diff --git a/flight/autoload.php b/flight/autoload.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e401728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flight/autoload.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use flight\core\Loader;
+
+require_once __DIR__ . '/Flight.php';
+require_once __DIR__ . '/core/Loader.php';
+
+if (file_exists(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php')) {
+    return require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+}
+
+Loader::autoload(true, dirname(__DIR__));
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 2c9a8ba..e9af83f 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
-require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
+require_once __DIR__ . '/flight/autoload.php';
 
 Flight::route('/', function () {
     echo 'hello world!';