diff --git a/java/lc-esp-eo-service/build.gradle b/java/lc-esp-eo-service/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e273d337ce43fecd43c8e300021034f6a40da561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/lc-esp-eo-service/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+plugins {
+    id 'java'
+}
+
+version = '20.0-SNAPSHOT'
+
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation project(':lc-esp-engine')
+    testImplementation platform('org.junit:junit-bom:5.9.1')
+    testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter'
+}
+
+test {
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/lc-esp-eo-service/src/main/java/lc/esp/eo/service/EOService.java b/java/lc-esp-eo-service/src/main/java/lc/esp/eo/service/EOService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1463be9785e3005f519784445fb21f340bf727b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/lc-esp-eo-service/src/main/java/lc/esp/eo/service/EOService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package lc.esp.eo.service;
+
+import lc.esp.engine.ESPEngine;
+import lc.mecha.fabric.HandlerStatus;
+import lc.mecha.http.server.HttpTransaction;
+import lc.mecha.http.server.PrefixedHandler;
+import lc.mecha.log.MechaLogger;
+import lc.mecha.log.MechaLoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * The EO front-end service. This provides EO & EOFS services to callers both internal and external.
+ *
+ * @author Alex Leigh
+ * @since mk20 (TOKYO PROTOCOL)
+ */
+public class EOService {
+    private static final MechaLogger logger = MechaLoggerFactory.getLogger(EOService.class);
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        ESPEngine esp = new ESPEngine();
+        esp.register(new PrefixedHandler(Set.of("/api/eo")) {
+            @Override
+            public HandlerStatus handlePrefixedWebRequest(HttpTransaction request) throws Throwable {
+                request.httpServletResponse.getOutputStream().write("Hello World\n".getBytes());
+                return HandlerStatus.BREAK;
+            }
+        });
+        esp.runDangerously();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/settings.gradle b/java/settings.gradle
index 4a2c6ace8b243092877b3b02be4456c5e9f03f44..bbb5edcb5d624f304f18f57aba48394eb2027d08 100644
--- a/java/settings.gradle
+++ b/java/settings.gradle
@@ -29,4 +29,5 @@ include 'lc-esp-eo-sdk'
 include 'lc-esp-engine'
 include 'lc-esp-example-service'
 include 'lc-esp-script-engine'
+include 'lc-esp-eo-service'