diff --git a/structs b/structs
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5057a9e
Binary files /dev/null and b/structs differ
diff --git a/structs.c b/structs.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d62aad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/structs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// playing around with structs
+// win 2024
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+struct abc {
+    int x;
+    int y; 
+    int z;
+};
+
+int main() {
+    struct abc a = {0, 1, 2};
+    struct abc *ptr = &a; 
+
+    printf("Address of struct a: %p\n", ptr);
+
+    printf("Address of x in struct a: %p\n", &a.x);
+    printf("Address of y in struct a: %p\n", &a.y);
+    printf("Address of z in struct a: %p:\n", &a.z);    
+    
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/webserver.c b/webserver.c
index 2bd4c95..4503532 100644
--- a/webserver.c
+++ b/webserver.c
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 
+#define PORT 8080
+
 int main() {
     int sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
     if(sockfd == -1) {
@@ -11,5 +13,18 @@ int main() {
     }
     printf("socket created successfully\n");
 
+    struct sockaddr_in host_addr;
+    int host_addrlen = sizeof(host_addr);
+
+    host_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+    host_addr.sin_port = htons(PORT);
+    host_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
+
+    if(bind(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&host_addr, host_addrlen) != 0) {
+        perror("webserver (bind)");
+        return 1;
+    }
+    printf("socket successfully bound to address\n");
+    
     return 0;
 }