diff --git a/klout/Cargo.toml b/klout/Cargo.toml
index ce200d5..9e6b42f 100644
--- a/klout/Cargo.toml
+++ b/klout/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ name = "klout"
 version = "0.0.0"
 edition = "2024"
 
+[[bin]]
+name = "klout"
+path = "src/klout.rs"
+
 [dependencies]
 eyre = "0.6.12"
 rand = "0.8.5"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/klout/data/initial_layout.txt b/klout/data/initial_layout.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fefffdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/klout/data/initial_layout.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+q w f p b j l u y '
+a r s t g m n e i o
+x c d v z k h , . /
diff --git a/klout/data/matrices.txt b/klout/data/matrices.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e55c1c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/klout/data/matrices.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+LPINKY LRING   LMIDDLE LINDEX LINDEX RINDEX RINDEX RMIDDLE RRING RPINKY
+LPINKY LRING   LMIDDLE LINDEX LINDEX RINDEX RINDEX RMIDDLE RRING RPINKY
+LRING  LMIDDLE LINDEX  LINDEX LINDEX RINDEX RINDEX RMIDDLE RRING RPINKY
+
+100    4       2       4      30     30     4      2       4     100
+50     1       0.1     0.1    5      5      0.1    0.1     1     50
+2      3       2       10     30     10     2      3       2     100
diff --git a/klout/src/klout.rs b/klout/src/klout.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cf0fb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/klout/src/klout.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+use std::{collections::HashMap, hash::Hash};
+
+use eyre::{eyre, Result};
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct Matrix<T> {
+	width: usize,
+	height: usize,
+	data: Vec<T>,
+	to_coord: HashMap<T, MatrixCoord>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
+struct MatrixCoord {
+	x: usize,
+	y: usize,
+}
+impl MatrixCoord {
+	fn new(x: usize, y: usize) -> Self {
+		Self { x, y }
+	}
+}
+
+impl<T: Copy + Clone + Default + Eq + Hash> Matrix<T> {
+	fn new(width: usize, height: usize) -> Self {
+		let data = vec![T::default(); width * height];
+
+		Self {
+			width,
+			height,
+			data,
+			to_coord: Default::default(),
+		}
+	}
+
+	fn val_to_coord(&self, v: &T) -> MatrixCoord {
+		*self.to_coord.get(v).unwrap()
+	}
+
+	fn val_to_index(&self, v: &T) -> usize {
+		self.coord_to_index(self.val_to_coord(v))
+	}
+
+	fn val_at_coord(&self, c: MatrixCoord) -> &T {
+		self.val_at_index(self.coord_to_index(c))
+	}
+
+	fn val_at_index(&self, i: usize) -> &T {
+		&self.data[i]
+	}
+
+	fn index_to_coord(&self, i: usize) -> MatrixCoord {
+		let x = i % self.width;
+		let y = i / self.width;
+
+		MatrixCoord { x, y }
+	}
+
+	fn coord_to_index(&self, c: MatrixCoord) -> usize {
+		c.y * self.width + c.x
+	}
+
+	fn set(&mut self, v: T, c: MatrixCoord) {
+		let i = self.coord_to_index(c);
+		self.data[i] = v;
+		self.to_coord.insert(v, c);
+	}
+}
+
+type Layout = Matrix<char>;
+
+fn load_initial_layout() -> Result<Layout> {
+	let data = std::fs::read_to_string("data/initial_layout.txt")?;
+	let data: Vec<Vec<_>> = data
+		.lines()
+		.map(|l| {
+			l.split_whitespace()
+				.flat_map(|s| s.chars().next())
+				.collect()
+		})
+		.collect();
+
+	let width = data
+		.iter()
+		.map(|l| l.len())
+		.max()
+		.ok_or(eyre!("Initial layout was empty"))?;
+
+	let height = data.len();
+
+	let mut layout = Layout::new(width, height);
+	for (y, row) in data.iter().enumerate() {
+		for (x, ch) in row.iter().enumerate() {
+			layout.set(*ch, MatrixCoord::new(x, y));
+		}
+	}
+
+	Ok(layout)
+}
+
+fn main() -> Result<()> {
+	let layout = load_initial_layout()?;
+	// TODO: let (m_finger, m_effort) = load_matrices()?;
+
+	Ok(())
+}