diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f414fc8..4d9c1b8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+app.ini
+debug.ini
+
 .venv-*
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
diff --git a/_freeze.py b/_freeze.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b2d77c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_freeze.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# FIXME: Get py2exe working for Windows builds (since it produces a single EXE).
+
+import sys
+from cx_Freeze import setup , Executable
+
+from constants import *
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# initialize
+extra_files = [
+    "resources/app.ico"
+]
+build_options = {
+    "packages": [ "os" ] ,
+    "excludes": [ "tkinter" ] ,
+    "include_files": extra_files ,
+}
+
+# freeze the application
+# FIXME! set the app icon
+target = Executable(
+    "main.py" ,
+    base = "Win32GUI" if sys.platform == "win32" else None ,
+    targetName = "asl_cards.exe" if sys.platform == "win32" else "asl_cards" ,
+)
+setup(
+    name = APP_NAME ,
+    version = APP_VERSION ,
+    description = APP_DESCRIPTION ,
+    options = {
+        APP_NAME: build_options
+    } ,
+    executables = [ target ]
+)
diff --git a/constants.py b/constants.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..db47598
--- /dev/null
+++ b/constants.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+APP_VENDOR = "Pacman Ghost"
+APP_HOME_URL = "https://github.com/pacman-ghost"
+APP_NAME = "ASL Cards"
+APP_VERSION = "v0.1"
+APP_DESCRIPTION = "ASL Cards viewer."
+
+# settings file
+MAINWINDOW_POSITION = "MainWindow/position"
+MAINWINDOW_SIZE = "MainWindow/size"
+#
+CONFIRM_EXIT = "Settings/ConfirmExit"
diff --git a/freeze.sh b/freeze.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..833eb0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/freeze.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# initialize
+BASE_DIR=$(readlink -f "`dirname "$0"`")
+RELEASE_FILENAME="/tmp/asl_cards.tar.gz"
+
+# freeze the application
+cd "$BASE_DIR"
+rm -rf build
+python _freeze.py build
+if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+    echo "ERROR: Freeze failed."
+    exit $?
+fi
+
+# create the release
+cd build/exe.linux-x86_64-3.6
+tar cfz "$RELEASE_FILENAME" .
+echo
+echo "Created release:"
+ls -lh "$RELEASE_FILENAME" | sed -e "s/^/  /"
+
+# clean up
+rm -rf "$BASE_DIR/build"
diff --git a/globals.py b/globals.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8e2207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/globals.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# who we are, and where we live
+base_dir = None
+app_name = None
+
+# application settings
+app_settings = None
+debug_settings = None
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4784017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import sys
+import os
+import getopt
+
+from PyQt5.QtCore import QSettings , QDir
+from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication
+
+from constants import *
+import globals
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def do_main( args ) :
+
+    # initialize
+    QApplication.setOrganizationName( APP_VENDOR )
+    QApplication.setOrganizationDomain( APP_HOME_URL )
+    QApplication.setApplicationName( APP_NAME )
+
+    # initialize
+    globals.base_dir , app_name = os.path.split(
+        os.path.abspath( sys.executable if hasattr(sys,"frozen") else __file__ )
+    )
+    globals.app_name = os.path.splitext( app_name )[ 0 ]
+
+    # parse the command-line arguments
+    settings_fname = None
+    opts , args = getopt.getopt( args[1:] , "c:h?" , ["config=","help"] )
+    for opt,val in opts :
+        if opt in ["-c","--config"] :
+            settings_fname = val
+        elif opt in ["-h","--help","-?"] :
+            print_help()
+        else :
+            raise RuntimeError( "Unknown argument: {}".format( opt ) )
+    if not settings_fname :
+        # try to locate the settings file
+        settings_fname = os.path.join( globals.base_dir , globals.app_name+".ini" )
+        if not os.path.isfile( settings_fname ) :
+            settings_fname = os.path.split(settings_fname)[ 1 ]
+            if sys.platform != "win32" :
+                settings_fname = "." + settings_fname
+            settings_fname = os.path.join( QDir.homePath() , settings_fname  )
+
+    # load our settings
+    globals.app_settings = QSettings( settings_fname , QSettings.IniFormat )
+    fname = os.path.join( os.path.split(settings_fname)[0] , "debug.ini" )
+    globals.debug_settings = QSettings( fname , QSettings.IniFormat )
+
+    # do main processing
+    app = QApplication( sys.argv )
+    import main_window
+    main_window = main_window.MainWindow()
+    main_window.show()
+    return app.exec_()
+
+# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+
+def print_help() :
+    print( "{} {{options}}".format( os.path.split(sys.argv[0])[1] ) ) # FIXME! frozen?
+    print( "  {}".format( APP_DESCRIPTION ) )
+    print()
+    print( "  -c   --config    Config file." )
+    sys.exit()
+
+# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+
+if __name__ == "__main__" :
+    sys.exit( do_main( sys.argv ) )
diff --git a/main_window.py b/main_window.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fd94b03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main_window.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import sys
+import os
+
+from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt , QPoint , QSize
+from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMainWindow
+from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMessageBox
+from PyQt5.QtGui import QIcon
+
+from constants import *
+import globals
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class MainWindow( QMainWindow ) :
+
+    def __init__( self ) :
+        super().__init__()
+        # initialize the window
+        self.setWindowTitle( APP_NAME )
+        self.setWindowIcon( QIcon("resources/app.ico") )
+        # load the window settings
+        self.resize( globals.app_settings.value( MAINWINDOW_SIZE , QSize(500,300) ) )
+        self.move( globals.app_settings.value( MAINWINDOW_POSITION , QPoint(200,200) ) )
+
+    def closeEvent( self , evt ) :
+        """Handle window close."""
+        # confirm the close
+        if globals.app_settings.value( CONFIRM_EXIT , True , type=bool ) :
+            rc = QMessageBox.question( self , "Confirm close" ,
+                "Do you want to the close the program?" ,
+                QMessageBox.Ok | QMessageBox.Cancel ,
+                QMessageBox.Cancel
+            )
+            if rc != QMessageBox.Ok :
+                evt.ignore()
+        # save the window settings
+        # FIXME! handle fullscreen
+        globals.app_settings.setValue( MAINWINDOW_POSITION ,  self.pos() )
+        globals.app_settings.setValue( MAINWINDOW_SIZE ,  self.size() )
+
+    def keyPressEvent( self , evt ) :
+        """Handle key-presses."""
+        if evt.key() == Qt.Key_Escape and globals.debug_settings.value("Debug/AllowEscapeToClose",type=bool) :
+            self.close()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccccc6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# python == 3.6.1
+
+# NOTE: There are additional requirements for the asl_cards module (see its requirements.txt).
+PyQt5 == 5.8.2
+cx-Freeze == 5.0.1
diff --git a/resources/app.ico b/resources/app.ico
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c3e3649
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