diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 38c8841..6064440 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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+ "rand",
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+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "09ec2a7bb152e2252b53fa7803150007879548bc709c039df7627cabbd05d469"
+
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@@ -2572,12 +3034,24 @@ version = "0.48.5"
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 checksum = "a75915e7def60c94dcef72200b9a8e58e5091744960da64ec734a6c6e9b3743e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnu"
+version = "0.52.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e9b5ad5ab802e97eb8e295ac6720e509ee4c243f69d781394014ebfe8bbfa0b"
+
 [[package]]
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 version = "0.53.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "960e6da069d81e09becb0ca57a65220ddff016ff2d6af6a223cf372a506593a3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnullvm"
+version = "0.52.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0eee52d38c090b3caa76c563b86c3a4bd71ef1a819287c19d586d7334ae8ed66"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnullvm"
 version = "0.53.1"
@@ -2590,6 +3064,12 @@ version = "0.48.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8f55c233f70c4b27f66c523580f78f1004e8b5a8b659e05a4eb49d4166cca406"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_msvc"
+version = "0.52.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "240948bc05c5e7c6dabba28bf89d89ffce3e303022809e73deaefe4f6ec56c66"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
 version = "0.53.1"
@@ -2602,6 +3082,12 @@ version = "0.48.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "53d40abd2583d23e4718fddf1ebec84dbff8381c07cae67ff7768bbf19c6718e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
+version = "0.52.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "147a5c80aabfbf0c7d901cb5895d1de30ef2907eb21fbbab29ca94c5b08b1a78"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
 version = "0.53.1"
@@ -2614,6 +3100,12 @@ version = "0.48.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0b7b52767868a23d5bab768e390dc5f5c55825b6d30b86c844ff2dc7414044cc"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.52.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "24d5b23dc417412679681396f2b49f3de8c1473deb516bd34410872eff51ed0d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.53.1"
@@ -2626,6 +3118,12 @@ version = "0.48.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ed94fce61571a4006852b7389a063ab983c02eb1bb37b47f8272ce92d06d9538"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
+version = "0.52.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "589f6da84c646204747d1270a2a5661ea66ed1cced2631d546fdfb155959f9ec"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
 version = "0.53.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2bf0253..cc3f8c5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [workspace]
 resolver = "3"
-members = ["notes-api","notes-domain","notes-infra"]
+members = ["notes-api", "notes-domain", "notes-infra", "notes-worker"]
diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index bad0ae3..ff8ab73 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - backend
 
+  nats:
+    image: nats:alpine
+    container_name: libertas_nats
+    ports:
+      - "4222:4222"
+      - "6222:6222"
+      - "8222:8222"
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
 # Optional: Define volumes explicitly if needed
 # volumes:
 #   backend_data:
diff --git a/notes-api/Cargo.toml b/notes-api/Cargo.toml
index 939dfcb..529a9f1 100644
--- a/notes-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/notes-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name = "notes-api"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
+default-run = "notes-api"
 
 [dependencies]
 notes-domain = { path = "../notes-domain" }
diff --git a/notes-worker/Cargo.toml b/notes-worker/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbf6e37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notes-worker/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+[package]
+name = "notes-worker"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2024"
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0.100"
+async-nats = "0.45.0"
+notes-domain = { path = "../notes-domain" }
+notes-infra = { path = "../notes-infra" }
+serde = { version = "1.0.228", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0.146"
+tokio = { version = "1.48.0", features = ["full"] }
+chrono = { version = "0.4.42", features = ["serde"] }
+sqlx = { version = "0.8.6", features = [
+    "sqlite",
+    "runtime-tokio",
+    "chrono",
+    "migrate",
+] }
+thiserror = "2.0.17"
+bytes = "1.11.0"
+futures-util = "0.3.31"
+async-trait = "0.1.89"
+tracing = "0.1"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.22", features = ["env-filter"] }
+dotenvy = "0.15.7"
diff --git a/notes-worker/src/config.rs b/notes-worker/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bef4036
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notes-worker/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct Config {
+    pub broker_url: String,
+    pub database_url: String,
+}
+
+impl Default for Config {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            broker_url: "nats://localhost:4222".to_string(),
+            database_url: "sqlite::memory:".to_string(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Config {
+    pub fn from_env() -> Self {
+        let _ = dotenvy::dotenv();
+
+        Self {
+            broker_url: std::env::var("BROKER_URL").unwrap_or("nats://localhost:4222".to_string()),
+            database_url: std::env::var("DATABASE_URL").unwrap_or("sqlite::memory:".to_string()),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/notes-worker/src/main.rs b/notes-worker/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcb8e4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notes-worker/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+use notes_infra::{DatabaseConfig, create_pool};
+
+use crate::config::Config;
+
+mod config;
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let config = Config::from_env();
+    let nats_client = async_nats::connect(config.broker_url).await?;
+    let db_config = DatabaseConfig::new(config.database_url);
+    let db_pool = create_pool(&db_config).await?;
+
+    // subscribe to jobs and process them
+    Ok(())
+}