diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f104ebc..d9b2b2a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-!Cargo.toml
-!pyproject.toml
+!airlock_libs/Cargo.toml
+!airlock_libs/pyproject.toml
 .env
 *.html
 *.csv
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ jobs.json
 *.xl*
 *.exe
 securitytest.py
-*.toml
 system_config.json
 Development/
 AirlockTools_client*/
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diff --git a/airlock_libs/Cargo.toml b/airlock_libs/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5b9896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airlock_libs/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+[package]
+name = "airlock_libs"
+version = "1.0.1"
+edition = "2024"
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["cdylib"]
+
+[dependencies]
+chrono = "0.4.42"
+indicatif = "0.18.2"
+mongodb = "3.3.0"
+pyo3 = { version = "0.27.0", features = ["extension-module", "generate-import-lib"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.12.24", features = ["json", "native-tls"] }
+serde = "1.0.228"
+serde-pyobject = "0.8.0"
+serde_json = "1.0.145"
+tokio = { version = "1.48.0", features = ["full"] }
+
+[package.metadata.maturin]
+generate-abi-stubs = true
+
+[profile.release]
+opt-level = "z"
+lto = "fat"
+debug = false
+codegen-units = 1
+panic = 'abort'
+strip = true
+debug-assertions = false
+overflow-checks = false
diff --git a/airlock_libs/pyproject.toml b/airlock_libs/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b7b463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airlock_libs/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["maturin1.9.6"]
+build-backend = "maturin"
+
+[project]
+name = "airlock_libs"
+version = "1.0.1"
+description = "Airlock Digital API Wrapper"
+readme = "README.md"
+license = { text = "AGPL-3.0-only" }
+authors = [{ name = "James Brotosky", email = "james.brotosky@racooncity.org" }]
+
+[tool.maturin]  # if you're building via maturin
+bindings = "pyo3"
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