diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e625780..a86e1e4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -52,3 +52,4 @@ ChangeLog
 *~
 .*.swp
 .*sw?
+.idea
diff --git a/vitrageclient/__init__.py b/vitrageclient/__init__.py
index 0055612..e9ff28d 100644
--- a/vitrageclient/__init__.py
+++ b/vitrageclient/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
 # not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
 # a copy of the License at
diff --git a/vitrageclient/client.py b/vitrageclient/client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5bcf39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vitrageclient/client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+
+class Client(object):
+    pass
diff --git a/vitrageclient/exc.py b/vitrageclient/exc.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7125090
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vitrageclient/exc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+
+class VitrageBaseException(Exception):
+    """An error occurred."""
+    def __init__(self, message=None, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(BaseException, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.message = message
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.message or self.__class__.__doc__
diff --git a/vitrageclient/shell.py b/vitrageclient/shell.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12055bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vitrageclient/shell.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+
+class VitrageShell(object):
+    pass
diff --git a/vitrageclient/tests/base.py b/vitrageclient/tests/base.py
index 1c30cdb..b0b3d14 100644
--- a/vitrageclient/tests/base.py
+++ b/vitrageclient/tests/base.py
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-# Copyright 2010-2011 OpenStack Foundation
-# Copyright (c) 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
 # not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
diff --git a/vitrageclient/tests/test_vitrageclient.py b/vitrageclient/tests/test_vitrageclient.py
index 45ce008..3a15319 100644
--- a/vitrageclient/tests/test_vitrageclient.py
+++ b/vitrageclient/tests/test_vitrageclient.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
 # not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
 # a copy of the License at
diff --git a/vitrageclient/v1_0/__init__.py b/vitrageclient/v1_0/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/vitrageclient/v1_0/client.py b/vitrageclient/v1_0/client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5bcf39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vitrageclient/v1_0/client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+
+class Client(object):
+    pass