diff --git a/src/network/Network.cpp b/src/network/Network.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bdd2a2ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/network/Network.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#include "Network.hpp"
+
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+#include "debug/Logger.hpp"
+
+using namespace network;
+
+static debug::Logger logger("network");
+
+size_t write_callback(char* ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void* userdata) {
+    auto& buffer = *reinterpret_cast<std::vector<char>*>(userdata);
+    size_t psize = buffer.size();
+    buffer.resize(psize + size * nmemb);
+    std::memcpy(buffer.data() + psize, ptr, size * nmemb);
+    return size * nmemb;
+}
+
+class CurlHttp : public Http {
+    CURL* curl;
+public:
+    CurlHttp(CURL* curl) : curl(curl) {
+    }
+
+    virtual ~CurlHttp() {
+        curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+    }
+
+    void get(const std::string& url, const OnResponse& callback) override {
+        std::vector<char> buffer;
+        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url.c_str());
+        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, write_callback);
+        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &buffer);
+        CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+        callback(res, std::move(buffer));
+    }
+
+    static std::unique_ptr<CurlHttp> create() {
+        if (auto curl = curl_easy_init()) {
+            return std::make_unique<CurlHttp>(curl);
+        }
+        throw std::runtime_error("could not initialzie cURL");
+    }
+};
+
+
+Network::Network(std::unique_ptr<Http> http) : http(std::move(http)) {
+}
+
+Network::~Network() = default;
+
+void Network::httpGet(const std::string& url, const OnResponse& callback) {
+    http->get(url, callback);
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<Network> Network::create(const NetworkSettings& settings) {
+    auto http = CurlHttp::create();
+    return std::make_unique<Network>(std::move(http));
+}
diff --git a/src/network/Network.hpp b/src/network/Network.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2e92a302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/network/Network.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <vector>
+#include <functional>
+
+#include "typedefs.hpp"
+#include "settings.hpp"
+#include "util/Buffer.hpp"
+
+namespace network {
+    using OnResponse = std::function<void(int, std::vector<char>)>;
+
+    class Http {
+    public:
+        virtual ~Http() {}
+
+        virtual void get(const std::string& url, const OnResponse& callback) = 0;
+    };
+
+    class Network {
+        std::unique_ptr<Http> http;
+    public:
+        Network(std::unique_ptr<Http> http);
+        ~Network();
+
+        void httpGet(const std::string& url, const OnResponse& callback);
+
+        static std::unique_ptr<Network> create(const NetworkSettings& settings);
+    };
+}
diff --git a/src/settings.hpp b/src/settings.hpp
index 8343ee68..b0eee035 100644
--- a/src/settings.hpp
+++ b/src/settings.hpp
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ struct UiSettings {
     IntegerSetting worldPreviewSize {64, 1, 512};
 };
 
+struct NetworkSettings {
+};
+
 struct EngineSettings {
     AudioSettings audio;
     DisplaySettings display;
@@ -89,4 +92,5 @@ struct EngineSettings {
     GraphicsSettings graphics;
     DebugSettings debug;
     UiSettings ui;
+    NetworkSettings network;
 };
diff --git a/test/curltest.cpp b/test/curltest.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index a8d3424e..00000000
--- a/test/curltest.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#include <gtest/gtest.h>
-
-#include <curl/curl.h>
-
-size_t write_callback(char *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userdata) {
-    return size * nmemb;
-}
-
-TEST(curltest, curltest) {
-    if (CURL* curl = curl_easy_init()) {
-        CURLcode res;
-        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://github.com");
-        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, write_callback);
-        res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
-        std::cout << curl_easy_strerror(res) << std::endl;
-        curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/test/network/curltest.cpp b/test/network/curltest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ea4924be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/network/curltest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include "network/Network.hpp"
+#include "coders/json.hpp"
+
+TEST(curltest, curltest) {
+    NetworkSettings settings {};
+    auto network = network::Network::create(settings);
+    network->httpGet(
+        "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MihailRis/VoxelEngine-Cpp/refs/"
+        "heads/curl/res/content/base/blocks/lamp.json",
+        [=](int code, std::vector<char> data) {
+            auto v = std::string_view(data.data(), data.size());
+            auto value = json::parse(v);
+            std::cout << value << std::endl;
+        }
+    );
+}