diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82f3a88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+dist
+dist-*
+cabal-dev
+*.o
+*.hi
+*.chi
+*.chs.h
+*.dyn_o
+*.dyn_hi
+.hpc
+.hsenv
+.cabal-sandbox/
+cabal.sandbox.config
+*.prof
+*.aux
+*.hp
+*.eventlog
+.stack-work/
+cabal.project.local
+cabal.project.local~
+.HTF/
+.ghc.environment.*
diff --git a/scotty-example.cabal b/scotty-example.cabal
index 7399b9b..9f25156 100644
--- a/scotty-example.cabal
+++ b/scotty-example.cabal
@@ -17,9 +17,15 @@ cabal-version:       >=1.10
 
 executable scotty-example
   main-is:             Main.hs
-  -- other-modules:
+  other-modules:       Helpers
   -- other-extensions:
   build-depends:       base >=4.9 && <4.10,
-                       scotty
+                       bytestring,
+                       scotty,
+                       http-types,
+                       text,
+                       wai,
+                       wai-extra,
+                       utf8-string
   hs-source-dirs:      src
   default-language:    Haskell2010
diff --git a/src/Helpers.hs b/src/Helpers.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f7ffe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Helpers.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+module Helpers where
+
+import Data.String
+
+
+fS :: IsString a => String -> a 
+fS = fromString
+
diff --git a/src/Main.hs b/src/Main.hs
index 65ae4a0..4e533e5 100644
--- a/src/Main.hs
+++ b/src/Main.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,45 @@
 module Main where
 
+import Web.Scotty
+
+import Data.Monoid (mconcat)
+import Helpers
+import Network.HTTP.Types.Status
+import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as T
+import Network.Wai
+import Network.Wai.Middleware.RequestLogger
+import Network.Wai.Middleware.HttpAuth
+import qualified Data.ByteString as BS
+import qualified Data.ByteString.UTF8 as U8
+
+
 main :: IO ()
-main = putStrLn "Hello, Haskell!"
+main = scotty 3000 $ do
+  middleware auth
+  middleware logging
+  get (fS "/foo") foo
+  get (fS "/:word") word_pattern
+
+
+word_pattern :: ActionM ()
+word_pattern = do
+    beam <- param (fS "word")
+    html $ mconcat [fS "<h1>Scotty, ", beam, fS " me up!</h1>"]
+
+
+foo :: ActionM ()
+foo = do
+  status ok200
+  text $ T.pack "Blah"
+  return ()
+
+
+logging :: Middleware
+logging = logStdout
+
+
+auth :: Middleware
+auth = basicAuth (\u p -> return $
+                       u == U8.fromString "michael" &&
+                       p == U8.fromString "mypass")
+                 (fS "My Realm")