diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9fe5baeb6..5e56e040e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 /bin
-/packer
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f01239e52..d16327fb5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 all:
 	@mkdir -p bin/
-	go get -a
+	go get -d
 	go build -a -o bin/packer
 
 .PHONY: all
diff --git a/builder/amazon/builder.go b/builder/amazon/builder.go
index 62d626081..27a47afbc 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/builder.go
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ type Builder struct {
 	config config
 }
 
+func (b *Builder) ConfigInterface() interface{} {
+	return &b.config
+}
+
 func (*Builder) Prepare() {
 }
 
-func (*Builder) Build() {
-}
-
-func (*Builder) Destroy() {
+func (b *Builder) Build() {
 }
diff --git a/example.json b/example.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ff9c3987
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+    "name": "my-custom-image",
+
+    "builders": [
+        {
+            "type": "amazon-ebs",
+            "region": "us-east-1",
+            "source": "ami-de0d9eb7"
+        }
+    ],
+
+    "provisioners": [
+        {
+            "type": "shell",
+            "path": "script.sh"
+        }
+    ],
+
+    "outputs": [
+        {
+            "type": "vagrant"
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/packer.go b/packer.go
index c4ede8395..8f648ec07 100644
--- a/packer.go
+++ b/packer.go
@@ -1,44 +1,40 @@
 // This is the main package for the `packer` application.
 package main
 
-import "github.com/mitchellh/packer/builder/amazon"
+import "github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+import "os"
 
-// A command is a runnable sub-command of the `packer` application.
-// When `packer` is called with the proper subcommand, this will be
-// called.
-//
-// The mapping of command names to command interfaces is in the
-// Environment struct.
-type Command interface {
-	Run(args []string)
-}
-
-// The environment struct contains all the state necessary for a single
-// instance of Packer.
-//
-// It is *not* a singleton, but generally a single environment is created
-// when Packer starts running to represent that Packer run. Technically,
-// if you're building a custom Packer binary, you could instantiate multiple
-// environments and run them in parallel.
-type Environment struct {
-	commands map[string]Command
-}
-
-type Template struct {
+type RawTemplate struct {
 	Name         string
-	Builders     map[string]interface{} `toml:"builder"`
-	Provisioners map[string]interface{} `toml:"provision"`
-	Outputs      map[string]interface{} `toml:"output"`
+	Builders     []map[string]interface{}
+	Provisioners []map[string]interface{}
+	Outputs      []map[string]interface{}
 }
 
 type Builder interface {
+	ConfigInterface() interface{}
 	Prepare()
 	Build()
-	Destroy()
+}
+
+type Build interface {
+	Hook(name string)
 }
 
 func main() {
-	var builder Builder
-	builder = &amazon.Builder{}
-	builder.Build()
+	env := packer.NewEnvironment()
+	os.Exit(env.Cli(os.Args[1:]))
+	/*
+		file, _ := ioutil.ReadFile("example.json")
+
+		var tpl RawTemplate
+		json.Unmarshal(file, &tpl)
+		fmt.Printf("%#v\n", tpl)
+
+		builderType, ok := tpl.Builders[0]["type"].(Build)
+		if !ok {
+			panic("OH NOES")
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("TYPE: %v\n", builderType)
+	*/
 }
diff --git a/packer/environment.go b/packer/environment.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b732a83ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packer/environment.go
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+// The packer package contains the core components of Packer.
+package packer
+
+import "os"
+
+// A command is a runnable sub-command of the `packer` application.
+// When `packer` is called with the proper subcommand, this will be
+// called.
+//
+// The mapping of command names to command interfaces is in the
+// Environment struct.
+type Command interface {
+	Run(env *Environment, args []string) int
+}
+
+// The environment struct contains all the state necessary for a single
+// instance of Packer.
+//
+// It is *not* a singleton, but generally a single environment is created
+// when Packer starts running to represent that Packer run. Technically,
+// if you're building a custom Packer binary, you could instantiate multiple
+// environments and run them in parallel.
+type Environment struct {
+	command map[string]Command
+	ui      Ui
+}
+
+// This creates a new environment
+func NewEnvironment() *Environment {
+	env := &Environment{}
+	env.command = make(map[string]Command)
+	env.command["version"] = new(versionCommand)
+	env.ui = &ReaderWriterUi{ os.Stdin, os.Stdout }
+	return env
+}
+
+// Executes a command as if it was typed on the command-line interface.
+// The return value is the exit code of the command.
+func (e *Environment) Cli(args []string) int {
+	if len(args) == 0 {
+		e.PrintHelp()
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	command, ok := e.command[args[0]]
+	if !ok {
+		// The command was not found. In this case, let's go through
+		// the arguments and see if the user is requesting the version.
+		for _, arg := range args {
+			if arg == "--version" || arg == "-v" {
+				command = e.command["version"]
+				break
+			}
+		}
+
+		// If we still don't have a command, show the help.
+		if command == nil {
+			e.PrintHelp()
+			return 1
+		}
+	}
+
+	return command.Run(e, args)
+}
+
+// Returns the UI for the environment. The UI is the interface that should
+// be used for all communication with the outside world.
+func (e *Environment) Ui() Ui {
+	return e.ui
+}
+
+// Prints the CLI help to the UI.
+func (e *Environment) PrintHelp() {
+	e.ui.Say("Bad.\n")
+}
diff --git a/packer/ui.go b/packer/ui.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8ee559d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packer/ui.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package packer
+
+import "fmt"
+import "io"
+
+// The Ui interface handles all communication for Packer with the outside
+// world. This sort of control allows us to strictly control how output
+// is formatted and various levels of output.
+type Ui interface {
+	Say(format string, a ...interface{})
+}
+
+// The ReaderWriterUi is a UI that writes and reads from standard Go
+// io.Reader and io.Writer.
+type ReaderWriterUi struct {
+	Reader io.Reader
+	Writer io.Writer
+}
+
+func (rw *ReaderWriterUi) Say(format string, a ...interface{}) {
+	fmt.Fprintf(rw.Writer, format, a...)
+}
diff --git a/packer/version.go b/packer/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..394834a8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packer/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package packer
+
+// The version of packer.
+const Version = "0.1.0.dev"
+
+type versionCommand byte
+
+// Implement the Command interface by simply showing the version
+func (versionCommand) Run(env *Environment, args[] string) int {
+	env.Ui().Say("Packer v%v\n", Version)
+	return 0
+}