diff --git a/src/api/app/actions/init/mod.rs b/src/api/app/actions/init/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3574d6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/app/actions/init/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use anyhow::Result;
+use cliclack::{input, intro};
+use tokio::sync::RwLock;
+
+use crate::api::{app::App, models::{network::Network, server::Server}};
+
+impl App {
+    pub async fn init_server(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
+        intro("initializing server")?;
+
+        let name: String = input("Name of the server?")
+            .interact()?;
+
+        let mut server = Server {
+            name,
+            port: None,
+            sources: vec![],
+        };
+
+        self.server = Some(Arc::new(RwLock::new(server)));
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub async fn init_network(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
+        intro("initializing network")?;
+
+        let name: String = input("Name of the network?")
+            .interact()?;
+
+        let mut nw = Network {
+            name,
+        };
+
+        self.network = Some(Arc::new(RwLock::new(nw)));
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/api/app/actions/mod.rs b/src/api/app/actions/mod.rs
index 110d33e..d6162b2 100644
--- a/src/api/app/actions/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api/app/actions/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 mod build;
+mod init;
 
 pub use build::*;
+pub use init::*;
diff --git a/src/api/app/mod.rs b/src/api/app/mod.rs
index 3d1c5fc..d965e75 100644
--- a/src/api/app/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api/app/mod.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 
-use super::models::{network::Network, Addon, Server};
+use super::models::{network::Network, Addon, server::Server};
 
 pub mod actions;
 
diff --git a/src/api/models/mod.rs b/src/api/models/mod.rs
index a5d250f..2be555e 100644
--- a/src/api/models/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api/models/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-mod server;
 mod modpack_source;
 mod step;
 mod env;
@@ -8,8 +7,8 @@ pub mod packwiz;
 pub mod mrpack;
 pub mod unsup;
 pub mod network;
+pub mod server;
 
-pub use server::*;
 pub use modpack_source::*;
 pub use step::*;
 pub use addon::*;
diff --git a/src/api/models/network/mod.rs b/src/api/models/network/mod.rs
index 57cb30e..ee0c985 100644
--- a/src/api/models/network/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api/models/network/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 pub struct Network {
-
+    pub name: String,
 }
diff --git a/src/api/models/server/mod.rs b/src/api/models/server/mod.rs
index 73f2d9e..cd6091b 100644
--- a/src/api/models/server/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api/models/server/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
 
 use super::AddonSource;
 
+mod server_type;
+mod server_flavor;
+
+pub use server_type::*;
+pub use server_flavor::*;
+
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, Clone, PartialEq)]
 #[serde(default)]
 pub struct Server {
diff --git a/src/api/models/server/server_flavor.rs b/src/api/models/server/server_flavor.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1b1f25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/models/server/server_flavor.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Copy, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub enum ServerFlavor {
+    Vanilla,
+    Modded,
+    Patched,
+    Proxy,
+}
+
+impl ServerFlavor {
+    pub fn supports_datapacks(&self) -> bool {
+        match self {
+            ServerFlavor::Proxy => false,
+            _ => true,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn supports_mods(&self) -> bool {
+        match self {
+            ServerFlavor::Modded => true,
+            _ => false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn supports_plugins(&self) -> bool {
+        match self {
+            ServerFlavor::Vanilla => false,
+            ServerFlavor::Modded => false,
+            ServerFlavor::Patched => true,
+            ServerFlavor::Proxy => true,
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/api/models/server/server_type.rs b/src/api/models/server/server_type.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c191412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/models/server/server_type.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use crate::api::utils::serde::*;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, PartialEq)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
+pub enum BuildToolsFlavor {
+    #[default]
+    Spigot,
+    CraftBukkit,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, PartialEq)]
+#[serde(tag = "type", rename_all = "lowercase")]
+pub enum ServerType {
+    Vanilla {
+        mc_version: String,
+    },
+
+    PaperMC {
+        project: String,
+        #[serde(default = "str_latest")]
+        build: String,
+    },
+
+    Purpur {
+        #[serde(default = "str_latest")]
+        build: String,
+    },
+
+    Fabric {
+        #[serde(default = "str_latest")]
+        loader: String,
+
+        #[serde(default = "str_latest")]
+        installer: String,
+    },
+
+    Quilt {
+        #[serde(default = "str_latest")]
+        loader: String,
+
+        #[serde(default = "str_latest")]
+        installer: String,
+    },
+
+    NeoForge {
+        #[serde(default = "str_latest")]
+        loader: String,
+    },
+
+    Forge {
+        #[serde(default = "str_latest")]
+        loader: String,
+    },
+
+    BuildTools {
+        #[serde(default = "BuildToolsFlavor::default")]
+        software: BuildToolsFlavor,
+        #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
+        #[serde(default = "Vec::new")]
+        args: Vec<String>,
+    },
+
+    Paper {},
+    Velocity {},
+    Waterfall {},
+    BungeeCord {},
+
+    Downloadable {
+        //#[serde(flatten)]
+        //inner: Downloadable,
+    },
+}
diff --git a/src/api/utils/mod.rs b/src/api/utils/mod.rs
index 8c5952c..13ff7f6 100644
--- a/src/api/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api/utils/mod.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pub mod hashing;
 pub mod accessor;
+pub mod serde;
diff --git a/src/api/utils/serde.rs b/src/api/utils/serde.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3fa15a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/utils/serde.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pub fn str_latest() -> String {
+    "latest".to_owned()
+}
diff --git a/src/commands/init.rs b/src/commands/init.rs
index 3a2c203..2bcccfd 100644
--- a/src/commands/init.rs
+++ b/src/commands/init.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ pub struct Args {
 
 
 
-pub async fn run(app: App, args: Args) -> Result<()> {
+pub async fn run(mut app: App, args: Args) -> Result<()> {
+    
+
     Ok(())
 }