diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aee1f22c..5ac77889 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Cargo.lock
 /classes/
 /node_modules/
 /out/
-/target/
+target/
 pom.xml
 pom.xml.asc
 /.cljs_node_repl/
diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..83950fb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[package]
+name = "datomish-cli"
+version = "0.0.1"
+
+[dependencies]
+[dependencies.datomish]
+  path = "../"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cli/README.md b/cli/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a860242a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# datomish-cli
+
+Note: this isn't actually doing anything and is just a placeholder to get the project structure in place.  To run it locally, use:
+
+````
+cd cli
+cargo run
+````
diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..861e8670
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright 2016 Mozilla
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use
+// this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the
+// License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
+// under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR
+// CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+
+use std::env;
+extern crate datomish;
+
+// This is just a placeholder to get the project structure in place.
+fn main() {
+    println!("Loaded {}", datomish::get_name());
+
+    let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
+    println!("I got {:?} arguments: {:?}.", args.len() - 1, &args[1..]);
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index cd781274..6f682720 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
 // CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 
+
+pub fn get_name() -> String {
+  return String::from("datomish");
+}
+
 pub fn add_two(a: i32) -> i32 {
     a + 2
 }