diff --git a/common/extensions.py b/common/extensions.py
index bf6bd1c..f706f24 100644
--- a/common/extensions.py
+++ b/common/extensions.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from flask_security import Security
 from flask_mailman import Mail
 from flask_login import LoginManager
 from flask_cors import CORS
+from flask_socketio import SocketIO
 
 
 # Create extensions
@@ -15,3 +16,4 @@ security = Security()
 mail = Mail()
 login_manager = LoginManager()
 cors = CORS()
+socketio = SocketIO()
diff --git a/common/models/interaction.py b/common/models/interaction.py
index e69de29..dd10559 100644
--- a/common/models/interaction.py
+++ b/common/models/interaction.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+from ..extensions import db
+from .user import User, Tenant
+
+
+class ChatSession(db.Model):
+    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
+    user_id = db.Column(db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('public.user.id'), nullable=True)
+    session_start = db.Column(db.DateTime, nullable=False)
+    session_end = db.Column(db.DateTime, nullable=True)
+
+    # Relations
+    chat_interactions = db.relationship('Interaction', backref='chat_session', lazy=True)
+    user = db.relationship('User', backref='chat_sessions', lazy=True)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return f"<ChatSession {self.id} by {self.user_id}>"
+
+
+class Interaction(db.Model):
+    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
+    chat_session_id = db.Column(db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('public.chat_session.id'), nullable=False)
+    question = db.Column(db.Text, nullable=False)
+    answer = db.Column(db.Text, nullable=True)
+    language = db.Column(db.String(2), nullable=False)
+    appreciation = db.Column(db.Integer, nullable=True, default=100)
+
+    # Timing information
+    question_at = db.Column(db.DateTime, nullable=False)
+    answer_at = db.Column(db.DateTime, nullable=True)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return f"<Interaction {self.id}>"
+
+
+class InteractionEmbedding(db.Model):
+    interaction_id = db.Column(db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('interaction.id', ondelete='CASCADE'), primary_key=True)
+    embedding_id = db.Column(db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('embedding.id', ondelete='CASCADE'), primary_key=True)
diff --git a/config/config.py b/config/config.py
index 3bd71a8..a627edc 100644
--- a/config/config.py
+++ b/config/config.py
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ class Config(object):
         Text is delimited between triple backquotes.
         ```{text}```"""
 
+    # SocketIO settings
+    SOCKETIO_ASYNC_MODE = 'gevent'
+
 
 class DevConfig(Config):
     DEVELOPMENT = True
@@ -92,6 +95,17 @@ class DevConfig(Config):
     UNSTRUCTURED_BASE_URL = 'https://flowitbv-16c4us0m.api.unstructuredapp.io'
     UNSTRUCTURED_FULL_URL = 'https://flowitbv-16c4us0m.api.unstructuredapp.io/general/v0/general'
 
+    # SocketIO settings
+    SOCKETIO_MESSAGE_QUEUE = 'redis://localhost:6379/1'
+    SOCKETIO_CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS = '*'
+    SOCKETIO_LOGGER = True
+    SOCKETIO_ENGINEIO_LOGGER = True
+
+    # Google Cloud settings
+    GC_PROJECT_NAME = 'EveAI'
+    GC_KEY_RING = 'eveai-chat'
+    GC_CRYPTO_KEY = 'envelope-encryption-key'
+
 
 class ProdConfig(Config):
     DEVELOPMENT = False
diff --git a/config/logging_config.py b/config/logging_config.py
index 5cf2fb5..9156dfa 100644
--- a/config/logging_config.py
+++ b/config/logging_config.py
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ LOGGING = {
             'backupCount': 10,
             'formatter': 'standard',
         },
+        'file_chat': {
+            'level': 'DEBUG',
+            'class': 'logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler',
+            'filename': 'logs/eveai_chat.log',
+            'maxBytes': 1024*1024*5,  # 5MB
+            'backupCount': 10,
+            'formatter': 'standard',
+        },
         'console': {
             'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
             'level': 'DEBUG',
@@ -40,6 +48,11 @@ LOGGING = {
             'level': 'DEBUG',
             'propagate': False
         },
+        'eveai_chat': {  # logger for the eveai_chat
+            'handlers': ['file_chat', 'console'],
+            'level': 'DEBUG',
+            'propagate': False
+        },
         '': {  # root logger
             'handlers': ['console'],
             'level': 'WARNING',  # Set higher level for root to minimize noise
diff --git a/eveai_app/__init__.py b/eveai_app/__init__.py
index 7b1520a..9ffdfa6 100644
--- a/eveai_app/__init__.py
+++ b/eveai_app/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from werkzeug.middleware.proxy_fix import ProxyFix
 import logging.config
 
 from common.extensions import db, migrate, bootstrap, security, mail, login_manager, cors
-from common.models.user import User, Role
+from common.models.user import User, Role, Tenant, TenantDomain
 from config.logging_config import LOGGING
 from common.utils.security import set_tenant_session_data
 from .errors import register_error_handlers
diff --git a/eveai_chat/__init__.py b/eveai_chat/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de147f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eveai_chat/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import logging
+import logging.config
+from flask import Flask
+from flask_socketio import emit
+
+from common.extensions import db, socketio
+from config.logging_config import LOGGING
+
+
+def create_app(config_file=None):
+    app = Flask(__name__)
+
+    if config_file is None:
+        app.config.from_object('config.config.DevConfig')
+    else:
+        app.config.from_object(config_file)
+
+    logging.config.dictConfig(LOGGING)
+    register_extensions(app)
+
+    return app
+
+
+def register_extensions(app):
+    db.init_app(app)
+    socketio.init_app(app,
+                      message_queue=app.config.get('SOCKETIO_MESSAGE_QUEUE'),
+                      cors_allowed_origins=app.config.get('SOCKETIO_CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS'),
+                      async_mode=app.config.get('SOCKETIO_ASYNC_MODE'),
+                      logger=app.config.get('SOCKETIO_LOGGER'),
+                      engineio_logger=app.config.get('SOCKETIO_ENGINEIO_LOGGER'),
+                      )
+
diff --git a/eveai_chat/views/chat_views.py b/eveai_chat/views/chat_views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e9d549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eveai_chat/views/chat_views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# from . import user_bp
+import uuid
+from datetime import datetime as dt, timezone as tz
+from flask import request, redirect, url_for, flash, render_template, Blueprint, session, current_app
+from flask_security import hash_password, roles_required, roles_accepted
+from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError
+
+from common.models.user import User, Tenant
+from common.models.interaction import ChatSession, Interaction, InteractionEmbedding
+from common.models.document import Embedding
+from common.extensions import db, socketio
+from common.utils.database import Database
+
+chat_bp = Blueprint('chat_bp', __name__, url_prefix='/chat')
+
+
+@chat_bp.route('/', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
+def chat():
+    return render_template('chat.html')
+
+
+@chat.record_once
+def on_register(state):
+    # TODO: write initialisation code when the blueprint is registered (only once)
+    # socketio.init_app(state.app)
+    pass
+
+
+@socketio.on('message', namespace='/chat')
+def handle_message(message):
+    # TODO: write message handling code to actually realise chat
+    # print('Received message:', message)
+    # socketio.emit('response', {'data': message}, namespace='/chat')
+    pass
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 05feb11..6c24e9c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ celery~=5.4.0
 kombu~=5.3.7
 langchain~=0.1.17
 requests~=2.31.0
-beautifulsoup4~=4.12.3
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+beautifulsoup4~=4.12.3
+google~=3.0.0
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diff --git a/scripts/run_eveai_chat.py b/scripts/run_eveai_chat.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7a0a71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run_eveai_chat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from eveai_chat import create_app
+from gevent.pywsgi import WSGIServer
+from geventwebsocket.handler import WebSocketHandler
+
+
+app = create_app()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print("Server starting on port 5001")
+    http_server = WSGIServer(('0.0.0.0', 5001), app, handler_class=WebSocketHandler)
+    http_server.serve_forever()  # Continuously listens for incoming requests
+
+
+
diff --git a/scripts/start_eveai_chat.sh b/scripts/start_eveai_chat.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ea2dc88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/start_eveai_chat.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+cd "/Volumes/OWC4M2_1/Dropbox/Josako's Dev/Josako/EveAI/Development/eveAI/" || exit 1
+source "/Volumes/OWC4M2_1/Dropbox/Josako's Dev/Josako/EveAI/Development/eveAI/.venv/bin/activate"
+
+export PYTHONPATH="$PYTHONPATH:/Volumes/OWC4M2_1/Dropbox/Josako's Dev/Josako/EveAI/Development/eveAI/"
+
+# Set flask environment variables
+export FLASK_ENV=development  # Use 'production' as appropriate
+export FLASK_DEBUG=1  # Use 0 for production
+
+# Start Flask app
+python scripts/run_eveai_chat.py
+
+deactivate
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