diff --git a/servant-examples/getting-started/GS1.hs b/servant-examples/getting-started/GS1.hs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9cc815b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/servant-examples/getting-started/GS1.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators #-}
+
+import Data.Aeson
+import Data.Time.Calendar
+import GHC.Generics
+import Network.Wai.Handler.Warp (run)
+import Servant
+
+data User = User
+  { name :: String
+  , age :: Int
+  , email :: String
+  , registration_date :: Day
+  } deriving (Eq, Show, Generic)
+
+-- orphan ToJSON instance for Day. necessary to derive one for User
+instance ToJSON Day where
+  -- display a day in YYYY-mm-dd format
+  toJSON d = toJSON (showGregorian d)
+
+instance ToJSON User
+
+type UserAPI = "users" :> Get '[JSON] [User]
+
+users :: [User]
+users = 
+  [ User "Isaac Newton"    372 "isaac@newton.co.uk" (fromGregorian 1683  3 1)
+  , User "Albert Einstein" 136 "ae@mc2.org"         (fromGregorian 1905 12 1)
+  ]
+
+userAPI :: Proxy UserAPI
+userAPI = Proxy
+
+server :: Server UserAPI
+server = return users
+
+runServer :: Int -> IO ()
+runServer port = run port (serve userAPI server)
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = runServer 8081
+
diff --git a/servant-examples/servant-examples.cabal b/servant-examples/servant-examples.cabal
index 0dc4e22a..c0869ef7 100644
--- a/servant-examples/servant-examples.cabal
+++ b/servant-examples/servant-examples.cabal
@@ -13,6 +13,19 @@ category:            Web
 build-type:          Simple
 cabal-version:       >=1.10
 
+executable getting-started-1
+  main-is: GS1.hs
+  build-depends:
+      aeson >= 0.8
+    , base >= 4.7
+    , either
+    , servant
+    , servant-server
+    , time
+    , warp
+  hs-source-dirs: getting-started
+  default-language: Haskell2010
+
 executable hackage
   main-is:             hackage.hs
   build-depends: