diff --git a/bin/packages b/bin/packages
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..a16c4050
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/packages
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../packages
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/server.dart b/bin/server.dart
index 3c391da9..c6ce22b6 100644
--- a/bin/server.dart
+++ b/bin/server.dart
@@ -4,17 +4,21 @@ import 'package:angel/angel.dart';
 import 'package:angel_framework/angel_framework.dart';
 
 main() async {
-  Angel app = await createServer();
+  runZoned(startServer, onError: onError);
+}
 
-  runZoned(() async {
-    await app.startServer(
-        new InternetAddress(app.properties['host']), app.properties['port']);
-    print("Angel server listening on ${app.httpServer.address.host}:${app
-        .httpServer.port}");
-  }, onError: (error, [StackTrace stackTrace]) {
-    stderr.writeln("Unhandled error occurred: $error");
-    if (stackTrace != null) {
-      stderr.writeln(stackTrace);
-    }
-  });
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+startServer() async {
+  Angel app = await createServer();
+  InternetAddress host = new InternetAddress(app.properties['host']);
+  int port = app.properties['port'];
+
+  await app.startServer(host, port);
+  print("Angel server listening on ${host.address}:${port}");
+}
+
+onError(error, [StackTrace stackTrace]) {
+  stderr.writeln("Unhandled error occurred: $error");
+  if (stackTrace != null) {
+    stderr.writeln(stackTrace);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/config/default.yaml b/config/default.yaml
index 0e200f66..592be3d7 100644
--- a/config/default.yaml
+++ b/config/default.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # Default server configuration.
-host: 127.0.0.1
\ No newline at end of file
+host: 127.0.0.1
+mongo_db: mongodb://localhost:27017/angel
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/angel.dart b/lib/angel.dart
index 59f35b76..17bfe66a 100644
--- a/lib/angel.dart
+++ b/lib/angel.dart
@@ -3,13 +3,17 @@ library angel;
 
 import 'dart:async';
 import 'package:angel_framework/angel_framework.dart';
-import 'src/config/config.dart' show configureServer;
+import 'src/config/config.dart' as configuration;
+import 'src/routes/routes.dart' as routes;
+import 'src/services/services.dart' as services;
 
 /// Creates and configures the server instance.
 Future<Angel> createServer() async {
   Angel app = new Angel();
 
-  await app.configure(configureServer);
+  await app.configure(configuration.configureServer);
+  await app.configure(services.configureServer);
+  await app.configure(routes.configureServer);
 
   return app;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/src/config/config.dart b/lib/src/config/config.dart
index a8e52a39..70187e13 100644
--- a/lib/src/config/config.dart
+++ b/lib/src/config/config.dart
@@ -2,13 +2,31 @@
 library angel.config;
 
 import 'dart:io';
+import 'package:angel_auth/angel_auth.dart';
 import 'package:angel_configuration/angel_configuration.dart';
 import 'package:angel_framework/angel_framework.dart';
 import 'package:angel_mustache/angel_mustache.dart';
-import 'routes.dart';
 
+/// This is a perfect place to include configuration and load plug-ins.
 configureServer(Angel app) async {
+  AngelAuthOptions localOpts = new AngelAuthOptions(
+      failureRedirect: '/failure', successRedirect: '/success');
+  Map sampleUser = {'hello': 'world'};
+
+  verifier(username, password) async {
+    if (username == 'username' && password == 'password') {
+      return sampleUser;
+    } else
+      return false;
+  }
+
+  wireAuth(Angel app) async {
+    Auth.serializer = (user) async => 1337;
+    Auth.deserializer = (id) async => sampleUser;
+
+    Auth.strategies.add(new LocalAuthStrategy(verifier));
+    await app.configure(AngelAuth);
+  }
   await app.configure(loadConfigurationFile());
   await app.configure(mustache(new Directory('views')));
-  await app.configure(configureRoutes);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/lib/src/config/routes.dart b/lib/src/routes/routes.dart
similarity index 65%
rename from lib/src/config/routes.dart
rename to lib/src/routes/routes.dart
index ef46ce30..2801c48a 100644
--- a/lib/src/config/routes.dart
+++ b/lib/src/routes/routes.dart
@@ -4,18 +4,28 @@ library angel.routes;
 import 'package:angel_framework/angel_framework.dart';
 import 'package:angel_static/angel_static.dart';
 
+configureBefore(Angel app) async {}
+
 /// Put your app routes here!
 configureRoutes(Angel app) async {
   app.get('/', (req, ResponseContext res) => res.render('hello'));
   app.all('*', serveStatic());
+}
 
+configureAfter(Angel app) async {
   // 404 handler
   app.after.add((RequestContext req, ResponseContext res) async {
     res.willCloseItself = true;
     res.status(404);
     res.header('Content-Type', 'text/html');
-    res.underlyingResponse.write(
-        await app.viewGenerator('404', {'path': req.path}));
+    res.underlyingResponse
+        .write(await app.viewGenerator('404', {'path': req.path}));
     await res.underlyingResponse.close();
   });
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+configureServer(Angel app) async {
+  await configureBefore(app);
+  await configureRoutes(app);
+  await configureAfter(app);
+}
diff --git a/lib/src/services/services.dart b/lib/src/services/services.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e107dd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/src/services/services.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/// Declare services here!
+library angel.services;
+
+import 'package:angel_framework/angel_framework.dart';
+import 'package:mongo_dart/mongo_dart.dart';
+
+import 'users/users.dart' as Users;
+
+configureServer(Angel app) async {
+  Db db = new Db(app.properties["mongo_db"]);
+  await db.open();
+
+  await app.configure(Users.configureServer(db));
+}
diff --git a/lib/src/services/users/schema.dart b/lib/src/services/users/schema.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..075296e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/src/services/users/schema.dart
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+const Map UserSchema = const {};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/src/services/users/users.dart b/lib/src/services/users/users.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f95c0e0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/src/services/users/users.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import 'package:angel_framework/angel_framework.dart';
+import 'package:angel_mongo/angel_mongo.dart';
+import 'package:crypto/crypto.dart' show sha256;
+import 'package:json_god/json_god.dart' as god;
+import 'package:mongo_dart/mongo_dart.dart';
+import 'schema.dart';
+
+@god.WithSchema(UserSchema)
+class User extends Model {
+  String email;
+  String username;
+  String password;
+  List<String> roles;
+
+  User(
+      {String this.email,
+      String this.username,
+      String this.password,
+      List<String> roles}) {
+    this.roles = roles ?? [];
+  }
+}
+
+hashPassword(HookedServiceEvent event) {
+  if (event.data.password != null) {
+    event.data.password =
+        sha256.convert(event.data.password.codeUnits).toString();
+  }
+}
+
+configureServer(Db db) {
+  return (Angel app) async {
+    app.use("/api/users", new MongoTypedService<User>(db.collection("users")));
+
+    HookedService service = app.service("api/users");
+
+    // Place your hooks here!
+    service.beforeCreated.listen(hashPassword);
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 7d440edf..07fce40e 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ version: 0.0.0-dev.0
 author: thosakwe <thosakwe@gmail.com>
 homepage: https://github.com/angel-dart/angel
 dependencies:
+  angel_auth: ">=1.0.0-dev <2.0.0"
   angel_configuration: ">=1.0.0-dev <2.0.0"
   angel_framework: ">=1.0.0-dev <2.0.0"
+  angel_mongo: ">=1.0.0-dev <2.0.0"
   angel_mustache: ">=1.0.0-dev <2.0.0"
   angel_static: ">=1.0.0 <1.1.0"
   json_god: ">=2.0.0-beta <3.0.0"
diff --git a/test/services/users.dart b/test/services/users.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9519d5df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/services/users.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import 'dart:io';
+import 'package:angel/angel.dart';
+import 'package:angel_framework/angel_framework.dart';
+import 'package:http/http.dart';
+import 'package:json_god/json_god.dart' as god;
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+
+main() async {
+  group('services.users', () {
+    Angel app;
+    Client client = new Client();
+    Map headers = {
+      HttpHeaders.ACCEPT: ContentType.JSON.mimeType,
+      HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE: ContentType.JSON.mimeType
+    };
+    HttpServer server;
+    String url;
+
+    setUp(() async {
+      Angel app = await createServer();
+      server = await app.startServer(InternetAddress.LOOPBACK_IP_V4, 3000);
+      url = "http://localhost:3000";
+    });
+
+    tearDown(() async {
+      await server.close(force: true);
+      client.close();
+    });
+
+    test('index users', () async {
+      Response response = await client.get("$url/api/users");
+      expect(response.statusCode, equals(HttpStatus.OK));
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/web/packages b/web/packages
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..a16c4050
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/packages
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../packages
\ No newline at end of file