diff --git a/gdriver-client/src/filesystem.rs b/gdriver-client/src/filesystem.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f88b2cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdriver-client/src/filesystem.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::ffi::OsStr;
+use std::os::raw::c_int;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use anyhow::anyhow;
+use bimap::BiMap;
+use fuser::{KernelConfig, ReplyEntry, Request};
+use tracing::*;
+
+use gdriver_common::drive_structure::drive_id::{DriveId, ROOT_ID};
+use gdriver_common::ipc::gdriver_service::{
+    errors::GDriverServiceError, GDriverServiceClient, GDriverSettings,
+};
+
+use crate::prelude::*;
+use crate::{
+    reply_error_e, reply_error_o, send_request, send_request_handled, send_request_handled2,
+    send_request_handled2_consuming,
+};
+
+mod macros;
+
+//TODO2: Decide if this is a good TTL
+const TTL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(2);
+
+pub struct Filesystem {
+    gdriver_client: GDriverServiceClient,
+
+    entry_ids: BiMap<u64, DriveId>,
+    ino_to_file_handles: HashMap<u64, Vec<u64>>,
+    next_ino: u64,
+    gdriver_settings: GDriverSettings,
+}
+
+impl Filesystem {
+    pub fn new(gdriver_client: GDriverServiceClient) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            gdriver_client,
+            entry_ids: BiMap::new(),
+            ino_to_file_handles: HashMap::new(),
+            next_ino: 222,
+            gdriver_settings: GDriverSettings::default(),
+        }
+    }
+    fn generate_ino(&mut self) -> u64 {
+        let ino = self.next_ino;
+        self.next_ino += 1;
+        ino
+    }
+}
+
+//region DriveFilesystem ino_to_id
+impl Filesystem {
+    fn get_id_from_ino(&self, ino: u64) -> Option<&DriveId> {
+        self.entry_ids.get_by_left(&ino)
+    }
+    fn get_ino_from_id(&mut self, id: DriveId) -> u64 {
+        let x = self.entry_ids.get_by_right(&id);
+        if let Some(ino) = x {
+            return *ino;
+        }
+        self.add_id(id)
+    }
+    fn remove_id(&mut self, id: DriveId) -> Result<u64> {
+        if let Some((ino, _)) = self.entry_ids.remove_by_right(&id) {
+            Ok(ino)
+        } else {
+            Err(Box::from(anyhow!("could not find id {}", id)))
+        }
+    }
+    fn add_id(&mut self, id: DriveId) -> u64 {
+        let ino = self.generate_ino();
+        trace!("adding new ino for drive id: {} => {}", id, ino);
+        self.entry_ids.insert(ino, id);
+        ino
+    }
+}
+
+//endregion
+mod attributes;
+impl fuser::Filesystem for Filesystem {
+    //region init
+    fn init(&mut self, _req: &Request<'_>, _config: &mut KernelConfig) -> StdResult<(), c_int> {
+        self.entry_ids.insert(1, ROOT_ID.clone());
+        self.gdriver_settings =
+            send_request!(self.gdriver_client.get_settings(tarpc::context::current()))
+                .map_err(|e| {
+                    error!("Got a connection error while fetching settings: {e}");
+                    libc::ECONNREFUSED
+                })?
+                .map_err(|e| {
+                    error!("Got an error while fetching settings: {e}");
+                    trace!("details: {e:?}");
+                    libc::EBADMSG
+                })?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+    //endregion
+    //region lookup
+    fn lookup(&mut self, _req: &Request<'_>, parent: u64, name: &OsStr, reply: ReplyEntry) {
+        let parent_id = self.entry_ids.get_by_left(&parent);
+        let parent_id = reply_error_o!(
+            parent_id,
+            reply,
+            libc::ENOENT,
+            "Failed to find drive_id for parent ino: {}",
+            parent
+        );
+        trace!(
+            "looking for child of parent:{} with name: {:?}",
+            parent_id,
+            name
+        );
+
+        let id = reply_error_e!(
+            send_request_handled2!(
+                self.gdriver_client.get_file_by_name(
+                    tarpc::context::current(),
+                    name.to_os_string(),
+                    parent_id.clone()
+                ),
+                reply
+            ),
+            reply,
+            libc::ENOENT,
+            "Could not find file by name '{:?}' under parent: {}",
+            name,
+            parent_id
+        );
+        send_request_handled2_consuming!(
+            self.gdriver_client
+                .get_metadata_for_file(tarpc::context::current(), id),
+            reply,
+            parent
+        );
+
+        todo!()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gdriver-client/src/filesystem/attributes.rs b/gdriver-client/src/filesystem/attributes.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9495c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdriver-client/src/filesystem/attributes.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use std::os::raw::c_int;
+use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
+use tarpc::serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+type Inode = u64;
+const BLOCK_SIZE: u64 = 512;
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Copy, Clone, PartialEq)]
+enum FileKind {
+    File,
+    Directory,
+    Symlink,
+}
+
+impl From<FileKind> for fuser::FileType {
+    fn from(kind: FileKind) -> Self {
+        match kind {
+            FileKind::File => fuser::FileType::RegularFile,
+            FileKind::Directory => fuser::FileType::Directory,
+            FileKind::Symlink => fuser::FileType::Symlink,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum XattrNamespace {
+    Security,
+    System,
+    Trusted,
+    User,
+}
+
+fn parse_xattr_namespace(key: &[u8]) -> Result<XattrNamespace, c_int> {
+    let user = b"user.";
+    if key.len() < user.len() {
+        return Err(libc::ENOTSUP);
+    }
+    if key[..user.len()].eq(user) {
+        return Ok(XattrNamespace::User);
+    }
+
+    let system = b"system.";
+    if key.len() < system.len() {
+        return Err(libc::ENOTSUP);
+    }
+    if key[..system.len()].eq(system) {
+        return Ok(XattrNamespace::System);
+    }
+
+    let trusted = b"trusted.";
+    if key.len() < trusted.len() {
+        return Err(libc::ENOTSUP);
+    }
+    if key[..trusted.len()].eq(trusted) {
+        return Ok(XattrNamespace::Trusted);
+    }
+
+    let security = b"security";
+    if key.len() < security.len() {
+        return Err(libc::ENOTSUP);
+    }
+    if key[..security.len()].eq(security) {
+        return Ok(XattrNamespace::Security);
+    }
+
+    return Err(libc::ENOTSUP);
+}
+fn time_now() -> (i64, u32) {
+    time_from_system_time(&SystemTime::now())
+}
+
+fn system_time_from_time(secs: i64, nsecs: u32) -> SystemTime {
+    if secs >= 0 {
+        UNIX_EPOCH + Duration::new(secs as u64, nsecs)
+    } else {
+        UNIX_EPOCH - Duration::new((-secs) as u64, nsecs)
+    }
+}
+
+fn time_from_system_time(system_time: &SystemTime) -> (i64, u32) {
+    // Convert to signed 64-bit time with epoch at 0
+    match system_time.duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH) {
+        Ok(duration) => (duration.as_secs() as i64, duration.subsec_nanos()),
+        Err(before_epoch_error) => (
+            -(before_epoch_error.duration().as_secs() as i64),
+            before_epoch_error.duration().subsec_nanos(),
+        ),
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+struct InodeAttributes {
+    pub inode: Inode,
+    pub open_file_handles: u64, // Ref count of open file handles to this inode
+    pub size: u64,
+    pub last_accessed: (i64, u32),
+    pub last_modified: (i64, u32),
+    pub last_metadata_changed: (i64, u32),
+    pub kind: FileKind,
+    // Permissions and special mode bits
+    pub mode: u16,
+    pub hardlinks: u32,
+    pub uid: u32,
+    pub gid: u32,
+    pub xattrs: BTreeMap<Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>>,
+}
+
+impl From<InodeAttributes> for fuser::FileAttr {
+    fn from(attrs: InodeAttributes) -> Self {
+        fuser::FileAttr {
+            ino: attrs.inode,
+            size: attrs.size,
+            blocks: (attrs.size + BLOCK_SIZE - 1) / BLOCK_SIZE,
+            atime: system_time_from_time(attrs.last_accessed.0, attrs.last_accessed.1),
+            mtime: system_time_from_time(attrs.last_modified.0, attrs.last_modified.1),
+            ctime: system_time_from_time(
+                attrs.last_metadata_changed.0,
+                attrs.last_metadata_changed.1,
+            ),
+            crtime: SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH,
+            kind: attrs.kind.into(),
+            perm: attrs.mode,
+            nlink: attrs.hardlinks,
+            uid: attrs.uid,
+            gid: attrs.gid,
+            rdev: 0,
+            blksize: BLOCK_SIZE as u32,
+            flags: 0,
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gdriver-client/src/filesystem/macros.rs b/gdriver-client/src/filesystem/macros.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54aea3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdriver-client/src/filesystem/macros.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+mod reply {
+    #[macro_export]
+    macro_rules! reply_error_o {
+        ($option_in:expr, $reply:ident, $error_code:expr, $error_msg:expr) => {
+            reply_error_o!($option_in, $reply, $error_code, $error_msg,)
+        };
+        ($option_in:expr, $reply:ident, $error_code:expr, $error_msg:expr, $($arg:tt)*) => {{
+            match $option_in {
+                None=>{
+                    ::tracing::error!($error_msg, $($arg)*);
+                    $reply.error($error_code);
+                    return;
+                },
+                Some(x) => x,
+            }
+        }};
+    }
+    #[macro_export]
+    macro_rules! reply_error_e {
+        ($result_in:expr, $reply:ident, $error_code:expr, $error_msg:expr) => {
+            reply_error_e!($result_in, $reply, $error_code, $error_msg,)
+        };
+        ($result:expr, $reply:ident, $error_code:expr, $error_msg:expr, $($arg:tt)*) => {{
+            match $result {
+                Ok(x) => x,
+                Err(e) => {
+                    error!("{}; e:{}",format!($error_msg, $($arg)*), e);
+                    $reply.error($error_code);
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        }};
+    }
+}
+
+mod send_requests {
+    #[macro_export]
+    macro_rules! send_request {
+        ($func:expr ) => {{
+            let handle = ::tokio::runtime::Handle::current();
+            let _ = handle.enter();
+            futures::executor::block_on($func)
+        }};
+    }
+    #[macro_export]
+    macro_rules! send_request_handled {
+        ($func:expr ,$reply:ident, $error_code:expr, $error_msg:expr, $($arg:tt)*) => {{
+            let x = send_request!($func);
+            reply_error_e!(x, $reply, $error_code, $error_msg, $($arg)*)
+        }};
+    }
+    #[macro_export]
+    macro_rules! send_request_handled2 {
+        ($func:expr ,$reply:ident) => {
+            send_request_handled2!($func, $reply, "")
+        };
+        ($func:expr ,$reply:ident, $error_msg:expr) => {
+            send_request_handled!(
+                $func,
+                $reply,
+                ::libc::EREMOTEIO,
+                "Failed send request: {}",
+                $error_msg
+            )
+        };
+    }
+
+    #[macro_export]
+    macro_rules! send_request_handled2_consuming {
+        ($func:expr ,$reply:ident) => {
+            send_request_handled2_consuming!($func, $reply, "");
+        };
+        ($func:expr ,$reply:ident, $error_msg:expr) => {
+            let _ = send_request_handled2!($func, $reply, $error_msg);
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gdriver-client/src/main.rs b/gdriver-client/src/main.rs
index 8b5fc74..d8d9d9f 100644
--- a/gdriver-client/src/main.rs
+++ b/gdriver-client/src/main.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     service::start().await?;
     Ok(())
 }
+pub mod prelude;
 mod sample;
 
+mod filesystem;
 mod service;