diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 975daa5..453aedb 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [submodule "schema"]
-	path = schema
+	path = api/schema
 	url = https://gitlab.com/fabinfra/fabaccess/fabaccess-api
 	branch = main
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6ba4f66..f4be257 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -87,4 +87,4 @@ tempfile = "3.2"
 bincode = "1.3"
 
 [workspace]
-members = ["modules/*"]
+members = ["modules/*", "api"]
diff --git a/api/Cargo.toml b/api/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d968b7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[package]
+name = "api"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/build.rs b/api/build.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from build.rs
rename to api/build.rs
diff --git a/schema b/api/schema
similarity index 100%
rename from schema
rename to api/schema
diff --git a/api/src/lib.rs b/api/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b4a90c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    #[test]
+    fn it_works() {
+        let result = 2 + 2;
+        assert_eq!(result, 4);
+    }
+}