diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c9db0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# ---> Vim
+# Swap
+[._]*.s[a-v][a-z]
+!*.svg  # comment out if you don't need vector files
+[._]*.sw[a-p]
+[._]s[a-rt-v][a-z]
+[._]ss[a-gi-z]
+[._]sw[a-p]
+
+# Session
+Session.vim
+Sessionx.vim
+
+# Temporary
+.netrwhist
+*~
+# Auto-generated tag files
+tags
+# Persistent undo
+[._]*.un~
+
+backup
+*.exe
+*.dll
+coverage
+coverage/*
+.venv
+*.gz
+public
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df1aa25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+GO_IS_STUPID_EXE=
+
+ifeq '$(OS)' 'Windows_NT'
+  GO_IS_STUPID_EXE=.exe
+endif
+
+build:
+	go build .
+
+test:
+	go test zedshaw.games/ssgod/tests -c -o runtests$(GO_IS_STUPID_EXE)
+	./runtests$(GO_IS_STUPID_EXE)
+
+docs:
+	go tool pkgsite --open
+
+coverage:
+	go build -cover -o webapp
+	mkdir -p .coverage
+	echo "GOCOVERDIR=.coverage ./webapp"
+
+cover_report:
+	go tool covdata textfmt -i=.coverage -o coverage.txt
+	go tool cover -func=coverage.txt
+	go tool cover -html=coverage.txt -o coverage.html
+	open coverage.html
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 52882cd..4dd23ae 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,11 +25,14 @@ SSG is a Static Site Generator that is only a Static Site Generator.  No resumes
 ## Usage
 
 ```bash
-# assumes a ssgod.tomly
-$ beerus
+# init your config
+$ ssgod init
+
+# creates a ssgod.tomly
+$ ssgod
 
 # explicit ssgod
-$ beerus --config ssgod.toml
+$ ssgod --config ssgod.toml
 ```
 
 * Probably just an extension mapping: .md -> .html, .html -> .html
diff --git a/config/loader.go b/config/loader.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11dd381
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/loader.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+  "log"
+  "github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
+)
+
+type config struct {
+  Views string `toml:"views"`
+  Layouts string `toml:"layouts"`
+}
+
+var Settings config
+
+func Load(path string) {
+  metadata, err := toml.DecodeFile(path, &Settings)
+
+  if err != nil {
+    log.Fatalf("error loading config.toml: %v", err)
+  }
+
+  bad_keys := metadata.Undecoded()
+
+  if len(bad_keys) > 0 {
+    log.Fatalf("unknown configuration keys: %v", bad_keys);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be0f622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+module zedshaw.games/ssgod
+
+go 1.24.2
+
+require (
+	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.5.0
+	github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2 v2.52.9
+	github.com/gofiber/template/html/v2 v2.1.3
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/gofiber/template v1.8.3 // indirect
+	github.com/gofiber/utils v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.51.0 // indirect
+	github.com/valyala/tcplisten v1.0.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9ac82c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
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+github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.0 h1:eLKJA0d02Lf0mVpIDgYnqXcUn0GqVmEFny3VuID1U3M=
+github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.0/go.mod h1:sms7XGricyQI9K10gOSf56VKKWS4oLer58Q+mhRPtnY=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
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diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73a1dad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+  "log"
+  "fmt"
+  "strings"
+  "io/fs"
+  "path/filepath"
+  "os"
+  "github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
+  "github.com/gofiber/template/html/v2"
+  "zedshaw.games/ssgod/config"
+)
+
+func Fail(err error, format string, v ...any) error {
+  err_format := fmt.Sprintf("ERROR: %v; %s", err, format)
+  log.Printf(err_format, v...)
+  return err
+}
+
+func RenderPages(pages_path string, target string, layout string) {
+  engine := html.New(pages_path, ".html")
+  engine.Load()
+
+  err := filepath.WalkDir(pages_path,
+    func(path string, d fs.DirEntry, err error) error  {
+      if !d.IsDir() {
+        if err != nil { return Fail(err, "path: %s", path); }
+
+        dir := filepath.Dir(path)
+        err = os.MkdirAll(dir, 0750)
+        if err != nil {
+          return Fail(err, "making dir %s", dir);
+        }
+
+        split_path := strings.Split(path, string(os.PathSeparator))[1:]
+        source_name := strings.Join(split_path, "/")  // Render wants / even on windows
+        ext := filepath.Ext(source_name)
+        template_name, found := strings.CutSuffix(source_name, ext)
+
+        if found && ext == ".html" && template_name != layout {
+          prefixed_path := append([]string{target}, split_path...)
+
+          target_path := filepath.Join(prefixed_path...)
+          _, err := os.Stat(target_path)
+
+          if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+            target_dir := filepath.Dir(target_path)
+            log.Println("MAKING: ", target_dir)
+            os.MkdirAll(target_dir, 0750)
+          }
+
+          // TODO: compare time stamps and skip if not newer
+
+          out, err := os.OpenFile(target_path, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
+          if err != nil { return Fail(err, "writing file %s", target_path) }
+
+          // generate a data-testid for all pages based on template name
+          page_id := strings.ReplaceAll(template_name, "/", "-") + "-page"
+          err = engine.Render(out, template_name, fiber.Map{"PageId": page_id}, layout)
+          if err != nil { return Fail(err, "failed to render %s", path) }
+
+          log.Printf("RENDER: %s -> %s", template_name, target_path)
+          out.Close()
+        }
+      }
+
+      return nil
+    })
+
+  if err != nil { log.Fatalf("can't walk content") }
+}
+
+func main() {
+  config.Load("ssgod.toml")
+  log.Printf("views=%s, layouts=%s", config.Settings.Views, config.Settings.Layouts)
+}
diff --git a/ssgod.toml b/ssgod.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8384591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ssgod.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+views = "./views"
+layouts = "layouts/main"
diff --git a/tests/base_test.go b/tests/base_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8199ec6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/base_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package tests
+
+import (
+  "testing"
+  "github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+
+func TestBasic(t *testing.T) {
+  assert := require.New(t)
+  assert.Equal(100, 100)
+}