diff --git a/server/package.json b/server/package.json
index 432f5dd..00dc766 100644
--- a/server/package.json
+++ b/server/package.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "@linux-odyssey/file-graph": "*",
     "@linux-odyssey/models": "*",
     "@linux-odyssey/utils": "*",
+    "@trpc/server": "^11.1.0",
     "bcrypt": "^5.1.1",
     "commander": "^11.0.0",
     "connect-mongo": "^5.0.0",
@@ -44,7 +45,8 @@
     "swagger-ui-express": "^5.0.0",
     "validator": "^13.11.0",
     "winston": "^3.11.0",
-    "yaml": "^2.3.1"
+    "yaml": "^2.3.1",
+    "zod": "^3.24.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@swc/core": "^1.4.2",
diff --git a/server/src/index.ts b/server/src/index.ts
index 22916d8..b0d2f01 100644
--- a/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/server/src/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import http from 'http'
 import YAML from 'yaml'
 import swaggerUI from 'swagger-ui-express'
 import passport from 'passport'
+import * as trpcExpress from '@trpc/server/adapters/express'
 import connectDB from '@linux-odyssey/models'
 
 import './auth/passport.js'
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import sessionMiddleware from './middleware/session.js'
 import expiryRemovalScheduler from './containers/expiryChecker.js'
 import setupTest from './utils/setupTest.js'
 import logger from './utils/logger.js'
+import { appRouter } from './routers/index.js'
 
 async function main() {
   if (!config.secret) {
@@ -70,6 +72,13 @@ async function main() {
   })
 
   app.use('/api/v1', apiRouter)
+  app.use(
+    '/trpc',
+    trpcExpress.createExpressMiddleware({
+      router: appRouter,
+      // createContext,
+    })
+  )
   app.use(errorHandler)
 
   server.listen(config.port, '0.0.0.0', () => {
diff --git a/server/src/routers/index.ts b/server/src/routers/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f83f4d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/routers/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { router, publicProcedure } from '../trpc.js'
+
+export const appRouter = router({
+  userList: publicProcedure.query(async () => {
+    // Retrieve users from a datasource, this is an imaginary database
+    return 'hello'
+  }),
+})
+// Export type router type signature,
+// NOT the router itself.
+export type AppRouter = typeof appRouter
diff --git a/server/src/trpc.ts b/server/src/trpc.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e946384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/trpc.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { initTRPC } from '@trpc/server'
+/**
+ * Initialization of tRPC backend
+ * Should be done only once per backend!
+ */
+const t = initTRPC.create()
+/**
+ * Export reusable router and procedure helpers
+ * that can be used throughout the router
+ */
+export const { router, procedure: publicProcedure } = t
diff --git a/server/tests/trpc.test.ts b/server/tests/trpc.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 78ca72a..61a3994 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1711,6 +1711,11 @@
     lz-string "^1.5.0"
     pretty-format "^27.0.2"
 
+"@trpc/server@^11.1.0":
+  version "11.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@trpc/server/-/server-11.1.0.tgz#8169fa8b944beddf65a95f376d4afea5732be254"
+  integrity sha512-uAJ7ikejeujVkf53XFJ/0W8nr7bDjul+Szk5Rsepq97Hb/WS1RkRXdyX4KqAyCE9b1vDFCJVJwSxiIZdRtbTZQ==
+
 "@tsconfig/node10@^1.0.7":
   version "1.0.9"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@tsconfig/node10/-/node10-1.0.9.tgz"
@@ -9780,3 +9785,8 @@ zod@^3.23.8:
   version "3.23.8"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/zod/-/zod-3.23.8.tgz"
   integrity sha512-XBx9AXhXktjUqnepgTiE5flcKIYWi/rme0Eaj+5Y0lftuGBq+jyRu/md4WnuxqgP1ubdpNCsYEYPxrzVHD8d6g==
+
+zod@^3.24.2:
+  version "3.24.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/zod/-/zod-3.24.2.tgz#8efa74126287c675e92f46871cfc8d15c34372b3"
+  integrity sha512-lY7CDW43ECgW9u1TcT3IoXHflywfVqDYze4waEz812jR/bZ8FHDsl7pFQoSZTz5N+2NqRXs8GBwnAwo3ZNxqhQ==