diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fc5c174e..d9bfebc5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1024,6 +1024,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rama-fp"
+version = "0.2.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "clap",
+ "rama",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rama-hyper"
 version = "0.1001000.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0ae8e0aa..3c4f0cb8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [workspace]
-members = [".", "rama-cli"]
+members = [".", "rama-cli", "rama-fp"]
 
 [workspace.package]
 version = "0.2.0"
diff --git a/rama-fp/Cargo.toml b/rama-fp/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..568e495a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rama-fp/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[package]
+name = "rama-fp"
+description = "a fingerprinting service for rama to generate and test fingerprints"
+version = { workspace = true }
+license = { workspace = true }
+edition = { workspace = true }
+repository = { workspace = true }
+keywords = { workspace = true }
+categories = { workspace = true }
+authors = { workspace = true }
+rust-version = { workspace = true }
+default-run = "rama-fp"
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0"
+clap = { version = "4.4", features = [ "derive" ] }
+rama = { version = "0.2", path = ".." }
+tokio = { version = "1.35", features = [ "rt-multi-thread", "macros" ] }
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "rama-fp"
+path = "src/main.rs"
diff --git a/rama-fp/src/main.rs b/rama-fp/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cee0a48b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rama-fp/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
+
+mod service;
+
+/// a fingerprinting service for ramae                   
+#[derive(Debug, Parser)] // requires `derive` feature
+#[command(name = "rama-fp")]
+#[command(about = "a fingerprinting service for rama", long_about = None)]
+struct Cli {
+    #[command(subcommand)]
+    command: Commands,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Subcommand)]
+enum Commands {
+    /// Run the FP service
+    Run,
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let args = Cli::parse();
+
+    match args.command {
+        Commands::Run => service::run().await,
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rama-fp/src/service/mod.rs b/rama-fp/src/service/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..47a8c2c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rama-fp/src/service/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pub async fn run() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    Ok(())
+}