diff --git a/lantern/main.py b/lantern/main.py
index e69de29..1561b07 100644
--- a/lantern/main.py
+++ b/lantern/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from sanic import Sanic
+from sanic.response import json
+
+app = Sanic()
+
+@app.route("/")
+async def test(request):
+    return json({"hello": "world"})
+
+
+def main():
+    app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port="8000")
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7836107..9376ba5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ setup(
     name="lantern",
     version="1.0",
     install_requires=[
+        "sanic==0.4.1"
     ],
     entry_points="""
         [console_scripts]