diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f8b73e7..c337315 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -138,3 +138,6 @@ dmypy.json
 # Cython debug symbols
 cython_debug/
 
+# gismo
+g-env/
+
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 204b93d..a23c753 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-MIT License Copyright (c) <year> <copyright holders>
+MIT License Copyright (c) 2021-2022 sh-edraft.de
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/src/gismo/application.py b/src/gismo/application.py
index b2df025..a85f7d3 100644
--- a/src/gismo/application.py
+++ b/src/gismo/application.py
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-from cpl_core.application import ApplicationABC
-from cpl_core.configuration import ConfigurationABC
-from cpl_core.console import Console
-from cpl_core.dependency_injection import ServiceProviderABC
-
-
 class Application(ApplicationABC):
 
     def __init__(self, config: ConfigurationABC, services: ServiceProviderABC):
         ApplicationABC.__init__(self, config, services)
 
+        self._bot: BotService = services.get_service(BotServiceABC)
+        self._logger: LoggerABC = services.get_service(LoggerABC)
+
     async def configure(self):
         pass
 
     async def main(self):
-        Console.write_line('Hello World')
+        try:
+            await self._bot.run()
+        except Exception as e:
+            self._logger.error(__name__, 'A fatal error occured starting the bot', e)
diff --git a/src/gismo/appsettings.development.json b/src/gismo/appsettings.development.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c18c91e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gismo/appsettings.development.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "TimeFormatSettings": {
+    "DateFormat": "%Y-%m-%d",
+    "TimeFormat": "%H:%M:%S",
+    "DateTimeFormat": "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f",
+    "DateTimeLogFormat": "%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S"
+  },
+
+  "LoggingSettings": {
+    "Path": "logs/",
+    "Filename": "log_$start_time.log",
+    "ConsoleLogLevel": "TRACE",
+    "FileLogLevel": "TRACE"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/gismo/appsettings.edrafts-pc.json b/src/gismo/appsettings.edrafts-pc.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07e013f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gismo/appsettings.edrafts-pc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "Discord": {
+    "Token": ""
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/gismo/appsettings.production.json b/src/gismo/appsettings.production.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..629e6eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gismo/appsettings.production.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "TimeFormatSettings": {
+    "DateFormat": "%Y-%m-%d",
+    "TimeFormat": "%H:%M:%S",
+    "DateTimeFormat": "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f",
+    "DateTimeLogFormat": "%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S"
+  },
+
+  "LoggingSettings": {
+    "Path": "logs/",
+    "Filename": "log_$start_time.log",
+    "ConsoleLogLevel": "ERROR",
+    "FileLogLevel": "WARN"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/gismo/appsettings.staging.json b/src/gismo/appsettings.staging.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fce9ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gismo/appsettings.staging.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "TimeFormatSettings": {
+    "DateFormat": "%Y-%m-%d",
+    "TimeFormat": "%H:%M:%S",
+    "DateTimeFormat": "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f",
+    "DateTimeLogFormat": "%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S"
+  },
+
+  "LoggingSettings": {
+    "Path": "logs/",
+    "Filename": "log_$start_time.log",
+    "ConsoleLogLevel": "DEBUG",
+    "FileLogLevel": "DEBUG"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/gismo/gismo.json b/src/gismo/gismo.json
index d5dda70..b8a447a 100644
--- a/src/gismo/gismo.json
+++ b/src/gismo/gismo.json
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
     "LicenseDescription": "MIT, see LICENSE for more details.",
     "Dependencies": [
       "sh_cpl-core>=2021.10.2",
-      "sh_cpl-query>=2021.10.2"
+      "sh_cpl-query>=2021.10.2",
+      "discord.py==1.7.3"
     ],
     "PythonVersion": ">=3.9.2",
     "PythonPath": {
diff --git a/src/gismo/main.py b/src/gismo/main.py
index 4311d0e..808c102 100644
--- a/src/gismo/main.py
+++ b/src/gismo/main.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import asyncio
 
 from cpl_core.application import ApplicationBuilder
 
-from gismo.application import Application
-from gismo.startup import Startup
+from application import Application
+from startup import Startup
 
 
 async def main():
diff --git a/src/gismo/startup.py b/src/gismo/startup.py
index dadaee3..333f888 100644
--- a/src/gismo/startup.py
+++ b/src/gismo/startup.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ from cpl_core.configuration import ConfigurationABC
 from cpl_core.dependency_injection import ServiceProviderABC, ServiceCollectionABC
 from cpl_core.environment import ApplicationEnvironment
 
+from gismo_core.abc.bot_service_abc import BotServiceABC
+from gismo_core.services.bot_service import BotService
+
 
 class Startup(StartupABC):
 
@@ -10,7 +13,17 @@ class Startup(StartupABC):
         StartupABC.__init__(self)
 
     async def configure_configuration(self, configuration: ConfigurationABC, environment: ApplicationEnvironment) -> ConfigurationABC:
+        configuration.add_environment_variables('GISMO_')
+        configuration.add_console_arguments()
+        configuration.add_json_file(f'appsettings.json', optional=False)
+        configuration.add_json_file(f'appsettings.{environment.environment_name}.json', optional=True)
+        configuration.add_json_file(f'appsettings.{environment.host_name}.json', optional=True)
+        
         return configuration
 
     async def configure_services(self, services: ServiceCollectionABC, environment: ApplicationEnvironment) -> ServiceProviderABC:
+        services.add_logging()
+        
+        services.add_singleton(BotServiceABC, BotService)
+        
         return services.build_service_provider()
diff --git a/src/gismo_core/__init__.py b/src/gismo_core/__init__.py
index 671be7b..425ab6c 100644
--- a/src/gismo_core/__init__.py
+++ b/src/gismo_core/__init__.py
@@ -1,25 +1 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-"""
-gismo sh-edraft Gismo
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-sh-edraft Dicord bot Gismo
-
-:copyright: (c) 2021 - 2022 sh-edraft.de
-:license: MIT, see LICENSE for more details.
-
-"""
-
-__title__ = 'gismo_core'
-__author__ = 'Sven Heidemann'
-__license__ = 'MIT'
-__copyright__ = 'Copyright (c) 2021 - 2022 sh-edraft.de'
-__version__ = '0.1.0'
-
-from collections import namedtuple
-
-# imports: 
-
-VersionInfo = namedtuple('VersionInfo', 'major minor micro')
-version_info = VersionInfo(major='0', minor='1', micro='0')
+# imports
diff --git a/src/gismo_core/abc/__init__.py b/src/gismo_core/abc/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..425ab6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gismo_core/abc/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# imports
diff --git a/src/gismo_core/abc/bot_service_abc.py b/src/gismo_core/abc/bot_service_abc.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62972ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gismo_core/abc/bot_service_abc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+
+
+class BotServiceABC(ABC):
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def __init__(self): pass
+    
+    @abstractmethod
+    async def run(self): pass
+    
+    @abstractmethod
+    async def exit(self): pass
diff --git a/src/gismo_core/configuration/__init__.py b/src/gismo_core/configuration/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..425ab6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gismo_core/configuration/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# imports
diff --git a/src/gismo_core/configuration/discord_settings.py b/src/gismo_core/configuration/discord_settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..948729c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gismo_core/configuration/discord_settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import traceback
+
+from cpl_core.configuration.configuration_model_abc import ConfigurationModelABC
+from cpl_core.console import Console
+
+
+class DiscordSettings(ConfigurationModelABC):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        ConfigurationModelABC.__init__(self)
+
+        self._token: str = ''
+
+    @property
+    def token(self) -> str:
+        return self._token
+
+    def from_dict(self, settings: dict):
+        try:
+            self._token = settings['Token']
+        except Exception as e:
+            Console.error(f'[ ERROR ] [ {__name__} ]: Reading error in {self.__name__} settings')
+            Console.error(f'[ EXCEPTION ] [ {__name__} ]: {e} -> {traceback.format_exc()}')
diff --git a/src/gismo_core/services/__init__.py b/src/gismo_core/services/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..425ab6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gismo_core/services/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# imports
diff --git a/src/gismo_core/services/bot_service.py b/src/gismo_core/services/bot_service.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e70f973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gismo_core/services/bot_service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from gismo_core.abc.bot_service_abc import BotServiceABC
+from gismo_core.configuration.discord_settings import DiscordSettings
+
+
+class BotService(BotServiceABC):
+
+    def __init__(self, discord_settings: DiscordSettings):
+        # setup self
+        commands.Bot.__init__(self, command_prefix=discord_settings.bot.prefix, help_command=None)
+
+    async def run(self):
+        pass
+
+    async def exit(self):
+        pass