diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4d2dcdf..2b7af74 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 npm-debug.log
 *.swp
-/node_modules
\ No newline at end of file
+/node_modules
+.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index ca687ef..6dece35 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,39 @@
+require('dotenv').config();
 const express = require('express');
 const server = express();
+const pg = require('pg');
+
+var Postgres = new pg.Client({
+    user: process.env.user,
+    password: process.env.password,
+    host: process.env.host,
+    port: process.env.port,
+    database: process.env.database,
+    ssl: false,
+    application_name: "osm_api"
+});
+Postgres.connect();
+
+Postgres.FirstRow = function(inSQL,args, inResponse)
+{
+    Postgres.query(inSQL,args, (err, res) => {
+        if (err === null)
+        {
+            inResponse.json(res.rows[0]);
+            return;
+        }
+        inResponse.json(err.stack);
+    });
+};
+
+server.get('/list_sources', function (req,res) {
+    var sql = "select jsonb_agg(defn) from tps.srce";
+    console.log(req.query);
+    Postgres.FirstRow(sql,[],res);
+})
+
+server.get('/', (req,res) => res.send('its running yay 🎡'))
 
-server.get('/', (req,res) => res.send('🎡'))
 server.listen(3000,() => console.log('started'))
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 951a50b..454d9a7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   "author": "",
   "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {
+    "dotenv": "^6.2.0",
     "express": "^4.16.4",
     "pg": "^7.8.0"
   }