diff --git a/src/handler/search.rs b/src/handler/search.rs
index d41703d..57691f3 100644
--- a/src/handler/search.rs
+++ b/src/handler/search.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
-pub fn index_new_document() {
-    println!("index_new_document");
+use axum::
+    Json
+;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+
+use crate::search::engine::SearchEngine;
+
+pub fn index_new_document(mut engine: SearchEngine, Json(payload): Json<IndexNewDocument>) {
+   engine.index(&payload.url, &payload.content);
+}
+
+// the input to our `create_user` handler
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+pub struct IndexNewDocument {
+    url: String,
+    content: String,
 }
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diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 8f332be..7f0d002 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,24 @@
+use axum::routing::post;
 use axum::{
     routing::get,
     Router,
 };
 
+use rustysearch::search::engine::SearchEngine;
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
     // initialize tracing
     tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
 
+    // initialize our search engine
+    let mut search_engine = SearchEngine::new(1.5, 0.75);
+
     // build our application with a route
     let app = Router::new()
         // `GET /` goes to `root`
-        .route("/", get(rustysearch::handler::hello::say_hello));
+        .route("/", get(rustysearch::handler::hello::say_hello))
+        .route("/search/add", post(rustysearch::handler::search::index_new_document));
 
     // run our app with hyper, listening globally on port 3000
     let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("0.0.0.0:3000").await.unwrap();