diff --git a/blazingly-fast.md b/blazingly-fast.md
index 64376ac..8e78b52 100644
--- a/blazingly-fast.md
+++ b/blazingly-fast.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ not read files but outputting a static text just like in the other examples.
 **maybe someone with rust experience** can have a look at my
 [wrk/rust/hello](wrk/rust/hello) code and tell me why it's surprisingly slow, as
 I expected it to be faster than the basic GO example. I'll enable the
-GitHub discussions for this matter. My suspicion is the use of muteces.
+GitHub discussions for this matter. My suspicion is the use of mutexes .
 
 ![](wrk_tables.png)
 
diff --git a/wrk/rust/hello/.gitignore b/wrk/rust/hello/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6985cf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wrk/rust/hello/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Generated by Cargo
+# will have compiled files and executables
+debug/
+target/
+
+# Remove Cargo.lock from gitignore if creating an executable, leave it for libraries
+# More information here https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/guide/cargo-toml-vs-cargo-lock.html
+Cargo.lock
+
+# These are backup files generated by rustfmt
+**/*.rs.bk
+
+# MSVC Windows builds of rustc generate these, which store debugging information
+*.pdb
diff --git a/wrk/rust/hello/Cargo.toml b/wrk/rust/hello/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb1ec2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wrk/rust/hello/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[package]
+name = "hello"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/wrk/rust/hello/hello.html b/wrk/rust/hello/hello.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2b3773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wrk/rust/hello/hello.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hello from RUST!
diff --git a/wrk/rust/hello/src/lib.rs b/wrk/rust/hello/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..936d014
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wrk/rust/hello/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+use std::{
+    sync::{mpsc, Arc, Mutex},
+    thread,
+};
+
+pub struct ThreadPool {
+    workers: Vec<Worker>,
+    sender: Option<mpsc::Sender<Job>>,
+}
+
+type Job = Box<dyn FnOnce() + Send + 'static>;
+
+impl ThreadPool {
+    /// Create a new ThreadPool.
+    ///
+    /// The size is the number of threads in the pool.
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    ///
+    /// The `new` function will panic if the size is zero.
+    pub fn new(size: usize) -> ThreadPool {
+        assert!(size > 0);
+
+        let (sender, receiver) = mpsc::channel();
+
+        let receiver = Arc::new(Mutex::new(receiver));
+
+        let mut workers = Vec::with_capacity(size);
+
+        for id in 0..size {
+            workers.push(Worker::new(id, Arc::clone(&receiver)));
+        }
+
+        ThreadPool {
+            workers,
+            sender: Some(sender),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn execute<F>(&self, f: F)
+    where
+        F: FnOnce() + Send + 'static,
+    {
+        let job = Box::new(f);
+
+        self.sender.as_ref().unwrap().send(job).unwrap();
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for ThreadPool {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        drop(self.sender.take());
+
+        for worker in &mut self.workers {
+            println!("Shutting down worker {}", worker.id);
+
+            if let Some(thread) = worker.thread.take() {
+                thread.join().unwrap();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+struct Worker {
+    id: usize,
+    thread: Option<thread::JoinHandle<()>>,
+}
+
+impl Worker {
+    fn new(id: usize, receiver: Arc<Mutex<mpsc::Receiver<Job>>>) -> Worker {
+        let thread = thread::spawn(move || loop {
+            let message = receiver.lock().unwrap().recv();
+
+            match message {
+                Ok(job) => {
+                    // println!("Worker  got a job; executing.");
+
+                    job();
+                }
+                Err(_) => {
+                    // println!("Worker  disconnected; shutting down.");
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        Worker {
+            id,
+            thread: Some(thread),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/wrk/rust/hello/src/main.rs b/wrk/rust/hello/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34a7474
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wrk/rust/hello/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+use hello::ThreadPool;
+// use std::fs;
+use std::io::prelude::*;
+use std::net::TcpListener;
+use std::net::TcpStream;
+// use std::thread;
+// use std::time::Duration;
+
+fn main() {
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:7878").unwrap();
+    let pool = ThreadPool::new(4);
+
+    // for stream in listener.incoming().take(2) {
+    for stream in listener.incoming() {
+        let stream = stream.unwrap();
+
+        pool.execute(|| {
+            handle_connection(stream);
+        });
+    }
+
+    println!("Shutting down.");
+}
+
+fn handle_connection(mut stream: TcpStream) {
+    let mut buffer = [0; 1024];
+    stream.read(&mut buffer).unwrap();
+
+
+    let status_line = "HTTP/1.1 200 OK";
+
+    let contents = "HELLO from RUST!";
+
+    let response = format!(
+        "{}\r\nContent-Length: {}\r\n\r\n{}",
+        status_line,
+        contents.len(),
+        contents
+    );
+
+    stream.write_all(response.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+    stream.flush().unwrap();
+}