diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b3b2365..e01db23 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -159,3 +159,4 @@ IF(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES DEBUG)
 ENDIF(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES DEBUG)
 
 add_subdirectory(tests)
+add_subdirectory(tools)
diff --git a/tools/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f528fec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+add_subdirectory(convert)
diff --git a/tools/convert/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/convert/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..931ea1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/convert/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.14)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
+
+add_executable(kraken_convert main.cpp)
+
+if (WIN32)
+  add_compile_definitions(UNICODE)
+else(WIN32)
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "clang++")
+endif(WIN32)
+
+target_include_directories(kraken_convert PRIVATE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/hydra/include ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/kraken/public) 
+
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( kraken_convert kraken ${EXTRA_LIBS} )
+
diff --git a/tools/convert/main.cpp b/tools/convert/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f30542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/convert/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#include "main.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
+{
+  printf("Kraken Convert\n");
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/convert/main.h b/tools/convert/main.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29