diff --git a/verbanote/loaders.py b/verbanote/loaders.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6ad740
--- /dev/null
+++ b/verbanote/loaders.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import locale
+from pathlib import Path
+from whisper import Whisper
+from pyannote.audio import Pipeline
+import torch
+import static_ffmpeg
+import gdown
+
+
+def prep() -> None:
+    locale.getpreferredencoding = lambda: "UTF-8"
+    # download and add ffmpeg to env
+    static_ffmpeg.add_paths()
+
+def audiofile(drive_url: str, path: str) -> Path | None:
+    if not drive_url:
+        return None
+    fn = Path.joinpath(Path(path), "interview")
+    gdown.download(drive_url, str(fn))
+    return fn
+
+def diarization(access_token: str | None) -> Pipeline:
+    return Pipeline.from_pretrained(
+        "pyannote/speaker-diarization", use_auth_token=access_token
+    )
+
+
+def whisper() -> Whisper:
+    # LOAD MODEL INTO VRAM
+    device = torch.device("cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu")
+    return whisper.load_model("large", device=device)
diff --git a/verbanote/rp_handler.py b/verbanote/rp_handler.py
index a72f565..6cd93fe 100644
--- a/verbanote/rp_handler.py
+++ b/verbanote/rp_handler.py
@@ -1,17 +1,31 @@
+from pathlib import Path
 import runpod
+from runpod.serverless import os
+import loaders
 
-def is_even(job):
-    job_input = job["input"]
-    num = job_input["number"]
+access_token = os.environ.get("VERBANOTE_HF_TOKEN")
+output_path = os.environ.get("VERBANOTE_OUTPUT_PATH", "/transcriptions")
+output_path = str(Path(output_path))
+input_path = os.environ.get("VERBANOTE_INPUT_PATH", "/audiofiles")
+input_path = str(Path(input_path))
 
-    if not isinstance(num, int):
-        return {"error": "Integer required."}
+loaders.prep()
+diarize_pipeline = loaders.diarization(access_token)
+whisper_model = loaders.whisper()
 
-    if num % 2 == 0:
-        return True
 
-    return False
+def handler(job):
+    input = job["input"]
+    audiofile = loaders.audiofile(input.get("file"), path = input_path)
+    if not audiofile:
+        return {"error": "missing audio file location"}
+
+    return {
+        "speaker_timings": "s3-address-to-speakers",
+        "transcription_text": "s3-address-to-transcription",
+        "transcription_page": "web-address-to-deployment",
+    }
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    runpod.serverless.start({"handler": is_even})
+    runpod.serverless.start({"handler": handler})