diff --git a/components/compojure/src/{$project$}/routes/router.clj b/components/compojure/src/{$project$}/routes/router.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d66672b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/compojure/src/{$project$}/routes/router.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+(ns {$project$}.routes.router
+  (:require [compojure.core :refer [routes GET]]
+            [compojure.route :as route]
+            [{$project$}.middleware.interface :as mw]
+            [{$project$}.routes.home :as home]))
+
+(defn create-app []
+  (-> 
+    (routes 
+      (GET "/" request [] (home/get request)))
+    (mw/apply-generic)))
diff --git a/components/reitit/src/{$project$}/routes/router.clj b/components/reitit/src/{$project$}/routes/router.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..115059f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/reitit/src/{$project$}/routes/router.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+(ns {$project$}.routes.router
+  (:require [reitit.ring :as ring]
+            [{$project$}.middleware.interface :as mw]
+            [{$project$}.routes.home :as home]))
+
+(defn create-app []
+  (ring/ring-handler
+    (ring/router 
+      [["/" {:middleware [[mw/apply-generic]]}
+        ["" {:get home/get}]]])))
diff --git a/config.edn b/config.edn
index d83ba76..be99a50 100644
--- a/config.edn
+++ b/config.edn
@@ -1,2 +1,10 @@
 {:templates {:dir "./templates"
-             :list ["default" "server"]}}
+             :list {:default {:deps []}
+                    :server {:deps ["http-kit/http-kit {:mvn/version \"2.8.0\"}"
+                                    "ring/ring-core {:mvn/version \"1.13.0\"}"
+                                    "ring/ring-json {:mvn/version \"0.5.1\"}"]
+                             :component-groups {:router [:reitit
+                                                         :compojure]}}}}
+ :components {:dir "./components"
+              :list {:reitit {:deps ["metosin/reitit {:mvn/version \"0.9.1\"}"]}
+                     :compojure {:deps ["compojure/compojure {:mvn/version \"1.7.1\"}"]}}}}
diff --git a/src/crapp/main.clj b/src/crapp/main.clj
index 6a35715..9c78fa9 100644
--- a/src/crapp/main.clj
+++ b/src/crapp/main.clj
@@ -1,32 +1,66 @@
 (ns crapp.main
   (:require [crapp.template :as template]
-            [crapp.utils :as utils]
             [crapp.config :as conf]))
 
-(defn create-project! [project-name template]
-  (println (str "Creating " template " project '" project-name "'..."))
-  (try
-    (let [project-path (str "./" project-name)
-          template-path (str (conf/read-value :templates :dir) "/" template)]
-      (utils/make-directory! project-path)
-      (template/deploy-template-files! template-path 
-                                       project-path 
-                                       {:project project-name}))
-    (catch Exception e
-      (println (.getMessage e)))
-    (finally 
-      (println "Done."))))
-
-(defn -main [& args]
-  (cond
-    (empty? args)
-    (println "Please provide a project name.")
-
-    (= (count args) 1)
-    (create-project! (first args) "default")
-
-    (some #(= (last args) %) (conf/read-value :templates :list))
-    (create-project! (first args) (last args))
-
-    (> (count args) 2)
-    (println "Too many arguments.")))
+(defn prompt-template []
+  (println "\nChoose your project template:")
+  (let [templates (-> (conf/read-value :templates :list)
+                      (keys)
+                      (vec))]
+    (doseq [[template index] (zipmap templates
+                                     (->> templates
+                                          (count)
+                                          (inc)
+                                          (range 1)))]
+      (println (str index ". " (name template))))
+
+    (print (str "Enter template number (1 - " (count templates) " | default 1): "))
+    (flush)
+
+    (let [n (or (parse-long (read-line)) 0)
+          default (first templates)]
+      (if (or (< n 1) (> n (count templates)))
+        (do (println "\nUsing default...")
+            default)
+        (nth templates (dec n))))))
+
+(defn prompt-component [component-group components]
+  (println (str "\nChoose your " (name component-group) ":"))
+
+  (doseq [[component index] (zipmap components
+                                    (->> components
+                                         (count)
+                                         (inc)
+                                         (range 1)))]
+    (println (str index ". " (name component))))
+
+  (print (str "Enter component number (1 - " (count components) " | default 1): "))
+  (flush)
+
+  (let [n (or (parse-long (read-line)) 0)
+        default (first components)]
+    (if (or (< n 1) (> n (count components)))
+      (do (println (str "\nUsing default: " (name default) "..."))
+          default)
+      (nth components (dec n)))))
+
+(defn -main []
+  (println "Welcome to CRAPP!")
+  (print "Project name: ")
+  (flush)
+  (let [project (read-line)
+        template (prompt-template)
+        component-groups (conf/read-value :templates
+                                          :list
+                                          template
+                                          :component-groups)
+        components (reduce (fn [acc [cg cl]]
+                             (conj acc (prompt-component cg cl)))
+                           [] component-groups)]
+    (template/create-project! project template components)))
+
+(comment
+  (prompt-template)
+  (prompt-component :router [:reitit :compojure])
+  (-main)
+  ())
diff --git a/src/crapp/template.clj b/src/crapp/template.clj
index e1b3b87..d3a8cc6 100644
--- a/src/crapp/template.clj
+++ b/src/crapp/template.clj
@@ -1,13 +1,29 @@
 (ns crapp.template
   (:require [clojure.string :as string]
+            [camel-snake-kebab.core :as csk]
             [crapp.utils :as utils]
-            [camel-snake-kebab.core :as csk]))
+            [crapp.config :as conf]))
+
+(defn compile-deps
+  "provided the template (keyword) and components (keyword vec), returns a string 
+  of the final list of dependencies in deps.edn format.
+  e.g.
+  :deps {first/dependency {:mvn/version ###}
+         second/dependency {:mvn/version ###}}"
+  [template components]
+  (let [template-deps (string/join "\n" (conf/read-value :templates :list template :deps))
+        components-deps (->> components
+                             (mapv #(conf/read-value :components :list % :deps))
+                             (flatten)
+                             (vec)
+                             (string/join \newline))]
+    (str ":deps {" template-deps \newline components-deps "}")))
 
 (defn parse-template [{:keys [template values]}]
   (string/join (map
                 (fn [part]
                   (or (get values (keyword part)) part))
-                (string/split template #"\$"))))
+                (string/split template #"\{\$|\$\}"))))
 
 (defn deploy-template-files! [basepath targetpath values]
   (doseq [{:keys [filename is-directory]} (mapv
@@ -32,13 +48,43 @@
                                       :values values})]
         (spit (str targetpath "/" filename) replaced)))))
 
+(defn create-project! [project-name template components]
+  (println (str "\nCreating " (name template) " project '" project-name "'..."))
+  (try
+    (let [project-path (str "./" project-name)
+          template-path (str (conf/read-value :templates :dir) "/" (name template))]
+
+      (utils/make-directory! project-path)
+      (deploy-template-files! template-path
+                              project-path
+                              {:project project-name})
+
+      (doseq [c components]
+        (let [component-path (str (conf/read-value :components :dir) "/" (name c))]
+          (deploy-template-files! component-path
+                                  project-path
+                                  {:project project-name})))
+
+      (utils/append-file! (str project-path "/deps.edn")
+                          (str (compile-deps template components) "}")))
+
+    (catch Exception e
+      (println (.getMessage e)))
+    (finally
+      (println "Done."))))
+
 (comment
   (let [dir (utils/list-files "./templates/default")]
     (mapv (fn [f]
             {:filename (utils/filename f)
              :is-directory (utils/is-directory f)}) dir))
 
-  (deploy-template-files! "./templates/default" "./testing" {:project "my-app"})
+  (deploy-template-files! "./templates/server" "./testing" {:project "my-server-app"})
+  (deploy-template-files! "./components/reitit" "./testing" {:project "my-server-app"})
+
+  (utils/append-file! "testdeps.edn" (str (compile-deps :server [:reitit :compojure]) \}))
+
+  (create-project! "my-server-app" :server [:reitit])
 
   (->> "project"
        (assoc {:values {:project "my-app"}} :template)
@@ -48,7 +94,7 @@
 
   (utils/make-directory! "./testing")
 
-  (parse-template {:template "hello my name is $name$ and I am $age$ years old"
+  (parse-template {:template "hello my name is {$name$} and I am {$age$} years old"
                    :values {:name "Keagan"
                             :age 23}})
   ())
diff --git a/src/crapp/utils.clj b/src/crapp/utils.clj
index 7c15344..0a0b9e5 100644
--- a/src/crapp/utils.clj
+++ b/src/crapp/utils.clj
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@
 (defn make-directory! [path]
   (.mkdir (File. path)))
 
+(defn append-file! [path content]
+  (spit path content :append true))
diff --git a/templates/default/deps.edn b/templates/default/deps.edn
index 54621a2..2bd2c93 100644
--- a/templates/default/deps.edn
+++ b/templates/default/deps.edn
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 {:paths ["src"]
- }
diff --git a/templates/default/src/project/main.clj b/templates/default/src/{$project$}/main.clj
similarity index 69%
rename from templates/default/src/project/main.clj
rename to templates/default/src/{$project$}/main.clj
index cccce0c..dfa1ccf 100644
--- a/templates/default/src/project/main.clj
+++ b/templates/default/src/{$project$}/main.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(ns $project$.main)
+(ns {$project$}.main)
 
 (defn -main [& args]
   (println "Hello, world!"))
diff --git a/templates/server/deps.edn b/templates/server/deps.edn
index 2af7115..e6a3502 100644
--- a/templates/server/deps.edn
+++ b/templates/server/deps.edn
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 {:paths ["src" "dev"]
- :deps {http-kit/http-kit {:mvn/version 2.8.0}}}
diff --git a/templates/server/dev/dev.clj b/templates/server/dev/dev.clj
index e6e3868..3865ddb 100644
--- a/templates/server/dev/dev.clj
+++ b/templates/server/dev/dev.clj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-(ns $project$.dev
-  (:require [$project$.server :as server]))
+(ns {$project$}.dev
+  (:require [{$project$}.server :as server]))
 
 (defn after-ns-reload []
   (server/restart-server))
diff --git a/templates/server/src/{$project$}/hooks.clj b/templates/server/src/{$project$}/hooks.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e99f5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/server/src/{$project$}/hooks.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+(ns {$project$}.hooks)
+
+(defn add-shutdown-hook [f]
+  (let [runtime (Runtime/getRuntime)]
+    (.addShutdownHook runtime (Thread. #(f)))))
diff --git a/templates/server/src/{$project$}/main.clj b/templates/server/src/{$project$}/main.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d8fc31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/server/src/{$project$}/main.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+(ns {$project$}.main
+  (:require [{$project$}.server :as server]
+            [{$project$}.hooks :as hooks]))
+
+(defn -main [& _]
+  (server/start-server)
+  (hooks/add-shutdown-hook server/stop-server))
diff --git a/templates/server/src/{$project$}/middleware/core.clj b/templates/server/src/{$project$}/middleware/core.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5588ea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/server/src/{$project$}/middleware/core.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+(ns {$project$}.middleware.core
+  (:require [ring.middleware.params :refer [wrap-params]]
+            [ring.middleware.json :refer [wrap-json-response wrap-json-body]]
+            [ring.middleware.cookies :refer [wrap-cookies]]))
+
+(defn apply-generic [app]
+  (-> app
+      (wrap-params)
+      (wrap-json-response)
+      (wrap-json-body {:keywords? true})
+      (wrap-cookies)))
diff --git a/templates/server/src/{$project$}/middleware/interface.clj b/templates/server/src/{$project$}/middleware/interface.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c717414
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/server/src/{$project$}/middleware/interface.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+(ns {$project$}.middleware.interface
+  (:require [{$project$}.middleware.core :as mw]))
+
+(defn apply-generic [app]
+  (mw/apply-generic app))
diff --git a/templates/server/src/{$project$}/routes/home.clj b/templates/server/src/{$project$}/routes/home.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa71240
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/server/src/{$project$}/routes/home.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+(ns {$project$}.routes.home
+  (:require [ring.util.response :as res]))
+
+(defn get [request]
+  (res/response {:message "Hello, world!"}))
diff --git a/templates/server/src/{$project$}/routes/interface.clj b/templates/server/src/{$project$}/routes/interface.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54259c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/server/src/{$project$}/routes/interface.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+(ns {$project$}.routes.interface
+  (:require [{$project$}.routes.router :as router]))
+
+(defn create-app []
+  (router/create-app))
diff --git a/templates/server/src/project/server.clj b/templates/server/src/{$project$}/server.clj
similarity index 82%
rename from templates/server/src/project/server.clj
rename to templates/server/src/{$project$}/server.clj
index ec834d2..9351e31 100644
--- a/templates/server/src/project/server.clj
+++ b/templates/server/src/{$project$}/server.clj
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-(ns $project$.server
-  (:require
-   [org.httpkit.server :as http]
-   [$project$.routes.interface :as routes]))
+(ns {$project$}.server
+  (:require [org.httpkit.server :as http]
+            [{$project$}.routes.interface :as routes]))
 
 (defonce ^:private *server (atom nil))
 
@@ -27,4 +26,3 @@
 (defn restart-server []
   (stop-server)
   (start-server))
-