diff --git a/listener-service/event/consumer.go b/listener-service/event/consumer.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..951562a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/listener-service/event/consumer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+package event
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+
+	amqp "github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go"
+)
+
+type Consumer struct {
+	conn      *amqp.Connection
+	queueName string
+}
+
+func NewConsumer(conn *amqp.Connection) (Consumer, error) {
+	consumer := Consumer{
+		conn: conn,
+	}
+
+	err := consumer.setup()
+	if err != nil {
+		return Consumer{}, err
+	}
+	return consumer, err
+}
+
+func (consumer *Consumer) setup() error {
+	channel, err := consumer.conn.Channel()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return declaireExchange(channel)
+}
+
+type Payload struct {
+	Name string `json:"name"`
+	Data string `json:"data"`
+}
+
+func (consumer *Consumer) Listen(topics []string) error {
+	ch, err := consumer.conn.Channel()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer ch.Close()
+
+	q, err := declaireRandomQueue(ch)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for _, s := range topics {
+		ch.QueueBind(q.Name, s, "logs_topic", false, nil)
+	}
+
+	messages, err := ch.Consume(q.Name, "", true, false, false, false, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	forever := make(chan bool)
+	go func() {
+		for d := range messages {
+			var payload Payload
+			json.Unmarshal(d.Body, &payload)
+
+			go handlePayload(payload)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	fmt.Printf("Waiting for message [Exchange, Queue] [logs_topic, %s]\n", q.Name)
+	<-forever
+	return nil
+}
+
+func handlePayload(payload Payload) {
+	switch payload.Name {
+	case "log", "event":
+		// log whatever we get
+		err := logEvent(payload)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Println(err)
+		}
+	case "auth":
+		// authenticate
+		// You can have as many cases as you want, as long as you write the logic.
+	default:
+		err := logEvent(payload)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Println(err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func logEvent(entry Payload) error {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/listener-service/event/event.go b/listener-service/event/event.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56b67fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/listener-service/event/event.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package event
+
+import (
+	amqp "github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go"
+)
+
+func declaireExchange(ch *amqp.Channel) error {
+	return ch.ExchangeDeclare(
+		"logs_topic", // name
+		"topic",      // type
+		true,         // durable?
+		false,        // auto-deleted?
+		false,        // internal?
+		false,        // no-wait?
+		nil,          // arguments?
+	)
+}
+
+func declaireRandomQueue(ch *amqp.Channel) (amqp.Queue, error) {
+	return ch.QueueDeclare(
+		"",    // name
+		false, // durable
+		false, // delete when unused
+		true,  // exclusive
+		false, // nowait
+		nil,   // table
+	)
+}
diff --git a/listener-service/go.mod b/listener-service/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a78052f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/listener-service/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module listener
+
+go 1.22.5
+
+require github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go v1.10.0
diff --git a/listener-service/go.sum b/listener-service/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..024eebe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/listener-service/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go v1.10.0 h1:STpn5XsHlHGcecLmMFCtg7mqq0RnD+zFr4uzukfVhBw=
+github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go v1.10.0/go.mod h1:Hy4jKW5kQART1u+JkDTF9YYOQUHXqMuhrgxOEeS7G4o=
+go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
+go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
diff --git a/listener-service/main.go b/listener-service/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c71b8dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/listener-service/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"math"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+
+	amqp "github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	// try to connect to rabbitmq
+	rabbitConn, err := connect()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println(err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	defer rabbitConn.Close()
+	log.Println("Connected to RabbitMQ")
+
+	// start listening for messages
+
+	// create consumer
+
+	// watch the queue and consume events
+}
+
+func connect() (*amqp.Connection, error) {
+	var counts int64
+	var connection *amqp.Connection
+
+	// don't continue until rabbit is ready
+	for {
+		c, err := amqp.Dial("amqp://guest:guest@localhost") // XXX: credentials
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("RabbitMQ not yet ready...")
+			counts++
+		} else {
+			connection = c
+			break
+		}
+
+		if counts > 5 {
+			fmt.Println(err)
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		backOff := time.Duration(math.Pow(float64(counts), 2) * float64(time.Second))
+		log.Println("backing off...")
+		time.Sleep(backOff)
+	}
+
+	return connection, nil
+}