diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e69de29b..48635345 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+.DS_Store
+.idea/
+docs/
+*.autosave
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3fd65730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+name: lucutus
+
+channels:
+- conda-forge
+- defaults
+
+dependencies:
+- python=3.6.6
+- pyqt
+
+- pip:
+  - appdirs
diff --git a/locutus/UI/mainwindow.ui b/locutus/UI/mainwindow.ui
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef132371
--- /dev/null
+++ b/locutus/UI/mainwindow.ui
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<ui version="4.0">
+ <class>MainWindow</class>
+ <widget class="QMainWindow" name="MainWindow">
+  <property name="geometry">
+   <rect>
+    <x>0</x>
+    <y>0</y>
+    <width>800</width>
+    <height>600</height>
+   </rect>
+  </property>
+  <property name="windowTitle">
+   <string>MainWindow</string>
+  </property>
+  <widget class="QWidget" name="centralwidget">
+   <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButton">
+    <property name="geometry">
+     <rect>
+      <x>20</x>
+      <y>470</y>
+      <width>114</width>
+      <height>32</height>
+     </rect>
+    </property>
+    <property name="text">
+     <string>PushButton</string>
+    </property>
+   </widget>
+   <widget class="QTabWidget" name="tabWidget">
+    <property name="geometry">
+     <rect>
+      <x>20</x>
+      <y>20</y>
+      <width>381</width>
+      <height>431</height>
+     </rect>
+    </property>
+    <property name="currentIndex">
+     <number>1</number>
+    </property>
+    <widget class="QWidget" name="tab">
+     <attribute name="title">
+      <string>Folders</string>
+     </attribute>
+     <widget class="QTextEdit" name="textEdit">
+      <property name="geometry">
+       <rect>
+        <x>30</x>
+        <y>10</y>
+        <width>351</width>
+        <height>251</height>
+       </rect>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </widget>
+    <widget class="QWidget" name="tab_2">
+     <attribute name="title">
+      <string>Settings</string>
+     </attribute>
+    </widget>
+   </widget>
+   <widget class="QProgressBar" name="progressBar">
+    <property name="enabled">
+     <bool>true</bool>
+    </property>
+    <property name="geometry">
+     <rect>
+      <x>140</x>
+      <y>470</y>
+      <width>551</width>
+      <height>23</height>
+     </rect>
+    </property>
+    <property name="value">
+     <number>24</number>
+    </property>
+   </widget>
+  </widget>
+  <widget class="QMenuBar" name="menubar">
+   <property name="geometry">
+    <rect>
+     <x>0</x>
+     <y>0</y>
+     <width>800</width>
+     <height>22</height>
+    </rect>
+   </property>
+   <widget class="QMenu" name="menuSomething">
+    <property name="title">
+     <string>Something</string>
+    </property>
+    <addaction name="actiontest"/>
+   </widget>
+   <widget class="QMenu" name="menuAnything">
+    <property name="title">
+     <string>Anything</string>
+    </property>
+   </widget>
+   <addaction name="menuSomething"/>
+   <addaction name="menuAnything"/>
+  </widget>
+  <widget class="QStatusBar" name="statusbar"/>
+  <action name="actiontest">
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>test</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
+ </widget>
+ <resources/>
+ <connections/>
+</ui>
diff --git a/locutus/__init__.py b/locutus/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/locutus/main.py b/locutus/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..79470007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/locutus/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import sys
+import os
+from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QWidget, QFileDialog
+from PyQt5.QtGui import QIcon
+from PyQt5 import uic
+import appdirs
+
+appname = "Locutus"
+appauthor = "BorgBase"
+appdirs.user_data_dir(appname, appauthor)
+appdirs.user_log_dir(appname, appauthor)
+
+#load both ui file
+uifile = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'UI/mainwindow.ui')
+form_1, base_1 = uic.loadUiType(uifile)
+
+class Example(base_1, form_1):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(base_1,self).__init__()
+        self.setupUi(self)
+        self.pushButton.clicked.connect(self.change)
+        self.actiontest.triggered.connect(self.change)
+
+    def change(self):
+        self.textEdit.setText('Hello Smu!!')
+        self.progressBar.setValue(35)
+        self.openFileNameDialog()
+
+    def openFileNameDialog(self):
+        options = QFileDialog.Options()
+        options |= QFileDialog.ShowDirsOnly
+        options |= QFileDialog.DontUseNativeDialog
+        fileName = QFileDialog.getExistingDirectory(
+            self, "Choose Backup Directory", "", options=options)
+        if fileName:
+            print(fileName)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
+    ex = Example()
+    ex.show()
+    sys.exit(app.exec_())
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b