diff --git a/src/main/db.zig b/src/main/db.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6700545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/db.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+const models = @import("./models.zig");
+
+// Clones a struct and its fields to a single layer of depth.
+// Caller owns memory, can be freed using free below
+// TODO: check that this is a struct, etc etc
+fn clone(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, val: anytype) !@TypeOf(val) {
+    var result: @TypeOf(val) = undefined;
+
+    errdefer {
+        @panic("memory leak in deep clone, fix this");
+    }
+
+    inline for (std.meta.fields(@TypeOf(val))) |f| {
+        if (f.field_type == []u8 or f.field_type == []const u8) {
+            var copy = try alloc.alloc(u8, @field(val, f.name).len);
+            std.mem.copy(u8, copy, @field(val, f.name));
+            @field(result, f.name) = copy;
+        } else {
+            @compileError("unsupported field type " ++ @typeName(f.field_type));
+        }
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+// Frees a struct and its fields returned by clone
+pub fn free(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, val: anytype) void {
+    inline for (std.meta.fields(@TypeOf(val))) |f| {
+        if (f.field_type == []u8 or f.field_type == []const u8) {
+            alloc.free(@field(val, f.name));
+        } else {
+            @compileError("unsupported field type " ++ @typeName(f.field_type));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn getNote(alloc: std.mem.Allocator) !models.Note {
+    return try clone(alloc, models.Note{
+        .content = "abcd",
+    });
+}
+
+test "clone" {
+    const T = struct {
+        name: []const u8,
+        value: []const u8,
+    };
+
+    const copy = try clone(std.testing.allocator, T{ .name = "myName", .value = "myValue" });
+    free(std.testing.allocator, copy);
+}
diff --git a/src/main/main.zig b/src/main/main.zig
index 409aaa6..7a9fc0d 100644
--- a/src/main/main.zig
+++ b/src/main/main.zig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const http = @import("http");
+const db = @import("./db.zig");
 
 // this thing is overcomplicated and weird. stop this
 const Router = http.Router(*RequestServer);
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ const RouteArgs = http.RouteArgs;
 const router = Router{
     .routes = &[_]Route{
         Route.new(.GET, "/healthcheck", healthcheck),
+        Route.new(.GET, "/", getNote),
     },
 };
 
@@ -25,6 +27,22 @@ const json_options = if (builtin.mode == .Debug)
     },
 };
 
+fn getNote(srv: *RequestServer, ctx: *http.server.Context, _: RouteArgs) !void {
+    const alloc = srv.alloc;
+    const headers = http.Headers.init(alloc);
+
+    const note = try db.getNote(alloc);
+    defer db.free(alloc, note);
+
+    var stream = try ctx.openResponse(&headers, .ok);
+    defer stream.close();
+
+    const writer = stream.writer();
+    try std.json.stringify(note, json_options, writer);
+
+    try stream.finish();
+}
+
 fn healthcheck(srv: *RequestServer, ctx: *http.server.Context, _: RouteArgs) !void {
     const alloc = srv.alloc;
     const headers = http.Headers.init(alloc);
diff --git a/src/main/models.zig b/src/main/models.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75d9a89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/models.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pub const Note = struct {
+    content: []const u8,
+};