diff --git a/kubi-shared/Cargo.toml b/kubi-shared/Cargo.toml
index 565c545..ff834cc 100644
--- a/kubi-shared/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kubi-shared/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-glam = { version = "0.22", features = ["debug-glam-assert", "mint", "fast-math"] }
+glam = { version = "0.22", features = ["debug-glam-assert", "mint", "fast-math", "rkyv"] }
 strum = { version = "0.24", features = ["derive"] }
 bracket-noise = "0.8"
+rkyv = { version = "0.7", features = ["validation", "archive_le"] }
diff --git a/kubi-shared/src/networking.rs b/kubi-shared/src/networking.rs
index c07f47e..527f935 100644
--- a/kubi-shared/src/networking.rs
+++ b/kubi-shared/src/networking.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pub mod client;
 pub mod server;
+pub mod messages;
diff --git a/kubi-shared/src/networking/messages.rs b/kubi-shared/src/networking/messages.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba01e36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubi-shared/src/networking/messages.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+use rkyv::{Archive, Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[derive(Archive, Deserialize, Serialize, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub enum ClientToServerMessage {
+  Placeholder
+}
+
+#[derive(Archive, Deserialize, Serialize, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub enum ServerToClientMessage {
+  Placeholder
+}
diff --git a/kubi/Cargo.toml b/kubi/Cargo.toml
index 6978a12..105d785 100644
--- a/kubi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kubi/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,4 +17,3 @@ shipyard = { version = "0.6", features = ["thread_local"] }
 nohash-hasher = "0.2.0"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 flume = "0.10"
-#rkyv = "0.7"