diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 23291f9..ad67944 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ dotenvy = "0.15.7"
 compile-time-run = "0.2.12"
 
 actix-web = "4.5.1"
-sqlx = { version = "0.7.4", features = ["runtime-tokio", "tls-native-tls"] }
+sqlx = { version = "0.7.4", features = ["runtime-tokio", "tls-native-tls", "mysql"] }
diff --git a/src/api/endpoints.rs b/src/api/endpoints.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08bcdd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/endpoints.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use actix_web::{post, HttpResponse, Responder};
+
+#[post("/account/register")]
+pub async fn account_register() -> impl Responder {
+    HttpResponse::Ok()
+}
diff --git a/src/api/mod.rs b/src/api/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ef5a46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+use crate::backend::Backend;
+use crate::config::Config;
+use actix_web::{web, App, HttpServer};
+use anyhow::Result;
+use log::info;
+
+mod endpoints;
+
+pub async fn start(config: &Config, backend: Backend) -> Result<()> {
+    let server = HttpServer::new(move || {
+        App::new()
+            .app_data(web::Data::new(backend.clone()))
+            .service(endpoints::account_register)
+    })
+    .bind((config.addr.as_str(), config.port))?;
+
+    if let Some(threads) = config.threads {
+        server.workers(threads as usize).run().await?;
+    } else {
+        server.run().await?;
+    }
+    info!("API online");
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/mod.rs b/src/backend/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2331049
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+use crate::config::Config;
+use anyhow::Result;
+use log::info;
+use sqlx::MySqlPool;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct Backend {
+    pool: MySqlPool,
+}
+
+pub async fn start(config: &Config) -> Result<Backend> {
+    let pool = MySqlPool::connect(config.database.as_str()).await?.into();
+
+    sqlx::query!(
+        r#"CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS Users (
+            username    VARCHAR(32)     NOT NULL    PRIMARY KEY,
+            password    VARCHAR(98)     NOT NULL
+        );"#
+    )
+    .execute(&pool)
+    .await?;
+
+    sqlx::query!(
+        r#"CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS Relays (
+            id      BINARY(16)      NOT NULL    PRIMARY KEY,
+            secret  VARCHAR(98)     NOT NULL
+        );"#
+    )
+    .execute(&pool)
+    .await?;
+
+    info!("Backend initialized");
+
+    Ok(Backend { pool })
+}
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 6dd1677..4847c0c 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ use std::env;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Config {
-    addr: String,
-    port: u16,
-    database: String,
+    pub addr: String,
+    pub port: u16,
+    pub database: String,
+    pub threads: Option<u16>,
 }
 
 impl Config {
@@ -27,7 +28,14 @@ impl Config {
             database: match env::var("CR_DATABASE") {
                 Ok(db) => db,
                 Err(_) => bail!("The environment variable CR_DATABASE is required!"),
-            }
+            },
+            threads: match env::var("CR_THREADS") {
+                Ok(str) => match str.parse() {
+                    Ok(threads) => Some(threads),
+                    Err(_) => bail!("Failed to parse environment variable CR_THREAD: '{str}' is not a valid number!"),
+                },
+                Err(_) => None
+            },
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index da31568..ec737b6 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+mod api;
+mod backend;
 mod config;
 
 use anyhow::Result;
@@ -21,5 +23,8 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
     println!("{config:#?}");
 
+    let backend = backend::start(&config).await?;
+    api::start(&config, backend).await?;
+
     Ok(())
 }