diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7406bbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cover.*
diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9aa3e2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+linters:
+  enable-all: true
+  disable:
+    # re-enable when working
+    - rowserrcheck
+    - wastedassign
+    # maybe enable these
+    - wrapcheck
+    # leave these disabled
+    - cyclop
+    - deadcode
+    - dupl
+    - exhaustivestruct
+    - exhaustruct
+    - forbidigo
+    - forcetypeassert
+    - funlen
+    - gochecknoglobals
+    - gocognit
+    - goconst
+    - godox
+    - golint
+    - gomnd
+    - ifshort
+    - interfacer
+    - lll
+    - maintidx
+    - maligned
+    - nilnil
+    - nestif
+    - nlreturn
+    - nolintlint
+    - nosnakecase
+    - scopelint
+    - structcheck
+    - thelper
+    - varcheck
+    - varnamelen
diff --git a/elect.go b/elect.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..799577c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elect.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package elect
+
+import (
+	"github.com/dchest/uniuri"
+	"github.com/go-resty/resty/v2"
+)
+
+type Elect struct {
+	client     *resty.Client
+	instanceID string
+	signingKey string
+}
+
+func New(url string, signingKey string) *Elect {
+	e := &Elect{
+		client: resty.New().
+			SetBaseURL(url),
+		instanceID: uniuri.New(),
+		signingKey: signingKey,
+	}
+
+	return e
+}
diff --git a/elect_test.go b/elect_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94b83d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elect_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package elect_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/gopatchy/elect"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestNew(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	c := elect.New("[::1]:1234", "abc123")
+	require.NotNil(t, c)
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8eb4cbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+module github.com/gopatchy/elect
+
+go 1.20
+
+require (
+	github.com/dchest/uniuri v1.2.0
+	github.com/go-resty/resty/v2 v2.7.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211029224645-99673261e6eb // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d85e33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/dchest/uniuri v1.2.0 h1:koIcOUdrTIivZgSLhHQvKgqdWZq5d7KdMEWF1Ud6+5g=
+github.com/dchest/uniuri v1.2.0/go.mod h1:fSzm4SLHzNZvWLvWJew423PhAzkpNQYq+uNLq4kxhkY=
+github.com/go-resty/resty/v2 v2.7.0 h1:me+K9p3uhSmXtrBZ4k9jcEAfJmuC8IivWHwaLZwPrFY=
+github.com/go-resty/resty/v2 v2.7.0/go.mod h1:9PWDzw47qPphMRFfhsyk0NnSgvluHcljSMVIq3w7q0I=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211029224645-99673261e6eb h1:pirldcYWx7rx7kE5r+9WsOXPXK0+WH5+uZ7uPmJ44uM=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211029224645-99673261e6eb/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210423082822-04245dca01da/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2dd020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/justfile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+go := env_var_or_default('GOCMD', 'go')
+
+default: tidy test
+
+tidy:
+	{{go}} mod tidy
+	goimports -l -w .
+	gofumpt -l -w .
+	{{go}} fmt ./...
+
+test:
+	{{go}} vet ./...
+	golangci-lint run ./...
+	{{go}} test -race -coverprofile=cover.out -timeout=60s ./...
+	{{go}} tool cover -html=cover.out -o=cover.html
+
+todo:
+	-git grep -e TODO --and --not -e ignoretodo