diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fed918ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Ignore all Visual Studio Code settings
+.vscode/*
+!.vscode/settings.json
+!.vscode/tasks.json
+!.vscode/launch.json
+!.vscode/extensions.json
+!.vscode/*.code-snippets
+
+# Local history for Visual Studio Code
+.history
+
+# Built Visual Studio Code extensions
+*.vsix
+
+# dotenv environment variable files
+.env
+.env.development.local
+.env.test.local
+.env.production.local
+.env.local
+
+# Foundry files
+bin
+cache
+out
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f67502a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "lib/forge-std"]
+	path = lib/forge-std
+	url = https://github.com/foundry-rs/forge-std.git
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 02cb9560..1af4acc5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # 🐍 snekmate
+
 State-of-the-art, highly opinionated, hyper-optimised, and secure Vyper smart contract building blocks.
diff --git a/foundry.toml b/foundry.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c5d162a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/foundry.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+## defaults for all profiles
+[default]
+src = 'src'                                  # the source directory
+test = 'test'                                # the test directory
+out = 'out'                                  # the output directory (for artifacts)
+libs = ['lib']                               # a list of library directories
+remappings = ['ds-test/=lib/ds-test/src/']   # a list of remappings
+cache = true                                 # whether to cache builds or not
+cache_path = 'cache'                         # where the cache is stored if enabled
+force = true                                 # whether to ignore the cache (clean build)
+ffi = true                                   # whether to enable foreign function interface (ffi) cheatcodes or not
+verbosity = 3                                # the verbosity of tests
diff --git a/lib/forge-std b/lib/forge-std
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..27e14b7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/forge-std
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 27e14b7f2448e5f5ac32719f51fe652aa0b0733e
diff --git a/src/SimpleStore.vy b/src/SimpleStore.vy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34370c5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SimpleStore.vy
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+
+val: uint256
+
+@external
+def __init__(_val: uint256):
+    self.val = _val
+
+
+@external
+def store(_val: uint256):
+    self.val = _val
+
+@external
+def get() -> uint256:
+    return self.val
diff --git a/test/.gitkeep b/test/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b