diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8fdf499e..887eed61 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,14 +2,12 @@
 logs
 *.log
 npm-debug.log*
-yarn-debug.log*
-yarn-error.log*
+.idea
 
 # Runtime data
 pids
 *.pid
 *.seed
-*.pid.lock
 
 # Directory for instrumented libs generated by jscoverage/JSCover
 lib-cov
@@ -23,39 +21,43 @@ coverage
 # Grunt intermediate storage (http://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files)
 .grunt
 
-# Bower dependency directory (https://bower.io/)
-bower_components
-
 # node-waf configuration
 .lock-wscript
 
-# Compiled binary addons (https://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)
+# Compiled binary addons (http://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)
 build/Release
 
 # Dependency directories
-node_modules/
-jspm_packages/
-
-# TypeScript v1 declaration files
-typings/
+node_modules
+jspm_packages
 
 # Optional npm cache directory
 .npm
 
-# Optional eslint cache
-.eslintcache
-
 # Optional REPL history
 .node_repl_history
 
-# Output of 'npm pack'
-*.tgz
+# 0x
+profile-*
+
+# mac files
+.DS_Store
+
+# vim swap files
+*.swp
+
+# webstorm
+.idea
 
-# Yarn Integrity file
-.yarn-integrity
+# vscode
+.vscode
+*code-workspace
 
-# dotenv environment variables file
-.env
+# clinic
+profile*
+*clinic*
+*flamegraph*
 
-# next.js build output
-.next
\ No newline at end of file
+# generated code
+examples/typescript-server.js
+test/types/index.js
diff --git a/.releaserc.js b/.releaserc.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0059af09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.releaserc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// in ".releaserc.js" or "release.config.js"
+
+const {promisify} = require('util')
+const dateFormat = require('dateformat')
+const readFileAsync = promisify(require('fs').readFile)
+const path = require('path')
+// Given a `const` variable `TEMPLATE_DIR` which points to "<semantic-release-gitmoji>/lib/assets/templates"
+const TEMPLATE_DIR = 'node_modules/semantic-release-gitmoji/lib/assets/templates'
+// the *.hbs template and partials should be passed as strings of contents
+const template = readFileAsync(path.join(TEMPLATE_DIR, 'default-template.hbs'))
+const commitTemplate = readFileAsync(path.join(TEMPLATE_DIR, 'commit-template.hbs'))
+
+module.exports = {
+    branch: "master",
+    generateNotes: ['semantic-release-gitmoji'],
+    analyzeCommits: ['semantic-release-gitmoji'],
+    plugins: [
+        [
+            'semantic-release-gitmoji', {
+            releaseRules: {
+                major: [':boom:'],
+                minor: [':sparkles:'],
+                patch: [
+                    ':bug:',
+                    ':ambulance:',
+                    ':lock:'
+                ]
+            },
+            releaseNotes: {
+                template: template,
+                partials: {commitTemplate},
+                helpers: {
+                    datetime: function (format = 'UTC:yyyy-mm-dd') {
+                        return dateFormat(new Date(), format)
+                    }
+                },
+                issueResolution: {
+                    template: '{baseUrl}/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{ref}',
+                    baseUrl: 'https://github.com',
+                    source: 'github.com'
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        ],
+        "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
+        ["@semantic-release/changelog", {
+            "changelogFile": "CHANGELOG.md"
+        }],
+        ['@semantic-release/git', {
+            "assets": ["CHANGELOG.md", "package.json", "packages"],
+            "message": ":bookmark: (release) ${nextRelease.version} [skip ci]\n\n${nextRelease.notes}"
+        }]
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/app.ts b/app.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc9b2216
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const path = require('path')
+const AutoLoad = require('fastify-autoload')
+
+module.exports = function (fastify, opts, next) {
+  // Place here your custom code!
+
+  // Do not touch the following lines
+
+  // This loads all plugins defined in plugins
+  // those should be support plugins that are reused
+  // through your application
+  fastify.register(AutoLoad, {
+    dir: path.join(__dirname, 'plugins'),
+    includeTypeScript: true,
+    options: Object.assign({}, opts)
+  })
+
+  // This loads all plugins defined in services
+  // define your routes in one of these
+  fastify.register(AutoLoad, {
+    dir: path.join(__dirname, 'services'),
+    includeTypeScript: true,
+    options: Object.assign({}, opts)
+  })
+
+  // Make sure to call next when done
+  next()
+}
diff --git a/commitlint.config.js b/commitlint.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..034ec53b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commitlint.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module.exports = {
+    extends: ["gitmoji"],
+    parserPreset: {
+        parserOpts: {
+            headerPattern: /^(:\w*:)(?:\s)(?:\((.*?)\))?\s((?:.*(?=\())|.*)(?:\(#(\d*)\))?/,
+            headerCorrespondence: ["type", "scope", "subject", "ticket"]
+        }
+    }
+};
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..abec2f9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{
+  "name": "@hospitalrun-org/server",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Fastify Application",
+  "main": "app.ts",
+  "directories": {
+    "test": "test"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "ts-node ./node_modules/tap/bin/run.js test/**/*.test.ts",
+    "start": "ts-node ./node_modules/fastify-cli/cli.js start -l info app.ts",
+    "dev": "ts-node ./node_modules/fastify-cli/cli.js start -l info -P app.ts"
+  },
+  "keywords": [],
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "fastify": "^2.0.0",
+    "fastify-plugin": "^1.5.0",
+    "fastify-autoload": "^1.0.0",
+    "fastify-cli": "^1.2.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@commitlint/cli": "^8.1.0",
+    "@commitlint/core": "^8.1.0",
+    "@semantic-release/changelog": "^3.0.4",
+    "@semantic-release/git": "^7.0.16",
+    "@semantic-release/github": "^5.4.3",
+    "@semantic-release/npm": "^5.1.15",
+    "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator": "^7.3.0",
+    "@types/node": "^12.7.4",
+    "commitizen": "^4.0.3",
+    "commitlint-config-gitmoji": "^1.0.1",
+    "cz-emoji": "^1.1.2",
+    "husky": "^3.0.5",
+    "semantic-release": "^15.13.24",
+    "semantic-release-cli": "^5.2.1",
+    "semantic-release-gitmoji": "^1.3.2",
+    "tap": "^12.5.3",
+    "ts-node": "^8.3.0",
+    "typescript": "^3.6.2"
+  },
+  "config": {
+    "commitizen": {
+      "path": "./node_modules/cz-emoji"
+    }
+  },
+  "husky": {
+    "hooks": {
+      "commit-msg": "commitlint -E HUSKY_GIT_PARAMS",
+      "pre-commit": "npm test"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/README.md b/plugins/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad1734bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Plugins Folder
+
+Plugins define behavior that is common to all the routes in your
+application. Authentication, caching, templates, and all the other cross
+cutting concerns should be handled by plugins placed in this folder.
+
+Files in this folder are typically defined through the
+[`fastify-plugin`](https://github.com/fastify/fastify-plugin) module,
+making them non-encapsulated. They can define decorators and set hooks
+that will then be used in the rest of your application.
+
+Check out:
+
+* [The hitchhiker's guide to plugins](https://github.com/fastify/fastify/blob/master/docs/Plugins-Guide.md)
+* [Fastify decorators](https://www.fastify.io/docs/latest/Decorators/).
+* [Fastify lifecycle](https://www.fastify.io/docs/latest/Lifecycle/).
diff --git a/plugins/support.ts b/plugins/support.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f8d2a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/support.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+'use strict'
+
+import * as fp from 'fastify-plugin'
+
+
+export default fp((fastify, opts, next) => {
+  fastify.decorate('someSupport', function () {
+    return 'hugs'
+  })
+  next()
+})
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diff --git a/services/README.md b/services/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a463abb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Services Folder
+
+Services define routes within your application. Fastify provides an
+easy path to a microservice architecture, in the future you might want
+to independently deploy some of those.
+
+In this folder you should define all the services that define the routes
+of your web application.
+Each service is a [Fastify
+plugin](https://www.fastify.io/docs/latest/Plugins/), it is
+encapsulated (it can have its own independent plugins) and it is
+typically stored in a file; be careful to group your routes logically,
+e.g. all `/users` routes in a `users.js` file. We have added
+a `root.js` file for you with a '/' root added.
+
+If a single file become too large, create a folder and add a `index.js` file there:
+this file must be a Fastify plugin, and it will be loaded automatically
+by the application. You can now add as many files as you want inside that folder.
+In this way you can create complex services within a single monolith,
+and eventually extract them.
+
+If you need to share functionality between services, place that
+functionality into the `plugins` folder, and share it via
+[decorators](https://www.fastify.io/docs/latest/Decorators/).
diff --git a/services/example/index.ts b/services/example/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3384f5cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/example/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+'use strict'
+
+module.exports = function (fastify, opts, next) {
+  fastify.get('/example', function (request, reply) {
+    reply.send('this is an example')
+  })
+
+  next()
+}
+
+// If you prefer async/await, use the following
+//
+// module.exports = async function (fastify, opts) {
+//   fastify.get('/example', async function (request, reply) {
+//     return 'this is an example'
+//   })
+// }
diff --git a/services/root.ts b/services/root.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e9dc2a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/root.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+'use strict'
+import * as fastify from 'fastify'
+import { Server, IncomingMessage, ServerResponse } from 'http'
+
+
+export default (fastify: fastify.FastifyInstance<Server, IncomingMessage, ServerResponse>, opts, next) => {
+  fastify.get('/', (request, reply) => {
+    reply.send({ root: true })
+  })
+  next()
+}
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diff --git a/test/helper.ts b/test/helper.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..83007557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/helper.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+'use strict'
+
+// This file contains code that we reuse
+// between our tests.
+
+const Fastify = require('fastify')
+const fp = require('fastify-plugin')
+const App = require('../app')
+
+// Fill in this config with all the configurations
+// needed for testing the application
+export const config = () => {
+  return {}
+}
+
+// automatically build and tear down our instance
+export const build = (t) => {
+  const app = Fastify()
+
+  // fastify-plugin ensures that all decorators
+  // are exposed for testing purposes, this is
+  // different from the production setup
+  app.register(fp(App), config())
+
+  // tear down our app after we are done
+  t.tearDown(app.close.bind(app))
+
+  return app
+}
+
+export default {
+  config,
+  build
+}
diff --git a/test/plugins/support.test.ts b/test/plugins/support.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c268a44e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/plugins/support.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+const { test } = require('tap')
+const Fastify = require('fastify')
+import Support from '../../plugins/support'
+
+test('support works standalone', (t) => {
+  t.plan(2)
+  const fastify = Fastify()
+  fastify.register(Support)
+
+  fastify.ready((err) => {
+    t.error(err)
+    t.equal(fastify.someSupport(), 'hugs')
+  })
+})
+
+// If you prefer async/await, use the following
+//
+// test('support works standalone', async (t) => {
+//   const fastify = Fastify()
+//   fastify.register(Support)
+//
+//   await fastify.ready()
+//   t.equal(fastify.someSupport(), 'hugs')
+// })
diff --git a/test/services/example.test.ts b/test/services/example.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4a7ea90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/services/example.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ts-node
+
+const { test } = require('tap')
+const { build } = require('../helper')
+
+test('example is loaded', (t) => {
+  t.plan(2)
+  const app = build(t)
+
+  app.inject({
+    url: '/example'
+  }, (err, res) => {
+    t.error(err)
+    t.equal(res.payload, 'this is an example')
+  })
+})
+
+// If you prefer async/await, use the following
+//
+// test('example is loaded', async (t) => {
+//   const app = build(t)
+//
+//   const res = await app.inject({
+//     url: '/example'
+//   })
+//   t.equal(res.payload, 'this is an example')
+// })
diff --git a/test/services/root.test.ts b/test/services/root.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37c52c60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/services/root.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ts-node
+
+const { test } = require('tap')
+const { build } = require('../helper')
+
+test('default root route', (t) => {
+  t.plan(2)
+  const app = build(t)
+
+  app.inject({
+    url: '/'
+  }, (err, res) => {
+    t.error(err)
+    t.deepEqual(JSON.parse(res.payload), { root: true })
+  })
+})
+
+// If you prefer async/await, use the following
+//
+// test('default root route', async (t) => {
+//   const app = build(t)
+//
+//   const res = await app.inject({
+//     url: '/'
+//   })
+//   t.deepEqual(JSON.parse(res.payload), { root: true })
+// })
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7006dda5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "lib": ["es2016"],
+    "paths": {
+      "*": ["src/*"]
+    },
+    "allowJs": true,
+    "target": "es2016",
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "outDir": "./dist"
+  },
+  "include": ["./src/**/*.ts"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules"]
+}
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