diff --git a/axum/with-state/Cargo.toml b/axum/with-state/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "with-state"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+axum = "0.6.10"
+shuttle-axum = { version = "0.18.0" }
+shuttle-runtime = { version = "0.18.0" }
+tokio = { version = "1.26.0" }
diff --git a/axum/with-state/src/main.rs b/axum/with-state/src/main.rs
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+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use axum::{extract::State, response::IntoResponse, routing::get, Router};
+
+async fn hello_world(State(state): State<Arc<AppState>>) -> impl IntoResponse {
+    state.msg
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+struct AppState {
+    msg: &'static str,
+}
+
+#[shuttle_runtime::main]
+async fn axum() -> shuttle_axum::ShuttleAxum {
+    let state = Arc::new(AppState {
+        msg: "Hello, world!",
+    });
+
+    let router = Router::new().route("/", get(hello_world)).with_state(state);
+
+    Ok(router.into())
+}