {
+	if len(cmd.Args) != 3 {
+		conn.WriteError("ERR wrong number of arguments for '" + string(cmd.Args[0]) + "' command")
+		return
+	}
+	var (
+		key = string(cmd.Args[1])
+		val = cmd.Args[2]
+	)
+	if err := app.barrel.Put(key, val); err != nil {
+		conn.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("ERR: %s", err))
+		return
+	}
+
+	conn.WriteString("OK")
+}
+
+func (app *App) get(conn redcon.Conn, cmd redcon.Command) {
+	if len(cmd.Args) != 2 {
+		conn.WriteError("ERR wrong number of arguments for '" + string(cmd.Args[0]) + "' command")
+		return
+	}
+	var (
+		key = string(cmd.Args[1])
+	)
+	val, err := app.barrel.Get(key)
+	if err != nil {
+		conn.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("ERR: %s", err))
+		return
+	}
+
+	conn.WriteBulk(val)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/server/main.go b/cmd/server/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae022bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/server/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/mr-karan/barreldb/pkg/barrel"
+	"github.com/tidwall/redcon"
+)
+
+var (
+	// Version of the build. This is injected at build-time.
+	buildString = "unknown"
+	lo          = log.New(os.Stdout, "", log.Ldate|log.Ltime|log.Lshortfile)
+	addr        = ":6380"
+)
+
+type App struct {
+	barrel *barrel.Barrel
+}
+
+func main() {
+	barrel, err := barrel.Init(barrel.Opts{
+		Dir:         ".",
+		ReadOnly:    false,
+		EnableFSync: true,
+		MaxFileSize: 1 << 4,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		lo.Fatal("error opening barrel db: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	app := &App{
+		barrel: barrel,
+	}
+
+	mux := redcon.NewServeMux()
+	mux.HandleFunc("ping", app.ping)
+	mux.HandleFunc("quit", app.quit)
+	mux.HandleFunc("set", app.set)
+	mux.HandleFunc("get", app.get)
+	// mux.HandleFunc("del", app.delete)
+
+	err = redcon.ListenAndServe(addr,
+		mux.ServeRESP,
+		func(conn redcon.Conn) bool {
+			// use this function to accept or deny the connection.
+			return true
+		},
+		func(conn redcon.Conn, err error) {
+			// this is called when the connection has been closed
+		},
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		lo.Fatal("error starting server: %w", err)
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0e6fe51..caa4938 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,12 @@ module github.com/mr-karan/barreldb
 
 go 1.19
 
-require golang.org/x/sys v0.2.0
+require (
+	github.com/tidwall/redcon v1.6.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.2.0
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/tidwall/btree v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index beac707..38b54e6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
+github.com/tidwall/btree v1.1.0 h1:5P+9WU8ui5uhmcg3SoPyTwoI0mVyZ1nps7YQzTZFkYM=
+github.com/tidwall/btree v1.1.0/go.mod h1:TzIRzen6yHbibdSfK6t8QimqbUnoxUSrZfeW7Uob0q4=
+github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1 h1:+Ho715JplO36QYgwN9PGYNhgZvoUSc9X2c80KVTi+GA=
+github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1/go.mod h1:eRSPERbgtNPcGhD8UCthc6PmLEQXEWd3PRB5JTxsfmM=
+github.com/tidwall/redcon v1.6.0 h1:ekkYf2xwk1+VmyTVrefZElJC71EK/1JOLwlGSllmPIk=
+github.com/tidwall/redcon v1.6.0/go.mod h1:p5Wbsgeyi2VSTBWOcA5vRXrOb9arFTcU2+ZzFjqV75Y=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.2.0 h1:ljd4t30dBnAvMZaQCevtY0xLLD0A+bRZXbgLMLU1F/A=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
diff --git a/pkg/barrel/barrel.go b/pkg/barrel/barrel.go
index b1fc42d..7d2c528 100644
--- a/pkg/barrel/barrel.go
+++ b/pkg/barrel/barrel.go
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ type Opts struct {
 
 // Init initialises a datastore for storing data.
 func Init(opts Opts) (*Barrel, error) {
-	// Initialise logger.
 
 	// TODO: Check for stale files and create an index automatically.
 	var (
@@ -81,9 +80,9 @@ func Init(opts Opts) (*Barrel, error) {
 		// TODO: Add a sane default later.
 		opts.MergeInterval = time.Second * 5
 	}
-	go barrel.MergeFiles(opts.MergeInterval)
-	// Spawn a goroutine which checks for the file size of the active file at periodic interval.
-	go barrel.ExamineFileSize(time.Minute * 1)
+	// go barrel.MergeFiles(opts.MergeInterval)
+	// // Spawn a goroutine which checks for the file size of the active file at periodic interval.
+	// go barrel.ExamineFileSize(time.Minute * 1)
 
 	return barrel, nil
 }