diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 5057f09..e3d8444 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ func IndexHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 }
 
 func main() {
+	LoadPipelines()
+
 	r := mux.NewRouter()
 	r.HandleFunc("/", IndexHandler)
 
diff --git a/pipeline.go b/pipeline.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..431aa8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pipeline.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/fs"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+var Pipelines []Pipeline
+
+type PipelineType int
+type PipelineStepType int
+
+const (
+	Image PipelineType = iota
+	Video
+)
+
+const (
+	Resize PipelineStepType = iota
+	Compress
+	Encode
+)
+
+type Pipeline struct {
+	Name           string
+	Type           PipelineType
+	RemoveMetadata bool
+	Steps          []Step
+}
+
+type Step struct {
+	Name string
+	Type PipelineStepType
+}
+
+func DeserializePipelines(pipelines [][]byte) []Pipeline {
+	values := make([]Pipeline, len(pipelines))
+
+	for index, pipeline := range pipelines {
+		var deserializedObject Pipeline
+		json.Unmarshal(pipeline, &deserializedObject)
+		values[index] = deserializedObject
+	}
+
+	return values
+}
+
+func LoadPipelines() {
+	var files [][]byte
+
+	path, _ := os.Getwd()
+
+	err := filepath.Walk(path+"/pipelines", func(path string, info fs.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		if err == nil && info.IsDir() == false {
+			fmt.Println(path)
+			data, _ := os.ReadFile(path)
+			files = append(files, data)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	Pipelines = DeserializePipelines(files)
+}
diff --git a/pipeline_test.go b/pipeline_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59450d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pipeline_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+const ValidPayload string = `{
+    "name": "example pipeline",
+    "type": 0,
+    "removeMetadata": false,
+    "steps": [
+        {
+            "name": "resize image",
+            "type": 0
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "compress image",
+            "type": 1
+        }
+    ]
+}`
+
+func TestPipelineDeserialization(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Pipelines deserialization is successful", func(t *testing.T) {
+		values := DeserializePipelines([][]byte{[]byte(ValidPayload)})
+
+		assert.Equal(t, 1, len(values), "Output should contain one element")
+		assert.Equal(t, "example pipeline", values[0].Name)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/pipelines/example.json b/pipelines/example.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc42609
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pipelines/example.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+    "name": "example pipeline",
+    "type": 0,
+    "removeMetadata": false,
+    "steps": [
+        {
+            "name": "resize image",
+            "type": 0
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "compress image",
+            "type": 1
+        }
+    ]
+}
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