diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ffbbf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "files.associations": {
+        "users.h": "c"
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bfe28d8..42ecee6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 CC = gcc
 
 # define any compile-time flags
-CFLAGS	:= -Wall -Wextra -g
+CFLAGS	:= -Wall -Wextra -g -pedantic
 
 # define library paths in addition to /usr/lib
 #   if I wanted to include libraries not in /usr/lib I'd specify
 #   their path using -Lpath, something like:
-LFLAGS =
+LFLAGS = -lncurses
 
 # define output directory
 OUTPUT	:= output
diff --git a/include/tui.h b/include/tui.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82fe874
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/tui.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef __TUI_H__
+#define __TUI_H__
+
+#include <ncurses.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#endif
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diff --git a/include/users.h b/include/users.h
index 80091a5..b2010a9 100644
--- a/include/users.h
+++ b/include/users.h
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
 
 #ifndef __USERS_H__
 #define __USERS_H__
@@ -14,6 +16,8 @@ typedef struct person
 
     time_t last_timestamp;
     uint32_t total;
+
+    pthread_mutex_t lock; 
 } person_t;
 
 typedef struct node
diff --git a/output/main b/output/main
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..02ef14f
Binary files /dev/null and b/output/main differ
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 3a23773..e49f551 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1,8 +1,42 @@
+#include <ncurses.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
 #include "users.h"
 
+void *uartListener(void *arg)
+{
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char const *argv[])
 {
+    int y_max, x_max;
+    pthread_t uart_thread;
 
-    return 0;
+    initscr();
+
+    getmaxyx(stdscr, y_max, x_max);
+
+    noecho();
+    noraw();
+    start_color();
+    curs_set(0);
+
+    assume_default_colors(COLOR_WHITE, COLOR_BLUE);
+    erase();
+    refresh();
+
+    pthread_create(&uart_thread, NULL, uartListener, NULL);
+
+    //
+
+    pthread_join(uart_thread, NULL);
+
+    clear();
+    endwin();
+    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/src/tui.c b/src/tui.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f492c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tui.c
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#include <ncurses.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
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