diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 50c8dda..7c2aa52 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ dist-ssr
 *.sw?
 
 .env
+server/server
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ce6aab9..50fcd46 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,23 +1,26 @@
-.PHONY: build deploy clean start default
+.PHONY: deploy clean start default frontend
 
-default: start
+server/server: frontend
+	rm -rf server/dist
+	mv dist server/
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 go -C server build .
 
-build:
+frontend:
 	npm run build
 
-deploy: build
-	scp -r dist kiosk:
+deploy: server/server
+	scp server/server kiosk:
 
 clean:
-	rm -rf dist
+	rm -rf dist server/dist server/server
 
 start: deploy
 	# TODO: This doesn't kill weston nicely; I should handle that? Or background or something
-	ssh kiosk "pgrep -f 'python3 -m http.server' || python3 -m http.server --directory /home/chandler/dist 127.0.0.1:8000 &"
+	ssh kiosk "pgrep -f './server' || ./server"
 	#ssh kiosk "pkill -f 'weston --shell=kiosk-shell.so' || true"
 	ssh kiosk weston --shell=kiosk-shell.so -- firefox --kiosk localhost:8000 --remote-debugging-port=9222
 
 debug: deploy
-	ssh kiosk "pgrep -f 'python3 -m http.server' || python3 -m http.server --directory /home/chandler/dist 127.0.0.1:8000 &"
+	ssh kiosk "pgrep -f './server' || ./server"
 	#ssh kiosk "pkill -f 'weston --shell=kiosk-shell.so' || true"
 	ssh -L 6000:localhost:6000 kiosk weston --shell=kiosk-shell.so -- firefox --kiosk localhost:8000 --start-debugger-server 6000
diff --git a/server/go.mod b/server/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72330de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module git.chandlerswift.com/chandlerswift/digital-turntable/server
+
+go 1.25.5
diff --git a/server/main.go b/server/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ab1ecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"embed"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+)
+
+//go:embed dist
+var webUI embed.FS
+
+func setReader(state string) error {
+	// echo 'on' > '/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-1/power/control'  # or 'auto'
+	switch state {
+	case "auto", "on":
+		return os.WriteFile("/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-1/power/control", []byte(state), 0)
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("unknown state %q", state)
+	}
+}
+
+func main() {
+	setReader("on")
+	http.Handle("/", http.FileServerFS(webUI))
+
+	http.HandleFunc("POST /api/reader/{state}", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if err := setReader(r.PathValue("state")); err != nil {
+			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+		w.Write([]byte("ok"))
+	})
+
+	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe("127.0.0.1:8000", nil))
+}