diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index b0650a0..e6badaa 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@
 
     <script src="js/event.js"></script>
     <script src="js/detector.js"></script>
+    <script src="js/achievements.js"></script>
     <script src="js/game.js"></script>
     <script src="js/ui.js"></script>
   </body>
diff --git a/js/achievements.js b/js/achievements.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee0c115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/achievements.js
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+var achievements =
+{
+    list: [],
+
+    count:
+    {
+        clicks: 0,
+        data: 0,
+        money: 0
+    },
+
+    workers: {},
+    research: {},
+
+    setList: function(list)
+    {
+        achievements.list = list;
+        achievements.list.map(function (item) {  // define additional stuff on the objects
+            item.completed = false;
+            item.is_visible = function() {
+                return this.completed;
+            };
+        });
+    },
+
+    addWorkers: function(list)
+    {
+        for (var i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
+            achievements.workers[list[i].name] = 0;
+        }
+    },
+
+    addResearch: function(list)
+    {
+        for (var i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
+            achievements.research[list[i].name] = 0;
+        }
+    },
+
+    update: function(type, subtype, val)
+    {
+        achievements[type][subtype] += val;
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < achievements.list.length; i++) {
+            if (achievements.list[i].type == type &&
+                achievements.list[i].target == subtype &&
+                achievements.list[i].threshold >= achievements[type][subtype]
+               )
+            {
+                achievements.list[i].completed = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+};
+
diff --git a/js/game.js b/js/game.js
index 4399bfe..d77970c 100644
--- a/js/game.js
+++ b/js/game.js
@@ -31,10 +31,13 @@
     reputation: 0,
     money: 0,
     getGrant: function () {
-      this.money += this.reputation * this.factor.rate;  // TODO: adjust factor, 5
+      var addition = this.reputation * this.factor.rate;  // TODO: adjust factor
+      this.money += addition;
+      achievements.count.money += addition;
     },
     acquire: function(amount) {
       this.data += amount;
+      achievements.count.data += amount;
     },
     research: function(cost, reputation) {
       if (this.data >= cost) {
@@ -55,8 +58,11 @@
       this.money += cost;
     }
   };
+ 
+  achievements.setList(loadFile('json/achievements.json'));
 
   var research = loadFile('json/research.json');
+  achievements.addResearch(research);
   research.map(function(item) {
     item.level = 0;
     item.is_visible = function() {
@@ -69,6 +75,7 @@
       if (lab.research(this.cost, this.reputation)) {
         this.level++;
         this.cost = Math.round(this.cost * this.cost_increase);
+        achievements.research[this.name]++;
       }
     };
     item.getInfo = function() {
@@ -83,6 +90,7 @@
   });
 
   var workers = loadFile('json/workers.json');
+  achievements.addWorkers(workers);
   workers.map(function(worker) {
     worker.hired = 0;
     worker.is_visible = function() {
@@ -95,6 +103,7 @@
       if (lab.buy(this.cost)) {
         this.hired++;
         this.cost = Math.round(this.cost * this.cost_increase);
+        achievements.update('workers', this.name, 1);
       }
     };
   });
@@ -183,6 +192,7 @@
     this.click = function() {
       lab.acquire(lab.detector.rate);
       detector.addEvent();
+      achievements.count.clicks += 1;
       return false;
     };
   });
@@ -216,4 +226,8 @@
   app.controller('UpgradesController', function() {
     this.upgrades = upgrades;
   });
+
+  app.controller('AchievementsController', function () {
+    this.achievements = achievements.list;
+  });
 })();
diff --git a/json/achievements.json b/json/achievements.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a46857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/json/achievements.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+[
+  {
+    "name": "Discovered Z-Boson",
+    "description": "Achievement: You just discoverd Z-Boson!",
+    "difficulty": "1",
+    "type": "research",
+    "target": "Z-Boson",
+    "threshold": 1,
+    "image": "assets/Z.png"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Discovered top-Quark",
+    "description": "Achievement: You just discovered top-Quark",
+    "difficulty": "2",
+    "type": "research",
+    "target": "top-Quark",
+    "threshold": 1,
+    "image": "assets/t.png"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Hired First Nobel Prize Winner",
+    "description": "Achievement: Yo! You have hired your first nobel prize winner!",
+    "difficulty": "5",
+    "type": "workers",
+    "target": "PhD Students",
+    "threshold": 1,
+    "image": "assets/W.png"
+  }
+]