diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ead75e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+RESPONSE_TIMEOUT=5
+
+PORT=65526
+HOST=
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bd2a628..4ff872a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,4 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Sources
 
-- [Catch SIGTERM](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18499497/how-to-process-sigterm-signal-gracefully#31464349)
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+### Signal catching
+- [Catch SIGTERM](https://stackoverflow.com/a/31464349)
+- [Get ENUM name from value](https://stackoverflow.com/a/38716384)
+
+### Networking
+- [Dynamically finding host IP address](https://stackoverflow.com/a/28950776)
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diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 39dbf12..81c8073 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -86,6 +86,20 @@ files = [
 docs = ["Sphinx", "furo"]
 test = ["objgraph", "psutil"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "python-dotenv"
+version = "1.0.1"
+description = "Read key-value pairs from a .env file and set them as environment variables"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "python-dotenv-1.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e324ee90a023d808f1959c46bcbc04446a10ced277783dc6ee09987c37ec10ca"},
+    {file = "python_dotenv-1.0.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f7b63ef50f1b690dddf550d03497b66d609393b40b564ed0d674909a68ebf16a"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+cli = ["click (>=5.0)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlalchemy"
 version = "2.0.37"
@@ -195,4 +209,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.12"
-content-hash = "3568ec5bd2911d0c45c9b8689c11ed6c688d07ef23b6a739b25b4f188dd8e10e"
+content-hash = "6ac48c667aa2e9a90b4339005a250d1e664006645cd9c7b0dcec6d8a888a3e50"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f1ff405..5caaed7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.12"
 sqlalchemy = "^2.0.37"
+python-dotenv = "^1.0.1"
 
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/src/app.py b/src/app.py
index e69de29..9626a00 100644
--- a/src/app.py
+++ b/src/app.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from bank_node.bank_node import BankNode
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    BankNode().start_server()
diff --git a/src/bank_node.py b/src/bank_node/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bank_node.py
rename to src/bank_node/__init__.py
diff --git a/src/bank_node/bank_node.py b/src/bank_node/bank_node.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f66d6e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bank_node/bank_node.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import socket
+import signal
+import sys
+import logging
+
+from core.config import BankNodeConfig
+
+class BankNode():
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+        self._setup_signals()
+        self.config = BankNodeConfig()
+
+    def _setup_signals(self):
+        self.logger.debug("Setting up exit signal hooks")
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, self.gracefully_exit)
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, self.gracefully_exit)
+
+    def gracefully_exit(self, signum, frame):
+        signal_name = signal.Signals(signum).name
+        self.logger.warning("Caught %s. Cleaning up before exiting", signal_name)
+        self.cleanup()
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+
+    def start_server(self):
+        with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as socket_server:
+            socket_server.bind(("127.0.0.1", 6969))
+            socket_server.listen()
+
+            while True:
+                conn, addr = socket_server.accept()
+                with conn:
+                    print(f"{addr} connected")
+                    request = conn.recv(1024).decode("utf-8")
+                    print(f"Request:\n{request}")
+
+    def cleanup(self):
+        pass
diff --git a/src/bank_node/bank_process.py b/src/bank_node/bank_process.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46405fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bank_node/bank_process.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from multiprocessing import Process
+
+class BankProcess(Process):
+    pass
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diff --git a/src/bank_protocol/exceptions.py b/src/bank_protocol/exceptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/core/config.py b/src/core/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2033f85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import os
+import logging
+
+import dotenv
+
+from utils import setup_logger
+
+dotenv.load_dotenv()
+
+class BankNodeConfig:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+        self.port = os.getenv("PORT", "6969")
+
+        self.timeout = os.getenv("RESPONSE_TIMEOUT", "5")
+
+        self.verbosity = os.getenv("VERBOSITY", "DEBUG")
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diff --git a/src/core/exceptions.py b/src/core/exceptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/utils/__init__.py b/src/utils/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/utils/setup_logger.py b/src/utils/setup_logger.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf153be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/setup_logger.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import sys
+import logging
+
+
+def setup_logger():
+    logger = logging.getLogger()
+
+    handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+
+    formatter = logging.Formatter("[%(levelname)s] - %(name)s:%(lineno)d - %(message)s")
+    handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+
+    logger.addHandler(handler)