diff --git a/app/controllers/application.ts b/app/controllers/application.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc0f088
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/application.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import Controller from '@ember/controller';
+import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
+import Storage from 'dashtab/services/storage';
+
+export default class Application extends Controller.extend({
+  // anything which *must* be merged to prototype here
+}) {
+  @service storage!: Storage;
+}
+
+// DO NOT DELETE: this is how TypeScript knows how to look up your controllers.
+declare module '@ember/controller' {
+  interface Registry {
+    'application': Application;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/routes/application.ts b/app/routes/application.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fc46e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/routes/application.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import Route from '@ember/routing/route';
+import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
+import Storage from 'dashtab/services/storage';
+
+export default class Application extends Route.extend({
+  // anything which *must* be merged to prototype here
+}) {
+  @service storage!: Storage;
+
+  beforeModel() {
+    this.storage.initialize();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/services/storage.ts b/app/services/storage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3afe166
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/storage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import Service from '@ember/service';
+import RemoteStorage from 'remotestoragejs';
+import { tracked } from '@glimmer/tracking';
+
+export default class Storage extends Service.extend({
+  // anything which *must* be merged to prototype here
+}) {
+  remoteStorage: RemoteStorage;
+
+  @tracked connecting = true;
+  @tracked connected = false;
+
+  initialize() {
+    this.remoteStorage = new RemoteStorage();
+    (<any>window).remoteStorage = this.remoteStorage;
+    console.log('rs:', this.remoteStorage);
+    this.remoteStorage.access.claim('myfavoritedrinks', 'rw');
+    this.remoteStorage.caching.enable('/myfavoritedrinks/');
+    this.setupEventHandlers();
+  }
+
+  setupEventHandlers () {
+    this.remoteStorage.on('ready', () => {
+      console.log('rs ready');
+    });
+    this.remoteStorage.on('connected', () => {
+      this.connecting = false;
+      this.connected = true;
+      console.log('rs connected');
+    });
+    this.remoteStorage.on('not-connected', () => {
+      this.connecting = false;
+      this.connected = false;
+      console.log('rs not connected');
+    });
+    this.remoteStorage.on('disconnected', () => {
+      this.connected = false;
+      console.log('rs disconnected');
+    });
+    this.remoteStorage.on('connecting', () => {
+      this.connecting = true;
+      console.log('rs connecting');
+    });
+    this.remoteStorage.on('sync-done', () => {
+      console.log('rs sync done');
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+// DO NOT DELETE: this is how TypeScript knows how to look up your services.
+declare module '@ember/service' {
+  interface Registry {
+    'storage': Storage;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/templates/application.hbs b/app/templates/application.hbs
index e2147ca..aba4375 100644
--- a/app/templates/application.hbs
+++ b/app/templates/application.hbs
@@ -1 +1,8 @@
+<h1>Dashtab</h1>
+
+<p>
+  RS connecting: {{this.storage.connecting}}<br>
+  RS connected: {{this.storage.connected}}
+</p>
+
 {{outlet}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 0ab198d..c35cf5b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -17283,6 +17283,22 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "remotestorage-widget": {
+      "version": "1.5.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/remotestorage-widget/-/remotestorage-widget-1.5.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-zJjk7q8LQuSRe0yzKYOKGPeBmqUPGlerusobfznlzJ+N9FOgS7/yaTcK7bMmZhEeFB0e3wy5615IUfFAEuzsTQ==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
+    "remotestoragejs": {
+      "version": "github:remotestorage/remotestorage.js#041cc09a4856c9bf939114a391e4bee10bb15fca",
+      "from": "github:remotestorage/remotestorage.js#dev/type_definitions",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "tv4": "^1.3.0",
+        "webfinger.js": "^2.7.0",
+        "xhr2": "^0.2.0"
+      }
+    },
     "remove-trailing-separator": {
       "version": "1.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/remove-trailing-separator/-/remove-trailing-separator-1.1.0.tgz",
@@ -19364,6 +19380,12 @@
         "safe-buffer": "^5.0.1"
       }
     },
+    "tv4": {
+      "version": "1.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tv4/-/tv4-1.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-0CDIRvrdUMhVq7JeuuzGj8EPeWM=",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "tweetnacl": {
       "version": "0.14.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tweetnacl/-/tweetnacl-0.14.5.tgz",
@@ -19411,9 +19433,9 @@
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     },
     "typescript": {
-      "version": "4.0.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-4.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-e4ERvRV2wb+rRZ/IQeb3jm2VxBsirQLpQhdxplZ2MEzGvDkkMmPglecnNDfSUBivMjP93vRbngYYDQqQ/78bcQ==",
+      "version": "3.7.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-3.7.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/P5lkRXkWHNAbcJIiHPfRoKqyd7bsyCma1hZNUGfn20qm64T6ZBlrzprymeu918H+mB/0rIg2gGK/BXkhhYgBw==",
       "dev": true
     },
     "typescript-memoize": {
@@ -19972,6 +19994,23 @@
         "defaults": "^1.0.3"
       }
     },
+    "webfinger.js": {
+      "version": "2.7.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webfinger.js/-/webfinger.js-2.7.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-l+UtsuV4zrBKyVAj9VCtwWgscTgadCsdGgL1OvbV102cvydWwJCGXlFIXauzWLzfheIDHfPNRWfgMuwyC6ZfIA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "xhr2": "^0.1.4"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "xhr2": {
+          "version": "0.1.4",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xhr2/-/xhr2-0.1.4.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-f4dliEdxbbUCYyOBL4GMras4el8=",
+          "dev": true
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "webidl-conversions": {
       "version": "4.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webidl-conversions/-/webidl-conversions-4.0.2.tgz",
@@ -20305,6 +20344,12 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-PSNhEJDejZYV7h50BohL09Er9VaIefr2LMAf3OEmpCkjOi34eYyQYAXUTjEQtZJTKcF0E2UKTh+osDLsgNim9Q==",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "xhr2": {
+      "version": "0.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xhr2/-/xhr2-0.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-BDtiD0i2iKPK/S8OAZfpk6tyzEDnKKSjxWHcMBVmh+LuqJ8A32qXTyOx+TVOg2dKvq6zGBq2sgKPkEeRs1qTRA==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "xml-name-validator": {
       "version": "3.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xml-name-validator/-/xml-name-validator-3.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 47b6126..51a9464 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@
     "loader.js": "^4.7.0",
     "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
     "qunit-dom": "^1.4.0",
-    "typescript": "^4.0.2"
+    "remotestorage-widget": "^1.5.2",
+    "remotestoragejs": "github:remotestorage/remotestorage.js#dev/type_definitions",
+    "typescript": "~3.7.5"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": "10.* || >= 12"
diff --git a/tests/unit/controllers/application-test.ts b/tests/unit/controllers/application-test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93d19ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/controllers/application-test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+import { setupTest } from 'ember-qunit';
+
+module('Unit | Controller | application', function(hooks) {
+  setupTest(hooks);
+
+  // Replace this with your real tests.
+  test('it exists', function(assert) {
+    let controller = this.owner.lookup('controller:application');
+    assert.ok(controller);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/unit/routes/application-test.ts b/tests/unit/routes/application-test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21e9fb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/routes/application-test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+import { setupTest } from 'ember-qunit';
+
+module('Unit | Route | application', function(hooks) {
+  setupTest(hooks);
+
+  test('it exists', function(assert) {
+    let route = this.owner.lookup('route:application');
+    assert.ok(route);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/unit/services/storage-test.ts b/tests/unit/services/storage-test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ebda79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/services/storage-test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+import { setupTest } from 'ember-qunit';
+
+module('Unit | Service | storage', function(hooks) {
+  setupTest(hooks);
+
+  // Replace this with your real tests.
+  test('it exists', function(assert) {
+    let service = this.owner.lookup('service:storage');
+    assert.ok(service);
+  });
+});
+