diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c4a5352..108c88d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,31 +1,16 @@
-HELP.md
-/target/
-!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+# Binaries for programs and plugins
+*.exe
+*.exe~
+*.dll
+*.so
+*.dylib
+twigs
 
-### STS ###
-.apt_generated
-.classpath
-.factorypath
-.project
-.settings
-.springBeans
-.sts4-cache
+# Test binary, built with `go test -c`
+*.test
 
-### IntelliJ IDEA ###
-.idea
-*.iws
-*.iml
-*.ipr
+# Output of the go coverage tool, specifically when used with LiteIDE
+*.out
 
-### NetBeans ###
-/nbproject/private/
-/nbbuild/
-/dist/
-/nbdist/
-/.nb-gradle/
-/build/
-
-### VS Code ###
+# VS Code
 .vscode/
-.gradle
-*.sql
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 926bb61..29d2946 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ This is the backend application that powers the [Android](../../../twigs-android
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-- JDK 14 or newer
+- Go 1.16 or newer
 - PostgreSQL 13 or newer
 - (optional) Docker
 
 ## Running
 
-Prior to running the app, make sure you have a PostgreSQL server running, with a database and user ready to go. To avoid the hassle of figuring out how to get it installed locally, using Docker is recommended, and a sample `docker-compose.yml` file is included in the root of the repository. If you already have a PostgreSQL server running, you can run the app from the command line with gradle:
+Prior to running the app, make sure you have a PostgreSQL server running, with a database and user ready to go. To avoid the hassle of figuring out how to get it installed locally, using Docker is recommended, and a sample `docker-compose.yml` file is included in the root of the repository. If you already have a PostgreSQL server running, you can run the app from the command line:
 
-    ./gradlew run
+    go run twigs.go
 
 ## Configuration
 
@@ -30,7 +30,5 @@ Environment Variable|Default Value|Note
 
 ## Building
 
-Building the app is also handled with gradle:
-
-    ./gradlew shadowJar
+    go build
 
diff --git a/api/.gitignore b/api/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index d163863..0000000
--- a/api/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-build/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/build.gradle.kts b/api/build.gradle.kts
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b49c2a..0000000
--- a/api/build.gradle.kts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-plugins {
-    kotlin("jvm")
-    kotlin("plugin.serialization") version "1.5.20"
-    `java-library`
-}
-
-val ktorVersion: String by rootProject.extra
-
-dependencies {
-    implementation(kotlin("stdlib"))
-    api(project(":core"))
-    implementation(project(":storage"))
-    api("io.ktor:ktor-server-core:$ktorVersion")
-    api("io.ktor:ktor-serialization:$ktorVersion")
-    api("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:1.5.2")
-    testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.8.2")
-    testRuntimeOnly("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine")
-}
-
-tasks.getByName<Test>("test") {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c17ef3..0000000
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
-import java.net.URI
-
-buildscript {
-    val kotlinVersion: String by extra("1.6.10")
-    val ktorVersion: String by extra("1.6.6")
-    repositories {
-        mavenLocal()
-        mavenCentral()
-    }
-
-    dependencies {
-        classpath("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlinVersion")
-    }
-}
-
-plugins {
-    java
-    kotlin("jvm") version "1.5.20"
-}
-
-allprojects {
-    repositories {
-        mavenLocal()
-        mavenCentral()
-        maven {
-            url = URI("https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2")
-        }
-    }
-    group = "com.wbrawner"
-    version = "0.0.1-SNAPSHOT"
-    tasks.withType<KotlinCompile> {
-        kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = "16"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/captain-definition b/captain-definition
deleted file mode 100644
index 17db556..0000000
--- a/captain-definition
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
- {
-  "schemaVersion": 2,
-  "dockerfilePath": "./Dockerfile"
- }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfa94be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module wbrawner.com/twigs
+
+go 1.16
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index cc4fdc2..0000000
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 716c2d3..0000000
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#Fri Feb 07 18:11:46 CST 2020
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.1.1-all.zip
-distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
-distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
deleted file mode 100755
index 2fe81a7..0000000
--- a/gradlew
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,183 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
-
-#
-# Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-
-##############################################################################
-##
-##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
-##
-##############################################################################
-
-# Attempt to set APP_HOME
-# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
-PRG="$0"
-# Need this for relative symlinks.
-while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
-    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
-    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
-    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
-        PRG="$link"
-    else
-        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
-    fi
-done
-SAVED="`pwd`"
-cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
-APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
-cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
-
-APP_NAME="Gradle"
-APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
-
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
-
-# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
-MAX_FD="maximum"
-
-warn () {
-    echo "$*"
-}
-
-die () {
-    echo
-    echo "$*"
-    echo
-    exit 1
-}
-
-# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
-cygwin=false
-msys=false
-darwin=false
-nonstop=false
-case "`uname`" in
-  CYGWIN* )
-    cygwin=true
-    ;;
-  Darwin* )
-    darwin=true
-    ;;
-  MINGW* )
-    msys=true
-    ;;
-  NONSTOP* )
-    nonstop=true
-    ;;
-esac
-
-CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
-
-# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
-if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
-    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
-        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
-        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
-    else
-        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
-    fi
-    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
-        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
-
-Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-location of your Java installation."
-    fi
-else
-    JAVACMD="java"
-    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-
-Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-location of your Java installation."
-fi
-
-# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
-if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
-    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
-    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
-        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
-            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
-        fi
-        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
-        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
-            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
-        fi
-    else
-        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
-    fi
-fi
-
-# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
-if $darwin; then
-    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
-fi
-
-# For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
-if [ "$cygwin" = "true" -o "$msys" = "true" ] ; then
-    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
-    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
-    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
-
-    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
-    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
-    SEP=""
-    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
-        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
-        SEP="|"
-    done
-    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
-    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
-    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
-        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
-    fi
-    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
-    i=0
-    for arg in "$@" ; do
-        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
-        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
-
-        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
-            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
-        else
-            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
-        fi
-        i=`expr $i + 1`
-    done
-    case $i in
-        0) set -- ;;
-        1) set -- "$args0" ;;
-        2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
-        3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
-        4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
-        5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
-        6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
-        7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
-        8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
-        9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
-    esac
-fi
-
-# Escape application args
-save () {
-    for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
-    echo " "
-}
-APP_ARGS=`save "$@"`
-
-# Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
-eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
-
-exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index 9618d8d..0000000
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-@rem
-@rem Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
-@rem
-@rem Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-@rem you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-@rem You may obtain a copy of the License at
-@rem
-@rem      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-@rem
-@rem Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-@rem distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-@rem WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-@rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-@rem limitations under the License.
-@rem
-
-@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
-@rem ##########################################################################
-@rem
-@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
-@rem
-@rem ##########################################################################
-
-@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
-
-set DIRNAME=%~dp0
-if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
-set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
-set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
-
-@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
-
-@rem Find java.exe
-if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
-
-set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
-%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
-
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
-
-goto fail
-
-:findJavaFromJavaHome
-set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
-set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
-
-if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
-
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
-
-goto fail
-
-:init
-@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
-
-if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
-
-:win9xME_args
-@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
-set _SKIP=2
-
-:win9xME_args_slurp
-if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
-
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
-
-:execute
-@rem Setup the command line
-
-set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
-
-@rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
-
-:end
-@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
-
-:fail
-rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
-rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
-exit /b 1
-
-:mainEnd
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
-
-:omega
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
deleted file mode 100644
index 865fc01..0000000
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-rootProject.name = "twigs"
-include("core", "api", "app", "storage", "db", "web")
-include("testhelpers")
diff --git a/twigs.go b/twigs.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e35a0d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/twigs.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
+)
+
+func getEnvOrDefault(env string, defaultVal string) string {
+	envVal := os.Getenv(env)
+	if envVal == "" {
+		return defaultVal
+	} else {
+		return envVal
+	}
+}
+
+func main() {
+	dbName := getEnvOrDefault("TWIGS_DB_NAME", "budget")
+	dbUser := getEnvOrDefault("TWIGS_DB_USER", "budget")
+	dbPass := getEnvOrDefault("TWIGS_DB_PASS", "budget")
+	dbHost := getEnvOrDefault("TWIGS_DB_HOST", "localhost")
+	dbPort := getEnvOrDefault("TWIGS_DB_PORT", "3306")
+	db, err := sql.Open("mysql", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s@%s:%s/%s", dbUser, dbPass, dbHost, dbPort, dbName))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to connect to database %s on %s", dbName, dbHost)
+	}
+	router := mux.NewRouter()
+	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil))
+}
\ No newline at end of file