diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index aeb3fb5..51105c9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1705,6 +1705,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "iced_core",
  "log",
  "rustc-hash 2.1.1",
+ "tokio",
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
  "wasm-timer",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bf48ddb..4b5d1c7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.100"
-iced = "0.13.1"
+iced = { version = "0.13.1", features = ["tokio"] }
 imara-diff = "0.2.0"
 nucleo-matcher = "0.3.1"
 rmcp = { version = "0.8.0", features = ["server", "macros", "transport-sse-server", "transport-io", "transport-streamable-http-server", "elicitation", "schemars"] }
diff --git a/src/gui.rs b/src/gui.rs
index e69de29..78e09b0 100644
--- a/src/gui.rs
+++ b/src/gui.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+use iced::{Element, widget::text_editor};
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct State {
+    content: text_editor::Content,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub enum Message {
+    Edit(text_editor::Action),
+}
+
+pub fn view(state: &State) -> Element<'_, Message> {
+    text_editor(&state.content)
+        .placeholder("Type something here...")
+        .on_action(Message::Edit)
+        .into()
+}
+
+pub fn update(state: &mut State, message: Message) {
+    match message {
+        Message::Edit(action) => {}
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e3bedae..f25be96 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,29 +1,38 @@
-use crate::mcp::FossilEditor;
+use crate::{
+    gui::{update, view},
+    mcp::FossilEditor,
+};
+use iced::Executor;
 use rmcp::{ServiceExt, transport::stdio};
+use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
 use tracing_subscriber::{self, EnvFilter};
 
 mod fossil;
+mod gui;
 mod matcher;
 mod mcp;
 
-#[tokio::main]
-async fn main() {
+fn main() -> iced::Result {
     tracing_subscriber::fmt()
         .with_env_filter(EnvFilter::from_default_env().add_directive(tracing::Level::DEBUG.into()))
         .with_writer(std::io::stderr)
         .with_ansi(false)
         .init();
 
-    tracing::info!("Starting MCP server");
+    let rt = Runtime::new().unwrap();
 
     let editor = FossilEditor::new();
-    let service = editor
-        .serve(stdio())
-        .await
-        .inspect_err(|e| {
-            tracing::error!("serving error: {:?}", e);
-        })
-        .unwrap();
+    rt.spawn(async {
+        let service = editor
+            .serve(stdio())
+            .await
+            .inspect_err(|e| {
+                tracing::error!("serving error: {:?}", e);
+            })
+            .unwrap();
 
-    service.waiting().await.unwrap();
+        service.waiting().await.unwrap();
+    });
+
+    iced::run("A cool counter", update, view)
 }