diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b803f35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+config.toml
+
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+cover/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-journal
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+.pybuilder/
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# pyenv
+#   For a library or package, you might want to ignore these files since the code is
+#   intended to run in multiple environments; otherwise, check them in:
+# .python-version
+
+# pipenv
+#   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
+#   However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies
+#   having no cross-platform support, pipenv may install dependencies that don't work, or not
+#   install all needed dependencies.
+#Pipfile.lock
+
+# poetry
+#   Similar to Pipfile.lock, it is generally recommended to include poetry.lock in version control.
+#   This is especially recommended for binary packages to ensure reproducibility, and is more
+#   commonly ignored for libraries.
+#   https://python-poetry.org/docs/basic-usage/#commit-your-poetrylock-file-to-version-control
+#poetry.lock
+
+# pdm
+#   Similar to Pipfile.lock, it is generally recommended to include pdm.lock in version control.
+#pdm.lock
+#   pdm stores project-wide configurations in .pdm.toml, but it is recommended to not include it
+#   in version control.
+#   https://pdm.fming.dev/#use-with-ide
+.pdm.toml
+
+# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow and github.com/pdm-project/pdm
+__pypackages__/
+
+# Celery stuff
+celerybeat-schedule
+celerybeat.pid
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+
+# Pyre type checker
+.pyre/
+
+# pytype static type analyzer
+.pytype/
+
+# Cython debug symbols
+cython_debug/
+
+# PyCharm
+#  JetBrains specific template is maintained in a separate JetBrains.gitignore that can
+#  be found at https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
+#  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
+#  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
+#.idea/
diff --git a/core.py b/core.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65645b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+"""
+mimi.core: core functionality for mimipath
+"""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+import pydantic
+import tomlkit
+
+from tomlantic import ModelBoundTOML
+
+
+CONFIG_PATH = Path(__file__).parent.joinpath("config.toml")
+
+
+class ConfigSecretsSection(pydantic.BaseModel):
+    model_config = pydantic.ConfigDict(validate_assignment=True)
+    key: str
+
+
+class ConfigFile(pydantic.BaseModel):
+    model_config = pydantic.ConfigDict(validate_assignment=True)
+    secrets: ConfigSecretsSection
+
+
+def read_config() -> ModelBoundTOML[ConfigFile]:
+    if not CONFIG_PATH.exists():
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f"config file not found at '{CONFIG_PATH}'")
+    return ModelBoundTOML(ConfigFile, tomlkit.parse(CONFIG_PATH.read_text()), handle_errors=True)
+
+
+def _test() -> None:
+    config = read_config()
+    print(config.model.secrets.key)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    _test()
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e8e1cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"""
+mimi.main: user-facing application code for mimi
+"""
+
+import flet as ft
+
+
+def main(page: ft.Page):
+    page.add(ft.SafeArea(ft.Text("Hello, Flet!")))
+
+
+ft.app(main)
diff --git a/mimi.py b/mimi.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index a341028..cab5015 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
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+[[package]]
+name = "mypy"
+version = "1.11.2"
+description = "Optional static typing for Python"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
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+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+mypy-extensions = ">=1.0.0"
+typing-extensions = ">=4.6.0"
+
+[package.extras]
+dmypy = ["psutil (>=4.0)"]
+install-types = ["pip"]
+mypyc = ["setuptools (>=50)"]
+reports = ["lxml"]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "mypy-extensions"
+version = "1.0.0"
+description = "Type system extensions for programs checked with the mypy type checker."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.5"
+files = [
+    {file = "mypy_extensions-1.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4392f6c0eb8a5668a69e23d168ffa70f0be9ccfd32b5cc2d26a34ae5b844552d"},
+    {file = "mypy_extensions-1.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:75dbf8955dc00442a438fc4d0666508a9a97b6bd41aa2f0ffe9d2f2725af0782"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "oauthlib"
 version = "3.2.2"
@@ -2258,6 +2315,33 @@ files = [
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ruff"
+version = "0.6.4"
+description = "An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
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+]
+
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 name = "six"
 version = "1.16.0"
@@ -2308,6 +2392,32 @@ files = [
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tomlantic"
+version = "0.2.1"
+description = "marrying pydantic models and tomlkit documents"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8,<4.0"
+files = [
+    {file = "tomlantic-0.2.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a229e1c7e808e256257cbc8287691a5d576421144fab2ed4c4568874299b6c90"},
+    {file = "tomlantic-0.2.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:65af53a38dcc5ca1b6a45ec9935998ff178aa1df333926d63b5e182baa45132e"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+pydantic = ">=2.0"
+tomlkit = ">=0.8"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tomlkit"
+version = "0.13.2"
+description = "Style preserving TOML library"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "tomlkit-0.13.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7a974427f6e119197f670fbbbeae7bef749a6c14e793db934baefc1b5f03efde"},
+    {file = "tomlkit-0.13.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:fff5fe59a87295b278abd31bec92c15d9bc4a06885ab12bcea52c71119392e79"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "toolz"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -2819,4 +2929,4 @@ multidict = ">=4.0"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.12"
-content-hash = "6c3728757ba5129ae0f5763c9edc592037dcd3e96d981ef295366f051664bc64"
+content-hash = "9dbc6eb0c035167aa457df4cb46712693e947c4658d057f867325e4835b83ba8"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4cc723b..dda05cb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "mimi"
 version = "0.1.0"
-description = ""
+description = "defi app prototype for the polyfintech100 api hackathon"
 authors = ["Mark Joshwel <mark@joshwel.co>"]
 readme = "README.md"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.12"
 flet = "^0.24.1"
+tomlantic = "^0.2.1"
 web3py-ext = "^1.0.3"
 
+[tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
+ruff = "^0.6.4"
+mypy = "^1.11.2"
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core"]
diff --git a/secrets.json b/secrets.json
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000