diff --git a/API/build.gradle b/API/build.gradle
index 236aa0e..4b3c1ef 100644
--- a/API/build.gradle
+++ b/API/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 group "org.tbasket.api"
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'com.typesafe.akka:akka-http_2.13:10.5.0-M1'
+    api 'dev.zio:zio-http_2.13:0.0.3'
+    api "dev.zio:zio_2.13:2.0.4"
 }
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diff --git a/API/src/main/scala/org/tbasket/api/APIException.scala b/API/src/main/scala/org/tbasket/api/APIException.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b33f19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/API/src/main/scala/org/tbasket/api/APIException.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package org.tbasket.api
+
+class APIException(msg: String, cause: Throwable = null) extends Exception
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diff --git a/API/src/main/scala/org/tbasket/api/Endpoint.scala b/API/src/main/scala/org/tbasket/api/Endpoint.scala
index 60f463b..aee3d46 100644
--- a/API/src/main/scala/org/tbasket/api/Endpoint.scala
+++ b/API/src/main/scala/org/tbasket/api/Endpoint.scala
@@ -1,38 +1,39 @@
 package org.tbasket.api
 
-import akka.actor.typed.ActorSystem
-import akka.actor.typed.javadsl.Behaviors
-import akka.http.scaladsl.Http
-import akka.http.scaladsl.model.{ContentTypes, HttpEntity, HttpResponse}
-import akka.http.scaladsl.server.Directives._
-
-import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContextExecutor
-
-class Endpoint(url: String, port: Int) {
-implicit val system: ActorSystem[_]           = ActorSystem(Behaviors.empty, "main")
-implicit val ec    : ExecutionContextExecutor = system.executionContext
-
-private var count = 0
-
-def countEntity = HttpEntity(ContentTypes.`application/json`, s"value: $count")
-
-private val server = Http().newServerAt(url, port)
-
-server.bind(concat(
-    path("counter") {
-        get {
-            println("got get request")
-            complete(countEntity)
-        }
-    },
-    path("counter") {
-        post {
-            println("got request")
-            count += 1
-            complete(HttpResponse(entity = countEntity))
-        }
-    }
-))
+import org.tbasket.api.compute.APIRequestHandler
+import zio._
+import zio.http.ServerConfig.LeakDetectionLevel
+import zio.http._
+
+import scala.collection.mutable
+
+class Endpoint(hostname: String, port: Int, rootPath: Option[String]) extends ZIOAppDefault {
+
 
+    private val Root: Path = rootPath.map(Path.decode).getOrElse(Path.root)
+    private val handlers   = mutable.HashMap.empty[String, APIRequestHandler]
 
+    def bind(path: String)(handler: APIRequestHandler): Unit = {
+        handlers.put(path, handler)
+    }
+
+    private val app = Http.collectZIO[Request] {
+        case r@_ -> Root / path if handlers.contains(path) =>
+            for {
+                handler <- handlers.get(path)
+                _ <- handler.handle
+            } yield ()
+        case _ -> path                                     =>
+            ZIO.fail(new APIException(s"Unable to find a handler for page '$path'"))
+    }
+    val run = {
+        val config = ServerConfig.default
+                .port(port)
+                .leakDetection(LeakDetectionLevel.PARANOID)
+
+        val configLayer = ServerConfig.live(config)
+        (Server.install(app).flatMap { port =>
+            Console.printLine(s"Listening API entries on $hostname:$port$rootPath")
+        } *> ZIO.never).provide(configLayer, Server.live)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/API/src/main/scala/org/tbasket/api/compute/APIRequestHandler.scala b/API/src/main/scala/org/tbasket/api/compute/APIRequestHandler.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9334c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/API/src/main/scala/org/tbasket/api/compute/APIRequestHandler.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package org.tbasket.api.compute
+
+import org.tbasket.api.APIException
+import zio.ZIO
+import zio.http.{Request, Response}
+
+trait APIRequestHandler {
+
+    def handle: ZIO[Request, APIException, Response]
+
+}
diff --git a/API/src/main/scala/org/tbasket/api/event/RequestHandler.scala b/API/src/main/scala/org/tbasket/api/event/RequestHandler.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 17354ce..0000000
--- a/API/src/main/scala/org/tbasket/api/event/RequestHandler.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package org.tbasket.api.event
-
-trait RequestHandler {
-
-    def handle()
-
-}
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 815c0bc..8a40242 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
     id 'java'
+    id 'java-library'
     id 'scala'
     id 'application'
 }
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':API')
     implementation project(':DB')
     implementation "io.circe:circe-core_$scalaVersion:0.15.0-M1"
-
 }
 
 test {
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ run {
 
 allprojects {
     apply plugin: 'scala'
+    apply plugin: 'java-library'
     version '1.0-SNAPSHOT'
 
     repositories {
@@ -43,8 +44,6 @@ allprojects {
         testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.8.1'
 
         implementation "org.scala-lang:scala-library:$scalaVersion.10"
-        implementation "com.typesafe.akka:akka-actor-typed_$scalaVersion:2.7.0"
-        implementation "com.typesafe.akka:akka-stream-typed_$scalaVersion:2.7.0"
 
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/scala/org/tbasket/EndpointSetup.scala b/src/main/scala/org/tbasket/EndpointSetup.scala
index 1466dba..1e22d7f 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/org/tbasket/EndpointSetup.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/org/tbasket/EndpointSetup.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package org.tbasket
 
 import org.tbasket.api.Endpoint
+import org.tbasket.compute.IncrementHandler
 
 import java.util.Properties
 
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ object EndpointSetup {
     def setupEndpoint(): Endpoint = {
         println("Initializing API endpoint...")
         val endpoint = createEndpoint()
-
+        endpoint.bind("counter")(IncrementHandler)
         endpoint
     }
 
@@ -20,13 +21,13 @@ object EndpointSetup {
         val properties = new Properties()
         val in         = getClass.getClassLoader.getResourceAsStream("server.properties")
         properties.load(in)
-        val (url, port) = properties
+        val (hostname, port, endpointPath) = properties
                 .getProperty(EndpointUrl, EndpointUrlDefault) match {
-            case s"$ip:$port/$endpointPath" => (ip + "/" + endpointPath, port.toInt)
-            case s"$ip:$port"               => (ip, port.toInt)
+            case s"$ip:$port/$endpointPath" => (ip, port.toInt, Some(endpointPath))
+            case s"$ip:$port"               => (ip, port.toInt, None)
             case v                          => throw new InternalBasketServerException(s"$EndpointUrl property value is wrong: $v must be <ip>:<port>/[endpointPath]")
         }
-        new Endpoint(url, port)
+        new Endpoint(hostname, port, endpointPath)
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/org/tbasket/Main.scala b/src/main/scala/org/tbasket/Main.scala
index d0882bb..52e14ae 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/org/tbasket/Main.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/org/tbasket/Main.scala
@@ -1,15 +1,26 @@
 package org.tbasket
 
+
+import zio._
+
 import scala.io.StdIn
+import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 
 object Main {
 
     def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
         val endpoint = EndpointSetup.setupEndpoint()
+        val runtime = Runtime.default
+        Unsafe.unsafe { implicit u =>
+            runtime.unsafe.run(endpoint.run).catchSome {
+                case NonFatal(e) =>
+                    e.printStackTrace()
+                    throw e
+            }
+        }
         println("enter to exit")
         StdIn.readLine()
     }
 
 
-    
 }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/org/tbasket/compute/IncrementHandler.scala b/src/main/scala/org/tbasket/compute/IncrementHandler.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85e1922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/org/tbasket/compute/IncrementHandler.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package org.tbasket.compute
+
+import org.tbasket.api.APIException
+import org.tbasket.api.compute.APIRequestHandler
+import zio.ZIO
+import zio.http.model.Method._
+import zio.http.{Request, Response}
+
+object IncrementHandler extends APIRequestHandler {
+
+    private var i = 0
+
+
+    override def handle: ZIO[Request, APIException, Response] = {
+        case GET -> _  => Response.json(s"value: $i")
+        case POST -> _ =>
+            i += 1
+            Response.ok
+    }
+}