diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index f3ae387..d541f0a 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"github.com/KristianJBorgwarth/dendrite.daemon/core/http"
+	"github.com/KristianJBorgwarth/dendrite.daemon/core/logging"
 )
 
 func main() {
+	logging.Init()
+
+	srv := server.New(nil, ":8080")
+	srv.Start()
 }
diff --git a/core/http/server.go b/core/http/server.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c55fd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/http/server.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Package server provides the implementation of the server component of the application.
+package server
+
+import (
+	"log/slog"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/KristianJBorgwarth/dendrite.daemon/core/rpc"
+)
+
+type Server struct {
+	addr string
+}
+
+func New(log *slog.Logger, addr string) *Server {
+	return &Server{
+		addr: addr,
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *Server) Start() error {
+	slog.Info("server started")
+	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+
+	mux.HandleFunc("/rpc", rpc.RPCHandler)
+
+	return http.ListenAndServe(s.addr, mux)
+}
diff --git a/core/logging/logger.go b/core/logging/logger.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8ce991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/logging/logger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Package logging
+package logging
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"log/slog"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func Init() {
+	logFile, err := os.OpenFile("/tmp/dendrite.log", os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND, 0o644)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	writer := io.MultiWriter(os.Stdout, logFile)
+
+	handler := slog.NewTextHandler(writer, &slog.HandlerOptions{
+		Level: slog.LevelDebug,
+	})
+
+	logger := slog.New(handler)
+
+	slog.SetDefault(logger)
+}
diff --git a/core/models/types.go b/core/models/types.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 149a10e..0000000
--- a/core/models/types.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-// Package types types contains relevant types for ipc
-package types
-
-import "encoding/json"
-
-type Request struct {
-	Jsonrpc string          `json:"jsonrpc"`
-	ID      int             `json:"id"`
-	Method  string          `json:"method"`
-	Params  json.RawMessage `json:"params"`
-}
-
-type Response struct {
-	Jsonrpc string      `json:"jsonrpc"`
-	ID      int         `json:"id"`
-	Result  interface{} `json:"result,omitempty"`
-	Error   interface{} `json:"error,omitempty"`
-}
-
-type Notification struct {
-	Jsonrpc string          `json:"jsonrpc"`
-	Method  string          `json:"method"`
-	Params  json.RawMessage `json:"params,omitempty"`
-}
diff --git a/core/rpc/rpc_handler.go b/core/rpc/rpc_handler.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49db38f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/rpc/rpc_handler.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// Package rpc provides a simple implementation of JSON-RPC 2.0 protocol for handling RPC requests and notifications.
+package rpc
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/KristianJBorgwarth/dendrite.daemon/core/handlers"
+)
+
+type Request struct {
+	Jsonrpc string          `json:"jsonrpc"`
+	ID      int             `json:"id"`
+	Method  string          `json:"method"`
+	Params  json.RawMessage `json:"params"`
+}
+
+type Response struct {
+	Jsonrpc string `json:"jsonrpc"`
+	ID      int    `json:"id"`
+	Result  any    `json:"result,omitempty"`
+	Error   any    `json:"error,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type Notification struct {
+	Jsonrpc string          `json:"jsonrpc"`
+	Method  string          `json:"method"`
+	Params  json.RawMessage `json:"params,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func RPCHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	var req Request
+
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&req); err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, "Invalid JSON", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+
+	resp := Response{
+		Jsonrpc: "2.0",
+		ID:      req.ID,
+	}
+
+	switch req.Method {
+	case "initialize":
+		result, err := handlers.Initialize(req.Params)
+		if err != nil {
+			resp.Error = err.Error()
+		} else {
+			resp.Result = result
+		}
+	default:
+		resp.Error = "Method not found"
+	}
+}
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