diff --git a/daemon/.gitignore b/daemon/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..596b9e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daemon/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+target/
+
+Cargo.lock
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/daemon/Cargo.toml b/daemon/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bef63de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daemon/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "daemon"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2024"
+
+[dependencies]
+clap = { version = "4.5.47", features = ["derive"] }
+containerd-client = "0.8.0"
+tokio = { version = "1.45.1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
diff --git a/daemon/Makefile b/daemon/Makefile
index e69de29..a9b9853 100644
--- a/daemon/Makefile
+++ b/daemon/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+.PHONY: rebuild
+rebuild:
+	cargo clean
+	cargo build
+
+.PHONY: rebuild-release
+rebuild-release:
+	cargo clean
+	cargo build -r
+
+.PHONY: run
+run:
+	sudo ./target/debug/daemon
diff --git a/daemon/src/actions/mod.rs b/daemon/src/actions/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f65dd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daemon/src/actions/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mod pull;
diff --git a/daemon/src/actions/pull.rs b/daemon/src/actions/pull.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/daemon/src/config/default.json b/daemon/src/config/default.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e29c7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daemon/src/config/default.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "images": [
+    {
+      "id": "",
+      "image": ""
+    }
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/daemon/src/config/mod.rs b/daemon/src/config/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/daemon/src/main.rs b/daemon/src/main.rs
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index 0000000..66c6511
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daemon/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+mod actions;
+mod config;
+
+use clap::Parser;
+use containerd_client::tonic::Request;
+use containerd_client::{
+    connect,
+    services::v1::{transfer_client::TransferClient, TransferOptions, TransferRequest},
+    to_any,
+    types::transfer::OciRegistry,
+    types::transfer::{ImageStore, UnpackConfiguration},
+    types::Platform,
+    with_namespace,
+};
+use std::env::consts;
+
+#[derive(Parser, Debug)]
+struct Args {
+    /// containerd namespace
+    #[arg(short, long, default_value = "nocturne")]
+    namespace: String,
+
+    /// containerd socket
+    #[arg(short, long, default_value = "/run/containerd/containerd.sock")]
+    socket: String,
+}
+
+const IMAGE: &str = "docker.io/library/alpine:latest";
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    let args = Args::parse();
+
+    let arch = match consts::ARCH {
+        "x86_64" => "amd64",
+        "aarch64" => "arm64",
+        _ => consts::ARCH,
+    };
+
+    dbg!(&args);
+
+    let channel = connect(&args.socket).await.expect("failed to bind socket");
+    let mut client = TransferClient::new(channel.clone());
+
+    let registry = OciRegistry {
+        reference: IMAGE.to_string(),
+        resolver: Default::default(),
+    };
+
+    let platform = Platform {
+        os: "linux".to_string(),
+        architecture: arch.to_string(),
+        variant: "".to_string(),
+        os_version: "".to_string(),
+    };
+
+    let destination = ImageStore {
+        name: IMAGE.to_string(),
+        platforms: vec![platform.clone()],
+        unpacks: vec![UnpackConfiguration {
+            platform: Some(platform),
+            ..Default::default()
+        }],
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+
+    let anys = to_any(&registry);
+    let anyd = to_any(&destination);
+
+    println!(
+        "Pulling image for linux/{} from source: {:?}",
+        arch, registry
+    );
+
+    let request = TransferRequest {
+        source: Some(anys),
+        destination: Some(anyd),
+        options: Some(TransferOptions {
+            ..Default::default()
+        }),
+    };
+    // let request = Request::new(request);
+    let req = with_namespace!(request, args.namespace);
+
+    client
+        .transfer(req)
+        .await
+        .expect("unable to transfer image");
+}