diff --git a/templates/decky/.gitignore b/templates/decky/.gitignore
index 9e0f121..08fb4c6 100644
--- a/templates/decky/.gitignore
+++ b/templates/decky/.gitignore
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ yalc.lock
 .vscode/settings.json
 
 # ignore Rust compiler files
-/backend-rs/target
+/server/target
 backend
 /bin
 
diff --git a/templates/decky/server/Cargo.toml b/templates/decky/server/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8421da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/decky/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[package]
+name = "backend" # TODO replace with plugin name (also in build.sh)
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+usdpl-back = { version = "0.5.3", features = ["decky"] }
+
+# logging
+log = "0.4"
+simplelog = "0.12"
+
+[profile.release]
+debug = false
+strip = true
+lto = true
+codegen-units = 4
diff --git a/templates/decky/server/Cross.toml b/templates/decky/server/Cross.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89ae1de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/decky/server/Cross.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[build]
+default-target = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
diff --git a/templates/decky/server/build.sh b/templates/decky/server/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d9b898f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/decky/server/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+cargo build --release
+mkdir ../bin
+# TODO replace "backend" \/ with binary name
+cp ./target/release/backend ../bin/backend
diff --git a/templates/decky/server/src/main.rs b/templates/decky/server/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b24ba09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/decky/server/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+use simplelog::{WriteLogger, LevelFilter};
+
+use usdpl_back::Instance;
+use usdpl_back::core::serdes::Primitive;
+
+const PORT: u16 = 54321; // TODO replace with something unique
+
+const PACKAGE_NAME: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME");
+const PACKAGE_VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), ()> {
+    let log_filepath = format!("/tmp/{}.log", PACKAGE_NAME);
+    WriteLogger::init(
+        #[cfg(debug_assertions)]{LevelFilter::Debug},
+        #[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]{LevelFilter::Info},
+        Default::default(),
+        std::fs::File::create(&log_filepath).unwrap()
+    ).unwrap();
+
+    log::info!("Starting back-end ({} v{})", PACKAGE_NAME, PACKAGE_VERSION);
+    println!("Starting back-end ({} v{})", PACKAGE_NAME, PACKAGE_VERSION);
+    Instance::new(PORT)
+        .register("hello", |_: Vec<Primitive>| vec![format!("Hello {}", PACKAGE_NAME).into()])
+        .run_blocking()
+}