diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3ca43ae..193d30e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,8 @@ Cargo.lock
 # MSVC Windows builds of rustc generate these, which store debugging information
 *.pdb
 
+
+
+# Added by cargo
+
+/target
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fb1618
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "adept"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+toml = "0.5"
+serde = "1.0"
+serde_derive = "1.0"
+shellexpand = "2.1"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b465140
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+use serde_derive::Deserialize;
+use std::fs;
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+pub struct Config {
+	pub transcoder: Transcoder,
+}
+
+impl Config {
+	pub fn new(config_path: &str) -> Config {
+		let resolved_path = shellexpand::tilde(config_path);
+		let config_text = fs::read_to_string(&*resolved_path).unwrap();
+		let c: Config = toml::from_str(&config_text).unwrap();
+		return c;
+	}
+
+	pub fn get_repository(&self) -> String {
+		let resolved_path = shellexpand::tilde(&self.transcoder.repository);
+		return String::from(&*resolved_path);
+	}
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+pub struct Transcoder {
+	pub repository:       String,
+	pub interval:         u16,
+	pub video_format:     String,
+	pub video_codec:      String,
+	pub video_profile:    String,
+	pub video_resolution: String,
+	pub video_framerate:  u8,
+	pub video_color:      String,
+	pub audio_codec:      String,
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fffdcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+use config::Config;
+use repository::Repository;
+use transcoder::Transcoder;
+
+mod config;
+mod repository;
+mod transcoder;
+
+fn main() {
+  // create and initialize our config and repository objects
+  let c: Config = Config::new("~/.config/adept.toml");
+  let r: Repository = Repository::new(&c.get_repository());
+
+  // create and start the video transcoder object
+  let t: Transcoder = Transcoder::new(c, r);
+  t.start();
+}
diff --git a/src/repository.rs b/src/repository.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40b755d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/repository.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+use std::fs;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+pub struct Repository {
+	base_path: String,
+}
+
+impl Repository {
+	pub fn new(base_path: &str) -> Repository {
+		// create the base directory path
+		create_directory(base_path);
+
+		let sub_dirs: Vec<&str> = vec!["ingest", "archive", "output"];
+		for s in sub_dirs {
+			create_directory(Path::new(base_path).join(s).to_str().unwrap());
+		}
+
+		return Repository {
+			base_path: String::from(base_path),
+		};
+	}
+}
+
+fn create_directory(path: &str) {
+	let d = Path::new(path);
+	if d.is_dir() {
+		println!("Directory {} already exists.", path);
+	} else {
+		match fs::create_dir(path) {
+			Ok(_) => {
+				println!("Creating directory {}.", path);
+			},
+			Err(e) => {
+				eprintln!("Error creating {}: {}", path, e);
+				std::process::exit(1);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/transcoder.rs b/src/transcoder.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..894efb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/transcoder.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use crate::config::Config;
+use crate::repository::Repository;
+
+pub struct Transcoder {
+	config: Config,
+	repository: Repository,
+}
+
+impl Transcoder {
+	pub fn new(config: Config, repository: Repository) -> Transcoder {
+		return Transcoder{
+			config: config,
+			repository: repository,
+		}
+	}
+
+	pub fn start(self) {
+		println!("Starting transcoder...");
+	}
+}