diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53f8242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "cargo"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6985cf1..55a85aa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,10 @@ Cargo.lock
 
 # MSVC Windows builds of rustc generate these, which store debugging information
 *.pdb
+
+
+# Added by cargo
+
+/target
+
+.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e82d9ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[package]
+name = "osma-server"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+dotenv = "0.15.0"
+
+actix-web = "4"
+actix-rt = "2.7.0"
+actix-cors = "0.6.1" 
+actix-web-grants = "3.0.1"
+actix-web-httpauth = "0.8"
+
+mongodb = { version = "2.1.0"}
+bson = "2.1.0"
+futures = "0.3.21"
+
+jsonwebtoken = "8"
+serde = {version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1"
+
+sha3 = "0.10.1"
+chrono = "0.4"
\ No newline at end of file