diff --git a/src/core/cellular_automaton.rs b/src/core/cellular_automaton.rs
index eff40e0..26815d0 100644
--- a/src/core/cellular_automaton.rs
+++ b/src/core/cellular_automaton.rs
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ impl CA1D {
         self.next_world = Box::new(next_world);
     }
 
+    pub fn set_world_initialisation(&mut self, world_initialisation: Vec<i8>) {
+        self.current_world = Box::new(world_initialisation);
+    }
+
     pub fn set_num_states(&mut self, num_states: u8) {
         self.num_states = num_states;
     }
@@ -107,5 +111,9 @@ impl CA1D {
         std::mem::swap(&mut self.current_world, &mut self.next_world);
     }
 
+    pub fn print(&self) {
+        println!("{}", self);
+    }
+
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/cellular_automaton_builder.rs b/src/core/cellular_automaton_builder.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..819df1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/cellular_automaton_builder.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+use crate::core::cellular_automaton::CA1D;
+use crate::core::cellular_automaton_configuration::CA1DConfiguration;
+use crate::core::cellular_automaton_configuration::CA1DConfigurationError;
+use crate::core::lookup_table_builder::LookupTableBuilder;
+use crate::core::lookup_table_builder::LookupTableBuilderError;
+
+pub struct CellularAutomatonBuilder;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum CellularAutomatonBuilderError {
+    ConfigurationError(CA1DConfigurationError),
+    LookupTableBuilderError(LookupTableBuilderError),
+}
+
+impl From<CA1DConfigurationError> for CellularAutomatonBuilderError {
+    fn from(err: CA1DConfigurationError) -> Self {
+        CellularAutomatonBuilderError::ConfigurationError(err)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<LookupTableBuilderError> for CellularAutomatonBuilderError {
+    fn from(err: LookupTableBuilderError) -> Self {
+        CellularAutomatonBuilderError::LookupTableBuilderError(err)
+    }
+}
+
+impl CellularAutomatonBuilder {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {}
+    }
+
+    pub fn build(&self, configuration_file_name: &str) -> Result<CA1D, CellularAutomatonBuilderError> {
+        let ca1d_configuration = CA1DConfiguration::new_from_json_file(configuration_file_name)?;
+
+        let lookup_table_builder = LookupTableBuilder::new();
+        let lookup_table = lookup_table_builder.build(ca1d_configuration.get_rules_file_name())?;
+
+        let mut ca1d = CA1D::new(
+            ca1d_configuration.get_num_states(),
+            ca1d_configuration.get_num_cells(),
+            lookup_table,
+        );
+
+        ca1d.set_world_initialisation(ca1d_configuration.get_world_initialisation());
+
+        Ok(ca1d)
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/core/cellular_automaton_configuration.rs b/src/core/cellular_automaton_configuration.rs
index 73a3283..69dc364 100644
--- a/src/core/cellular_automaton_configuration.rs
+++ b/src/core/cellular_automaton_configuration.rs
@@ -64,4 +64,16 @@ impl CA1DConfiguration {
     pub fn get_world_initialisation(&self) -> Vec<i8> {
         self.world_initialisation.clone().into()
     }
+
+    pub fn get_rules_file_name(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.rules_file_name
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_num_states(&self) -> u8 {
+        self.num_states
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_num_cells(&self) -> usize {
+        self.num_cells
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/src/core/mod.rs b/src/core/mod.rs
index e251d93..983ba91 100644
--- a/src/core/mod.rs
+++ b/src/core/mod.rs
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ pub mod lookup_table_builder;
 pub mod rules;
 pub mod cellular_automaton;
 pub mod cellular_automaton_configuration;
+pub mod cellular_automaton_builder;
diff --git a/tests/test_cellular_automaton_builder.rs b/tests/test_cellular_automaton_builder.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8e652e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_cellular_automaton_builder.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+use mono_axis::core::cellular_automaton_builder::CellularAutomatonBuilder;
+
+#[test]
+fn it_works() {
+    let cab = CellularAutomatonBuilder::new();
+    let mut ca = cab.build("examples/example_01/configuration.json").unwrap();
+
+    for _ in 0..7 {
+        ca.step();
+    }
+
+    let result = ca.get_current_world();
+
+    assert_eq!(*result, vec![0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0]);
+}
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