diff --git a/flags.go b/flags.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd30b8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flags.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package main
+
+import "flag"
+
+var (
+	flagJsonLogging = flag.Bool("jsonlog", false, "If set, server logs messages as json objects")
+	flagLogLevel    = flag.String(
+		"loglevel",
+		"info",
+		"Sets the logging level. One of (case insensitive) trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal",
+	)
+	flagAddr = flag.String("address", ":8080", "Set the address and port the server listens on")
+)
+
+func init() {
+	flag.Parse()
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 12894b2..5ce8ed3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,9 +2,14 @@ module git.mstar.dev/mstar/go-ember-template
 
 go 1.23.3
 
+require (
+	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.33.0
+	gitlab.com/mstarongitlab/goutils v1.5.1
+)
+
 require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19 // indirect
-	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.33.0 // indirect
+	github.com/rs/xid v1.5.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 98afda4..ef4d8f1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19 h1:JITubQf0MOLdlGRuRq+jtsDlekdYPia9ZFsB8h/APPA=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
+github.com/rs/xid v1.5.0 h1:mKX4bl4iPYJtEIxp6CYiUuLQ/8DYMoz0PUdtGgMFRVc=
 github.com/rs/xid v1.5.0/go.mod h1:trrq9SKmegXys3aeAKXMUTdJsYXVwGY3RLcfgqegfbg=
 github.com/rs/zerolog v1.33.0 h1:1cU2KZkvPxNyfgEmhHAz/1A9Bz+llsdYzklWFzgp0r8=
 github.com/rs/zerolog v1.33.0/go.mod h1:/7mN4D5sKwJLZQ2b/znpjC3/GQWY/xaDXUM0kKWRHss=
+gitlab.com/mstarongitlab/goutils v1.5.1 h1:UlQL90DctJ7QbfJ5NOPheMK3PdFt6sBIjXR3fJpd3Ms=
+gitlab.com/mstarongitlab/goutils v1.5.1/go.mod h1:f71xLeTv05GHiRHKkgDRXfxOPRkjXNteXqLZyg02xhs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0 h1:CM0HF96J0hcLAwsHPJZjfdNzs0gftsLfgKt57wWHJ0o=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b3d18e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"embed"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"strings"
+	"syscall"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+	"gitlab.com/mstarongitlab/goutils/embedFsWrapper"
+	"gitlab.com/mstarongitlab/goutils/middleware"
+)
+
+//go:embed frontend/dist
+var frontendFS embed.FS
+
+func main() {
+	setLogger()
+	setLogLevel()
+
+	serverHandler := http.NewServeMux()
+	serverHandler.Handle(
+		"/",
+		http.FileServerFS(embedFsWrapper.NewFSWrapper(frontendFS, "frontend/dist/")),
+	)
+	// serverHandler := server.NewServer(embedFsWrapper.NewFSWrapper(frontendFS, "frontend/dist/"))
+	server := http.Server{
+		Handler: middleware.ChainMiddlewares(serverHandler, middleware.LoggingMiddleware),
+		Addr:    *flagAddr,
+	}
+
+	// Setup exit notifications
+	exitSignalChannel := make(chan os.Signal, 2)
+	signal.Notify(exitSignalChannel, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)
+
+	// Start the server in a separate goroutine so that main can handle shutdown
+	go func() {
+		log.Info().Str("addr", server.Addr).Msg("Starting server")
+		if err := server.ListenAndServe(); err != nil && err != http.ErrServerClosed {
+			log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Server crashed!")
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// Wait for outside signal to close the server and stop the app
+	<-exitSignalChannel
+
+	// Close the server with a maximum timeout of 30 seconds
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*30)
+	defer cancel()
+	log.Info().Msg("Shutting down server")
+	err := server.Shutdown(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Failed to cleanly stop server")
+	}
+
+}
+
+func setLogger(extraLogWriters ...io.Writer) {
+	if !*flagJsonLogging {
+		console := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stderr}
+		log.Logger = zerolog.New(zerolog.MultiLevelWriter(append([]io.Writer{console}, extraLogWriters...)...)).
+			With().
+			Timestamp().
+			Logger()
+	} else {
+		log.Logger = zerolog.New(zerolog.MultiLevelWriter(
+			append([]io.Writer{log.Logger}, extraLogWriters...)...,
+		)).With().Timestamp().Logger()
+	}
+}
+
+func setLogLevel() {
+	switch strings.ToLower(*flagLogLevel) {
+	case "trace":
+		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.TraceLevel)
+	case "debug":
+		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.DebugLevel)
+	case "info":
+		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.InfoLevel)
+	case "warn":
+		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.WarnLevel)
+	case "error":
+		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.ErrorLevel)
+	case "fatal":
+		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.FatalLevel)
+	default:
+		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.InfoLevel)
+	}
+	log.Info().Str("new-level", *flagLogLevel).Msg("New log level set")
+}