diff --git a/src/server/budget/controller.ts b/src/server/budget/controller.ts
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+++ b/src/server/budget/controller.ts
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+import express from 'express';
+
+const router = express.Router()
+
+router.get('/', (req, res) => {
+    
+});
+
+router.post('/', (req, res) => {
+
+});
+
+router.get('/:id', (req, res) => {
+
+});
+
+router.get('/:id/balance', (req, res) => {
+
+});
+
+router.put('/:id', (req, res) => {
+
+});
+
+router.delete('/:id', (req, res) => {
+
+});
+
+export { router };
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diff --git a/src/server/budget/model.ts b/src/server/budget/model.ts
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+++ b/src/server/budget/model.ts
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+import { randomId } from '../utils';
+
+export class Budget {
+    id: string = randomId();
+    name: string;
+    description: string;
+    currencyCode: string;
+}
diff --git a/src/server/budget/repository.ts b/src/server/budget/repository.ts
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+++ b/src/server/budget/repository.ts
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+
+export class BudgetRepository {
+
+}
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diff --git a/src/server/categories/controller.ts b/src/server/categories/controller.ts
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+++ b/src/server/categories/controller.ts
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+import express from 'express';
+
+const router = express.Router()
+
+router.get('/', (req, res) => {
+
+});
+
+router.post('/', (req, res) => {
+
+});
+
+router.get('/:id', (req, res) => {
+
+});
+
+router.put('/:id', (req, res) => {
+
+});
+
+router.delete('/:id', (req, res) => {
+
+});
+
+export { router };
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diff --git a/src/server/db/index.ts b/src/server/db/index.ts
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+++ b/src/server/db/index.ts
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+import path from 'path';
+import sqlite3 from 'sqlite3';
+import * as migrations from './migrations';
+
+
+export function db(dataDir: string): sqlite3.Database {
+    const db = new sqlite3.Database(path.join(dataDir, "twigs.db"), (err) => {
+        if (err != null) {
+            console.error("Failed to open db");
+            console.error(err);
+            throw 'Failed to open db';
+        }
+         
+    });
+    return db
+}
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diff --git a/src/server/db/migrations.ts b/src/server/db/migrations.ts
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diff --git a/src/server/index.ts b/src/server/index.ts
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+++ b/src/server/index.ts
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+import express from 'express';
+import { router as budgetRouter } from './budget/controller'
+import { router as categoryRouter } from './categories/controller'
+import { router as permissionsRouter } from './permissions/controller'
+import { router as transactionRouter } from './transactions/controller'
+import { router as userRouter } from './users/controller'
+
+const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
+const app = express();
+
+const dataDir = process.env.TWIGS_DATA || __dirname;
+
+app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
+
+// app.get('/', (req, res) => {
+//     console.log('hit: /');
+//     res.send('test');
+// })
+
+app.use('/api/budgets', budgetRouter);
+app.use('/api/categories', categoryRouter);
+app.use('/api/permissions', permissionsRouter);
+app.use('/api/transactions', transactionRouter);
+app.use('/api/users', userRouter);
+
+app.get('/*', (req, res) => {
+    res.sendFile(__dirname + '/public/index.html');
+});
+
+
+app.listen(port, () => {
+    console.log(`Twigs server listening at http://localhost:${port}`)
+    console.log(`Serving static content from ${__dirname}/public`)
+});
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diff --git a/src/server/permissions/controller.ts b/src/server/permissions/controller.ts
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+++ b/src/server/permissions/controller.ts
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+import express from 'express';
+
+const router = express.Router()
+
+router.get('/', (req, res) => {
+
+});
+
+router.post('/', (req, res) => {
+
+});
+
+router.get('/:id', (req, res) => {
+
+});
+
+router.put('/:id', (req, res) => {
+
+});
+
+router.delete('/:id', (req, res) => {
+
+});
+
+export { router };
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diff --git a/src/server/transactions/controller.ts b/src/server/transactions/controller.ts
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+++ b/src/server/transactions/controller.ts
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+import express from 'express';
+
+const router = express.Router()
+
+router.get('/', (req, res) => {
+
+});
+
+router.post('/', (req, res) => {
+
+});
+
+router.get('/:id', (req, res) => {
+
+});
+
+router.put('/:id', (req, res) => {
+
+});
+
+router.delete('/:id', (req, res) => {
+
+});
+
+export { router };
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diff --git a/src/server/tsconfig.json b/src/server/tsconfig.json
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+++ b/src/server/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "esModuleInterop": true,
+        "target": "es6",
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "moduleResolution": "node",
+        "sourceMap": true,
+        "outDir": "../../dist",
+        "baseUrl": ".",
+        "paths": {
+            "*": [
+                "node_modules/*"
+            ]
+        }
+    },
+    "include": [
+        "**/*"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/src/server/tslint.json b/src/server/tslint.json
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diff --git a/src/server/users/controller.ts b/src/server/users/controller.ts
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+++ b/src/server/users/controller.ts
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+import express from 'express';
+
+const router = express.Router()
+
+router.get('/', (req, res) => {
+
+});
+
+router.post('/', (req, res) => {
+
+});
+
+router.get('/:id', (req, res) => {
+
+});
+
+router.put('/:id', (req, res) => {
+
+});
+
+router.delete('/:id', (req, res) => {
+
+});
+
+export { router };
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diff --git a/src/server/utils.ts b/src/server/utils.ts
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+++ b/src/server/utils.ts
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+import { randomInt } from 'crypto';
+
+const CHARACTERS = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789'
+
+export function randomId(length = 32): string {
+    return Array.from(new Array(length), () => { CHARACTERS[randomInt(CHARACTERS.length)] }).join('');
+}
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