diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fd9cb7f..66a16d8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ set(MONERO_SRC "${MONERO}/src")
 include_directories("$ENV{JAVA_HOME}")
 include_directories("$ENV{JAVA_HOME}/include")
 include_directories("$ENV{JAVA_HOME}/include/darwin")
+include_directories(src/)
 include_directories(${MONERO}/contrib/epee/include)
 include_directories(${MONERO}/external/)
 include_directories(${MONERO}/external/easylogging++)
diff --git a/src/wallet/MoneroWallet.cpp b/src/wallet/MoneroWallet.cpp
index 264e616..86dcaf6 100644
--- a/src/wallet/MoneroWallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/MoneroWallet.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+using namespace std;
+
+MoneroWallet::MoneroWallet() {
+  cout << "constructing" << endl;
+}
+
+MoneroWallet::~MoneroWallet() {
+  cout << "deconstructing" << endl;
+}
+
 void MoneroWallet::getMnemonic(epee::wipeable_string& mnemonic) const {
   throw runtime_error("Not implemented");
 }
diff --git a/src/wallet/MoneroWallet.h b/src/wallet/MoneroWallet.h
index fed6d09..0b1eba8 100644
--- a/src/wallet/MoneroWallet.h
+++ b/src/wallet/MoneroWallet.h
@@ -5,20 +5,20 @@ using namespace std;
  */
  class MoneroWallet {
 
-   /**
-    * Construct the wallet.	TODO
-    */
-   MoneroWallet()
-
-   /**
-    * Deconstructs the wallet.
-    */
-   ~MoneroWallet();
-
    // --------------------------------- PUBLIC --------------------------------
 
  public:
 
+    /**
+     * Construct the wallet.	TODO
+     */
+    MoneroWallet();
+
+    /**
+     * Deconstructs the wallet.
+     */
+    ~MoneroWallet();
+
 //   /**
 //    * Get the wallet's seed.
 //    *
@@ -35,6 +35,4 @@ using namespace std;
 
    // --------------------------------- PRIVATE --------------------------------
 
- private:
-
  };
diff --git a/test/Scratchpad.cpp b/test/Scratchpad.cpp
index 94f28f7..e774b06 100644
--- a/test/Scratchpad.cpp
+++ b/test/Scratchpad.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <iostream>
 #include "wallet2.h"
+#include "wallet/MoneroWallet.h"
+#include "wallet/MoneroWallet.cpp"
 //#include <boost/stacktrace.hpp>
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -51,5 +53,13 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
   cout << "Wallet exists: " << walletExists(path) << endl;
 
 //  openWallet(path, password, networkType);
-  createWalletRandom(language, networkType);
+//  createWalletRandom(language, networkType);
+
+  // create wallet
+  MoneroWallet* wallet = new MoneroWallet();
+
+  // get the mnemonic
+  epee::wipeable_string mnemonic;
+  wallet->getMnemonic(mnemonic);
+  cout << "Mnemonic: " << string(mnemonic.data(), mnemonic.size()) << endl;
 }