diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/application_routes.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/application_routes.js
index 829875468..1fb86acd7 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/application_routes.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/application_routes.js
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ Discourse.Route.buildRoutes(function() {
     this.route(homepage, { path: '/' });
   });
 
+  this.resource('group', { path: '/groups/:groupname' });
+
   // User routes
   this.resource('user', { path: '/users/:username' }, function() {
     this.resource('userActivity', { path: '/activity' }, function() {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/group_route.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/group_route.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18315a938
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/group_route.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Discourse.GroupRoute = Discourse.Route.extend({
+
+  model: function() {
+    console.log('load it');
+  }
+
+});
diff --git a/app/controllers/groups_controller.rb b/app/controllers/groups_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..550c28248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/groups_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class GroupsController < ApplicationController
+
+  def show
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index c6dffe88d..1f984a6fc 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ Discourse::Application.routes.draw do
   get "posts/by_number/:topic_id/:post_number" => "posts#by_number"
   get "posts/:id/reply-history" => "posts#reply_history"
 
+  resources :groups
+
   resources :posts do
     put "bookmark"
     get "replies"