diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2db5a94..1e1314c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ TARGET = kyn
 all: $(TARGET)
 
 # Link the object files to create the executable
+# At this point, we do -lcurl to link curl for the request lib
 $(TARGET): $(OBJS)
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $(TARGET) $(OBJS)
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -lcurl -o $(TARGET) $(OBJS)
 
 # Compile .cpp files to .o files in the build directory
 $(BUILD_DIR)/%.o: %.cpp
diff --git a/src/defs/defs.cpp b/src/defs/defs.cpp
index edd9d6b..6721636 100644
--- a/src/defs/defs.cpp
+++ b/src/defs/defs.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ InstructionType strToInstructionType(std::string in) {
     else if (in == "file") return InstructionType::File;
     else if (in == "struct") return InstructionType::Struct;
     else if (in == "assert") return InstructionType::Assert;
+    else if (in == "request") return InstructionType::Request;
     else return InstructionType::Variable;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/defs/defs.h b/src/defs/defs.h
index e318507..778a1b6 100644
--- a/src/defs/defs.h
+++ b/src/defs/defs.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <map>
 
 enum class InstructionType {
-    None, Print, Println, Math, Let, Variable, Exit, If, While, Input, Compare, Function, Struct, Return, Concat, Split, File, Assert
+    None, Print, Println, Math, Let, Variable, Exit, If, While, Input, Compare, Function, Struct, Return, Concat, Split, File, Assert, Request
 };
 
 enum class ValueType {
diff --git a/src/executor/executor.cpp b/src/executor/executor.cpp
index 99be250..9c4f1ec 100644
--- a/src/executor/executor.cpp
+++ b/src/executor/executor.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "../modules/split/split.h"
 #include "../modules/concat/concat.h"
 #include "../modules/file/file.h"
+#include "../modules/request/request.h"
 #include "../modules/assert/assert.h"
 
 // Forward declaration for mutual recursion
@@ -257,6 +258,8 @@ Value execute(Instruction inst) {
             return modules::concat(inst.args);
         case InstructionType::File:
             return modules::file(inst.args);
+        case InstructionType::Request:
+            return modules::request(inst.args);
         case InstructionType::Exit:
             return modules::exit(inst.args);
         case InstructionType::Return: {
diff --git a/src/modules/request/request.cpp b/src/modules/request/request.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d79ba7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/request/request.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#include "request.h"
+#include "../../defs/defs.h"
+#include "../../error/error.h"
+#include <vector>
+#include <string>
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
+enum class RequestType {
+    GET, POST
+};
+
+size_t WriteCallback(void* contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb, std::string* userp) {
+    size_t totalSize = size * nmemb;
+    userp->append((char*)contents, totalSize);
+    return totalSize;
+}
+
+std::string curlWrapper(std::string url, RequestType requestType, std::string data = "") {
+    CURL* curl = curl_easy_init();
+    std::string response;
+    if (curl) {
+        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url.c_str());
+        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, WriteCallback);
+        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &response);
+        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "kyn-libcurl-agent/1.0");
+
+        if (requestType == RequestType::POST) {
+            curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1L);
+            curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, data.c_str());
+        }
+
+        CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+        if (res != CURLE_OK) {
+            error("Request failed: " + std::string(curl_easy_strerror(res)));
+            response = "KYNERR";
+        }
+        
+        curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+    }
+    return response;
+}
+
+Value modules::request(std::vector<Value> args) {
+    if (args.size() < 2) {
+        error("Not enough args for request module");
+        return Value("Error");
+    }
+    if (args[1].valtype != ValueType::String) {
+        error("Expecting a string to identify request URL");
+        return Value("Error");
+    }
+    if (args[0].valtype == ValueType::Identifier) {
+        if (args[0].string_val == "get") {
+            std::string response = curlWrapper(args[1].string_val, RequestType::GET);
+            if (response == "KYNERR") return Value("Error");
+            return Value(response);
+        } else if (args[0].string_val == "post") {
+            if (args.size() < 3 || args[2].valtype != ValueType::String) {
+                error("post submodule of request expects a string as 2nd arg");
+                return Value("Error");
+            }
+            std::string response = curlWrapper(args[1].string_val, RequestType::POST, args[2].string_val);
+            if (response == "KYNERR") return Value("Error");
+            return Value(response);
+        }
+    }
+    error("Unknown submodule for request. Only 'get' and 'post' are available.");
+    return Value("Error");
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/request/request.h b/src/modules/request/request.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..037a8b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/request/request.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <vector>
+#include "../../defs/defs.h"
+
+namespace modules {
+    Value request(std::vector<Value> args);
+}
diff --git a/tests/loop.kyn b/tests/loop.kyn
index 8ee52b9..bea16be 100644
--- a/tests/loop.kyn
+++ b/tests/loop.kyn
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 let counter = 0
 
-while compare $counter <= 1000 {
+while compare $counter <= 10000 {
 	println $counter
 	counter = (math 1 + $counter)
 }
diff --git a/tests/test.kyn b/tests/test.kyn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d04622b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test.kyn
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+println "thing"
+
+if compare 5 == 10 {
+	println "uh oh its broken"
+} else {
+	println "its working"
+}
+
+struct Dingus {
+	name = <String>
+	age = <Int>
+	fun init name age {
+		self name = name
+		self age = age
+	}
+
+	fun tostring {
+		return (concat name ", " age)
+	}
+}
+
+let myDingus = (Dingus "dingus" 23)
+
+fun myFn param1 param2 andSoOn {
+	println param1
+	return param2
+}
+
+println (myFn 123 "hi" 3.14)
+
+let favNumbers = [7, 14, 21]
+
+println (file read "README.md")