diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48f303e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+.DS_Store
+*/**/.DS_Store
+node_modules
+npm-debug.log
+*~
+*.swp
+*.pem
+.node-xmlhttprequest-*
diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 425af98..30cf339 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ var fs = require('fs');
 var app = express();
 app.http().io();
 
-//
+var config = require('./config');
+
+var node = new require('./lib/node')(config);
 
 // catch 404 and forward to error handler
 app.use(function(req, res, next) {
diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a24922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+var config = {
+	name: 'Node',
+	type: 'C++',
+	os: 'linux',
+	rpcHost: 'localhost',
+	rpcPort: '8080'
+};
+
+module.exports = config;
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diff --git a/lib/node.js b/lib/node.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12ad086
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/node.js
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+var Node = function Node(options)
+{
+	this.options = options;
+	this.info = {
+		name: options.name,
+		ip: options.rpcHost,
+		type: options.type,
+		os: options.os
+	};
+
+	this.info.id = this.info.ip;
+	this.info.stats = {
+		active: false,
+		peers: 0,
+		mining: false,
+		block: {
+			number: 0,
+			hash: '?',
+			timestamp: 0
+		},
+		uptime: {
+			down: 0,
+			inc: 0,
+			total: 0
+		}
+	}
+
+	this.web3 = require('ethereum.js');
+
+	var sock = new this.web3.providers.HttpSyncProvider('http://' + this.options.rpcHost + ':' + this.options.rpcPort);
+	this.web3.setProvider(sock);
+
+	return this;
+}
+
+Node.prototype.update = function()
+{
+	var eth = this.web3.eth;
+
+	try {
+		this.info.stats.peers = eth.peerCount;
+	}
+	catch (err) {
+		this.info.stats.peers = null;
+	}
+
+	if(this.info.stats.peers != null) {
+		this.info.stats.block = eth.block(parseInt(eth.number));
+		if(this.info.stats.block.hash != '?'){
+			this.info.stats.block.difficulty = this.web3.toDecimal(this.info.stats.block.difficulty);
+		}
+		this.info.stats.mining = eth.mining;
+		this.info.stats.active = true;
+	} else {
+		this.info.stats.active = false;
+		this.info.stats.uptime.down++;
+	}
+
+	this.info.stats.uptime.inc++;
+	this.info.stats.uptime.total = ((this.info.stats.uptime.inc - this.info.stats.uptime.down) / this.info.stats.uptime.inc) * 100;
+
+	return this.info;
+};
+
+module.exports = Node;
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