diff --git a/README b/README
index e69de29..244a981 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+this will hopefully become an simple C implementation for an XMLRPC server.
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 8c3de9f..5cdcfe5 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ start multiple workers as paralell connectionts exceed a given limit.
 make a lib and example application from most of this stuff to make it useable
     from other projects. This again can be done later as long as i develope
     with this goal in mind...
+