diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 935b825..312acb6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2201,10 +2201,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "db-core",
  "db-sqlx-sqlite",
  "derive_more",
+ "federate-core",
  "forge-core",
  "gitea",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
+ "mktemp",
+ "publiccodeyml",
  "rand",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 90cf77a..8671309 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -65,6 +65,15 @@ path = "./forge/gitea"
 [dependencies.forge-core]
 path = "./forge/forge-core"
 
+[dependencies.federate-core]
+path = "./federate/federate-core"
+
+[dependencies.publiccodeyml]
+path = "./federate/publiccodeyml"
+
 [dependencies.sqlx]
 features = ["runtime-actix-rustls", "uuid", "postgres", "time", "offline", "sqlite"]
 version = "0.5.11"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+mktemp = "0.4.1"
diff --git a/src/federate.rs b/src/federate.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a68cc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/federate.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2022  Aravinth Manivannan <realaravinth@batsense.net>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+use crate::settings::Settings;
+use federate_core::Federate;
+
+use publiccodeyml::{errors::FederateErorr, PccFederate};
+
+pub type BoxFederate = Box<dyn Federate<Error = FederateErorr>>;
+
+pub async fn get_federate(settings: Option<Settings>) -> BoxFederate {
+    let settings = settings.unwrap_or_else(|| Settings::new().unwrap());
+    Box::new(PccFederate::new(settings.repository.root).await.unwrap())
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index af443d8..d4694fb 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 pub mod ctx;
 pub mod db;
+pub mod federate;
 pub mod forge;
 pub mod settings;
 pub mod spider;