diff --git a/api/fx/ingestor/.gitignore b/api/fx/ingestor/.gitignore
index dc67a7e..1abe8f4 100644
--- a/api/fx/ingestor/.gitignore
+++ b/api/fx/ingestor/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 internal/generated
 .gocache
-app
\ No newline at end of file
+/app
diff --git a/api/fx/ingestor/internal/app/app.go b/api/fx/ingestor/internal/app/app.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28ab12d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/fx/ingestor/internal/app/app.go
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package app
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/tech/sendico/fx/ingestor/internal/appversion"
+	"github.com/tech/sendico/fx/ingestor/internal/config"
+	"github.com/tech/sendico/fx/ingestor/internal/fmerrors"
+	"github.com/tech/sendico/fx/ingestor/internal/ingestor"
+	"github.com/tech/sendico/fx/ingestor/internal/metrics"
+	mongostorage "github.com/tech/sendico/fx/storage/mongo"
+	"github.com/tech/sendico/pkg/api/routers/health"
+	"github.com/tech/sendico/pkg/db"
+	"github.com/tech/sendico/pkg/mlogger"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+)
+
+const DefaultConfigPath = "config.yml"
+
+type App struct {
+	logger mlogger.Logger
+	cfg    *config.Config
+}
+
+func New(logger mlogger.Logger, cfgPath string) (*App, error) {
+	if logger == nil {
+		return nil, fmerrors.New("app: logger is nil")
+	}
+	path := strings.TrimSpace(cfgPath)
+	if path == "" {
+		path = DefaultConfigPath
+	}
+	cfg, err := config.Load(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &App{
+		logger: logger,
+		cfg:    cfg,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (a *App) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
+	metricsSrv, err := metrics.NewServer(a.logger, a.cfg.MetricsConfig())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	a.logger.Debug("Metrics server initialised")
+	defer metricsSrv.Close(context.Background())
+
+	conn, err := db.ConnectMongo(a.logger, a.cfg.Database)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer conn.Disconnect(context.Background())
+	a.logger.Debug("MongoDB connection established")
+
+	repo, err := mongostorage.New(a.logger, conn)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	a.logger.Debug("Storage repository initialised")
+
+	service, err := ingestor.New(a.logger, a.cfg, repo)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	a.logger.Info("Starting FX ingestor service", zap.String("version", appversion.Create().Info()))
+	metricsSrv.SetStatus(health.SSRunning)
+
+	if err := service.Run(ctx); err != nil {
+		if !errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) { // ignore termination reques error
+			a.logger.Error("Ingestor service exited with error", zap.Error(err))
+		}
+		return err
+	}
+	a.logger.Info("Ingestor service stopped")
+	return nil
+}