diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index c91c373..eb86507 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 rocket = "0.4.2"
+
+[dependencies.rocket_contrib]
+version = "0.4.2"
+default-features = false
+features = ["json"]
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diff --git a/server/src/payload.rs b/server/src/payload.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/server/src/payload/message.rs b/server/src/payload/message.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7047654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/payload/message.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#[derive(serialize)]
+struct TextMessage {
+    // Not all of these fields are going to necessarily be filled
+    // More specifically the server field
+    body: String,
+    client: Client,
+    date: String,
+    server: ServerTag,
+}
+
+#[derive(serialize)]
+struct MessageChunk {
+    messages: Vector<TextMessage>,
+    channel: Channel,
+}
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diff --git a/server/src/payload/server.rs b/server/src/payload/server.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7dc987b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/payload/server.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+use std::vec::{Vector};
+
+#[derive(serialize)]
+struct GETTextChannel {
+    // only 100 messages per channel that we ask for
+    messages: MessageChunk,
+}
+
+struct Server {
+    domain: String, // Unique identifier for us
+    name: String,   // Custom display name for the meme
+}
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