diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad67955..0728338 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,8 @@ target
 #  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
+
+
+# Added by cargo
+
+/target
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7d488a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 4
+
+[[package]]
+name = "flux-rt"
+version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a2ddde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[package]
+name = "flux-rt"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/bro.py b/bro.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ebd357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bro.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+def hello():
+    print("Hello, bro!")
+
+hello()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17fdd7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+fn main() {
+    let lib_dir = std::process::Command::new("python3")
+        .arg("-c")
+        .arg("import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBDIR'))")
+        .output()
+        .expect("failed to run python3")
+        .stdout;
+
+    let lib_dir = String::from_utf8(lib_dir).unwrap();
+    println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native={}", lib_dir.trim());
+
+    println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=python3.11");
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad7e296
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+use std::{ffi::CString, fs, path::Path};
+
+#[link(name = "python3.13")]
+extern "C" {
+    fn Py_Initialize();
+    fn PyRun_SimpleString(command: *const i8) -> i32;
+    fn Py_Finalize();
+}
+
+pub fn run_py(path: &Path) {
+    let code = fs::read_to_string(path).expect("Failed to read python script");
+
+    unsafe {
+        Py_Initialize();
+
+        let code = CString::new(code.as_str()).unwrap();
+        PyRun_SimpleString(code.as_ptr());
+
+        Py_Finalize();
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1ac8bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use std::path::Path;
+use flux_rt::run_py;
+
+fn main() {
+    run_py(Path::new("bro.py"));
+}