diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cfe440e..faf9a0b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -329,9 +329,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "configparser",
  "contextswitch-types",
  "dotenv",
+ "lazy_static",
  "listenfd",
  "mktemp",
  "once_cell",
+ "regex",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bc262f3..814ef51 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ tracing = { version = "0.1.0", features = ["log"] }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.0", features = ["std", "env-filter", "fmt", "json"] }
 tracing-log = "0.1.0"
 tracing-actix-web = "=0.5.0-beta.9"
+regex = "1.5.0"
+lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 once_cell = "1.0"
-reqwest = "0.11.0"
+reqwest = { version = "0.11.0", features = ["json"] }
diff --git a/src/contextswitch.rs b/src/contextswitch.rs
index 629892a..25f4ff7 100644
--- a/src/contextswitch.rs
+++ b/src/contextswitch.rs
@@ -43,3 +43,7 @@ pub fn export(filters: Vec<&str>) -> Result<Vec<Task>, Error> {
         .collect();
     tasks
 }
+
+pub fn add(add_args: Vec<&str>) -> Result<u64, Error> {
+    taskwarrior::add(add_args)
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 2e282c0..2b1b411 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
-use actix_web::{dev::Server, middleware, web, App, HttpResponse, HttpServer};
+use actix_web::{dev::Server, http, middleware, web, App, HttpResponse, HttpServer};
+use contextswitch_types::TaskDefinition;
 use listenfd::ListenFd;
-use serde::Deserialize;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde_json::json;
 use std::env;
 use std::io::Error;
 use std::net::TcpListener;
 use tracing_actix_web::TracingLogger;
 
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate lazy_static;
+
 pub mod contextswitch;
 pub mod observability;
 pub mod taskwarrior;
@@ -15,7 +20,7 @@ struct TaskQuery {
     filter: Option<String>,
 }
 
-#[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip(task_query))]
+#[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip_all, fields(filter = %task_query.filter.as_ref().unwrap_or(&"".to_string())))]
 async fn list_tasks(task_query: web::Query<TaskQuery>) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
     let filter = task_query
         .filter
@@ -28,6 +33,19 @@ async fn list_tasks(task_query: web::Query<TaskQuery>) -> Result<HttpResponse, E
         .body(serde_json::to_string(&tasks)?))
 }
 
+#[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip_all, fields(definition = %task_definition.definition))]
+async fn add_task(task_definition: web::Json<TaskDefinition>) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
+    let task_id = contextswitch::add(task_definition.definition.split(' ').collect())?;
+
+    Ok(HttpResponse::Ok()
+        .content_type("application/json")
+        .body(json!({ "id": task_id }).to_string()))
+}
+
+async fn option_task() -> HttpResponse {
+    HttpResponse::Ok().finish()
+}
+
 async fn health_check() -> HttpResponse {
     HttpResponse::Ok().finish()
 }
@@ -41,10 +59,17 @@ pub fn run(listener: TcpListener) -> Result<Server, std::io::Error> {
             .wrap(middleware::Compress::default())
             .wrap(
                 middleware::DefaultHeaders::new()
-                    .add(("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", cs_front_base_url.as_bytes())),
+                    .add(("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", cs_front_base_url.as_bytes()))
+                    .add((
+                        "Access-Control-Allow-Methods",
+                        "POST, GET, OPTIONS".as_bytes(),
+                    ))
+                    .add(("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "content-type".as_bytes())),
             )
             .route("/ping", web::get().to(health_check))
             .route("/tasks", web::get().to(list_tasks))
+            .route("/tasks", web::post().to(add_task))
+            .route("/tasks", web::method(http::Method::OPTIONS).to(option_task))
     })
     .keep_alive(60)
     .shutdown_timeout(60);
diff --git a/src/taskwarrior.rs b/src/taskwarrior.rs
index 914a456..ae1d455 100644
--- a/src/taskwarrior.rs
+++ b/src/taskwarrior.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use configparser::ini::Ini;
+use regex::Regex;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json;
 use std::env;
-use std::io::Error;
+use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::process::Command;
 use std::str;
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ use uuid::Uuid;
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Task {
     pub uuid: Uuid,
-    pub id: u32,
+    pub id: u64,
     #[serde(with = "contextswitch_types::tw_date_format")]
     pub entry: DateTime<Utc>,
     #[serde(with = "contextswitch_types::tw_date_format")]
@@ -99,11 +100,8 @@ pub fn load_config(task_data_location: Option<&str>) -> String {
 
 #[tracing::instrument(level = "debug")]
 pub fn export(filters: Vec<&str>) -> Result<Vec<Task>, Error> {
-    let mut args = vec!["export"];
-    args.extend(filters);
+    let args = [filters, vec!["export"]].concat();
     let export_output = Command::new("task").args(args).output()?;
-    let output = String::from_utf8(export_output.stdout.clone()).unwrap();
-    debug!("export output: {}", output);
 
     let tasks: Vec<Task> = serde_json::from_slice(&export_output.stdout)?;
 
@@ -111,12 +109,31 @@ pub fn export(filters: Vec<&str>) -> Result<Vec<Task>, Error> {
 }
 
 #[tracing::instrument(level = "debug")]
-pub fn add(add_args: Vec<&str>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+pub fn add(add_args: Vec<&str>) -> Result<u64, Error> {
     let mut args = vec!["add"];
     args.extend(add_args);
     let add_output = Command::new("task").args(args).output()?;
     let output = String::from_utf8(add_output.stdout).unwrap();
-    debug!("add output: {}", output);
+    lazy_static! {
+        static ref RE: Regex = Regex::new(r"Created task (?P<id>\d+).").unwrap();
+    }
+    let task_id_capture = RE.captures(&output).ok_or_else(|| {
+        Error::new(
+            ErrorKind::Other,
+            format!("Cannot extract task ID from: {}", &output),
+        )
+    })?;
+    let task_id_str = task_id_capture
+        .name("id")
+        .ok_or_else(|| {
+            Error::new(
+                ErrorKind::Other,
+                format!("Cannot extract task ID value from: {}", &output),
+            )
+        })?
+        .as_str();
 
-    Ok(())
+    task_id_str
+        .parse::<u64>()
+        .map_err(|_| Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, "Cannot parse task ID value"))
 }
diff --git a/tests/task.rs b/tests/task.rs
index 9212647..3a0f822 100644
--- a/tests/task.rs
+++ b/tests/task.rs
@@ -1,27 +1,53 @@
 pub mod test_helper;
 
-use contextswitch_api::taskwarrior;
+use contextswitch_api::{taskwarrior, TaskDefinition};
 use contextswitch_types::Task;
 
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn list_tasks() {
     let address = test_helper::spawn_app();
-    let task_data_path = test_helper::setup_tasks();
-    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
-    taskwarrior::add(vec!["test1", "contextswitch:'{\"test\": 1}'"]).unwrap();
+    let task_id =
+        taskwarrior::add(vec!["test", "list_tasks", "contextswitch:'{\"test\": 1}'"]).unwrap();
 
-    let response: reqwest::Response = client
-        .get(&format!("{}/tasks", &address))
+    let tasks: Vec<Task> = reqwest::Client::new()
+        .get(&format!("{}/tasks?filter={}", &address, task_id))
         .send()
         .await
-        .expect("Failed to execute request.");
+        .expect("Failed to execute request")
+        .json()
+        .await
+        .expect("Cannot parse JSON result");
 
-    test_helper::clear_tasks(task_data_path);
-    let text_body = response.text_with_charset("utf-8").await.unwrap();
-    let tasks: Vec<Task> = serde_json::from_str(&text_body).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(tasks.len(), 1);
-    assert_eq!(tasks[0].description, "test1");
-
+    assert_eq!(tasks[0].description, "test list_tasks");
     let cs_metadata = tasks[0].contextswitch.as_ref().unwrap();
     assert_eq!(cs_metadata.test, 1);
 }
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn add_task() {
+    let address = test_helper::spawn_app();
+    println!("add_task address: {}", address);
+
+    let response: serde_json::Value = reqwest::Client::new()
+        .post(&format!("{}/tasks", &address))
+        .json(&TaskDefinition {
+            definition: "test add_task contextswitch:{\"test\":1}".to_string(),
+        })
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .expect("Failed to execute request")
+        .json()
+        .await
+        .expect("Cannot parse JSON result");
+    let new_task_id = response["id"].as_u64().unwrap();
+    let tasks = taskwarrior::export(vec![&new_task_id.to_string()]).unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(tasks.len(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(tasks[0].id, new_task_id);
+    assert_eq!(tasks[0].description, "test add_task");
+    assert_eq!(
+        tasks[0].contextswitch.as_ref().unwrap(),
+        &"{\"test\":1}".to_string()
+    );
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_helper.rs b/tests/test_helper.rs
index f932428..3004e9b 100644
--- a/tests/test_helper.rs
+++ b/tests/test_helper.rs
@@ -10,23 +10,31 @@ static TRACING: Lazy<()> = Lazy::new(|| {
     init_subscriber(subscriber);
 });
 
-pub fn spawn_app() -> String {
-    Lazy::force(&TRACING);
-
+static SERVER_ADDRESS: Lazy<String> = Lazy::new(|| {
     let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").expect("Failed to bind random port");
     let port = listener.local_addr().unwrap().port();
 
     let server = contextswitch_api::run(listener).expect("Failed to bind address");
     let _ = tokio::spawn(server);
     format!("http://127.0.0.1:{}", port)
-}
+});
 
-pub fn setup_tasks() -> String {
+static TASK_DATA_LOCATION: Lazy<String> = Lazy::new(|| {
     let tmp_dir = Temp::new_dir().unwrap();
     let task_data_location = taskwarrior::load_config(tmp_dir.to_str());
     tmp_dir.release();
 
-    return task_data_location;
+    task_data_location
+});
+
+pub fn spawn_app() -> String {
+    Lazy::force(&TRACING);
+    setup_tasks();
+    Lazy::force(&SERVER_ADDRESS).to_string()
+}
+
+pub fn setup_tasks() -> String {
+    Lazy::force(&TASK_DATA_LOCATION).to_string()
 }
 
 pub fn clear_tasks(task_data_location: String) {