diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index f481935..4162d26 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     // set a preferred release mode, allowing the user to decide how to optimize.
     const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
 
+    const gobject = b.dependency("gobject", .{});
 
     const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
         .name = "zig-gst",
@@ -51,6 +52,11 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     }
 
     exe.linkSystemLibrary("c");
+
+    exe.root_module.addImport("glib", gobject.module("glib2"));
+    exe.root_module.addImport("gobject", gobject.module("gobject2"));
+    exe.root_module.addImport("gst", gobject.module("gst1")); 
+
     exe.addIncludePath(.{ .cwd_relative = b.fmt("{s}/include/gstreamer-1.0", .{gst_dev_path.?}) });     // not sure why both are needed, but 
     exe.addIncludePath(.{ .cwd_relative = b.fmt("{s}/include/gstreamer-1.0/gst", .{gst_dev_path.?}) }); // it won't compile without them
     exe.addIncludePath(.{ .cwd_relative = b.fmt("{s}/include/gstreamer-1.0", .{gst_plugins_base_dev_path.?}) }); // needed for header resolution of below dep
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95d8edd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+.{
+	.name = "HailoImageProcessor",
+	.version = "0.0.0",
+	.paths = .{
+		"src",
+		"flake.nix",
+		"flake.lock",
+		"build.nix",
+		"README.md",
+	},
+	.dependencies = .{
+	    .gobject = .{
+            .url = "https://github.com/ianprime0509/zig-gobject/releases/download/v0.2.2/bindings-gnome47.tar.zst",
+            .hash = "12208d70ee791d7ef7e16e1c3c9c1127b57f1ed066a24f87d57fc9f730c5dc394b9d",
+        },
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 8129e6d..a3ca976 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
 const std = @import("std");
-const gst = @cImport({ // glib-object for g_object_* functions
-    @cInclude("glib-object.h");
-    @cInclude("glib.h"); // and glib for other g_* functions
-    @cInclude("gst.h");
-    @cInclude("gst/app/gstappsrc.h"); // because I don't want two include paths for header file name resolution
+const hlo = @cImport({
+    @cInclude("hailort.h");
+});
+const gst_app = @cImport({ // glib-object for g_object_* functions
+    @cInclude("gstappsrc.h");
 });
 
-pub fn main() void {
+const gst = @import("gst");
+const glib = @import("glib");
+const gobject = @import("gobject");
+
+const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
+const assert = std.debug.assert;
+
+const hef_file = "yolov7.hef";
+const max_edge_layers = 32;
+
+
+pub fn main() !void {
     // This allows me to utilize the same command line args and gstreamer
     gst.gst_init(@ptrCast(&std.os.argv.len), @ptrCast(&std.os.argv.ptr));