diff --git a/concepts/basics-1/.meta/config.json b/concepts/basics-1/.meta/config.json
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+++ b/concepts/basics-1/.meta/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "authors": [
+    "redvers"
+  ],
+  "blurb": "Learn the basic syntax of an pony program"
+}
diff --git a/concepts/basics-1/about.md b/concepts/basics-1/about.md
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index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/concepts/basics-1/introduction.md b/concepts/basics-1/introduction.md
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index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/concepts/basics-1/links.json b/concepts/basics-1/links.json
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+++ b/concepts/basics-1/links.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[]
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 62a75c1..bd87503 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -3,11 +3,18 @@
   "slug": "pony",
   "active": false,
   "status": {
-    "concept_exercises": false,
+    "concept_exercises": true,
     "test_runner": false,
     "representer": false,
     "analyzer": false
   },
+  "concepts": [
+     {
+       "uuid": "3e6e4a21-cc66-4c48-857b-90e1ca5298f9",
+       "slug": "basics-1",
+       "name": "Basics 1"
+     }
+  ],
   "blurb": "Pony is an open-source, object-oriented, actor-model, capabilities-secure, high-performance programming language.",
   "version": 3,
   "online_editor": {
@@ -30,7 +37,18 @@
     ]
   },
   "exercises": {
-    "concept": [],
+    "concept": [
+      {
+        "slug": "lucians-luscious-lasagna",
+        "name": "Lucian's Luscious Lasagna",
+        "uuid": "e37094a8-1fba-4781-92b1-da206cd101ec",
+        "concepts": [
+          "basics-1"
+        ],
+        "prerequisites": [],
+        "status": "beta"
+      }
+    ],
     "practice": [
       {
         "slug": "anagram",
@@ -165,7 +183,6 @@
       }
     ]
   },
-  "concepts": [],
   "key_features": [
     {
       "title": "Concurrency",
diff --git a/exercises/concept/lucians-luscious-lasagna/.docs/hints.md b/exercises/concept/lucians-luscious-lasagna/.docs/hints.md
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diff --git a/exercises/concept/lucians-luscious-lasagna/.docs/instructions.md b/exercises/concept/lucians-luscious-lasagna/.docs/instructions.md
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diff --git a/exercises/concept/lucians-luscious-lasagna/.docs/introduction.md b/exercises/concept/lucians-luscious-lasagna/.docs/introduction.md
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diff --git a/exercises/concept/lucians-luscious-lasagna/.meta/config.json b/exercises/concept/lucians-luscious-lasagna/.meta/config.json
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index 0000000..600316b
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+++ b/exercises/concept/lucians-luscious-lasagna/.meta/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "blurb": "The basics of pony's variables via Lasagna",
+  "authors": [
+    "redvers"
+  ],
+  "files": {
+    "solution": [
+      "lasagna.pony"
+    ],
+    "test": [
+      "test.pony"
+    ],
+    "exemplar": [
+      ".meta/example.pony"
+    ]
+  },
+  "source": "This is an exercise to introduce basic pony types"
+}
diff --git a/exercises/concept/lucians-luscious-lasagna/.meta/example.pony b/exercises/concept/lucians-luscious-lasagna/.meta/example.pony
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index 0000000..bfe73a4
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+++ b/exercises/concept/lucians-luscious-lasagna/.meta/example.pony
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+primitive HelloWorld
+  fun hello(): String => "Hello, World!"
diff --git a/exercises/concept/lucians-luscious-lasagna/lasagna.pony b/exercises/concept/lucians-luscious-lasagna/lasagna.pony
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index 0000000..cf6388a
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+++ b/exercises/concept/lucians-luscious-lasagna/lasagna.pony
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+primitive HelloWorld
+  fun hello(): String =>
+    """
+    Return the String "Hello World!"
+    """
+
+    "Goodbye, Mars!"
diff --git a/exercises/concept/lucians-luscious-lasagna/test.pony b/exercises/concept/lucians-luscious-lasagna/test.pony
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index 0000000..c4da445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/concept/lucians-luscious-lasagna/test.pony
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+use "pony_test"
+
+actor Main is TestList
+  new create(env: Env) =>
+    PonyTest(env, this)
+
+  fun tag tests(test: PonyTest) =>
+    test(_TestHelloWorld)
+
+class iso _TestHelloWorld is UnitTest
+  fun name(): String => "hello-world/HelloWorld"
+
+  fun apply(h: TestHelper) =>
+    h.assert_eq[String]("Hello, World!", HelloWorld.hello())