diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cb28267..e454473 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3b829e4e32b91e643de6eafe82b1d90675f5874230191a4ffbc1b336dec4d6bf"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "axum-core",
+ "axum-core 0.3.4",
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http-body 0.4.6",
  "hyper 0.14.32",
  "itoa",
- "matchit",
+ "matchit 0.7.3",
  "memchr",
  "mime",
  "percent-encoding",
@@ -132,6 +132,40 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower-service",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "axum"
+version = "0.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6d6fd624c75e18b3b4c6b9caf42b1afe24437daaee904069137d8bab077be8b8"
+dependencies = [
+ "axum-core 0.5.0",
+ "bytes",
+ "form_urlencoded",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.2.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.1",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper 1.6.0",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "itoa",
+ "matchit 0.8.4",
+ "memchr",
+ "mime",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rustversion",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_path_to_error",
+ "serde_urlencoded",
+ "sync_wrapper 1.0.2",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower 0.5.2",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "axum-core"
 version = "0.3.4"
@@ -149,6 +183,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower-service",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "axum-core"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df1362f362fd16024ae199c1970ce98f9661bf5ef94b9808fee734bc3698b733"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.2.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.1",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "mime",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rustversion",
+ "sync_wrapper 1.0.2",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "backtrace"
 version = "0.3.74"
@@ -422,6 +476,7 @@ name = "durak-frthistime"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "axum 0.8.1",
  "clap",
  "console-subscriber",
  "crossterm",
@@ -435,6 +490,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "sha256",
  "tokio",
+ "tower 0.5.2",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
@@ -1137,6 +1193,12 @@ version = "0.7.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0e7465ac9959cc2b1404e8e2367b43684a6d13790fe23056cc8c6c5a6b7bcb94"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "matchit"
+version = "0.8.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "47e1ffaa40ddd1f3ed91f717a33c8c0ee23fff369e3aa8772b9605cc1d22f4c3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.7.4"
@@ -1739,6 +1801,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_path_to_error"
+version = "0.1.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "59fab13f937fa393d08645bf3a84bdfe86e296747b506ada67bb15f10f218b2a"
+dependencies = [
+ "itoa",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_urlencoded"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -2057,7 +2129,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3082666a3a6433f7f511c7192923fa1fe07c69332d3c6a2e6bb040b569199d5a"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "axum",
+ "axum 0.6.20",
  "base64 0.21.7",
  "bytes",
  "futures-core",
@@ -2111,6 +2183,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2131,6 +2204,7 @@ version = "0.1.41"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "784e0ac535deb450455cbfa28a6f0df145ea1bb7ae51b821cf5e7927fdcfbdd0"
 dependencies = [
+ "log",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tracing-attributes",
  "tracing-core",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 117a69a..e3674ef 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ name = "client"
 path = "src/bin/client.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
+axum = "0.8.1"
+tower = "0.5.2"
 reqwest = "0.12.0"
 hyper = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 http-body-util = "0.1"
diff --git a/src/bin/client.rs b/src/bin/client.rs
index 758175c..54c96c3 100644
--- a/src/bin/client.rs
+++ b/src/bin/client.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use lib::{client::Client, message::{Message, MessageKind}, message_read::MessageReader};
+use lib::{client::Client, message::{Message, MessageKind}, message_read::MessageReader, player::Player};
 use crossterm::{
     execute,
     terminal::{
@@ -27,8 +27,17 @@ pub async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     //     Clear(ClearType::All),
     // )?;
 
-    let body = reqwest::get("http://127.0.0.1:8080").await?.text().await?;
-    println!("body = {body:?}");
+    let addr = "http://127.0.0.1:8080";
+
+    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+
+    let response = client
+        .post([&addr, "/create/player"].concat())
+        .body(Player::new()?.encode()?)
+        .send().await?
+        .text().await?;
+    
+    println!("{}", response);
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca4965b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use axum::body::Bytes;
+
+pub type Db = Arc<Mutex<HashMap<String, Bytes>>>;
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct AppState {
+    pub lobbies: Db,
+    pub players: Db,
+}
+
+impl AppState {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        let lobbies = Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new()));
+        let players = Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new()));
+
+        Self {
+            lobbies,
+            players,
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 5493869..3efbd9a 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ pub mod message;
 pub mod message_read;
 pub mod constant;
 pub mod routine;
+pub mod db;
+pub mod router;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index d4e82b7..0000000
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::io::{self, Error};
-use std::net::SocketAddr;
-
-use lib::lobby::Lobby;
-use lib::player::Player;
-use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
-
-use anyhow::Result;
-use tokio::io::{AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt, BufReader};
-use tokio::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
-
-async fn handle_connection(mut stream: TcpStream, addr: SocketAddr) -> (Option<Player>, Option<Lobby>) {
-    let (mut read, mut write) = stream.split();
-
-    let mut buf = [0; 1024];
-
-    let mut name = String::new();
-    write.write_all(b"provide name\n").await.expect("failed to write to socket");
-
-    let n = match read.read(&mut buf).await {
-        Ok(0) => return (None, None),
-        Ok(n) => n,
-        Err(e) => {
-            eprintln!("failed to read from socket; err: {:?}", e);
-            return (None, None);
-        },
-    };
-
-    name = String::from_utf8_lossy(&buf[0..n]).to_string();
-
-//    if let Err(e) = write.write_all(&buf[0..n]).await {
-//        eprintln!("failed to write to socket; err = {:?}", e);
-//        return (None, None);
-//    }
-
-    let player = Player::new(addr, &name);
-
-    write.write_all(b"your name is\n").await.expect("failed to write to socket");
-    write.write_all(name.as_bytes()).await.expect("failed to write to socket");
-
-    (Some(player), None)
-}
-
-#[tokio::main]
-async fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
-    let address = "127.0.0.1:8080".to_string();
-    let listener = TcpListener::bind(&address).await?;
-
-    let mut lobbies: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<String, Lobby>>> = Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new()));
-
-    loop {
-        let (mut stream, addr) = listener.accept().await?;
-
-        println!("new connection from: {}", addr);
-
-        let lobby_player_handle = tokio::spawn(handle_connection(stream, addr));
-
-        let (player, lobby) = lobby_player_handle.await?;
-
-        match lobby {
-            Some(lobby) => lobbies.insert(lobby.get_id(), lobby),
-            None => continue,
-        };
-
-    }
-
-    Ok(())
-}
diff --git a/src/message.rs b/src/message.rs
index a3f3981..6dadb34 100644
--- a/src/message.rs
+++ b/src/message.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+use std::fmt::Display;
+use axum::body::to_bytes;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Message {
     pub from: String,
     pub message_kind: MessageKind,
-    pub length: u16,
     pub content: String,
 }
 
@@ -20,12 +21,10 @@ impl Message {
     pub fn new(from: &str, message_kind: MessageKind, content: impl Into<String>) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
         let from = from.into();
         let content = content.into();
-        let length = content.len() as u16;
 
         Ok(Self {
             from,
             message_kind,
-            length,
             content,
         })
     }
@@ -42,3 +41,9 @@ impl Message {
         Ok(message)
     }
 }
+
+impl Display for Message {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        todo!()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/player.rs b/src/player.rs
index 095f521..208b88b 100644
--- a/src/player.rs
+++ b/src/player.rs
@@ -1,41 +1,42 @@
-use tokio::{io::AsyncReadExt, net::TcpStream};
-use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use petname::Generator;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use sha256::digest;
 
-use crate::{card::Card, message_read::MessageReader};
+use crate::card::Card;
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq, Hash, Clone)]
 pub struct Player {
-    // addr will change because at this stage i really
-    // don't know what i am doing
-    // it will probably be something like id or playerid
-    // or some other identifier idk
-    pub addr: SocketAddr,
-    // same goes for id because rn it's just the sha256 of
-    // the ip
     pub id: String,
     pub name: String,
     pub hand: Vec<Card>,
 }
 
 impl Player {
-    pub async fn new(addr: SocketAddr, name: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Option<Self>> {
+    pub fn new() -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
         let hand_empty: Vec<Card> = Vec::new();
 
-        let to_digest: String = addr.to_string();
+
+        let name = petname::Petnames::default().generate_one(2, "-").expect("no nomi");
+        let to_digest = &name;
         let id = digest(to_digest);
 
-        Ok(Some(Player {
-            addr,
+        Ok(Player {
             id,
-            name: name.to_string(),
+            name,
             hand: hand_empty,
-        }))
+        })
     }
 
-    pub fn get_addr(self) -> SocketAddr {
-        self.addr
+    pub fn encode(&self) -> anyhow::Result<String> {
+        let player_json: String = serde_json::to_string(self)?;
+
+        Ok(player_json)
+    }
+
+    pub fn decode(player: String) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+        let player: Player = serde_json::from_str(&player)?;
+
+        Ok(player)
     }
 
     pub fn get_name(self) -> String {
diff --git a/src/router.rs b/src/router.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc58a3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/router.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+use axum::{
+    Router,
+    body::Bytes,
+    extract::{
+        State,
+        Json,
+        rejection::JsonRejection,
+    },
+};
+
+use crate::message::Message;
+use crate::db::AppState;
+
+pub struct App {
+    pub db: AppState,
+    pub router: Router<AppState>,
+}
+
+impl App {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        let db = AppState::new();    
+        let router: Router<AppState> = Router::new();
+
+        Self {
+            db,
+            router,
+        }
+    }
+    
+    pub async fn echo(body: Bytes) -> Bytes {
+        body
+    }
+
+    pub async fn create_player(
+        State(db): State<AppState>,
+        json_body: Result<Json<Message>, JsonRejection>,
+    )
+    {
+        match json_body {
+            Ok(Json(message)) => {
+                println!("{:?}", message);
+            }
+            Err(e) => eprintln!("{e}"),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index 1075248..82f2e8f 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
-use tokio::{io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt, BufReader}, net::{tcp::WriteHalf, TcpListener}};
-use std::net::SocketAddr;
-use crate::{message::{Message, MessageKind}, message_read::MessageReader, server};
-use std::convert::Infallible;
-use http_body_util::Full;
-use hyper::body::Bytes;
-use hyper::server::conn::http1;
-use hyper::service::service_fn;
-use hyper::{Request, Response};
-use hyper_util::rt::TokioIo;
+use tokio::net::TcpListener;
+use crate::router::App;
+
+use axum::routing::{get, post};
 
 pub struct Server {
     pub host: String,
@@ -22,35 +16,23 @@ impl Server {
         }
     }
 
-    pub async fn handle_request(_: Request<hyper::body::Incoming>) -> Result<Response<Full<Bytes>>, Infallible> {
-        Ok(Response::new(Full::new(Bytes::from("Hello, toto"))))
-    }
 
-    #[allow(unreachable_code)]
     pub async fn run(&mut self) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         let listener = TcpListener::bind(format!(
             "{}:{}",
             self.host,
             self.port
         )).await?;
-
         println!("Server is running on {}:{}", self.host, self.port);
 
-        loop {
-            let (mut stream, addr) = listener.accept().await?;
-            println!("Connection received from {}", addr);
+        let app = App::new();
 
-            let io = TokioIo::new(stream);
+        let router = app.router
+            .route("/echo", post(App::echo))
+            .route("/create/player", post(App::create_player))
+            .with_state(app.db);
 
-            tokio::task::spawn(async move {
-                if let Err(e) = http1::Builder::new()
-                    .serve_connection(io, service_fn(Self::handle_request))
-                    .await
-                {
-                    eprintln!("error serving connection: {:?}", e);
-                }
-            });
-        }
+        axum::serve(listener, router).await.unwrap();
 
         Ok(())
     }