diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5faa4ba..844f56c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
 regex = "1.10"
+ureq = "2.10"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6a3d21c..c5a2ca7 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,28 +1,62 @@
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
 use anyhow::Context;
+use regex::Regex;
+
+struct Config {
+    workdir: PathBuf,
+    repo: String,
+    server: String,
+    auth_token: Option<String>,
+    prefix_pattern: Regex,
+    issue_pattern: Regex,
+}
 
 fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     println!("Forgejo TODO Checker!");
 
-    let ci_repo = std::env::var("GITHUB_REPOSITORY").context("GITHUB_REPOSITORY")?;
-    let ci_server_url = std::env::var("GITHUB_SERVER_URL").context("GITHUB_SERVER_URL")?;
-    let ci_repo_url = format!("{ci_server_url}/{ci_repo}");
+    let config = Config {
+        workdir: std::env::var("GITHUB_WORKSPACE")
+            .context("GITHUB_WORKSPACE")?
+            .into(),
+        repo: std::env::var("GITHUB_REPOSITORY").context("GITHUB_REPOSITORY")?,
+        server: std::env::var("GITHUB_SERVER_URL").context("GITHUB_SERVER_URL")?,
+        auth_token: std::env::var("REPO_TOKEN").ok(),
+        prefix_pattern: regex::Regex::new(r"(#|//)\s*(TODO|FIXME)").context("prefix regex")?,
+        issue_pattern: regex::Regex::new(r"( |)(\(|\(#)(?P<ISSUE_NUMBER>\d+)(\))")
+            .context("issue regex")?,
+    };
 
-    // optional arg for private repos
-    let repo_token = std::env::var("REPO_TOKEN").ok();
+    println!("Repo: {}", config.repo);
+    println!("Prefix: {}", config.prefix_pattern);
+    println!("Issues: {}", config.issue_pattern);
 
-    // Regex to match a todo or fixme comment
-    let prefix = regex::Regex::new(r"(#|//)\s*(TODO|FIXME)").context("prefix regex")?;
-    // Regex to match the rest of the line to find an issue number
-    let issue =
-        regex::Regex::new(r"( |)(\(|\(#)(?P<ISSUE_NUMBER>\d+)(\))").context("issue regex")?;
-
-    println!("[ci_repo:{ci_repo}][ci_repo_url:{ci_repo_url}][repo_token:{repo_token:?}][prefix:{prefix}][issue:{issue}]");
+    // TODO: scan files in workdir
+    // TODO: ignore files listed in .rgignore .ignore or .gitignore
+    // TODO: scan for malformed TODO and FIXME comments (e.g. no issue number) - add to error list
+    // TODO: build list of expected open issues with file locations where found
 
     // list files in current directory to get a feel for what we have access to
-    std::fs::read_dir(".")?
-        .filter_map(Result::ok)
-        .map(|e| e.path())
-        .for_each(|e| println!("{e:?}"));
+    // std::fs::read_dir(workdir)?
+    //     .filter_map(Result::ok)
+    //     .map(|e| e.path())
+    //     .for_each(|e| println!("{e:?}"));
+
+    // Collect open issues:
+    // let limit = 10;
+    // let page = 0;
+    // let api = format!(
+    //     "{ci_server_url}/api/v1/repos/{ci_repo}/issues?state=open&limit=${limit}&page=${page}"
+    // );
+    // TODO: add authentication when provided
+    // let issues = ureq::get(&api).call()?.into_string()?;
+    // TODO: parse issues to get list of open issue numbers
+
+    // TODO: loop over list of expected issues and drop any where they do exist and are open
+    // TODO: if remaining list is not empty - add all to error list
+    //
+    // TODO: if error list is empty - exit okay
+    // TODO: if error list is not empty - log erros and exit not okay
 
     Ok(())
 }