diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7169cab..bf3dcc7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
+# Scala + sbt build artifacts
+target/
+project/target/
+project/project/
+
+# Metals + BSP cache
+.metals/
+.bsp/
+
+# Java / JVM artifacts
 *.class
 *.log
-
-# virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
 hs_err_pid*
+
+# IntelliJ
+.idea/
+*.iml
+
+# VSCode
+.vscode/
+
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98b9400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+scalaVersion := "3.7.4"
+version := "1.0"
+name := "torque"
+organization := "com.nsrddyn"
+
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01a16ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sbt.version=1.11.7
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/nsrddyn/torque/Main.scala b/src/main/scala/com/nsrddyn/torque/Main.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2eb300c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/nsrddyn/torque/Main.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package com.nsrddyn
+
+def main(args: Array[String]) : Unit = {
+  println("Hello World!")
+}