diff --git a/order-ecommerce-api/cmd/api.go b/order-ecommerce-api/cmd/api.go
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+++ b/order-ecommerce-api/cmd/api.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5/middleware"
+)
+
+type application struct {
+	config config
+	// logger
+	// db driver
+}
+
+type dbConfig struct {
+	dsn string // database connection string
+}
+
+type config struct {
+	addr string // 12 factor document
+	db   dbConfig
+}
+
+// mount
+func (app *application) mount() http.Handler {
+	r := chi.NewRouter()
+
+	// A good base middleware stack
+	r.Use(middleware.RequestID)              // important for rate-limiting
+	r.Use(middleware.ClientIPFromRemoteAddr) // also important for rate-limiting, analytics and tracing
+	r.Use(middleware.Logger)
+	r.Use(middleware.Recoverer) // nice to recover from panics and crashes
+
+	// Set a timeout value on the request context (ctx), that will signal
+	// through ctx.Done() that the request has timed out and further
+	// processing should be stopped.
+	r.Use(middleware.Timeout(60 * time.Second))
+
+	r.Get("/health", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Write([]byte("hey"))
+	})
+
+	return r
+}
+
+// run
+func (app *application) run(h http.Handler) error {
+	srv := &http.Server{
+		Addr:         app.config.addr,
+		Handler:      h,
+		WriteTimeout: 30 * time.Second,
+		ReadTimeout:  10 * time.Second,
+		IdleTimeout:  60 * time.Second,
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("Starting server on %s\n", app.config.addr)
+
+	return srv.ListenAndServe()
+}
diff --git a/order-ecommerce-api/cmd/main.go b/order-ecommerce-api/cmd/main.go
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+++ b/order-ecommerce-api/cmd/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"log/slog"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	cfg := config{
+		addr: ":8080",
+		db:   dbConfig{},
+	}
+
+	api := application{
+		config: cfg,
+	}
+
+	// structed logging using slog
+	logger := slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(os.Stdout, nil))
+	slog.SetDefault(logger)
+
+	if err := api.run(api.mount()); err != nil {
+		slog.Error("Server failed to start", "error", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/order-ecommerce-api/go.mod b/order-ecommerce-api/go.mod
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/order-ecommerce-api/go.mod
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+module github.com/rmcampos/ecom
+
+go 1.26.5
+
+require github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.3.1
diff --git a/order-ecommerce-api/go.sum b/order-ecommerce-api/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bdb0eaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/order-ecommerce-api/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.3.1 h1:3j4HZLGZQ3JpMCrPJF/Jl3mYJfWLKBfNJ6quurUGCf8=
+github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.3.1/go.mod h1:R+tYY2hNuVUUjxoPtqUdgBqevM9s9njzkTLutVsOCto=
diff --git a/order-ecommerce-api/internal/products/handlers.go b/order-ecommerce-api/internal/products/handlers.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e0e2cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/order-ecommerce-api/internal/products/handlers.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package products
diff --git a/order-ecommerce-api/internal/products/service.go b/order-ecommerce-api/internal/products/service.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e0e2cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/order-ecommerce-api/internal/products/service.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package products