diff --git a/src/config/index.ts b/src/config/index.ts
index c11fd23..cfa7776 100644
--- a/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/src/config/index.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ export const loadEnvironmentVariables = (): void => {
 	config({ path: `.env.${process.env.NODE_ENV ?? "development"}` });
 };
 
-loadEnvironmentVariables();
-
 /**
  * The environment the application is running in.
  */
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d4e27c0..0000000
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import { validateEnvironmentVariables } from "./config/validateEnvironment";
-
-validateEnvironmentVariables();
-
-// eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-console.log("add 1 + 2: ", 1 + 2);
diff --git a/src/server.ts b/src/server.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07a3b1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import http, { type IncomingMessage, type ServerResponse } from "node:http";
+
+import { loadEnvironmentVariables } from "./config";
+import { validateEnvironmentVariables } from "./config/validateEnvironment";
+
+loadEnvironmentVariables();
+validateEnvironmentVariables();
+
+const server = http.createServer(
+	(_request: IncomingMessage, response: ServerResponse) => {
+		response.writeHead(200, { "Content-Type": "text/plain" });
+		response.end("Hello, World!");
+	},
+);
+
+server.listen(3_000, () => {
+	// eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+	console.log("Server is listening on port 3000");
+});