diff --git a/rub b/rub
index 492a151..444e8d0 100755
--- a/rub
+++ b/rub
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ ANSI_CLEAR = "\e[0m"
 RUB = "#{ANSI_RED}RUB#{ANSI_CLEAR}"
 RUBDIR = "#{Dir.home}/.rub/"
 RUBGIT="#{RUBDIR}/rub/"
+RUBNET_SERVERS=["127.0.0.1"]
+RUBNET_PORT=6969
 TMPLDIR = "#{RUBDIR}/templates"
 RUBEDR="mousepad"
 
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ def rub_init(name="app", tmpl="c")
 	when "cpp"
 		TMPL::CPP.call(name, tmpl)
 	else
-		error("oops!")
+		error("oops! :c")
 	end
 end
 
@@ -74,6 +76,31 @@ def rub_edit(file)
 	`#{RUBEDR} #{file}`
 end
 
+def rubnet_start
+	message("starting rubnet server...")
+
+	pid = fork do
+		require './rubnet.rb'
+	end
+
+	message("rubnet pid: #{pid}")
+end
+
+def rubnet_end
+
+end
+
+def rubnet_ctrl(cmd)
+	case cmd
+	when "start"
+
+	when "stop"
+
+	else
+		error("unknown rubnet command")
+	end
+end
+
 def parse_arg(arg)
 	case arg
 	when "init"
@@ -95,6 +122,9 @@ def parse_arg(arg)
 	when "delete"
 		rub_delete
 	
+	when "server"
+		error("specify a command for rubnet server")
+
 	else #if none of the above, pass args onto build.rb
 		require "#{Dir.pwd}/build.rb"
 		exit 0
@@ -116,6 +146,9 @@ def parse_args(argv)
 	when "edit"
 		rub_edit(argv[1])
 
+	when "server"
+		rubnet_ctrl(argv[1])
+
 	end
 end
 
diff --git a/rubnet.rb b/rubnet.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db837a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rubnet.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#the rubnet server
+
+require 'socket'
+
+HTTP_NIL = "NIL"
+
+RUBNET = "#{ANSI_RED}RUBNET#{ANSI_CLEAR}"
+RUBNET_COMPILE = 'COMPILE'
+
+def rubnet_message(msg)
+	puts "#{RUBNET}: #{msg}"
+end
+
+class Request
+	attr_reader :method
+	attr_reader :data
+	attr_reader :uri
+	attr_reader :version
+	attr_reader :headers
+
+	def parse_request(str)
+		if @data[0].nil?
+			@method = HTTP_NIL
+			return
+		end
+		@method = @data[0].split(" ")[0]
+		@uri = @data[0].split(" ")[1]
+		@version = @data[0].split(" ")[2]
+
+		@headers = @data.map.drop(1) { |header|
+			{header.split(": ")[0] => header.split(": ")[1]}
+		 }
+	end
+
+	def initialize(cli)
+		@data = [cli.gets]
+		parse_request(@data)
+	end
+end
+
+
+def rubnet_main
+	TCPServer.open("127.0.0.1", RUBNET_PORT) { |srv|
+		mutex = Mutex.new
+		loop do
+			cli = srv.accept
+			mutex.synchronize {
+				h = Request.new(cli)
+				
+				case h.method
+				when RUBNET_COMPILE
+					rubnet_compile(h)
+				else
+					rubnet_message("unknown method: #{h.method}")
+				end
+			}
+		end
+	}
+end
+
+rubnet_main