diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 52cc082..f6d6619 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 4
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "1.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ddd31a130427c27518df266943a5308ed92d4b226cc639f5a8f1002816174301"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "android_system_properties"
 version = "0.1.5"
@@ -30,6 +39,17 @@ version = "1.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1505bd5d3d116872e7271a6d4e16d81d0c8570876c8de68093a09ac269d8aac0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "atty"
+version = "0.2.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d9b39be18770d11421cdb1b9947a45dd3f37e93092cbf377614828a319d5fee8"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi",
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -225,6 +245,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "env_logger"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "44533bbbb3bb3c1fa17d9f2e4e38bbbaf8396ba82193c4cb1b6445d711445d36"
+dependencies = [
+ "atty",
+ "humantime",
+ "log",
+ "regex",
+ "termcolor",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "errno"
 version = "0.3.14"
@@ -289,6 +322,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "slab",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hermit-abi"
+version = "0.1.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "62b467343b94ba476dcb2500d242dadbb39557df889310ac77c5d99100aaac33"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -334,6 +376,15 @@ version = "1.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "df3b46402a9d5adb4c86a0cf463f42e19994e3ee891101b1841f30a545cb49a9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "humantime"
+version = "1.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df004cfca50ef23c36850aaaa59ad52cc70d0e90243c3c7737a4dd32dc7a3c4f"
+dependencies = [
+ "quick-error",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper"
 version = "1.8.1"
@@ -466,6 +517,8 @@ name = "mdf-bouncer"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "axum",
+ "log",
+ "pretty_env_logger",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
@@ -554,6 +607,16 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pretty_env_logger"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "926d36b9553851b8b0005f1275891b392ee4d2d833852c417ed025477350fb9d"
+dependencies = [
+ "env_logger",
+ "log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.106"
@@ -563,6 +626,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "quick-error"
+version = "1.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a1d01941d82fa2ab50be1e79e6714289dd7cde78eba4c074bc5a4374f650dfe0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quick-xml"
 version = "0.37.5"
@@ -591,6 +660,35 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.12.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e10754a14b9137dd7b1e3e5b0493cc9171fdd105e0ab477f51b72e7f3ac0e276"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-automata",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.4.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6e1dd4122fc1595e8162618945476892eefca7b88c52820e74af6262213cae8f"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.8.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dc897dd8d9e8bd1ed8cdad82b5966c3e0ecae09fb1907d58efaa013543185d0a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rss"
 version = "2.0.12"
@@ -747,6 +845,15 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0bf256ce5efdfa370213c1dabab5935a12e49f2c58d15e9eac2870d3b4f27263"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "termcolor"
+version = "1.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "06794f8f6c5c898b3275aebefa6b8a1cb24cd2c6c79397ab15774837a0bc5755"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
 version = "1.50.0"
@@ -886,6 +993,37 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c839a674fcd7a98952e593242ea400abe93992746761e38641405d28b00f419"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu",
+ "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-util"
+version = "0.1.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2a7b1c03c876122aa43f3020e6c3c3ee5c05081c9a00739faf7503aeba10d22"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-core"
 version = "0.62.2"
diff --git a/mdf-bouncer/Cargo.toml b/mdf-bouncer/Cargo.toml
index e89599f..8edf124 100644
--- a/mdf-bouncer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mdf-bouncer/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ edition = "2024"
 [dependencies]
 axum = "*"
 tokio = { version = "*", features = ["full"] }
+log = "0.4"
+pretty_env_logger = "0.4"
diff --git a/mdf-bouncer/src/main.rs b/mdf-bouncer/src/main.rs
index 558e950..63d4ddb 100644
--- a/mdf-bouncer/src/main.rs
+++ b/mdf-bouncer/src/main.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
-use std::{env::{args, var}, io};
+use std::{env::{args, var}, io, sync::Arc};
 
-use axum::{Router, body::{Body, Bytes}, extract::{DefaultBodyLimit, Path}, routing::{delete, post, put}};
+use axum::{Router, body::{Body, Bytes}, extract::{DefaultBodyLimit, Path, State}, routing::{delete, post, put}};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 const MAXIMUM_PACKET_SIZE: usize = (2 << 20) * 10;
 
+#[derive(Clone)]
+struct AppState {
+    root: PathBuf,
+}
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
     // get secret from secret file
@@ -16,11 +22,15 @@ async fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
         port_str.parse::<u16>().expect("PORT is malformed")
     } else { 3236 };
 
+    let state = Arc::new(AppState { root: PathBuf::from(target_path) });
+
     let app = Router::new()
-        .route("/", put(put_file))
-        .route("/", delete(delete_file))
+        .route("/{*key}", put(put_file))
+        .route("/{*key}", delete(delete_file))
+        .with_state(state)
         .layer(DefaultBodyLimit::max(MAXIMUM_PACKET_SIZE));
 
+
     let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(("localhost", port))
         .await
         .expect("failed to bind to tcp socket");
@@ -29,11 +39,12 @@ async fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-async fn delete_file(Path(path): Path<String>) {
-    println!("the path: {path}");
+async fn delete_file(State(state): State<Arc<AppState>>, Path(path): Path<String>) {
+    println!("about to delete: {path}");
 }
 
-async fn put_file(body: Bytes) {
+async fn put_file(State(state): State<Arc<AppState>>, Path(path): Path<String>, body: Bytes) {
+    println!("about to put: {path}");
     let bytes = Vec::from(body);
     println!("body: {:?}", bytes);
 }