diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9731046
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[package]
+name = "server"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+itertools = "0.13.0"
+rocket = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["json"] }
+#word_grid = { path="../wordgrid" }
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
+serde = { workspace = true }
+uuid = { version = "1.11.0", features = ["v4"] }
+ws = { package = "rocket_ws", version = "0.1.1" }
+#futures = "0.3.30"
diff --git a/server/src/main.rs b/server/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3b6292
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate rocket;
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use rocket::futures::{pin_mut, FutureExt, StreamExt, SinkExt};
+use rocket::futures::stream::FusedStream;
+use rocket::State;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use rocket::tokio::select;
+use rocket::tokio::sync::broadcast::{channel, Sender};
+use rocket::tokio::sync::Mutex;
+use rocket::tokio::time::interval;
+use ws::Message;
+
+type RoomMap = HashMap::<String, Sender<String>>;
+
+#[get("/room/<id>")]
+async fn chat(id: &str, ws: ws::WebSocket, rooms: &State<Mutex<RoomMap>>) -> ws::Channel<'static> {
+    let mut rooms = rooms.lock().await;
+    let (sender, mut receiver) = if rooms.contains_key(id) {
+        let sender = rooms.get(id).unwrap();
+        (sender.clone(), sender.subscribe())
+
+    } else {
+        let (sender, receiver) = channel::<String>(1024);
+        rooms.insert(id.to_string(), sender.clone());
+
+        (sender, receiver)
+    };
+
+    ws.channel(move |mut stream| Box::pin(async move {
+        let mut interval = interval(Duration::from_secs(10));
+        while !stream.is_terminated(){ // always seems to return true?
+            let ws_incoming = stream.next();
+            let other_incoming = receiver.recv();
+            let ping_tick = interval.tick();
+
+            // pin_mut!(ws_incoming, other_incoming); // no clue what this does
+
+            select! {
+                message = ws_incoming => {
+                    if message.is_none() {
+                        println!("Websocket closed");
+                        return Ok(())
+                    }
+
+                    println!("websocket received a websocket message");
+                    let message = message.unwrap()?;
+
+                    if let ws::Message::Close(close_frame) = &message {
+                        println!("Received close message");
+                        println!("{close_frame:?}")
+                    } else if let ws::Message::Text(text) = &message {
+                        println!("Received text {text:?}");
+                        sender.send(text.to_string()).unwrap();
+                    } else {
+                        println!("Received non-text message: {message:?}")
+                    }
+                },
+                message = other_incoming => {
+                    let message = message.unwrap();
+                    println!("Sending message \"{message}\" via websocket");
+
+
+
+                    let _ = stream.send(message.into()).await; // always seems to return Ok(()), even after a disconnection
+                    //println!("Message sent: {blat:?}");
+                }
+                _ = ping_tick => {
+                    println!("ping_tick");
+                    let message = Message::Ping(Vec::new());
+                    let _ = stream.send(message.into()).await;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(())
+
+    }))
+
+}
+
+#[launch]
+fn rocket() -> _ {
+    rocket::build().manage(Mutex::new(RoomMap::new()))
+        .mount("/", routes![chat])
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/src/test.http b/server/src/test.http
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2aca275
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/test.http
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+WEBSOCKET ws://localhost:8000/echo
+
+Some message
+
+###
diff --git a/wordgrid/src/player_interaction/ai.rs b/wordgrid/src/player_interaction/ai.rs
index 4cd4f26..c5da6d6 100644
--- a/wordgrid/src/player_interaction/ai.rs
+++ b/wordgrid/src/player_interaction/ai.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ impl CoordinateLineMapper {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Copy, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
 pub struct Difficulty {
     pub proportion: f64,
     pub randomness: f64,