diff --git a/router.go b/router.go
index 3f2e095..dd0a6b9 100644
--- a/router.go
+++ b/router.go
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 package router
 
-import "net/http"
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+)
 
 type route struct {
 	method   string
@@ -8,9 +13,17 @@ type route struct {
 	callback http.HandlerFunc
 }
 
+type segment struct {
+	path     string
+	methods  map[string]bool
+	callback http.HandlerFunc
+	children map[string]*segment
+}
+
 // Router is the main router object that keeps track of an looks up routes.
 type Router struct {
 	routes []route
+	lookup *segment
 }
 
 // NewRouter is a constructor for Router.
@@ -20,7 +33,62 @@ func NewRouter() (r Router) {
 
 // AddRoute adds a new route with a corresponding callback to the router.
 func (r *Router) AddRoute(method string, path string, callback http.HandlerFunc) (err error) {
-	r.routes = append(r.routes, route{method, path, callback})
+	keys := setupKeys(strings.Split(path, "/"))
+	if r.lookup == nil {
+		r.lookup = &segment{}
+		r.lookup.children = map[string]*segment{}
+		r.lookup.methods = map[string]bool{}
+	}
+
+	curr := r.lookup
+
+	fmt.Printf("Keys: %v", len(keys))
+
+	for _, key := range keys {
+		var seg segment
+		if child, ok := curr.children[key]; !ok {
+			seg = *newSegment(curr.path, key)
+			curr.children[key] = &seg
+			curr = &seg
+		} else {
+			curr = child
+		}
+	}
+
+	if curr.methods[method] {
+		err = errors.New("path already exists")
+	}
+
+	if err == nil {
+		curr.callback = callback
+		curr.methods[method] = true
+		r.routes = append(r.routes, route{method, path, callback})
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+func addSegment(curr *segment, keys []string) (seg *segment) {
+	for _, key := range keys {
+		if child, ok := curr.children[key]; !ok {
+			seg = newSegment(curr.path, key)
+			curr.children[key] = seg
+			curr = seg
+		} else {
+			curr = child
+		}
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+func setupKeys(slice []string) (clean []string) {
+	clean = append(clean, "/")
+	for _, v := range slice {
+		if v != "" {
+			clean = append(clean, "/"+v)
+		}
+	}
 
 	return
 }
@@ -30,11 +98,21 @@ func (r *Router) Get(path string, callback http.HandlerFunc) {
 	r.AddRoute(http.MethodGet, path, callback)
 }
 
-// // Handle I don't know what this is yet, I assume it's called when there's a request
-// func (r *Router) Handle(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
-// 	return
-// }
-
 func (r Router) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	return
 }
+
+func newSegment(parentPath string, key string) (seg *segment) {
+	var path string
+	if parentPath == "/" {
+		path = key
+	} else {
+		path = parentPath + key
+	}
+	seg = &segment{}
+	seg.children = map[string]*segment{}
+	seg.methods = map[string]bool{}
+	seg.path = path
+
+	return
+}
diff --git a/router_test.go b/router_test.go
index 147eb87..bccc688 100644
--- a/router_test.go
+++ b/router_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ func TestAddRouter(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error("The route was not correctly added to the router: ", err)
 	}
+
+	checkLookup(r.lookup)
+}
+
+func checkLookup(curr *segment) {
+	fmt.Printf("%p { path: %s, methods: %v, children: %v, callback: %p }\n", curr, curr.path, curr.methods, curr.children, curr.callback)
+
+	for _, v := range curr.children {
+		checkLookup(v)
+	}
 }
 
 func addAndCheckRoute(r *Router, method string, path string, callback http.HandlerFunc, routeCounter *int) (err error) {