diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 088ba6b..b5ef7c9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,12 @@ Cargo.lock
 
 # These are backup files generated by rustfmt
 **/*.rs.bk
+
+
+#Added by cargo
+#
+#already existing elements are commented out
+
+/target
+#**/*.rs.bk
+#Cargo.lock
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c732b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[package]
+name = "lnurl"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Edouard Paris <m@edouard.paris>"]
+description = "Helpers for lnurl"
+readme = "README.md"
+edition = "2018"
+license = "MIT"
+repository = "https://github.com/edouardparis/rust-lnurl.git"
+documentation = "https://docs.rs/lnurl/"
+
+[lib]
+name = "lnurl"
+
+[dependencies]
+serde = { version = "1.0.93", features =["derive"]}
+serde_json = "1.0.39"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31e1bb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    #[test]
+    fn it_works() {
+        assert_eq!(2 + 2, 4);
+    }
+}