diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6cb0886..21946af 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /.idea/
 /**/.DS_Store
+/tmp/
diff --git a/smart-house-web/Cargo.toml b/smart-house-web/Cargo.toml
index 72360fd..bfe32f6 100644
--- a/smart-house-web/Cargo.toml
+++ b/smart-house-web/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-[package]
-name = "smart-house-web"
-version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2024"
+[workspace]
+resolver = "3"
+members = ["backend"]
 
-[dependencies]
+[workspace.dependencies]
diff --git a/smart-house-web/backend/Cargo.toml b/smart-house-web/backend/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50d15ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smart-house-web/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "backend"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2024"
+
+[dependencies]
+axum = "0.8.9"
+tracing = "0.1.44"
+tracing-subscriber = "0.3.23"
diff --git a/smart-house-web/backend/src/lib.rs b/smart-house-web/backend/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fba8d83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smart-house-web/backend/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+pub fn init_logger() {
+    use tracing_subscriber::{Layer, layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
+
+    let layer = tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer()
+        .with_thread_names(true)
+        .with_file(false)
+        .with_line_number(false)
+        .compact()
+        .boxed();
+    if let Err(e) = tracing_subscriber::registry().with(vec![layer]).try_init() {
+        eprintln!("Logger initialization failed: {:?}", e);
+        std::process::exit(1);
+    } else {
+        tracing::trace!("Logger succesfully initialized");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/smart-house-web/backend/src/main.rs b/smart-house-web/backend/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..339cd95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smart-house-web/backend/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use backend::init_logger;
+
+fn main() {
+    init_logger();
+    println!("Hello, world!");
+}
diff --git a/smart-house-web/src/main.rs b/smart-house-web/src/main.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index e7a11a9..0000000
--- a/smart-house-web/src/main.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
-}