diff --git a/source/shoh/.cproject b/source/shoh/.cproject
index c20b11d..b1e8833 100644
--- a/source/shoh/.cproject
+++ b/source/shoh/.cproject
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 									<listOptionValue builtIn="false" value="&quot;${workspace_loc:/shoh/src/threads/common}&quot;"/>
 									<listOptionValue builtIn="false" value="&quot;${workspace_loc:/shoh/src/threads/master}&quot;"/>
 									<listOptionValue builtIn="false" value="&quot;${workspace_loc:/${ProjName}/src/threads/rotary}&quot;"/>
+									<listOptionValue builtIn="false" value="&quot;${workspace_loc:/${ProjName}/src/threads/manager}&quot;"/>
 									<listOptionValue builtIn="false" value="&quot;${workspace_loc:/shoh/src/peripherals}&quot;"/>
 								</option>
 								<option id="com.crt.advproject.cpp.misc.dialect.4036734" name="Language standard" superClass="com.crt.advproject.cpp.misc.dialect" useByScannerDiscovery="true" value="com.crt.advproject.misc.dialect.cpp17" valueType="enumerated"/>
diff --git a/source/shoh/src/main.cpp b/source/shoh/src/main.cpp
index d374f52..579acae 100644
--- a/source/shoh/src/main.cpp
+++ b/source/shoh/src/main.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "Rotary.h"
 #include "retarget_uart.h"
 #include "LiquidCrystal.h"
+#include "Manager.h"
 
 void lcd_starting();
 
@@ -32,6 +33,9 @@ int main(void)
   manager->createTask(master_thread, "master",
                       configMINIMAL_STACK_SIZE * 10,tskIDLE_PRIORITY + 1UL,
                       static_cast<void*>(qmanager));
+  manager->createTask(thread_manager, "manager",
+                      configMINIMAL_STACK_SIZE * 10,tskIDLE_PRIORITY + 1UL,
+                      static_cast<void*>(qmanager));
   manager->createTask(rotary_thread, "rotary",
                       configMINIMAL_STACK_SIZE * 10,tskIDLE_PRIORITY + 1UL,
                       static_cast<void*>(qmanager));
diff --git a/source/shoh/src/threads/manager/Manager.cpp b/source/shoh/src/threads/manager/Manager.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1f2b2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/shoh/src/threads/manager/Manager.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Manager.cpp
+ *
+ *  Created on: 29 Apr 2023
+ *      Author: dave
+ */
+
+#include "Manager.h"
+#include "ThreadCommon.h"
+
+Manager::Manager(ThreadCommon::QueueManager* qm) : _qm(qm)
+{
+	// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+
+}
+
+Manager::~Manager() 
+{
+	// TODO Auto-generated destructor stub
+}
+
+void Manager::taskFunction()
+{
+	for(;;)
+	{
+		vTaskDelay(1);
+	}
+}
+
+void thread_manager(void* pvParams)
+{
+	Manager m(static_cast<ThreadCommon::QueueManager*>(pvParams));
+	m.taskFunction();
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/source/shoh/src/threads/manager/Manager.h b/source/shoh/src/threads/manager/Manager.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f214a04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/shoh/src/threads/manager/Manager.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Manager.h
+ *
+ *  Created on: 29 Apr 2023
+ *      Author: dave
+ */
+
+#ifndef THREADS_MANAGER_MANAGER_H_
+#define THREADS_MANAGER_MANAGER_H_
+
+#include "ThreadCommon.h"
+#include "Event.h"
+
+class Manager {
+public:
+	Manager(ThreadCommon::QueueManager* qm);
+	virtual ~Manager();
+	void taskFunction();
+private:
+	Event* message;
+	ThreadCommon::QueueManager* _qm;
+};
+
+void thread_manager(void* pvParams);
+
+#endif /* THREADS_MANAGER_MANAGER_H_ */