diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 87930caa2..9294b51fb 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@ kotlin.code.style=official
 # Gradle
 org.gradle.vfs.watch=true
 org.gradle.vfs.verbose=true
-
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d322e6117
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[versions]
+kotlin = "1.4.32"
+ktor = "1.5.3"
+slf4j = "1.7.30"
+logback = "1.2.3"
+
+[libraries]
+# API
+ktor-server-core = { group = "io.ktor", name = "ktor-server-core", version.ref = "ktor" }
+ktor-server-netty = { group = "io.ktor", name = "ktor-server-netty", version.ref = "ktor" }
+ktor-jackson = { group = "io.ktor", name = "ktor-jackson", version.ref = "ktor" }
+# Logging
+slf4j = { group = "org.slf4j", name = "slf4j-api", version.ref = "slf4j" }
+logback-classic = { group = "ch.qos.logback", name = "logback-classic", version.ref = "logback" }
+logback-core = { group = "ch.qos.logback", name = "logback-core", version.ref = "logback" }
+
+[bundles]
+ktor = [ "ktor-server-core", "ktor-server-netty", "ktor-jackson" ]
+logging = [ "slf4j", "logback-classic", "logback-core" ]
diff --git a/playground/build.gradle.kts b/playground/build.gradle.kts
index 8b4dbe11f..060835038 100644
--- a/playground/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/playground/build.gradle.kts
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@ plugins {
 dependencies {
   implementation(platform("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-bom"))
   implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8")
+
+  implementation(projects.lib)
+
+  implementation(libs.bundles.ktor)
+  implementation(libs.bundles.logging)
+
   testImplementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test")
   testImplementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test-junit")
 }
+
+application {
+  @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
+  mainClassName = "org.leafygreens.kompendium.playground.MainKt"
+  applicationDefaultJvmArgs = listOf("-Dio.ktor.development=true") // TODO I don't think this is working 😢
+}
diff --git a/playground/src/main/kotlin/org/leafygreens/kompendium/playground/Main.kt b/playground/src/main/kotlin/org/leafygreens/kompendium/playground/Main.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..733a8cfd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playground/src/main/kotlin/org/leafygreens/kompendium/playground/Main.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package org.leafygreens.kompendium.playground
+
+import io.ktor.application.Application
+import io.ktor.application.call
+import io.ktor.response.respondText
+import io.ktor.routing.get
+import io.ktor.routing.route
+import io.ktor.routing.routing
+import io.ktor.server.engine.embeddedServer
+import io.ktor.server.netty.Netty
+
+fun main() {
+  embeddedServer(
+    Netty,
+    port = 8080,
+    module = Application::mainModule
+  ).start(wait = true)
+}
+
+fun Application.mainModule() {
+  routing {
+    route("/") {
+      get {
+        call.respondText("hi")
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/playground/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/playground/src/main/resources/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23fb4842c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playground/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<configuration>
+  <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+    <encoder>
+      <pattern>%d{YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n</pattern>
+    </encoder>
+  </appender>
+
+  <root level="trace">
+    <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
+  </root>
+
+  <logger name="org.eclipse.jetty" level="INFO"/>
+  <logger name="io.netty" level="INFO"/>
+</configuration>
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