diff --git a/WeatherDashboard.Console/Program.cs b/WeatherDashboard.Console/Program.cs
index 3751555..f9b23c1 100644
--- a/WeatherDashboard.Console/Program.cs
+++ b/WeatherDashboard.Console/Program.cs
@@ -1,2 +1,24 @@
-// See https://aka.ms/new-console-template for more information
-Console.WriteLine("Hello, World!");
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+
+var builder = Host.CreateDefaultBuilder(args);
+
+builder.ConfigureAppConfiguration(config => 
+{
+    config.AddJsonFile("settings.json");
+});
+
+builder.ConfigureServices(services => 
+{
+    services.AddHttpClient();
+});
+
+var app = builder.Build();
+
+var configuration = app.Services.GetService<IConfiguration>();
+var httpClientFactory = app.Services.GetService<IHttpClientFactory>();
+
+var httpClient = httpClientFactory.CreateClient();
+var apiUrl = configuration["ApiUrl"];
+
diff --git a/WeatherDashboard.Console/WeatherDashboard.Console.csproj b/WeatherDashboard.Console/WeatherDashboard.Console.csproj
index 06e15a0..41506a9 100644
--- a/WeatherDashboard.Console/WeatherDashboard.Console.csproj
+++ b/WeatherDashboard.Console/WeatherDashboard.Console.csproj
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="7.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http" Version="7.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/WeatherDashboard.Console/settings.Development.json b/WeatherDashboard.Console/settings.Development.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/WeatherDashboard.Console/settings.json b/WeatherDashboard.Console/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2da2e90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/WeatherDashboard.Console/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "ApiUrl": "https://weather.binarydad.com/api"
+}
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