diff --git a/bin/hobo b/bin/hobo
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..7799f7502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/hobo
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+begin
+  require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "../vendor/gems/ruby/1.8/environment"))
+rescue LoadError
+end
+require 'git-style-binary/command'
+
+GitStyleBinary.primary do
+  version "Somewhere between 0 and 0.1"
+  
+  run { educate }
+end
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diff --git a/bin/hobo-up b/bin/hobo-up
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9316d7959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/hobo-up
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+begin
+  require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "../vendor/gems/ruby/1.8/environment"))
+rescue LoadError
+end
+
+require 'git-style-binary/command'
+
+# Get hobo
+hobodir = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib')
+$:.unshift(hobodir) unless $:.include?(hobodir)
+require 'hobo'
+
+GitStyleBinary.command do
+  short_desc "create the hobo environment"
+  banner <<-EOS
+Usage: #{command.full_name} #{all_options_string}
+
+Create the hobo environment.
+
+EOS
+
+  run do |command|
+    Hobo::VM.up
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/lib/hobo.rb b/lib/hobo.rb
index f35781727..8d1c9e15c 100644
--- a/lib/hobo.rb
+++ b/lib/hobo.rb
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ PROJECT_ROOT = File.join(libdir, '..')
 require 'ostruct'
 require 'ftools'
 require 'logger'
+require 'virtualbox'
 require 'hobo/config'
 require 'hobo/env'
 require 'hobo/ssh'
+require 'hobo/vm'
 
 # TODO: Make this configurable
 log_output = ENV['HOBO_ENV'] == 'test' ? nil : STDOUT
diff --git a/lib/hobo/config.rb b/lib/hobo/config.rb
index 7b16d6439..aee924000 100644
--- a/lib/hobo/config.rb
+++ b/lib/hobo/config.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 module Hobo
-  
-  
   module_function
 
   def config
diff --git a/lib/hobo/ssh.rb b/lib/hobo/ssh.rb
index db25bca68..418f98d6b 100644
--- a/lib/hobo/ssh.rb
+++ b/lib/hobo/ssh.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module Hobo
   class SSH
-    SCRIPT = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'bin', 'hobo-ssh-expect.sh')
+    SCRIPT = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'script', 'hobo-ssh-expect.sh')
     
     def self.connect(opts={})
       Kernel.exec "#{SCRIPT} #{uname(opts)} #{pass(opts)} #{host(opts)} #{port(opts)}".strip
diff --git a/lib/hobo/vm.rb b/lib/hobo/vm.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98503de15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/hobo/vm.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+module Hobo
+  class VM
+    class <<self
+      # Bring up the virtual machine. Imports the base image and
+      # provisions it.
+      def up
+        HOBO_LOGGER.info "Importing base VM (#{Hobo.config[:vm][:base]})..."
+        vm = VirtualBox::VM.import(File.expand_path(Hobo.config[:vm][:base]))
+    
+        HOBO_LOGGER.info "Persisting the VM UUID (#{vm.uuid})..."
+        # TODO: persist it! dot file in the root (where Hobofile is)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/bin/hobo-ssh-expect.sh b/script/hobo-ssh-expect.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/hobo-ssh-expect.sh
rename to script/hobo-ssh-expect.sh