diff --git a/cmd/server/main.go b/cmd/server/main.go
index e325d5a..aed0cac 100644
--- a/cmd/server/main.go
+++ b/cmd/server/main.go
@@ -1,16 +1,73 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"crypto/md5"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"net/http"
 
+	"github.com/sentriz/gonic/context"
 	"github.com/sentriz/gonic/db"
 	"github.com/sentriz/gonic/handler"
 	"github.com/sentriz/gonic/router"
+	"github.com/sentriz/gonic/subsonic"
+
+	_ "github.com/jinzhu/gorm/dialects/sqlite"
+	"github.com/labstack/echo"
 )
 
+var (
+	username           = "senan"
+	password           = "howdy"
+	requiredParameters = []string{
+		"u", "t", "s", "v", "c",
+	}
+)
+
+func checkCredentials(token, salt string) bool {
+	toHash := fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", password, salt)
+	hash := md5.Sum([]byte(toHash))
+	expToken := hex.EncodeToString(hash[:])
+	return token == expToken
+}
+
+func contextMiddleware(next echo.HandlerFunc) echo.HandlerFunc {
+	return func(c echo.Context) error {
+		return next(&context.Subsonic{c})
+	}
+}
+
+func validationMiddleware(next echo.HandlerFunc) echo.HandlerFunc {
+	return func(c echo.Context) error {
+		cc := c.(*context.Subsonic)
+		for _, req := range requiredParameters {
+			param := cc.QueryParams().Get(req)
+			if param != "" {
+				continue
+			}
+			return cc.Respond(http.StatusBadRequest, subsonic.NewError(
+				10, fmt.Sprintf("please provide a `%s` parameter", req),
+			))
+		}
+		credsOk := checkCredentials(
+			cc.QueryParams().Get("t"), // token
+			cc.QueryParams().Get("s"), // salt
+		)
+		if !credsOk {
+			return cc.Respond(http.StatusBadRequest, subsonic.NewError(
+				40, "invalid username or password",
+			))
+		}
+		return next(c)
+	}
+}
+
 func main() {
 	d := db.New()
 	r := router.New()
+	r.Use(contextMiddleware)
+	r.Use(validationMiddleware)
 	h := &handler.Handler{
 		DB:     d,
 		Router: r,
diff --git a/context/context.go b/context/context.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8f5d2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/context/context.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package context
+
+import (
+	"github.com/sentriz/gonic/subsonic"
+
+	"github.com/labstack/echo"
+)
+
+type Subsonic struct {
+	echo.Context
+}
+
+func (c *Subsonic) Respond(code int, r *subsonic.Response) error {
+	format := c.QueryParams().Get("f")
+	switch format {
+	case "json":
+		return c.JSON(code, r)
+	case "jsonp":
+		callback := c.QueryParams().Get("callback")
+		return c.JSONP(code, callback, r)
+	default:
+		return c.XML(code, r)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/handler/article.go b/handler/article.go
index ae027c7..30a113e 100644
--- a/handler/article.go
+++ b/handler/article.go
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@ package handler
 import (
 	"net/http"
 
+	"github.com/sentriz/gonic/context"
+	"github.com/sentriz/gonic/subsonic"
+
 	"github.com/labstack/echo"
 )
 
 // GetTest doesn't do anything
 func (h *Handler) GetTest(c echo.Context) error {
-	return c.JSON(http.StatusOK, "hello")
+	cc := c.(*context.Subsonic)
+	resp := subsonic.NewResponse()
+	return cc.Respond(http.StatusOK, resp)
 }
diff --git a/subsonic/media.go b/subsonic/media.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff5244f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subsonic/media.go
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package subsonic
+
+import "encoding/xml"
+
+type Album struct {
+	XMLName    xml.Name `xml:"album"          json:"-"`
+	Id         uint64   `xml:"id,attr"        json:"id"`
+	Name       string   `xml:"name,attr"      json:"name"`
+	ArtistId   uint64   `xml:"artistId,attr"  json:"artistId"`
+	ArtistName string   `xml:"artist,attr"    json:"artist"`
+	SongCount  uint64   `xml:"songCount,attr" json:"songCount"`
+	Duration   uint64   `xml:"duration,attr"  json:"duration"`
+	CoverArt   string   `xml:"coverArt,attr"  json:"coverArt"`
+	Created    string   `xml:"created,attr"   json:"created"`
+	Songs      *[]*Song `xml:"song"           json:"song,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type RandomSongs struct {
+	XMLName xml.Name `xml:"randomSongs" json:"-"`
+	Songs   []*Song  `xml:"song"        json:"song"`
+}
+
+type Song struct {
+	XMLName     xml.Name `xml:"song"             json:"-"`
+	Id          uint64   `xml:"id,attr"          json:"id"`
+	Parent      uint64   `xml:"parent,attr"      json:"parent"`
+	Title       string   `xml:"title,attr"       json:"title"`
+	Album       string   `xml:"album,attr"       json:"album"`
+	Artist      string   `xml:"artist,attr"      json:"artist"`
+	IsDir       bool     `xml:"isDir,attr"       json:"isDir"`
+	CoverArt    string   `xml:"coverArt,attr"    json:"coverArt"`
+	Created     string   `xml:"created,attr"     json:"created"`
+	Duration    uint64   `xml:"duration,attr"    json:"duration"`
+	Genre       string   `xml:"genre,attr"       json:"genre"`
+	BitRate     uint64   `xml:"bitRate,attr"     json:"bitRate"`
+	Size        uint64   `xml:"size,attr"        json:"size"`
+	Suffix      string   `xml:"suffix,attr"      json:"suffix"`
+	ContentType string   `xml:"contentType,attr" json:"contentType"`
+	IsVideo     bool     `xml:"isVideo,attr"     json:"isVideo"`
+	Path        string   `xml:"path,attr"        json:"path"`
+	AlbumId     uint64   `xml:"albumId,attr"     json:"albumId"`
+	ArtistId    uint64   `xml:"artistId,attr"    json:"artistId"`
+	TrackNo     uint64   `xml:"track,attr"       json:"track"`
+	Type        string   `xml:"type,attr"        json:"type"`
+}
+
+type Artist struct {
+	XMLName    xml.Name `xml:"artist"          json:"-"`
+	Id         uint64   `xml:"id,attr"         json:"id"`
+	Name       string   `xml:"name,attr"       json:"name"`
+	CoverArt   string   `xml:"coverArt,attr"   json:"coverArt"`
+	AlbumCount uint64   `xml:"albumCount,attr" json:"albumCount"`
+	Albums     []*Album `xml:"album,omitempty" json:"album,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type Indexes struct {
+	LastModified uint64    `xml:"lastModified,attr" json:"lastModified"`
+	Index        *[]*Index `xml:"index"             json:"index"`
+}
+
+type Index struct {
+	XMLName xml.Name  `xml:"index"     json:"-"`
+	Name    string    `xml:"name,attr" json:"name"`
+	Artists []*Artist `xml:"artist"    json:"artist"`
+}
+
+type Directory struct {
+	XMLName  xml.Name `xml:"directory"              json:"-"`
+	Id       string   `xml:"id,attr"                json:"id"`
+	Parent   string   `xml:"parent,attr"            json:"parent"`
+	Name     string   `xml:"name,attr"              json:"name"`
+	Starred  string   `xml:"starred,attr,omitempty" json:"starred,omitempty"`
+	Children []Child  `xml:"child"                  json:"child"`
+}
+
+type Child struct {
+	XMLName     xml.Name `xml:child`
+	Id          string   `xml:"id,attr"`
+	Parent      string   `xml:"parent,attr"`
+	Title       string   `xml:"title,attr"`
+	IsDir       bool     `xml:"isDir,attr"`
+	Album       string   `xml:"album,attr,omitempty"`
+	Artist      string   `xml:"artist,attr,omitempty"`
+	Track       uint64   `xml:"track,attr,omitempty"`
+	Year        uint64   `xml:"year,attr,omitempty"`
+	Genre       string   `xml:"genre,attr,omitempty"`
+	CoverArt    uint64   `xml:"coverart,attr"`
+	Size        uint64   `xml:"size,attr,omitempty"`
+	ContentType string   `xml:"contentType,attr,omitempty"`
+	Suffix      string   `xml:"suffix,attr,omitempty"`
+	Duration    uint64   `xml:"duration,attr,omitempty"`
+	BitRate     uint64   `xml:"bitRate,attr,omitempty"`
+	Path        string   `xml:"path,attr,omitempty"`
+}
diff --git a/subsonic/response.go b/subsonic/response.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..202f90d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subsonic/response.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// from "sonicmonkey" by https://github.com/jeena/sonicmonkey/
+
+package subsonic
+
+import (
+	"encoding/xml"
+)
+
+var (
+	apiVersion = "1.10.0"
+	xmlns      = "http://subsonic.org/restapi"
+)
+
+type Response struct {
+	XMLName        xml.Name     `xml:"subsonic-response" json:"-"`
+	Status         string       `xml:"status,attr"       json:"status"`
+	Version        string       `xml:"version,attr"      json:"version"`
+	XMLNS          string       `xml:"xmlns,attr"        json:"xmlns"`
+	Error          *Error       `xml:"error"             json:"error,omitempty"`
+	AlbumList2     *[]*Album    `xml:"albumList2>album"  json:"album,omitempty"`
+	Album          *Album       `xml:"album"             json:"album,omitempty"`
+	Song           *Song        `xml:"song"              json:"song,omitempty"`
+	Indexes        *Indexes     `xml:"indexes"           json:"indexes,omitempty"`
+	Artists        *[]*Index    `xml:"artists>index"     json:"artists,omitempty"`
+	Artist         *Artist      `xml:"artist"            json:"artist,omitempty"`
+	MusicDirectory *Directory   `xml:"directory"         json:"directory,omitempty"`
+	RandomSongs    *RandomSongs `xml:"randomSongs"       json:"randomSongs,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type Error struct {
+	XMLName xml.Name `xml:"error"        json:"-"`
+	Code    uint64   `xml:"code,attr"    json:"code"`
+	Message string   `xml:"message,attr" json:"message"`
+}
+
+func NewResponse() *Response {
+	return &Response{
+		Status:  "ok",
+		XMLNS:   xmlns,
+		Version: apiVersion,
+	}
+}
+
+func NewError(code uint64, message string) *Response {
+	return &Response{
+		Status:  "failed",
+		XMLNS:   xmlns,
+		Version: apiVersion,
+		Error: &Error{
+			Code:    code,
+			Message: message,
+		},
+	}
+}