diff --git a/backend/go.mod b/backend/go.mod
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/go.mod
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+module github.com/devraza/ambition/backend
+
+go 1.20
diff --git a/backend/main.go b/backend/main.go
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"net"
+	"os"
+)
+
+const (
+	serverAddress = "localhost:7764"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	log.Println("Ambition going strong at", serverAddress)
+
+	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", serverAddress)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln("Failed to initialise TCP listener", err)
+	}
+	defer listener.close()
+
+	for {
+		conn, err := listener.Accept()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Println("Failed to accept connection:", err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Concurrency FTW
+		go handleConnection(conn)
+	}
+}
+
+func handleConnection(conn net.Conn) {
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	// TODO implement actual server. Waiting on frontend for this
+}