diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
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+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SUBDIRS = src . tests
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 Where the F are my trains?
 
-A webapp to quickly look up what trains are doing stuff!
+A webapp to quickly look up where your trains are!
 
-*
+* [ ] Be able to serve web pages
+  * [ ] Design the web pages
+* [ ] Be able to query the MTA for Data
+  * [ ] Be able to make requests to the site
+    * [ ] Be able to authenticate requests
+      * [ ] Be able to store/load secrets
+  * [ ] Be able to parse GTFS feeds
+* [ ] Build system
+
+# Building
+
+To build the project, use autotools.
+
+```sh
+autoreconf && ./configure && make
+```
+
+To run unit tests, run `make check`
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
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+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#                                               -*- Autoconf -*-
+# Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
+
+AC_PREREQ([2.71])
+AC_INIT([wtftrains],[0.0.1],[sc-bugs@shanti.im])
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/sekrits.c])
+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+#AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])
+
+AM_PROG_AR
+
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign -Wall -Werror])
+
+# Checks for programs.
+
+# Checks for libraries.
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([CHECK], [check >= 0.9.6])
+AC_PROG_CC
+LT_INIT
+
+# Checks for header files.
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([stdlib.h])
+
+# Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
+
+# Checks for library functions.
+AC_FUNC_MALLOC
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
+                 src/Makefile
+                 tests/Makefile])
+AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
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+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libwtftrains.la
+libwtftrains_la_SOURCES = sekrits.c sekrits.h arena.h arena.c
+
+bin_PROGRAMS = wtftrains
+wtftrains_SOURCES = main.c
+wtftrains_LDADD = libwtftrains.la
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
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+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+TESTS = check_sekrits
+
+check_PROGRAMS = check_sekrits
+check_sekrits_SOURCES = check_sekrits.c $(top_builddir)/src/sekrits.h
+check_sekrits_CFLAGS = @CHECK_CFLAGS@
+check_sekrits_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/libwtftrains.la @CHECK_LIBS@