diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9dcfd38..ab8c0da 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ compile_commands.json
 **/*.swo
 **/*.swp
 .vscode/
+.venv
+*.pyc
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index baeebfe..02c577a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ add_library(mnode-proto proto/service.proto)
 target_link_libraries(mnode-proto PUBLIC protobuf::libprotobuf)
 target_include_directories(mnode-proto PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 protobuf_generate(TARGET mnode-proto)
+#protobuf_generate(TARGET mnode-proto-py LANGUAGE python PROTOS proto/service.proto)
+protobuf_generate_python(PROTO_PY proto/service.proto)
+add_custom_target(mnode-proto-py ALL DEPENDS ${PROTO_PY})
 
 add_subdirectory(external)
 add_subdirectory(src)
diff --git a/python/main.py b/python/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12706b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import sys, os
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]), 'build'))
+import service_pb2 as pb
+
+from typing import Union
+
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+
+app = FastAPI()
+
+
+@app.get("/")
+def read_root():
+    return dir(pb)
+
+
+@app.get("/items/{item_id}")
+def read_item(item_id: int, q: Union[str, None] = None):
+    return {"item_id": item_id, "q": q}
diff --git a/python/requirements.txt b/python/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4e15d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+protobuf
+fastapi[standard]
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 77235a2..7777ec0 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -63,5 +63,8 @@ target_compile_options(mesy_nng_sub_consumer PRIVATE ${MVLC_NNG_NODE_WARN_FLAGS}
 add_executable(mnode-proto-test1 mnode_proto_test1.cc thread_name.cc)
 target_link_libraries(mnode-proto-test1 PRIVATE mnode-proto PRIVATE mesytec-mvlc PRIVATE nng)
 
+#add_subdirectory(nng)
+#add_subdirectory(qt)
+
 #unset(CMAKE_C_CLANG_TIDY)
 #unset(CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY)