diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e69de29..b14852c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+api/api
diff --git a/api/main.go b/api/main.go
index 545f738..726c374 100644
--- a/api/main.go
+++ b/api/main.go
@@ -1,7 +1,62 @@
 package main
 
-import "fmt"
+import (
+    "bytes"
+    "fmt"
+    "time"
+    "encoding/json"
+    "net/http"
+    "io/ioutil"
+    "os/exec"
+    "strings"
+)
+
+type script struct {
+    Language string  `json:"language"`
+    Source   string  `json:"source"`
+}
+
+type result struct {
+    Ran    bool    `json:"ran"`
+    Output string  `json:"output"`
+}
 
 func main() {
-    fmt.Println("placeholder")
+    http.HandleFunc("/execute", Execute)
+
+    http.ListenAndServe("0.0.0.0:1337", nil)
+}
+
+func Execute(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+    res.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+
+    // get json
+    script := script{}
+    message := json.NewDecoder(req.Body)
+    message.Decode(&script)
+
+    // write the code to temp dir
+    filename := fmt.Sprintf("/tmp/%d.code", time.Now().UnixNano())
+
+    ioutil.WriteFile(filename, []byte(script.Source), 0644)
+
+    // set up the execution
+    cmd := exec.Command("../docker/execute", script.Language, filename)
+
+    // capture out/err
+    var stdout, stderr bytes.Buffer
+    cmd.Stdout = &stdout
+    cmd.Stderr = &stderr
+
+    err := cmd.Run()
+
+    // prepare response
+    data := result{
+        Ran: err == nil,
+        Output: strings.TrimSpace(stdout.String()),
+    }
+
+    response, _ := json.Marshal(data)
+
+    res.Write(response)
 }
diff --git a/api/start b/api/start
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..10f5da6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/start
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+go run main.go
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 462408d..cf8f30a 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 FROM ubuntu:18.04
 
 RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get -y install bash-completion
+RUN apt-get -y install build-essential
+RUN apt-get -y install python
 RUN apt-get -y install python3
+RUN apt-get -y install ruby
+RUN apt-get -y install nodejs
+
+CMD sleep infinity
diff --git a/docker/build_image b/docker/build
similarity index 54%
rename from docker/build_image
rename to docker/build
index 36893be..1bbbedc 100755
--- a/docker/build_image
+++ b/docker/build
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
 docker build -t piston .
diff --git a/docker/execute b/docker/execute
index e583cdf..05b155c 100755
--- a/docker/execute
+++ b/docker/execute
@@ -1,10 +1,46 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-abs=$1
+#docker run --rm -it piston /usr/bin/python -V
+#docker run --rm -it piston /usr/bin/python3 -V
+#docker run --rm -it piston /usr/bin/ruby --version
+#docker run --rm -it piston /usr/bin/nodejs --version
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    echo "invalid args"
+    exit
+fi
+if [ -z "$2" ]; then
+    echo "invalid args"
+    exit
+fi
+
+lang=$1
+abs=$2
 file=$(basename $abs)
 
+bin=
+case "$lang" in
+"python2")
+    bin=python2
+    ;;
+"python" | "python3")
+    bin=python3
+    ;;
+"ruby")
+    bin=ruby
+    ;;
+"javascript" | "js" | "node")
+    bin=nodejs
+    ;;
+*)
+    echo "invalid language"
+    exit
+esac
+
 docker run \
+    -m 16m \
+    --cpus=".5" \
     --rm \
     -v $abs:/$file \
-    -it piston \
-    python3 /$file
+    piston \
+    timeout -s HUP 3 $bin /$file 2>&1