diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2cc76aaa2..9795e661f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -289,4 +289,4 @@ __pycache__/
 
 # FilterLists Custom Ignores
 gs/Private.gs
-api/FilterLists.API/appsettings.Development.json
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+api/FilterLists.Api/appsettings.Development.json
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diff --git a/api/FilterLists.Api/FilterLists.Api.csproj b/api/FilterLists.Api/FilterLists.Api.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72f4c59cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/FilterLists.Api/FilterLists.Api.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Folder Include="wwwroot\" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore" Version="2.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore" Version="1.1.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" Version="1.1.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Debug" Version="1.1.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="MySql.Data.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="7.0.7-m61" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Tools" Version="1.0.0" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\FilterLists.Data\FilterLists.Data.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\FilterLists.Services\FilterLists.Services.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/api/FilterLists.Api/Program.cs b/api/FilterLists.Api/Program.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e318a932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/FilterLists.Api/Program.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+using System.IO;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
+
+namespace FilterLists.Api
+{
+    public class Program
+    {
+        public static void Main(string[] args)
+        {
+            var host = new WebHostBuilder()
+                .UseKestrel()
+                .UseContentRoot(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory())
+                .UseIISIntegration()
+                .UseStartup<Startup>()
+                .UseApplicationInsights()
+                .Build();
+
+            host.Run();
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/api/FilterLists.Api/Startup.cs b/api/FilterLists.Api/Startup.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d577207e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/FilterLists.Api/Startup.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+using FilterLists.Data.Contexts;
+using FilterLists.Services;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using MySQL.Data.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using MySQL.Data.EntityFrameworkCore.Extensions;
+
+namespace FilterLists.Api
+{
+    public class Startup
+    {
+        public Startup(IHostingEnvironment env)
+        {
+            var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder()
+                .SetBasePath(env.ContentRootPath)
+                .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json", false, true)
+                .AddJsonFile($"appsettings.{env.EnvironmentName}.json", true)
+                .AddEnvironmentVariables();
+            Configuration = builder.Build();
+        }
+
+        public IConfigurationRoot Configuration { get; }
+
+        // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to add services to the container.
+        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
+        {
+            // Add framework services.
+            services.AddEntityFramework()
+                .AddEntityFrameworkMySQL()
+                .AddDbContext<FilterListsDbContext>(options =>
+                    options.UseMySQL(Configuration.GetConnectionString("FilterListsConnection")));
+            services.AddMvc();
+            services.AddTransient<IListService, ListService>();
+        }
+
+        // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline.
+        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
+        {
+            loggerFactory.AddConsole(Configuration.GetSection("Logging"));
+            loggerFactory.AddDebug();
+
+            app.UseMvc();
+        }
+    }
+}
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