diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8ed082c..4bd756d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 # MSVC Windows builds of rustc generate these, which store debugging information
 *.pdb
 
-.direnv/
\ No newline at end of file
+.direnv/
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f85bd02..50cc72e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
-use std::net::TcpListener;
+use std::{net::TcpListener, io::Write};
 
 fn main() {
     let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:4221").unwrap();
     
     for stream in listener.incoming() {
         match stream {
-            Ok(_stream) => {
+            Ok(mut _stream) => {
                 println!("accepted new connection");
+
+                let status = "200 OK\r\n";
+                let res_headers = "\r\n";
+
+                _stream.write(format!("HTTP/1.1 {status}{res_headers}").as_bytes()).unwrap();
             }
             Err(e) => {
                 println!("error: {}", e);