diff --git a/nomos-services/http/Cargo.toml b/nomos-services/http/Cargo.toml
index bda40f42..3f073cfb 100644
--- a/nomos-services/http/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nomos-services/http/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,11 +6,15 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+axum = "0.6"
 async-trait = "0.1"
+clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive", "env"], optional = true }
 overwatch-rs = { git = "https://github.com/logos-co/Overwatch", branch = "main" }
+overwatch-derive = { git = "https://github.com/logos-co/Overwatch", branch = "main" }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-appender = "0.2"
 tracing-subscriber =  { version = "0.3", features = ["json"] }
 tracing-gelf = "0.7"
+tower-http = { version = "0.3", features = ["cors", "trace"] }
 futures = "0.3"
diff --git a/nomos-services/http/src/bin/main.rs b/nomos-services/http/src/bin/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a840a083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nomos-services/http/src/bin/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+use std::{
+    collections::HashMap,
+    sync::{Arc, Mutex},
+};
+
+use clap::Parser;
+use nomos_http::*;
+use overwatch_rs::{
+    overwatch::OverwatchRunner,
+    services::{
+        handle::{ServiceHandle, ServiceStateHandle},
+        relay::{NoMessage, Relay},
+        state::{NoOperator, NoState},
+        ServiceCore, ServiceData, ServiceId,
+    }, DynError,
+};
+
+pub struct Foo;
+
+impl ServiceData for Foo {
+    const SERVICE_ID: ServiceId = "Foo";
+
+    type Settings = ();
+
+    type State = NoState<()>;
+
+    type StateOperator = NoOperator<Self::State>;
+
+    type Message = NoMessage;
+}
+
+
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+impl ServiceCore for Foo {
+    /// Initialize the service with the given state
+    fn init(service_state: ServiceStateHandle<Self>) -> Result<Self, DynError> {
+        Ok(Self)
+    }
+
+    /// Service main loop
+    async fn run(mut self) -> Result<(), DynError> {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(overwatch_derive::Services)]
+struct Services {
+    http: ServiceHandle<HttpServer<Foo>>,
+}
+
+#[derive(clap::Parser)]
+pub struct Args {
+    #[clap(flatten)]
+    http: ServerSettings,
+}
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    let settings = Args::parse();
+    let graphql = OverwatchRunner::<Services>::run(
+        ServicesServiceSettings {
+            http: settings.http,
+        },
+        None,
+    )?;
+
+    // tracing_subscriber::fmt::fmt()
+    //     // .with_env_filter(std::env::var("RUST_LOG").unwrap_or_else(|_| "info".to_owned()))
+    //     .with_file(false)
+        // .init();
+
+    graphql.wait_finished();
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/nomos-services/http/src/lib.rs b/nomos-services/http/src/lib.rs
index e69de29b..a0c26b1d 100644
--- a/nomos-services/http/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nomos-services/http/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+// std
+
+// crates
+use axum::{
+    http::{
+        header::{CONTENT_TYPE, USER_AGENT},
+        HeaderValue,
+    },
+    routing::{post, get},
+    Router, Server, response::Html,
+};
+use tower_http::{
+    cors::{Any, CorsLayer},
+    trace::TraceLayer,
+};
+
+// internal
+use overwatch_rs::services::relay::Relay;
+use overwatch_rs::services::{
+    handle::ServiceStateHandle,
+    relay::NoMessage,
+    state::{NoOperator, NoState},
+    ServiceCore, ServiceData, ServiceId,
+};
+/// Configuration for the Http Server
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, clap::Args, serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize)]
+pub struct ServerSettings {
+    /// Socket where the server will be listening on for incoming requests.
+    #[arg(short, long = "addr", default_value_t = std::net::SocketAddr::new(std::net::IpAddr::V4(std::net::Ipv4Addr::new(127, 0, 0, 1)), 8080), env = "HTTP_ADDRESS")]
+    pub address: std::net::SocketAddr,
+    /// Allowed origins for this server deployment requests.
+    #[arg(long = "cors-origin")]
+    pub cors_origins: Vec<String>,
+}
+
+pub trait Data {
+
+}
+
+pub trait Abstration {
+    
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct HttpServer<HTTPAbstration: ServiceCore> {
+    settings: ServerSettings,
+    http_abstraction_channel: Relay<HTTPAbstration>,
+}
+
+impl<Backend: ServiceCore + Send + Sync + 'static> ServiceData for HttpServer<Backend> {
+    const SERVICE_ID: ServiceId = "HttpServer";
+
+    type Settings = ServerSettings;
+
+    type State = NoState<ServerSettings>;
+
+    type StateOperator = NoOperator<Self::State>;
+
+    type Message = NoMessage;
+}
+
+async fn handler() -> Html<&'static str> {
+    Html("<h1>Hello, World!</h1>")
+}
+
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+impl<HTTPAbstration: ServiceCore + Send + Sync + 'static> ServiceCore for HttpServer<HTTPAbstration>
+{
+    fn init(service_state: ServiceStateHandle<Self>) -> Result<Self, overwatch_rs::DynError> {
+        let settings = service_state.settings_reader.get_updated_settings();
+        let http_abstraction_channel: Relay<HTTPAbstration> =
+            service_state.overwatch_handle.relay();
+        Ok(Self {
+            settings,
+            http_abstraction_channel,
+        })
+    }
+
+    async fn run(mut self) -> Result<(), overwatch_rs::DynError> {
+        let mut builder = CorsLayer::new();
+        if self.settings.cors_origins.is_empty() {
+            builder = builder.allow_origin(Any);
+        }
+        for origin in &self.settings.cors_origins {
+            builder = builder.allow_origin(
+                origin
+                    .as_str()
+                    .parse::<HeaderValue>()
+                    .expect("fail to parse origin"),
+            );
+        }
+        let cors = builder
+            .allow_headers([CONTENT_TYPE, USER_AGENT])
+            .allow_methods(Any);
+
+        let addr = self.settings.address;
+
+        let router = Router::new()
+            .route("/", get(handler))
+            .layer(cors)
+            .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http());
+
+        tracing::info!("HTTP server listening: {}", addr);
+        let mut srv = Server::bind(&addr).serve(router.into_make_service());
+        let conn = self.http_abstraction_channel.connect().await?;
+        
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
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