diff --git a/gateway/src/main.rs b/gateway/src/main.rs
index e8a1e87ef2..b15febb489 100644
--- a/gateway/src/main.rs
+++ b/gateway/src/main.rs
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ use clap::{crate_name, crate_version, Parser};
 use colored::Colorize;
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use log::error;
-use nym_bin_common::bin_info;
 use nym_bin_common::logging::{maybe_print_banner, setup_logging};
 use nym_bin_common::output_format::OutputFormat;
+use nym_bin_common::{bin_info, bin_info_owned};
 use nym_network_defaults::setup_env;
 use std::error::Error;
+use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr};
 
 mod commands;
 mod config;
@@ -49,10 +50,21 @@ struct Cli {
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
     setup_logging();
 
-    let config = nym_node::http::Config::default();
+    let config = nym_node::http::Config {
+        landing: Default::default(),
+        policy: Default::default(),
+        api: nym_node::http::api::Config {
+            v1_config: nym_node::http::api::v1::Config {
+                build_information: bin_info_owned!(),
+                gateway: Default::default(),
+                mixnide: Default::default(),
+                network_requester: Default::default(),
+            },
+        },
+    };
     let mut router = nym_node::http::NymNodeRouter::new(config);
 
-    let address = "127.0.0.1:12345".parse().unwrap();
+    let address = SocketAddr::new(IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST), 12345);
     let server = router.build_server(&address)?;
     server.await?;
 
diff --git a/nym-node/src/error.rs b/nym-node/src/error.rs
index 1780491c67..1bd49c9a72 100644
--- a/nym-node/src/error.rs
+++ b/nym-node/src/error.rs
@@ -11,4 +11,7 @@ pub enum NymNodeError {
         bind_address: SocketAddr,
         source: hyper::Error,
     },
+
+    #[error("unimplemented")]
+    Unimplemented,
 }
diff --git a/nym-node/src/http/middleware/logging.rs b/nym-node/src/http/middleware/logging.rs
index b98d7e1b73..d89fe8cb59 100644
--- a/nym-node/src/http/middleware/logging.rs
+++ b/nym-node/src/http/middleware/logging.rs
@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@ pub async fn logger<B>(req: Request<B>, next: Next<B>) -> impl IntoResponse {
 
     let host = header_map(req.headers().get(HOST), "Unknown Host".to_string());
 
-    info!("[{host}] requester {method}: {uri} via {agent}");
+    let res = next.run(req).await;
+    let status = res.status();
 
-    next.run(req).await
+    info!("[{host}] {method} '{uri}': {status} / agent: {agent}");
+
+    res
 }
 
 fn header_map(header: Option<&HeaderValue>, msg: String) -> String {
diff --git a/nym-node/src/http/mod.rs b/nym-node/src/http/mod.rs
index 8a403c5c52..db642a1c85 100644
--- a/nym-node/src/http/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-node/src/http/mod.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pub mod middleware;
 pub mod router;
 pub mod state;
 
-pub use router::{Config, NymNodeRouter};
+pub use router::{Config, NymNodeRouter, api, landing_page, policy};
 
 // pub struct Config {
 //     router_config: router::Config,
diff --git a/nym-node/src/http/router/api/mod.rs b/nym-node/src/http/router/api/mod.rs
index 4ead438c35..7866a386fc 100644
--- a/nym-node/src/http/router/api/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-node/src/http/router/api/mod.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pub(crate) mod routes {
     pub(crate) const SWAGGER: &str = "/swagger";
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Config {
     pub v1_config: v1::Config,
 }
diff --git a/nym-node/src/http/router/api/v1/build_info.rs b/nym-node/src/http/router/api/v1/build_info.rs
index 531beb77eb..9d9314a1a0 100644
--- a/nym-node/src/http/router/api/v1/build_info.rs
+++ b/nym-node/src/http/router/api/v1/build_info.rs
@@ -4,30 +4,28 @@
 use crate::http::router::api::{FormattedResponse, OutputParams};
 use crate::http::state::AppState;
 use axum::extract::{Query, State};
-use axum::response::IntoResponse;
 use nym_bin_common::build_information::BinaryBuildInformationOwned;
 
-/// Description of the path
+/// Returns build metadata of the binary running the API
 #[utoipa::path(
     get,
     path = "/build-info",
     context_path = "/api/v1",
     responses(
-        (status=200, content(
+        (status = 200, content(
             ("application/json" = BinaryBuildInformationOwned),
             ("application/yaml" = BinaryBuildInformationOwned)
         ))
     ),
     params(OutputParams)
 )]
-pub async fn build_info(
+pub(crate) async fn build_info(
     State(state): State<AppState>,
     Query(output): Query<OutputParams>,
-) -> FormattedResponse<BinaryBuildInformationOwned> {
+) -> BuildInfoResponse {
     let output = output.output.unwrap_or_default();
-    // todo!()
     // TODO: get rid of the clone since it's getting serialized anyway
     output.to_response(state.build_information.clone())
 }
 
-pub struct BuildInfoResponse(BinaryBuildInformationOwned);
+pub type BuildInfoResponse = FormattedResponse<BinaryBuildInformationOwned>;
diff --git a/nym-node/src/http/router/api/v1/gateway/mod.rs b/nym-node/src/http/router/api/v1/gateway/mod.rs
index e8619ab838..b2f6725437 100644
--- a/nym-node/src/http/router/api/v1/gateway/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-node/src/http/router/api/v1/gateway/mod.rs
@@ -2,13 +2,18 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 use crate::http::state::AppState;
-use axum::http::StatusCode;
 use axum::routing::get;
 use axum::Router;
 
+pub mod root;
+
+pub(crate) mod routes {
+    pub(crate) const ROOT: &str = "/";
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
 pub struct Config {}
 
 pub(crate) fn routes(_config: Config) -> Router<AppState> {
-    Router::new().route("/", get(|| async { StatusCode::NOT_IMPLEMENTED }))
+    Router::new().route(routes::ROOT, get(root::root_gateway))
 }
diff --git a/nym-node/src/http/router/api/v1/gateway/root.rs b/nym-node/src/http/router/api/v1/gateway/root.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e96bafcb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nym-node/src/http/router/api/v1/gateway/root.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::error::NymNodeError;
+use crate::http::router::api::OutputParams;
+use axum::extract::Query;
+use axum::http::StatusCode;
+use axum::response::IntoResponse;
+
+#[utoipa::path(
+    get,
+    path = "",
+    context_path = "/api/v1/gateway",
+    responses(
+        (status = 501, description = "the endpoint hasn't been implemented yet")
+    ),
+    params(OutputParams)
+)]
+pub(crate) async fn root_gateway(Query(_output): Query<OutputParams>) -> impl IntoResponse {
+    (
+        StatusCode::NOT_IMPLEMENTED,
+        NymNodeError::Unimplemented.to_string(),
+    )
+}
diff --git a/nym-node/src/http/router/api/v1/mod.rs b/nym-node/src/http/router/api/v1/mod.rs
index 0d52e4bc22..3e199baede 100644
--- a/nym-node/src/http/router/api/v1/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-node/src/http/router/api/v1/mod.rs
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@ pub(crate) mod routes {
     pub(crate) const NETWORK_REQUESTER: &str = "/network-requester";
     pub(crate) const BUILD_INFO: &str = "/build-info";
     pub(crate) const ROLES: &str = "/roles";
+    pub(crate) const SWAGGER: &str = "/swagger";
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Config {
-    pub build_information: Option<BinaryBuildInformationOwned>,
+    pub build_information: BinaryBuildInformationOwned,
     pub gateway: gateway::Config,
     pub mixnide: mixnode::Config,
     pub network_requester: network_requester::Config,
diff --git a/nym-node/src/http/router/api/v1/openapi.rs b/nym-node/src/http/router/api/v1/openapi.rs
index 7b84b60c1b..8894ae6e71 100644
--- a/nym-node/src/http/router/api/v1/openapi.rs
+++ b/nym-node/src/http/router/api/v1/openapi.rs
@@ -11,15 +11,31 @@ use utoipa_swagger_ui::SwaggerUi;
 #[derive(OpenApi)]
 #[openapi(
     info(title = "NymNode API"),
-    paths(api::v1::build_info::build_info,),
+    paths(api::v1::build_info::build_info, api::v1::gateway::root::root_gateway,),
     components(schemas(api::Output, api::OutputParams, BinaryBuildInformationOwned))
 )]
+/*
+#[derive(OpenApi)]
+#[openapi(
+    info(title = "NymNode API"),
+    paths(
+        api::v1::build_info::build_info,
+    ),
+    components(
+        schemas(
+            api::Output,
+            api::OutputParams,
+            BinaryBuildInformationOwned
+        )
+    )
+)]
+ */
 pub(crate) struct ApiDoc;
 
 pub(crate) fn route() -> Router<AppState> {
     // provide absolute path to the openapi.json
     let config = utoipa_swagger_ui::Config::from("/api/v1/api-docs/openapi.json");
-    SwaggerUi::new("/swagger")
+    SwaggerUi::new(super::routes::SWAGGER)
         .url("/api-docs/openapi.json", ApiDoc::openapi())
         .config(config)
         .into()
diff --git a/nym-node/src/http/router/mod.rs b/nym-node/src/http/router/mod.rs
index 8277de8f46..6690772f29 100644
--- a/nym-node/src/http/router/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-node/src/http/router/mod.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use std::net::SocketAddr;
 
 pub mod api;
 pub mod landing_page;
-mod policy;
+pub mod policy;
 
 pub(crate) mod routes {
     pub(crate) const LANDING_PAGE: &str = "/";
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pub(crate) mod routes {
 // TODO: can it be made nicer?
 pub type NymNodeHTTPServer = Server<AddrIncoming, IntoMakeService<Router>>;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Config {
     pub landing: landing_page::Config,
     pub policy: policy::Config,
@@ -32,24 +32,20 @@ pub struct Config {
 }
 
 pub struct NymNodeRouter {
-    // landing_page_assets: Option<PathBuf>,
     inner: Router,
 }
 
 impl NymNodeRouter {
     pub fn new(config: Config) -> NymNodeRouter {
-        /*
-        .merge(SwaggerUi::new("/swagger-ui")
-        .url("/api-docs/openapi.json", ApiDoc::openapi()));
-        */
-        use utoipa::OpenApi;
+        let state = AppState::new(config.api.v1_config.build_information.clone());
+
         NymNodeRouter {
             inner: Router::new()
                 .nest(routes::LANDING_PAGE, landing_page::routes(config.landing))
                 .nest(routes::POLICY, policy::routes(config.policy))
                 .nest(routes::API, api::routes(config.api))
                 .layer(axum::middleware::from_fn(logging::logger))
-                .with_state(AppState::new_dummy()),
+                .with_state(state),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/nym-node/src/http/state.rs b/nym-node/src/http/state.rs
index d3ac6ce479..2c63d67ed6 100644
--- a/nym-node/src/http/state.rs
+++ b/nym-node/src/http/state.rs
@@ -1,26 +1,24 @@
 // Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-use nym_bin_common::bin_info_owned;
 use nym_bin_common::build_information::BinaryBuildInformationOwned;
 use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct AppState {
+pub(crate) struct AppState {
     inner: Arc<AppStateInner>,
 }
 
 impl AppState {
-    pub fn new_dummy() -> Self {
+    pub fn new(build_information: BinaryBuildInformationOwned) -> Self {
         AppState {
-            inner: Arc::new(AppStateInner {
-                build_information: bin_info_owned!(),
-            }),
+            inner: Arc::new(AppStateInner { build_information }),
         }
     }
 }
 
+// TODO: that's kinda abusing it...
 impl Deref for AppState {
     type Target = AppStateInner;
 
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ impl Deref for AppState {
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct AppStateInner {
+pub(crate) struct AppStateInner {
     // TODO: split it based on routes?
     pub(crate) build_information: BinaryBuildInformationOwned,
 }