diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ec43e83..de65953 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -127,3 +127,6 @@ docs/gen
 *.njsproj
 *.sln
 *.sw?
+
+#API codegen files
+./src/store/LynxScannerApi.ts
diff --git a/openapi-config.ts b/openapi-config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe87aa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openapi-config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import type { ConfigFile } from '@rtk-query/codegen-openapi'
+
+const config: ConfigFile = {
+  schemaFile: './openapi.yaml',
+  apiFile: './src/store/emptyApi.ts',
+  apiImport: 'emptySplitApi',
+  outputFile: './src/store/LynxScannerApi.ts',
+  exportName: 'LynxScannerApi',
+  hooks: true,
+}
+
+export default config
diff --git a/src/store/emptyApi.ts b/src/store/emptyApi.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab51dab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/store/emptyApi.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// Or from '@reduxjs/toolkit/query' if not using the auto-generated hooks
+import { createApi, fetchBaseQuery } from '@reduxjs/toolkit/query/react'
+
+// initialize an empty api service that we'll inject endpoints into later as needed
+export const emptySplitApi = createApi({
+  baseQuery: fetchBaseQuery({ baseUrl: '/' }),
+  endpoints: () => ({})
+})