diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e137625..8b28d9a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 nbproject/*
 .DS_Store
-
-vendors/Slim
+vendor
+composer.phar
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9354629
--- /dev/null
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+    "name": "web2project/api",
+    "description": "This is a simple Slim-based API for web2project",
+    "require": {
+        "slim/slim": "1.6.7"
+    },
+    "authors": [
+        {
+            "name": "D Keith Casey Jr",
+            "email": "keith@caseysoftware.com"
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..295500a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+    "hash": "ac7d7f8e110d53af78e9b2801ff79a42",
+    "packages": [
+        {
+            "package": "slim/slim",
+            "version": "1.6.7"
+        }
+    ],
+    "packages-dev": null,
+    "aliases": [
+
+    ],
+    "minimum-stability": "stable",
+    "stability-flags": [
+
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 122a90e..f5a729b 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';
 
 //NOTE: This must be configured manually:
 $web2project_folder = '../web2project';
diff --git a/web2project/web2project.php b/web2project/web2project.php
index 203cefb..725b855 100644
--- a/web2project/web2project.php
+++ b/web2project/web2project.php
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 
-$slim_folder = 'vendors/Slim/';
-require $slim_folder.'Slim/Slim.php';
-
 require_once $web2project_folder.'/base.php';
 require_once W2P_BASE_DIR . '/includes/config.php';
 require_once W2P_BASE_DIR . '/includes/main_functions.php';