diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 74e22096..0ff5a314 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ in pkgs.mkShell {
     pkgs.rustfmt
     pkgs.pkgconfig
     pkgs.openssl.dev
+
+    # mdbook
+    pkgs.mdbook
   ];
 
   RUST_SRC_PATH = "${pkgs.rust.packages.stable.rustPlatform.rustLibSrc}";
diff --git a/doc/.gitignore b/doc/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7585238e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+book
diff --git a/doc/book.toml b/doc/book.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ef489b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/book.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[book]
+authors = []
+language = "en"
+multilingual = false
+src = "src"
+title = "Revolt Backend"
diff --git a/doc/src/SUMMARY.md b/doc/src/SUMMARY.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b15bc68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/src/SUMMARY.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Summary
+
+- [Introduction](./hello.md)
+- [Project Structure]()
+- [Testing]()
+  - [Writing a new database test]()
+  - [Writing a new API test]()
diff --git a/doc/src/hello.md b/doc/src/hello.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8182679
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/src/hello.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Revolt Backend
+
+Welcome to the developer documentation for the Revolt backend.
+
+This is very much incomplete and needs more work!