diff --git a/global.go b/global.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53eca14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/global.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func GlobalStatusHandler(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+	fail2banInput := make([]string, 1)
+	fail2banInput[0] = "status"
+
+	output, err := fail2banRequest(fail2banInput)
+	if err != nil {
+	}
+
+	//TODO use reflection to assert data structures and give proper errors
+	jails := output.([]interface{})[1].([]interface{})[1].([]interface{})[1]
+	jails = strings.Split(jails.(string), ",")
+
+	encodedOutput, err := json.Marshal(jails)
+	if err != nil {
+	}
+
+	res.Write(encodedOutput)
+}
+
+func GlobalPingHandler(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+	fail2banInput := make([]string, 1)
+	fail2banInput[0] = "ping"
+
+	output, err := fail2banRequest(fail2banInput)
+	if err != nil {
+	}
+
+	//TODO use reflection to assert data structures and give proper errors
+	output = output.([]interface{})[1]
+
+	encodedOutput, err := json.Marshal(output)
+	if err != nil {
+	}
+
+	res.Write(encodedOutput)
+}
+
+func GlobalHandler(globalRouter *mux.Router) {
+	globalRouter.HandleFunc("/status", GlobalStatusHandler).Methods("GET")
+	globalRouter.HandleFunc("/ping", GlobalPingHandler).Methods("GET")
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 6799d90..3acac9d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 package main
 
-import ("fmt")
+import (
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	"net/http"
+)
 
 func main() {
-	x := make([]string, 0)
-	x = append(x, "status")
-	output, err := fail2banRequest(x)
-
-	fmt.Println(output)
-	fmt.Println(err)
-
+	r := mux.NewRouter()
+	GlobalHandler(r.PathPrefix("/global").Subrouter())
+	http.Handle("/", r)
+	http.ListenAndServe(":5000", nil)
 }