diff --git a/validator/src/validator/health_check/mod.rs b/validator/src/validator/health_check/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e4df7abfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validator/src/validator/health_check/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+use log::debug;
+
+struct HealthChecker {}
+
+impl HealthChecker {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        HealthChecker {}
+    }
+
+    pub fn run(&self) {
+        debug!("healthcheck run")
+    }
+}
diff --git a/validator/src/validator/mod.rs b/validator/src/validator/mod.rs
index ef68c36943..5b79b98bef 100644
--- a/validator/src/validator/mod.rs
+++ b/validator/src/validator/mod.rs
@@ -1 +1,19 @@
+use crate::validator::config::Config;
+use log::debug;
+
 pub mod config;
+mod health_check;
+
+pub struct Validator {}
+
+impl Validator {
+    pub fn new(config: &Config) -> Self {
+        debug!("validator new");
+
+        Validator {}
+    }
+
+    pub fn start(self) {
+        debug!("validator run");
+    }
+}