diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 06fbc9a1bf..6b32f57abe 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1742,6 +1742,19 @@ name = "traitobject"
 version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tts_service"
+version = "0.0.1"
+dependencies = [
+ "hound 3.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "rocket 0.4.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "rocket_contrib 0.4.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.104 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde_derive 1.0.104 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde_json 1.0.44 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "tch 0.1.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typeable"
 version = "0.1.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e3b92d180e..9f3486ce97 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ authors = [ "Brandon Thomas <bt@brand.io>",
 members = [
   "tacotron_melgan",
   "tacotron_tensorflow",
+  "tts_service",
   "voice_converter_sidecar",
 ]
 default-members = [
   "tacotron_melgan",
   "tacotron_tensorflow",
+  "tts_service",
   "voice_converter_sidecar",
 ]
 
diff --git a/tacotron_melgan/src/server.rs b/tacotron_melgan/src/server.rs
index 7824f2eda6..07e745676a 100644
--- a/tacotron_melgan/src/server.rs
+++ b/tacotron_melgan/src/server.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use model::{TacoMelModel, load_wrapped_tensor_file, load_model_file, audio_signa
 use tch::nn::Module;
 use melgan::audio_tensor_to_audio_signal;
 use tch::Tensor;
+use std::panic;
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
 struct Message {
@@ -19,8 +20,20 @@ fn get_index() -> String {
 
 #[get("/tts?<text>")]
 fn get_tts(model: State<TacoMelModel>, text: &RawStr) -> Content<Vec<u8>> {
-  let audio_bytes = model.inner().run_tts_audio(text.as_str());
-  Content(ContentType::new("audio", "wav"), audio_bytes)
+
+  let result = panic::catch_unwind(|| {
+    let audio_bytes = model.inner().run_tts_audio(text.as_str());
+    audio_bytes
+  });
+
+  match result {
+    Err(_) => {
+      Content(ContentType::Plain, "there was an error".as_bytes().to_vec())
+    },
+    Ok(audio_bytes) => {
+      Content(ContentType::new("audio", "wav"), audio_bytes)
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 fn print_mel(tensor: &Tensor, i: i64) {
@@ -46,6 +59,7 @@ fn print_audio_signal(signal: &Vec<i16>, i: usize) {
 fn get_tts_test() -> Content<Vec<u8>> {
   println!("Loading melgan model...");
   let melgan_filename  = "/home/bt/dev/tacotron-melgan/shared_melgan_container.pt";
+  let melgan_filename  = "/home/bt/dev/tacotron-melgan/shared_melgan_container2.pt";
   let melgan_model = load_model_file(melgan_filename);
 
   println!("Loading mel...");
@@ -101,6 +115,7 @@ pub fn run_server() {
   //let melgan = "/home/bt/dev/voder/tacotron_melgan/melgan_jit_model_voder_c0cac635.pt";
   let melgan = "/home/bt/dev/voder/tacotron_melgan/melgan_container2.pt";
   let melgan = "/home/bt/dev/tacotron-melgan/shared_melgan_container.pt";
+  let melgan = "/home/bt/dev/tacotron-melgan/shared_melgan_container2.pt";
   let model = TacoMelModel::create(
     tacotron,
     melgan);
diff --git a/tts_service/Cargo.toml b/tts_service/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d6524a4d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tts_service/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[package]
+name = "tts_service"
+version = "0.0.1"
+authors = [ "Brandon Thomas <bt@brand.io>",
+            "Brandon Thomas <echelon@gmail.com>" ]
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "tts_service"
+path = "src/main.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+hound = "3.4.0" # wav codec
+rocket = "0.4.2" # http server
+rocket_contrib = "0.4.2" # http server
+serde = "1.0.104"
+serde_derive = "1.0.104"
+serde_json = "1.0.44"
+tch = "0.1.3" # libtorch bindings (pytorch)
+
diff --git a/tts_service/README.md b/tts_service/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca52667612
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tts_service/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+TTS Service
+===========
+This is the deployable TTS service. Whereas most of the other sub-projects are
+experimental, this one is meant for production deploys.
+
+Experiments for this are conducted in the `tacotron_melgan` sub-project.
+
diff --git a/tts_service/src/main.rs b/tts_service/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5db02344e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tts_service/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#![feature(proc_macro_hygiene, decl_macro)]
+
+#[macro_use] extern crate rocket;
+#[macro_use] extern crate rocket_contrib;
+#[macro_use] extern crate serde_derive;
+extern crate hound;
+extern crate serde;
+extern crate serde_json;
+extern crate tch;
+
+use rocket::http::{RawStr, ContentType};
+use rocket::response::content::Content;
+use rocket::{Request, State, Response};
+use rocket_contrib::json::{Json, JsonValue};
+use tch::CModule;
+use tch::Tensor;
+use tch::nn::Module;
+use tch::nn::ModuleT;
+
+#[catch(404)]
+fn not_found(_req: &Request) -> String {
+  "404 Not Found".into()
+}
+
+#[get("/")]
+pub fn get_root() -> String {
+  "Hello World".into()
+}
+
+#[get("/readiness")]
+pub fn get_readiness() -> String {
+  "Ready".into()
+}
+
+#[get("/liveness")]
+pub fn get_liveness() -> String {
+  "Live".into()
+}
+
+pub fn main() {
+  rocket::ignite()
+      .mount("/", routes![
+          get_root,
+          get_readiness,
+          get_liveness,
+      ])
+      //.manage(model)
+      .register(catchers![not_found])
+      .launch();
+}