diff --git a/server/control/control.go b/server/control/control.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a12f27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/control/control.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package control
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+type ControlServer struct {
+	bindAddr     string
+	mux          *http.ServeMux
+	traceChannel chan string
+	certfile     string
+	keyfile      string
+}
+
+var server *ControlServer
+
+func NewControlServer(bindAddr string, listenPort int, certfile, keyfile string) *ControlServer {
+
+	if server == nil {
+		server = &ControlServer{bindAddr: fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", bindAddr, listenPort),
+			certfile: certfile,
+			keyfile:  keyfile}
+	}
+
+	return server
+}
+
+func (*ControlServer) Start(traceChannel chan string) {
+
+}
diff --git a/server/control/control_test.go b/server/control/control_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbd265b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/control/control_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package control
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestNewControlServerFillsTheStruct(t *testing.T) {
+
+	server := NewControlServer("0.0.0.0", 8080, "/certfile.pem", "/keyfile.pem")
+
+	if server.bindAddr != "0.0.0.0:8080" {
+		t.Errorf("BindAddress incorrectly composed. Expected: %s, got: %s", "0.0.0.0:8080", server.bindAddr)
+	}
+
+	if server.certfile != "/certfile.pem" {
+		t.Errorf("BindAddress incorrectly composed. Expected: %s, got: %s", "/certfile.pem", server.certfile)
+	}
+
+	if server.keyfile != "/keyfile.pem" {
+		t.Errorf("BindAddress incorrectly composed. Expected: %s, got: %s", "/keyfile.pem", server.keyfile)
+	}
+}