diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 76f76c5..17a9665 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -40,3 +40,7 @@ __pycache__/
 yalc.lock
 
 .vscode/settings.json
+
+# Ignore output folder
+
+backend/out
diff --git a/backend/Makefile b/backend/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1e5dc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# This is the default target, which will be built when 
+# you invoke make
+.PHONY: all
+all: hello
+
+# This rule tells make how to build hello from hello.cpp
+hello:
+	mkdir -p ./out
+	gcc -o ./out/hello ./src/main.c 
+
+# This rule tells make to delete hello and hello.o
+.PHONY: clean 
+clean:
+	rm -f hello
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/main.c b/backend/src/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3b8fed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+int main() {
+  printf("Hello World\n");
+  return 0;
+}
\ No newline at end of file