diff --git a/include/event_loop.h b/include/event_loop.h
index 1830cb2..43d21a7 100644
--- a/include/event_loop.h
+++ b/include/event_loop.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #define EVENT_LOOP_BUFFER_SIZE 1024
 
 /**
- * Represents an active connection managed by the event loop
+ * State of a connection
  */
 typedef enum {
   event_loop_conn_state_req = 0,
@@ -17,14 +17,17 @@ typedef enum {
   event_loop_conn_state_end = 2,
 } event_loop_conn_state;
 
+/**
+ * Represents an active connection managed by the event loop
+ */
 typedef struct event_loop_conn {
   int fd;
   event_loop_conn_state state;
-  // buffer for reading
+  // Read buffer
   size_t rbuf_size;
   size_t rbuf_read;
   uint8_t rbuf[EVENT_LOOP_BUFFER_SIZE];
-  // buffer for writing
+  // Write buffer
   size_t wbuf_size;
   size_t wbuf_sent;
   uint8_t wbuf[EVENT_LOOP_BUFFER_SIZE];
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ typedef struct event_loop_conn {
   // If true, the server will close the connection after the final write buffer
   // has been written
   bool close_after_write;
+  // Context for a request
   void *ctx;
 } event_loop_conn;
 
@@ -47,23 +51,27 @@ typedef struct event_loop {
   void *(*ctx_init)(void *gctx);
   // Function to free a context for a connection
   void (*ctx_free)(void *ctx);
+  // Function that processes incoming data
   bool (*handle_data)(event_loop_conn *conn);
 } event_loop;
 
 /*
- * Initialize a new event_loop_conn struct
+ * Initialize a new connection struct
  */
 event_loop_conn *event_loop_conn_init(event_loop *el);
 
+/*
+ * Free a connection struct
+ */
 void event_loop_conn_free(event_loop *el, event_loop_conn *conn);
 
 /*
- * Process data on a connection
+ * Handle I/O for a connection, be it reading input or writing output.
  */
 void event_loop_conn_io(event_loop *el, event_loop_conn *conn);
 
 /*
- * Initialize a new event_loop struct
+ * Initialize a new event loop struct
  */
 event_loop *event_loop_init();
 
diff --git a/include/http.h b/include/http.h
index 435e2dd..51735d9 100644
--- a/include/http.h
+++ b/include/http.h
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 #include "picohttpparser.h"
 
 #include "event_loop.h"
-#include "http_req.h"
+
+#define HTTP_MAX_ALLOWED_HEADERS 8
 
 extern const char http_404[];
 extern const size_t http_404_len;
@@ -15,6 +16,27 @@ extern const size_t http_405_len;
 extern const char http_500[];
 extern const size_t http_500_len;
 
+typedef enum http_request_method {
+  http_request_method_get = 0,
+  http_request_method_post = 1,
+  http_request_method_put = 2,
+  http_request_method_patch = 3,
+  http_request_method_delete = 4
+} http_request_method;
+
+/*
+ * Struct representing the specific type of request
+ */
+typedef struct http_request {
+  size_t len;
+  int minor_version;
+  const char *method;
+  size_t method_len;
+  const char *path;
+  size_t path_len;
+  struct phr_header headers[HTTP_MAX_ALLOWED_HEADERS];
+} http_request;
+
 typedef enum http_parse_error {
   http_parse_error_ok = 0,
   http_parse_error_incomplete = 1,
@@ -24,7 +46,7 @@ typedef enum http_parse_error {
 http_parse_error http_parse_request(http_request *req, const char *path,
                                     size_t path_len);
 
-void http_route(event_loop_conn *conn);
+/* void http_route(event_loop_conn *conn); */
 
 typedef enum http_response_type {
   http_not_found = 404,
diff --git a/include/http_loop.h b/include/http_loop.h
index 8291c81..7b41d4a 100644
--- a/include/http_loop.h
+++ b/include/http_loop.h
@@ -1,17 +1,36 @@
 #ifndef LANDER_HTTP_LOOP
 #define LANDER_HTTP_LOOP
 
+#include <regex.h>
+
 #include "event_loop.h"
-#include "http_req.h"
+#include "http.h"
 #include "trie.h"
 
+typedef enum http_route_type {
+  http_route_literal = 0,
+  http_route_regex = 1,
+} http_route_type;
+
+typedef struct http_route {
+  http_route_type type;
+  char *path;
+  regex_t *regex;
+  size_t step_count;
+  void (**steps)(event_loop_conn *);
+} http_route;
+
 /*
  * Global context passed to every connection using the same pointer
  */
 typedef struct http_loop_gctx {
+  http_route **routes;
   Trie *trie;
 } http_loop_gctx;
 
+/*
+ * Initialize a new global context
+ */
 http_loop_gctx *http_loop_gctx_init();
 
 /*
@@ -19,15 +38,31 @@ http_loop_gctx *http_loop_gctx_init();
  */
 typedef struct http_loop_ctx {
   http_request req;
+  http_route *route;
+  size_t current_step;
   http_loop_gctx *g;
 } http_loop_ctx;
 
+/*
+ * Initialize a context struct
+ */
 http_loop_ctx *http_loop_ctx_init(http_loop_gctx *g);
 
+/*
+ * Free a context struct
+ */
 void http_loop_ctx_free(http_loop_ctx *ctx);
 
+/**
+ * Process incoming data as an HTTP request
+ */
 bool http_loop_handle_request(event_loop_conn *conn);
 
+void http_loop_process_request(event_loop_conn *conn);
+
+/**
+ * Initialize a new http loop
+ */
 event_loop *http_loop_init(http_loop_gctx *gctx);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/http_req.h b/include/http_req.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 7069142..0000000
--- a/include/http_req.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef HTTP_REQ
-#define HTTP_REQ
-
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-#include "picohttpparser.h"
-
-#define HTTP_MAX_ALLOWED_HEADERS 16
-
-typedef enum http_request_method {
-  http_request_method_get = 0,
-  http_request_method_post = 1,
-  http_request_method_put = 2,
-  http_request_method_patch = 3,
-  http_request_method_delete = 4
-} http_request_method;
-
-/*
- * Struct representing the specific type of request
- */
-typedef struct http_request {
-  size_t len;
-  int minor_version;
-  const char *method;
-  size_t method_len;
-  const char *path;
-  size_t path_len;
-  struct phr_header headers[HTTP_MAX_ALLOWED_HEADERS];
-} http_request;
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/event_loop/event_loop.c b/src/event_loop/event_loop.c
index 6142d22..53317bc 100644
--- a/src/event_loop/event_loop.c
+++ b/src/event_loop/event_loop.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ void event_loop_run(event_loop *el, int port) {
 
     // poll for active fds
     // the timeout argument doesn't matter here
-    int rv = poll(poll_args, (nfds_t)poll_args_count, 0);
+    int rv = poll(poll_args, (nfds_t)poll_args_count, -1);
 
     if (rv < 0) {
       critical(1, "Poll failed, errno: %i", errno);
diff --git a/src/event_loop/event_loop_io.c b/src/event_loop/event_loop_io.c
index ab116d6..50c625f 100644
--- a/src/event_loop/event_loop_io.c
+++ b/src/event_loop/event_loop_io.c
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ void event_loop_conn_io(event_loop *el, event_loop_conn *conn) {
   case event_loop_conn_state_res:
     event_loop_conn_io_res(conn);
     break;
-  case event_loop_conn_state_end:
-    break;
+  case event_loop_conn_state_end:;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/http_loop/http_loop.c b/src/http_loop/http_loop.c
index 7f796de..aab5bf2 100644
--- a/src/http_loop/http_loop.c
+++ b/src/http_loop/http_loop.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ bool http_loop_handle_request(event_loop_conn *conn) {
 
   if (res == http_parse_error_ok) {
     // Perform the request
-    http_route(conn);
+    /* http_route(conn); */
   }
   // Both in the case of an invalid HTTP request or one that's larger than the
   // read buffer, we cannot determine when the next, possibly valid, HTTP
diff --git a/src/http_loop/http_loop_route.c b/src/http_loop/http_loop_route.c
index cbd5f49..a8eb86e 100644
--- a/src/http_loop/http_loop_route.c
+++ b/src/http_loop/http_loop_route.c
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 #include "event_loop.h"
 #include "http.h"
 
-typedef void (*routing_func)(event_loop_conn *);
+void http_loop_process_request(event_loop_conn *conn) {}
 
-void http_route(event_loop_conn *conn) {
-  // TODO routing
+/* void http_route(event_loop_conn *conn) { */
+/*   // TODO routing */
 
-  // Fallthrough is to return a 404
-  http_write_standard_response(conn, http_not_found);
-}
+/*   // Fallthrough is to return a 404 */
+/*   http_write_standard_response(conn, http_not_found); */
+/* } */
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 3fa415d..c72e604 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1,8 +1,21 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 
+#include "http.h"
 #include "http_loop.h"
 #include "log.h"
 
+void http_write_404(event_loop_conn *conn) {
+  memcpy(conn->wbuf, http_404, http_404_len);
+
+  conn->state = event_loop_conn_state_res;
+  conn->wbuf_size = http_404_len;
+  conn->wbuf_sent = 0;
+}
+
+void (*steps[])(event_loop_conn *) = {http_write_404, NULL};
+http_route routes[] = {
+    {.type = http_route_literal, .path = "/", .step_count = 1, .steps = steps}};
+
 int main() {
   setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IONBF, 0);