diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 945523e..24cd2fe 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const std = @import("std");
-
+const htzx = @import("build/htzx_build.zig");
 pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
     const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
     const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
@@ -37,63 +37,6 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
     const test_step = b.step("test", "Run library tests");
     test_step.dependOn(&run_main_tests.step);
 
-    // // Setup comptime parsing for /lib files
-    // var markup_files = std.ArrayList([]const u8).init(b.allocator);
-    // var zig_files = std.ArrayList([]const u8).init(b.allocator);
-    // defer markup_files.deinit();
-    // defer zig_files.deinit();
+    try htzx.build_htzx(b, exe);
 
-    // var options = b.addOptions();
-
-    // // Add all files names in the src folder to `files`
-    // var iter_dir = try std.fs.cwd().openIterableDir("lib", .{});
-    // var src_dir = try std.fs.cwd().openDir("src", .{});
-    // var lib_walker = try iter_dir.walk(b.allocator);
-    // var walking = true;
-    // while (walking) blk: {
-    //     var file = lib_walker.next() catch {
-    //         walking = false;
-    //         break :blk;
-    //     };
-    //     if (file == null) {
-    //         walking = false;
-    //         break :blk;
-    //     }
-    //     if (file.?.kind == .file) {
-    //         const path = file.?.path;
-    //         var split_iter = std.mem.splitBackwardsAny(u8, path, ".");
-    //         var extension = split_iter.first();
-    //         if (std.mem.eql(u8, extension, "zig")) {
-    //             std.debug.print("Adding zig file {s}...\n", .{path});
-    //             try zig_files.append(b.dupe(path));
-    //             var arr:  [50]u8 = undefined;
-    //             var buf = arr[0..];
-    //             var z_file_path = try std.fmt.bufPrint(buf, "lib/{s}", .{path});
-    //             var z_file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(z_file_path, .{});
-    //             const zig_contents = try z_file.readToEndAlloc(b.allocator, 64000);
-    //             const index = std.mem.indexOf(u8, zig_contents, "pub fn post");
-    //             if (index) |i| {
-    //                 std.debug.print("Found post endpoint in {s}\n", .{z_file_path});
-    //                 var routes_file = try src_dir.createFile("routes.zig", .{});
-    //                 _ = try routes_file.write(zig_contents[i..]);
-    //                 std.debug.print("Wrote {s}... to routes.zig\n", .{zig_contents[0..10]});
-    //             }
-
-    //         }
-    //         else if (std.mem.eql(u8, extension, "html")) {
-    //             std.debug.print("Adding markup file {s}...\n", .{path});
-    //             try markup_files.append(b.dupe(path));
-    //         } else {
-    //             std.debug.print("Unrecognized file extension {s}\t{s}\n", .{extension, path});
-    //         }
-    //    }
-    //     // std.debug.print("Got entry in `versions:` base: {s}, path: {s}, kind: {any}\n", .{ ver.?.basename, ver.?.path, ver.?.kind });
-    // }
-
-
-    // // Add the file names as an option to the exe, making it available
-    // // as a string array at comptime in main.zig
-    // options.addOption([]const []const u8, "zig_files", zig_files.items);
-    // options.addOption([]const []const u8, "markup_files", markup_files.items);
-    // exe.addOptions("options", options);
 }
diff --git a/build/htzx_build.zig b/build/htzx_build.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec32ee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/htzx_build.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const log = std.log.scoped(.htzx_comp);
+
+pub fn build_htzx(b: *std.Build, exe: *std.Build.Step.Compile) !void {
+    // Setup comptime parsing for /lib files
+    var markup_files = std.ArrayList([]const u8).init(b.allocator);
+    // var zig_files = std.ArrayList([]const u8).init(b.allocator);
+    defer markup_files.deinit();
+    // defer zig_files.deinit();
+
+    var options = b.addOptions();
+
+    // Add all files names in the src folder to `files`
+    // var iter_dir = try std.fs.cwd().openIterableDir("lib", .{});
+    const lib_dir_path = "src/lib/";
+    var lib_dir = try std.fs.cwd().openIterableDir(lib_dir_path, .{});
+    var lib_walker = try lib_dir.walk(b.allocator);
+    var walking = true;
+    while (walking) blk: {
+        var file = lib_walker.next() catch {
+            walking = false;
+            break :blk;
+        };
+        if (file == null) {
+            walking = false;
+            break :blk;
+        }
+        if (file.?.kind == .file) {
+            const relative_path = file.?.path;
+            const file_path = try std.mem.concat(b.allocator, u8, &[_][]const u8{lib_dir_path, relative_path});
+            var split_iter = std.mem.splitBackwardsAny(u8, relative_path, ".");
+            var extension = split_iter.first();
+            // if (std.mem.eql(u8, extension, "zig")) {
+            //     std.debug.print("Adding zig file {s}...\n", .{path});
+            //     try zig_files.append(b.dupe(path));
+            //     var arr: [50]u8 = undefined;
+            //     var buf = arr[0..];
+            //     var z_file_path = try std.fmt.bufPrint(buf, "lib/{s}", .{path});
+            //     var z_file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(z_file_path, .{});
+            //     const zig_contents = try z_file.readToEndAlloc(b.allocator, 64000);
+            //     const index = std.mem.indexOf(u8, zig_contents, "pub fn post");
+            //     if (index) |i| {
+            //         std.debug.print("Found post endpoint in {s}\n", .{z_file_path});
+            //         var routes_file = try src_dir.createFile("routes.zig", .{});
+            //         _ = try routes_file.write(zig_contents[i..]);
+            //         std.debug.print("Wrote {s}... to routes.zig\n", .{zig_contents[0..10]});
+            //     }
+            // } else
+            if (std.mem.eql(u8, extension, "html")) {
+                log.info("Adding html file {s}...", .{file_path});
+                try markup_files.append(b.dupe(file_path));
+            } else {
+               log.info("Unrecognized file extension '.{s}'\t{s}", .{ extension, file_path });
+            }
+        }
+        // std.debug.print("Got entry in `versions:` base: {s}, path: {s}, kind: {any}\n", .{ ver.?.basename, ver.?.path, ver.?.kind });
+    }
+
+    // Add the file names as an option to the exe, making it available
+    // as a string array at comptime in main.zig
+    // options.addOption([]const []const u8, "zig_files", zig_files.items);
+    options.addOption([]const []const u8, "markup_files", markup_files.items);
+    exe.addOptions("options", options);
+}
diff --git a/src/htzx/utils.zig b/src/htzx/utils.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5733615
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/htzx/utils.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const one_megabyte: usize = 1024 * 1024;
+const string = []const u8;
+
+// Caller owns the returned StringArrayHashMap
+pub fn open_html_load(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, filenames: []const []const u8) !std.StringArrayHashMap(string) {
+    var dir = std.fs.cwd();
+    var html_file_map = std.StringArrayHashMap(string).init(allocator);
+
+    for (filenames) |file_name| {
+        var f = try dir.openFile(file_name, .{});
+        var html_content = try f.readToEndAlloc(allocator, one_megabyte);
+        try html_file_map.putNoClobber(file_name, html_content);
+    }
+
+    return html_file_map;
+}
diff --git a/src/htzx/index.html b/src/lib/index.html
similarity index 100%
rename from src/htzx/index.html
rename to src/lib/index.html
diff --git a/src/htzx/routes.zig b/src/lib/routes.zig
similarity index 100%
rename from src/htzx/routes.zig
rename to src/lib/routes.zig
diff --git a/src/htzx/users/user_routes.zig b/src/lib/users/index.html
similarity index 100%
rename from src/htzx/users/user_routes.zig
rename to src/lib/users/index.html
diff --git a/src/lib/users/user_routes.zig b/src/lib/users/user_routes.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index b232957..2bcaedf 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -1,72 +1,8 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const http = std.http;
 const log = std.log.scoped(.server);
-
-const server_addr = "127.0.0.1";
-const server_port = 8000;
-
-// Run the server and handle incoming requests.
-fn runServer(server: *http.Server, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !void {
-    outer: while (true) {
-        // Accept incoming connection.
-        var response = try server.accept(.{
-            .allocator = allocator,
-        });
-        defer response.deinit();
-
-        while (response.reset() != .closing) {
-            // Handle errors during request processing.
-            response.wait() catch |err| switch (err) {
-                error.HttpHeadersInvalid => continue :outer,
-                error.EndOfStream => continue,
-                else => return err,
-            };
-
-            // Process the request.
-            try handleRequest(&response, allocator);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-// Handle an individual request.
-fn handleRequest(response: *http.Server.Response, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !void {
-    // Log the request details.
-    log.info("{s} {s} {s}", .{ @tagName(response.request.method), @tagName(response.request.version), response.request.target });
-
-    // Read the request body.
-    const body = try response.reader().readAllAlloc(allocator, 8192);
-    defer allocator.free(body);
-
-    // Set "connection" header to "keep-alive" if present in request headers.
-    if (response.request.headers.contains("connection")) {
-        try response.headers.append("connection", "keep-alive");
-    }
-
-    // Check if the request target starts with "/get".
-    if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, response.request.target, "/get")) {
-        // Check if the request target contains "?chunked".
-        if (std.mem.indexOf(u8, response.request.target, "?chunked") != null) {
-            response.transfer_encoding = .chunked;
-        } else {
-            response.transfer_encoding = .{ .content_length = 10 };
-        }
-
-        // Set "content-type" header to "text/plain".
-        try response.headers.append("content-type", "text/plain");
-
-        // Write the response body.
-        try response.do();
-        if (response.request.method != .HEAD) {
-            try response.writeAll("Zig ");
-            try response.writeAll("Bits!\n");
-            try response.finish();
-        }
-    } else {
-        // Set the response status to 404 (not found).
-        response.status = .not_found;
-        try response.do();
-    }
-}
+const Zx = @import("zx.zig").Zx;
+const index = @import("routes/index.zig");
 
 pub fn main() !void {
     // Create an allocator.
@@ -75,23 +11,13 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     const allocator = gpa.allocator();
 
     // Initialize the server.
-    var server = http.Server.init(allocator, .{ .reuse_address = true });
+    var server = Zx.init(allocator);
     defer server.deinit();
 
-    // Log the server address and port.
-    log.info("Server is running at {s}:{d}", .{ server_addr, server_port });
+    try server.GET("/zig", index.getIndex);
 
-    // Parse the server address.
-    const address = try std.net.Address.parseIp(server_addr, server_port);
-    try server.listen(address);
-
-    // Run the server.
-    runServer(&server, allocator) catch |err| {
-        // Handle server errors.
-        log.err("server error: {}\n", .{err});
-        if (@errorReturnTrace()) |trace| {
-            std.debug.dumpStackTrace(trace.*);
-        }
-        std.os.exit(1);
+    server.runServer() catch |err| {
+        log.err("Server exited with err: {any}\nDumping trace:\n", .{err});
+        std.debug.dumpCurrentStackTrace(null);
     };
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/index.zig b/src/routes/index.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a0d621
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/index.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const http = std.http;
+const zx = @import("../zx.zig");
+
+pub fn getIndex(ctz: *zx.ZxContext) zx.ZxError!void {
+    ctz.json(.{ .success = true, .message = "hello did you get this?", .age = 1 }) catch |err| {
+        std.debug.print("Got error {any}\n", .{err});
+        return zx.ZxError.Unexpected;
+    };
+    return;
+}
diff --git a/src/zx.zig b/src/zx.zig
index 1289be5..769a395 100644
--- a/src/zx.zig
+++ b/src/zx.zig
@@ -1,32 +1,213 @@
 const std = @import("std");
+const options = @import("options");
+const zx_utils = @import("htzx/utils.zig");
+const markup_files = options.markup_files;
 const http = std.http;
 const log = std.log.scoped(.server);
 
+const string = []const u8;
+
 const server_addr = "127.0.0.1";
 const server_port = 8000;
 
+pub const ZxError = error{
+    DoError,
+    FinishError,
+    OutOfMemory,
+    RedefinedRoute,
+    Unexpected,
+};
+
+pub const ZxRouteFn = *const fn (*ZxContext) ZxError!void;
+
 pub const Zx = struct {
+    server: http.Server,
+    allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
+    routes: std.StringArrayHashMap(ZxRouteFn),
+    html_files_map: std.StringArrayHashMap(string),
 
-    pub fn init( allocator: std.mem.Allocator,) Zx {
+    pub fn init(
+        allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
+    ) Zx {
         var server = http.Server.init(allocator, .{ .reuse_address = true });
-        defer server.deinit();
+        var routes = std.StringArrayHashMap(ZxRouteFn).init(allocator);
+        var html_files_map = std.StringArrayHashMap(string).init(allocator);
+        return .{ .server = server, .allocator = allocator, .routes = routes, .html_files_map = html_files_map };
+    }
 
-        // Log the server address and port.
+    pub fn deinit(zx: *Zx) void {
+        zx.server.deinit();
+        zx.routes.deinit();
+
+        // free html file content values
+        for (zx.html_files_map.keys()) |key| {
+            var entry = zx.html_files_map.getEntry(key);
+            zx.allocator.free(entry.?.value_ptr);
+        }
+        zx.html_files_map.deinit();
+    }
+
+    pub fn runServer(zx: *Zx) !void {
         log.info("Server is running at {s}:{d}", .{ server_addr, server_port });
 
+        for (markup_files) |file| {
+            log.info("{s}", .{file});
+        }
+        zx.html_files_map = try zx_utils.open_html_load(zx.allocator, markup_files);
+
         // Parse the server address.
         const address = try std.net.Address.parseIp(server_addr, server_port);
-        try server.listen(address);
+        zx.server.listen(address) catch return ZxError.Unexpected;
 
-        // Run the server.
-        runServer(&server, allocator) catch |err| {
-            // Handle server errors.
-            log.err("server error: {}\n", .{err});
-            if (@errorReturnTrace()) |trace| {
-                std.debug.dumpStackTrace(trace.*);
+        outer: while (true) {
+            // Accept incoming connection.
+            var response = zx.server.accept(.{
+                .allocator = zx.allocator,
+            }) catch return ZxError.Unexpected;
+            defer response.deinit();
+
+            while (response.reset() != .closing) {
+                // Handle errors during request processing.
+                response.wait() catch |err| switch (err) {
+                    error.HttpHeadersInvalid => continue :outer,
+                    error.EndOfStream => continue,
+                    else => return err,
+                };
+
+                // Process the request.
+                try handleRequest(zx, &response, zx.allocator);
             }
-            std.os.exit(1);
-        };
+        }
+    }
 
+    pub fn POST(comptime path: string, handler: ZxRouteFn) void {
+        _ = handler;
+        _ = path;
+    }
+
+    pub fn GET(zx: *Zx, comptime path: string, handler: ZxRouteFn) ZxError!void {
+        zx.routes.putNoClobber(path, handler) catch |err| {
+            std.debug.print("{any}\nCant add another route at {s}\n", .{ err, path });
+            return ZxError.RedefinedRoute;
+        };
+    }
+
+    ///                                  [/ <----------------------------------- \]
+    /// Order of operations: accept -> wait -> do  [ -> write -> finish][ -> reset /]
+    ///                                   \ -> read /
+    fn handleRequest(zx: *Zx, response: *http.Server.Response, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) ZxError!void {
+
+        // Read the request body.
+        const body = response.reader().readAllAlloc(allocator, 8192) catch return ZxError.Unexpected;
+        defer allocator.free(body);
+
+        // Log the request details.
+        log.info("{s} {s}", .{ @tagName(response.request.method), response.request.target });
+
+        // Set "connection" header to "keep-alive" if present in request headers.
+        if (response.request.headers.contains("connection")) {
+            response.headers.append("connection", "keep-alive") catch return ZxError.Unexpected;
+        }
+
+        response.headers.append("Server", "Htzx") catch return ZxError.Unexpected;
+
+        // if (std.mem.indexOf(u8, response.request.target, "?chunked") != null) {
+        //     response.transfer_encoding = .chunked;
+        // } else {
+        //     response.transfer_encoding = .{ .content_length = 10 };
+        // }
+
+        // Set "content-type" header to "text/plain".
+        // response.headers.append("content-type", "text/plain") catch return ZxError.Unexpected;
+
+        // Write the response body.
+
+        if (response.request.method != .HEAD) {
+            var ctz = ZxContext.init(allocator, response, body);
+            if (response.request.method == .GET and zx.has_html_route(response.request.target)) {
+                log.info("Returning html file at {s}...", .{response.request.target});
+                try zx.return_html(&ctz);
+            } else {
+                var handler = zx.routes.get(response.request.target);
+                if (handler) |h| {
+                    h(&ctz) catch |err| {
+                        errorHandler(response, err);
+                    };
+                } else {
+                    std.debug.print("No route defined for {s}\n", .{response.request.target});
+
+                    response.status = .not_found;
+                    response.do() catch return ZxError.DoError;
+                }
+            }
+            response.finish() catch |err| {
+                log.err("Got finish error {any}\n", .{err});
+                return ZxError.FinishError;
+            };
+        } else {
+            response.do() catch return ZxError.Unexpected;
+            response.finish() catch return ZxError.FinishError;
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn has_html_route(zx: *Zx, route_target: string) bool {
+        return zx.html_files_map.contains(route_target);
+    }
+
+    fn return_html(zx: *Zx, ctz: *ZxContext) ZxError!void {
+        var html = zx.html_files_map.get(ctz.response.request.target).?;
+        try ctz.html(html);
+    }
+
+    fn errorHandler(response: *http.Server.Response, err: ZxError) void {
+        log.err("Got error while handling route {any}\n", .{err});
+        response.status = .internal_server_error;
+    }
+};
+
+pub const ZxContext = struct {
+    allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
+    response: *http.Server.Response,
+    req_body: string,
+
+    pub fn init(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, res: *http.Server.Response, body: string) ZxContext {
+        return ZxContext{
+            .allocator = alloc,
+            .response = res,
+            .req_body = body,
+        };
+    }
+
+    /// Helper function to return JSON to the client
+    pub fn json(ctz: *ZxContext, content: anytype) ZxError!void {
+        // Add json header
+        ctz.response.headers.append("Content-Type", "application/json") catch return ZxError.Unexpected;
+
+        const json_content = std.json.stringifyAlloc(ctz.allocator, content, .{}) catch return ZxError.OutOfMemory;
+        defer ctz.allocator.free(json_content);
+
+        try ctz.respond(json_content);
+    }
+
+    test "json helper function" {}
+
+    pub fn html(ctz: *ZxContext, html_content: string) ZxError!void {
+        // Add html header
+        ctz.response.headers.append("Content-Type", "text/html") catch return ZxError.Unexpected;
+
+        try ctz.respond(html_content);
+    }
+
+    // Helper function to return body to the client
+    pub fn respond(ctz: *ZxContext, body: string) ZxError!void {
+        if (!ctz.response.headers.contains("Content-Type")) {
+            ctz.response.headers.append("Content-Type", "text/html") catch return ZxError.Unexpected;
+        }
+
+        ctz.response.transfer_encoding = .{ .content_length = body.len };
+        // Send headers
+        ctz.response.do() catch return ZxError.DoError;
+        // Send html body
+        ctz.response.writeAll(body) catch return ZxError.Unexpected;
     }
 };