diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 16b6dc48..b28de653 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ gem 'sprockets-rails'
 # Gems used only for assets and not required
 #gem 'jsonapi-serializers', path: '/home/benjamin/development/rails/components/jsonapi-serializers'
 gem 'jsonapi-serializers', github: 'bterkuile/jsonapi-serializers'
+gem 'lnrpc', github: 'bterkuile/lnrpc'
 gem 'ruby-handlebars'
 
 group :assets do
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index aaeea08a..97afb284 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -49,9 +49,17 @@ GIT
     jsonapi-serializers (0.2.6)
       activesupport
 
+GIT
+  remote: https://github.com/bterkuile/lnrpc.git
+  revision: 199c6f89e34ffc839aaeef518645994063f63529
+  specs:
+    lnrpc (0.15.5)
+      google-protobuf (>= 3.15.7)
+      grpc (>= 1.28.0)
+
 GIT
   remote: https://github.com/bterkuile/simply_stored.git
-  revision: 4d68cb32061e894eebe9e9da1c43af0d1f05777c
+  revision: 7687dbfaa012b19a0ead15ed393511dcff53d311
   branch: master
   specs:
     simply_stored (1.0.0)
@@ -200,11 +208,11 @@ GEM
       bigdecimal
       rexml
     crass (1.0.6)
-    cucumber-gherkin (33.1.0)
-      cucumber-messages (> 25, < 29)
-    cucumber-messages (28.1.0)
-    cuke_modeler (3.25.0)
-      cucumber-gherkin (< 34.0)
+    cucumber-gherkin (36.1.0)
+      cucumber-messages (> 25, < 30)
+    cucumber-messages (29.0.1)
+    cuke_modeler (3.26.0)
+      cucumber-gherkin (< 37.0)
     date (3.5.0)
     devise (4.9.4)
       bcrypt (~> 3.0)
@@ -230,7 +238,7 @@ GEM
       eventmachine (>= 1.0.0.beta.4)
     email_validator (2.2.4)
       activemodel
-    erb (5.1.3)
+    erb (6.0.0)
     erubi (1.13.1)
     eventmachine (1.2.7)
     exception_notification (5.0.1)
@@ -246,8 +254,8 @@ GEM
       faraday-net_http (>= 2.0, < 3.5)
       json
       logger
-    faraday-net_http (3.4.1)
-      net-http (>= 0.5.0)
+    faraday-net_http (3.4.2)
+      net-http (~> 0.5)
     faye (1.4.1)
       cookiejar (>= 0.3.0)
       em-http-request (>= 1.1.6)
@@ -274,6 +282,26 @@ GEM
       ruby-progressbar (~> 1.4)
     globalid (1.3.0)
       activesupport (>= 6.1)
+    google-protobuf (4.33.1-aarch64-linux-gnu)
+      bigdecimal
+      rake (>= 13)
+    google-protobuf (4.33.1-x86_64-darwin)
+      bigdecimal
+      rake (>= 13)
+    google-protobuf (4.33.1-x86_64-linux-gnu)
+      bigdecimal
+      rake (>= 13)
+    googleapis-common-protos-types (1.22.0)
+      google-protobuf (~> 4.26)
+    grpc (1.76.0-aarch64-linux-gnu)
+      google-protobuf (>= 3.25, < 5.0)
+      googleapis-common-protos-types (~> 1.0)
+    grpc (1.76.0-x86_64-darwin)
+      google-protobuf (>= 3.25, < 5.0)
+      googleapis-common-protos-types (~> 1.0)
+    grpc (1.76.0-x86_64-linux-gnu)
+      google-protobuf (>= 3.25, < 5.0)
+      googleapis-common-protos-types (~> 1.0)
     hashdiff (1.2.1)
     hashie (5.0.0)
     http_parser.rb (0.8.0)
@@ -296,7 +324,7 @@ GEM
     js-routes (2.3.5)
       railties (>= 5)
       sorbet-runtime
-    json (2.15.2)
+    json (2.16.0)
     jwt (3.1.2)
       base64
     kaminari (1.2.2)
@@ -346,7 +374,7 @@ GEM
     mini_magick (5.3.1)
       logger
     mini_mime (1.1.5)
-    minitest (5.26.0)
+    minitest (5.26.2)
     momentjs-rails (2.29.4.1)
       railties (>= 3.1)
     multi_json (1.17.0)
@@ -354,8 +382,8 @@ GEM
       bigdecimal (~> 3.1)
     mutex_m (0.3.0)
     naught (1.1.0)
-    net-http (0.7.0)
-      uri
+    net-http (0.8.0)
+      uri (>= 0.11.1)
     net-imap (0.5.12)
       date
       net-protocol
@@ -377,7 +405,7 @@ GEM
       racc (~> 1.4)
     nokogiri (1.18.10-x86_64-linux-gnu)
       racc (~> 1.4)
-    oauth2 (2.0.17)
+    oauth2 (2.0.18)
       faraday (>= 0.17.3, < 4.0)
       jwt (>= 1.0, < 4.0)
       logger (~> 1.2)
@@ -483,7 +511,7 @@ GEM
       psych (>= 4.0.0)
       tsort
     regexp_parser (2.11.3)
-    reline (0.6.2)
+    reline (0.6.3)
       io-console (~> 0.5)
     responders (3.2.0)
       actionpack (>= 7.0)
@@ -548,7 +576,7 @@ GEM
     snaky_hash (2.0.3)
       hashie (>= 0.1.0, < 6)
       version_gem (>= 1.1.8, < 3)
-    sorbet-runtime (0.6.12690)
+    sorbet-runtime (0.6.12780)
     sprockets (4.2.2)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
       logger
@@ -564,7 +592,7 @@ GEM
       net-sftp (>= 2.1.2)
       net-ssh (>= 2.8.0)
       ostruct
-    stringio (3.1.7)
+    stringio (3.1.8)
     temple (0.10.4)
     terrapin (0.6.0)
       climate_control (>= 0.0.3, < 1.0)
@@ -582,7 +610,7 @@ GEM
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     uglifier (4.2.1)
       execjs (>= 0.3.0, < 3)
-    uri (1.1.0)
+    uri (1.1.1)
     useragent (0.16.11)
     version_gem (1.1.9)
     warden (1.2.9)
@@ -642,6 +670,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   kt-paperclip
   launchy
   letter_opener
+  lnrpc!
   mini_magick
   mutex_m
   naught
diff --git a/app/services/mozo/lnd.rb b/app/services/mozo/lnd.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e83e5dd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/mozo/lnd.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module Mozo
+  module Lnd
+    def self.client
+      credentials = File.read(Rails.application.config.lnd_credentials_path)
+      macaroon = File.read(Rails.application.config.lnd_macaroon_path).unpack("H*")
+      #Lnrpc::Lightning::Stub.new("localhost:10009", GRPC::Core::ChannelCredentials.new(credentials))
+       lnd = Lnrpc::Client.new(credentials_path: Rails.application.config.lnd_credentials_path, macaroon_path: Rails.application.config.lnd_macaroon_path)
+    end
+
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
index 40a16cc9..fee702d1 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Mozo::Application.configure do
       resource '*', headers: :any, methods: %i[get post put patch delete options]
     end
   end
+  config.lnd_credentials_path = '/mnt/ext1/.lnd/tls.cert'
+  config.lnd_macaroon_path    = '/mnt/ext1/.lnd/data/chain/bitcoin/mainnet/admin.macaroon'
 
   # Do not eager load code on boot.
   config.eager_load = false