diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3bc8b1c..f1db94e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
             <version>2.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+            <artifactId>fluent-hc</artifactId>
+            <version>4.5.12</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/sfj/THttpD.java b/src/main/java/org/sfj/THttpD.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfd9138
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/sfj/THttpD.java
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+package org.sfj;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.SocketAddress;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.CharBuffer;
+import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
+import java.nio.channels.SelectionKey;
+import java.nio.channels.Selector;
+import java.nio.channels.ServerSocketChannel;
+import java.nio.channels.SocketChannel;
+import java.nio.channels.WritableByteChannel;
+import java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder;
+import java.nio.charset.CodingErrorAction;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.US_ASCII;
+
+public class THttpD implements Runnable {
+
+  private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(THttpD.class.getName());
+  private static final int CONNECTION_BUFFER_SIZE = 2048;
+
+  private final Selector selector = Selector.open();
+
+  public THttpD(Path root, int port) throws IOException {
+    SocketAddress bindAddress = new InetSocketAddress(port);
+    LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "THttpD binding to {0}", bindAddress);
+    ServerSocketChannel.open().bind(bindAddress).configureBlocking(false).register(selector, SelectionKey.OP_ACCEPT, (Attachment) key -> {
+              SocketChannel incoming = ((ServerSocketChannel) key.channel()).accept();
+              if (incoming != null) {
+                incoming.configureBlocking(false).register(selector, SelectionKey.OP_READ, new RequestReader(root));
+              }
+            });
+  }
+
+  public void stop() throws IOException {
+    try {
+      selector.close();
+    } finally {
+      selector.wakeup();
+    }
+  }
+
+  public void run() {
+    while (selector.isOpen()) {
+      try {
+        selector.select(100);
+      } catch (IOException e) {
+        LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING, "Exception retrieving active keys", e);
+      }
+
+      selector.selectedKeys().forEach(k -> {
+        try {
+          ((Attachment) k.attachment()).process(k);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+          try {
+            k.channel().close();
+          } catch (IOException f) {
+            e.addSuppressed(f);
+          }
+          LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE, "Exception processing selection key: " + k, e);
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static class RequestReader implements Attachment {
+    private static final Pattern METHOD = Pattern.compile("(?<method>[\\p{ASCII}&&[^\\p{Cntrl}\\t \\Q<>@,;:\"/[]?={}\\E]]+)");
+    private static final Pattern REQUEST_URI = Pattern.compile("/+(?<uri>\\S*)"); //needs correcting
+    private static final Pattern HTTP_VERSION = Pattern.compile("HTTP/(?<version>\\d+\\.\\d+)");
+    private static final Pattern REQUEST_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("^" + METHOD + "[ ]+" + REQUEST_URI + "[ ]+" + HTTP_VERSION + "?$", Pattern.MULTILINE);
+
+    private final ByteBuffer dataBuffer = (ByteBuffer) ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(CONNECTION_BUFFER_SIZE).position(CONNECTION_BUFFER_SIZE);
+    private final CharBuffer requestBuffer = CharBuffer.allocate(CONNECTION_BUFFER_SIZE);
+    private final CharsetDecoder decoder = US_ASCII.newDecoder().onMalformedInput(CodingErrorAction.REPORT);
+    private final StringBuilder request = new StringBuilder();
+    private final Path root;
+
+    private RequestReader(Path root) {
+      this.root = root;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void process(SelectionKey key) throws IOException {
+      if (((SocketChannel) key.channel()).read(dataBuffer.compact()) > 0) {
+        decoder.decode((ByteBuffer) dataBuffer.flip(), (CharBuffer) requestBuffer.clear(), false);
+        Matcher matcher = REQUEST_PATTERN.matcher(request.append(requestBuffer.flip()));
+        if (matcher.lookingAt()) {
+          Path resource = root.resolve(Paths.get(matcher.group("uri")));
+          if (resource.startsWith(root) && Files.isRegularFile(resource) && Files.isReadable(resource)) {
+            LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Serving:\n {0}", request);
+            switch (matcher.group("method")) {
+              case "GET":
+                key.interestOps(SelectionKey.OP_WRITE).attach(new GetResponseWriter(resource));
+                break;
+              case "HEAD":
+                key.interestOps(SelectionKey.OP_WRITE).attach(new ResponseHeaderWriter("HTTP/1.0 200 OK"));
+                break;
+              default:
+                key.interestOps(SelectionKey.OP_WRITE).attach(new ResponseHeaderWriter("HTTP/1.0 501 Not Implemented"));
+                break;
+            }
+          } else {
+            key.interestOps(SelectionKey.OP_WRITE).attach(new ResponseHeaderWriter("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found"));
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static class ResponseHeaderWriter implements Attachment {
+
+    private final ByteBuffer header;
+
+    public ResponseHeaderWriter(String header) {
+      this.header = US_ASCII.encode(header + "\r\n");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void process(SelectionKey key) throws IOException {
+      if (writeHeader(key)) {
+        key.channel().close();
+      }
+    }
+
+    protected boolean writeHeader(SelectionKey key) throws IOException {
+      ((SocketChannel) key.channel()).write(header);
+      return !header.hasRemaining();
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static class GetResponseWriter extends ResponseHeaderWriter {
+
+    private final Path resource;
+
+    public GetResponseWriter(Path resource) {
+      super("HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n");
+      this.resource = resource;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void process(SelectionKey key) throws IOException {
+      if (writeHeader(key)) {
+        key.attach(new ResponseBodyWriter(FileChannel.open(resource)));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static class ResponseBodyWriter implements Attachment {
+
+    private final FileChannel data;
+
+    public ResponseBodyWriter(FileChannel channel) {
+      this.data = channel;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void process(SelectionKey key) throws IOException {
+      long written = data.transferTo(data.position(), CONNECTION_BUFFER_SIZE, (WritableByteChannel) key.channel());
+      if (data.position(data.position() + written).position() == data.size()) {
+        key.channel().close();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+    new THttpD(Paths.get(args[0]), 8080).run();
+  }
+
+  interface Attachment {
+    void process(SelectionKey key) throws IOException;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/sfj/THttpDTest.java b/src/test/java/org/sfj/THttpDTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cbc02c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/sfj/THttpDTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package org.sfj;
+
+import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
+import org.apache.http.client.fluent.Request;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.core.Is.is;
+
+public class THttpDTest {
+
+  private static final ExecutorService EXECUTOR = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
+  private static final THttpD DAEMON;
+  static {
+    try {
+      DAEMON = new THttpD(Paths.get("src", "test", "resources"), 8080);
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new AssertionError(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void startServer() {
+    EXECUTOR.execute(DAEMON);
+  }
+
+  @AfterClass
+  public static void stopServer() throws IOException {
+    try {
+      DAEMON.stop();
+    } finally {
+      EXECUTOR.shutdown();
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testGetNotFound() throws IOException {
+    HttpResponse httpResponse = Request.Get(URI.create("http://localhost:8080/not-existing")).execute().returnResponse();
+    assertThat(httpResponse.getStatusLine().getStatusCode(), is(404));
+    assertThat(httpResponse.getStatusLine().getReasonPhrase(), is("Not Found"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testHeadNotFound() throws IOException {
+    HttpResponse httpResponse = Request.Head(URI.create("http://localhost:8080/not-existing")).execute().returnResponse();
+    assertThat(httpResponse.getStatusLine().getStatusCode(), is(404));
+    assertThat(httpResponse.getStatusLine().getReasonPhrase(), is("Not Found"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testPutNotSupported() throws IOException {
+    HttpResponse httpResponse = Request.Put(URI.create("http://localhost:8080/org/sfj/colors.json")).execute().returnResponse();
+    assertThat(httpResponse.getStatusLine().getStatusCode(), is(501));
+    assertThat(httpResponse.getStatusLine().getReasonPhrase(), is("Not Implemented"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testGetSucceeds() throws IOException {
+    HttpResponse httpResponse = Request.Get(URI.create("http://localhost:8080/org/sfj/colors.json")).execute().returnResponse();
+    assertThat(httpResponse.getStatusLine().getStatusCode(), is(200));
+    assertThat(httpResponse.getStatusLine().getReasonPhrase(), is("OK"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testHeadSucceeds() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+    HttpResponse httpResponse = Request.Head(URI.create("http://localhost:8080/org/sfj/colors.json")).execute().returnResponse();
+    assertThat(httpResponse.getStatusLine().getStatusCode(), is(200));
+    assertThat(httpResponse.getStatusLine().getReasonPhrase(), is("OK"));
+  }
+}