diff --git a/src/lua/Manager.cpp b/src/lua/Manager.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af89e6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lua/Manager.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#include "lua/Manager.hpp"
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+namespace LuaManager {
+  void init() {
+    lua_State *L = luaL_newstate();
+    luaL_openlibs(L);
+
+    if (luaL_dostring(L, "print(\"Hello from Lua!\")")) {
+      std::cout << "Lua error: " << lua_tostring(L, -1) << std::endl;
+      lua_pop(L, 1);
+    }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/src/lua/Manager.hpp b/src/lua/Manager.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7608505
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lua/Manager.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "lua/Thread.hpp"
+
+namespace LuaManager {
+  void init();
+}
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diff --git a/src/lua/Thread.hpp b/src/lua/Thread.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c115939
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lua/Thread.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#pragma once
+
+extern "C" {
+#include "lua.h"
+#include "lualib.h"
+#include "lauxlib.h"
+}
+
+struct LuaThread {
+  lua_State *L;
+  int ref;
+
+  LuaThread(lua_State *L, int ref) : L(L), ref(ref) {}
+};
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diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 288e537..0b183cb 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include "Eggs.hpp"
 #include "Rand.hpp"
 
+#include "lua/Manager.hpp"
+
 #include "settings.hpp"
 #include "sandbox/Sandbox.hpp"
 
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@ int main() {
     Trading::init();
 
     Database::open();
+    LuaManager::init();
 
     switch (settings::EVENTMODE) {
     case 0: break; // no event