diff --git a/hyde b/hyde
index c6e89af..fd76422 160000
--- a/hyde
+++ b/hyde
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c6e89afcfd115680ac4ddd7178f71782e9137402
+Subproject commit fd76422b760e6c045581bcb11842ee42221d06e0
diff --git a/proto.rb b/proto.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8ed3ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proto.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+UIDS = {}
+
+module Heimdall
+  class UID
+    def initialize
+      @UID_prefix = "abstract" if not @UID_prefix
+      id = (1..32).map { |x| (rand()*10).floor }.join 
+      while UIDS.has_key? id do
+        id = (1..32).map { |x| (rand()*10).floor }.join 
+      end
+      UIDS[@UID_prefix+id] = self
+      @UID = id
+    end
+    attr_reader :UID
+  end
+
+  class UserCache
+    def initialize
+      @users = {}
+    end
+    def add(user)
+      @users[user.protoid] = user
+    end
+    def get(protoid)
+      return @users[user.protoid]
+    end
+  end
+
+  class User < UID
+    def initialize(username, protoid)
+      @username = username
+      @protoid = protoid
+      @UID_prefix = "user"
+      super()
+    end
+    attr_reader :username
+    attr_reader :protoid
+  end
+
+  class Server < UID
+    def initialize
+      @UID_prefix = "server"
+      super()
+    end
+  end
+
+  class Channel < UID
+    def initialize
+      @UID_prefix = "channel"
+      super()
+    end
+
+  end
+
+  class DirectChannel < Channel
+    def initialize
+      @UID_prefix = "dchannel"
+      super()
+    end
+
+  end
+
+  class ServerChannel < Channel
+    def initialize
+      @UID_prefix = "schannel"
+      super()
+    end
+  end
+
+  class Message < UID
+    def initialize
+      @UID_prefix = "message"
+      super()
+    end
+  end
+
+  class MsgStack < UID
+    def initialize
+      @UID_prefix = "msgstack"
+      super()
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/server.rb b/server.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d90403
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+require_relative "proto"
+require_relative "hyde/hyde"
+require "json"
+
+Users = Heimdall::UserCache.new
+
+def require_keys(dict,key_dict)
+  raise KeyError, "not a dict" unless dict.kind_of? Hash
+  key_dict.each_pair { |k,v|
+    unless (dict.has_key? k) and (dict[k].kind_of? v) then
+      raise KeyError, "key #{k} of type #{v} required"
+    end
+  }
+end
+
+server = Hyde::Server.new Port: 8000 do
+  path "user" do
+    post "new" do |ctx|
+      req,res = ctx.request,ctx.response
+      begin
+        data = JSON::Parser.new(req.body).parse
+        require_keys(data,{
+          username: String,
+          protocol_id: String
+        })
+        Users.add(Heimdall::User.new data[:username], data[:protocol_id])
+      rescue JSON::ParserError => jsonerror
+        res.body = JSON::fast_generate({
+          error: "#{jsonerror}"
+        })
+        res['Content-Type'] = "application/json"
+        res.status = 400
+      rescue KeyError => keyerror
+        res.body = JSON::fast_generate({
+          error: "#{keyerror}"
+        })
+        res['Content-Type'] = "application/json"
+        res.status = 400
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+server.start