diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f29c0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+name: Rust
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: main
+  release:
+    types: published
+env:
+  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+jobs:
+  bench:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          toolchain: nightly
+  # package:
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   steps:
+  #     - name: checkout
+  #       uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  #     - name: cleanup
+  #       run: rm -fr book/ sandbox/ tests/
+  #     - name: package
+  #       run: cargo package
+  #     - name: login
+  #       if: github.event_name == 'release'
+  #       run: cargo login ${{ secrets.CRATES_IO_TOKEN }}
+  #     - name: publish
+  #       if: github.event_name == 'release'
+  #       run: cargo publish
+  test:
+    if: github.event_name != 'release'
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [macos-latest, ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
+        toolchain:
+          - beta
+          - stable
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          # components: clippy, rustfmt
+          default: true
+          toolchain: ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
+      - name: build
+        run: cargo build --features arcwelder --release
+      # - name: clippy
+      #   run: cargo clippy -- -D warnings
+      # - name: clippy
+      #   run: cargo clippy --tests
+      # - name: doc
+      #   run: cargo rustdoc --release -- --html-in-header docs/katex.html
+      # - name: fmt
+      #   run: cargo fmt --all -- --check
+      - name: test
+        run: cargo test --features arcwelder --release
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d3c4db3..2ea19a4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+/arcwelderlib-sys/vendor/ArcWelderLib
 /target
 Cargo.lock
 *.gcode
+
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 87f4887..1c642d9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,3 +8,14 @@ clap = { version = "4.5.16", features = ["derive"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.213", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.132"
 stl_io = "0.8.2"
+
+[dependencies.arcwelderlib-sys]
+optional = true
+path = "arcwelderlib-sys"
+
+[features]
+default = []
+arcwelder = ["arcwelderlib-sys"]
+
+[workspace]
+members = ["arcwelderlib-sys"]
diff --git a/arcwelderlib-sys/Cargo.toml b/arcwelderlib-sys/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a5f4df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arcwelderlib-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[package]
+name = "arcwelderlib-sys"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2024"
+
+[build-dependencies]
+cmake = "0.1.54"
+git2 = "0.20.2"
diff --git a/arcwelderlib-sys/build.rs b/arcwelderlib-sys/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ffca47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arcwelderlib-sys/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+use git2::Repository;
+use std::env;
+use std::fs;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+fn main() {
+    let arcwelder_src = PathBuf::from("vendor/ArcWelderLib");
+
+    if !arcwelder_src.exists() {
+        println!("Cloning ArcWelderLib...");
+        Repository::clone("https://github.com/fieldOfView/ArcWelderLib.git", &arcwelder_src)
+            .expect("Failed to clone ArcWelderLib");
+    }
+
+    // This assumes ArcWelderConsole is the name of the CMake target
+    let dst = cmake::Config::new(&arcwelder_src)
+        .build_target("ArcWelderConsole")
+        .build();
+
+    // Typical output location is build/ArcWelderConsole
+    let exe_path = dst.join("build")
+        .join("ArcWelderConsole")
+        .join("ArcWelder");
+
+    let out_dir = PathBuf::from(env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap());
+    let target_path = out_dir.join("ArcWelderConsole");
+
+    fs::copy(&exe_path, &target_path).expect("Failed to copy ArcWelder executable");
+
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=vendor/ArcWelderLib");
+    println!("cargo:rustc-env=ARCWELDER_PATH={}", target_path.display());
+}
diff --git a/arcwelderlib-sys/src/lib.rs b/arcwelderlib-sys/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7aa92ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arcwelderlib-sys/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+/// Returns the path to the built ArcWelder executable
+fn arcwelder_exe_path() -> PathBuf {
+    PathBuf::from(env!("ARCWELDER_PATH"))
+}
+
+/// publicly callable command.
+pub fn arcwelder(input_file: &str, output_file: &str) -> () {
+    let arcwelder = arcwelder_exe_path();
+    let status = std::process::Command::new(arcwelder)
+        .args([input_file, output_file])
+        .status()
+        .expect("Failed to execute ArcWelder");
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6f5c134..b40fedf 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#[cfg(feature = "arcwelder")]
+use arcwelderlib_sys::arcwelder;
+
 use clap::Parser;
 use slicey::{
     geometry::STLMesh,
@@ -18,7 +21,10 @@ struct CLIArgs {
     stl_files: Vec<String>,
     /// Path to settings file
     #[arg(long)]
-    settings_file: String
+    settings_file: String,
+    /// Whether or not to use arcwelder. Requires cargo build --features arcwelder
+    #[arg(long)]
+    arcwelder: bool
 }
 
 fn main() {
@@ -31,4 +37,17 @@ fn main() {
         .collect();
     let slicer = Slicer::new(settings, stl_meshes);
     let _ = slicer.slice(&args.gcode_file);
+
+    // arcwelder stuff
+    let arcwelder_enabled = cfg!(feature = "arcwelder");
+    if arcwelder_enabled {
+        println!("ArcWelder feature is enabled.");
+    } else {
+        println!("ArcWelder feature is NOT enabled.");
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "arcwelder")]
+    if args.arcwelder {
+        arcwelder(&args.gcode_file, &args.gcode_file)
+    }
 }