diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 6df2a12d63a08df514cbd1e8db1c1a630518965d..00e41d373bf00e0e884599e906dcea946dcc7949 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ version: "3.8"
 
 services:
   app:
-    image: container.cs.vt.edu/fhurtado14/corps-directory:latest # Pulls latest image
+    image: container.cs.vt.edu/fhurtado14/corps-directory:latest # Pull the image from your repository
     ports:
       - "3000:3000"
+    command: npm start # Use npm start to run the app
     depends_on:
       - mysql
     networks:
@@ -21,12 +22,7 @@ services:
       - "3306:3306"
     networks:
       - app-network
-    volumes:
-      - mysql-data:/var/lib/mysql
 
 networks:
   app-network:
     driver: bridge
-
-volumes:
-  mysql-data:
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 8b96b4d6c7f7e19646165ea87d8f8cd2ab050e7f..e81298d03a0080d9b0f9947e36dd1ef680363070 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -4,29 +4,84 @@ const mysql = require("mysql2");
 const app = express();
 app.use(express.json());
 
-// MySQL Database connection setup
-const connection = mysql.createConnection({
+// MySQL Connection Pool setup
+const pool = mysql.createPool({
   host: "corps-mysql-db",
   user: "corps_directory_dev",
   database: "corps_directory_db",
   password: "corps_db_password",
+  waitForConnections: true,
+  connectionLimit: 10, // Max number of connections in the pool
+  queueLimit: 0, // Unlimited queue
 });
 
-// Connect to the database
-connection.connect((err) => {
+// Check connection and create the 'people' table on initialization
+pool.getConnection((err, connection) => {
   if (err) {
     console.error("Error connecting to MySQL:", err.message);
     return;
   }
   console.log("Connected to MySQL");
+
+  const createTable = `
+    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS people (
+      id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
+      first_name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
+      last_name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
+    )
+  `;
+
+  connection.query(createTable, (err, result) => {
+    if (err) {
+      console.error("Error creating table:", err.message);
+      connection.release(); // Release the connection back to the pool
+      return;
+    }
+
+    console.log("Table 'people' exists or was created.");
+    connection.release(); // Release the connection back to the pool
+  });
 });
 
-const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
+// POST endpoint to add a new person
+app.post("/people", (req, res) => {
+  const { first_name, last_name } = req.body;
+
+  if (!first_name || !last_name) {
+    return res.status(400).send("First name and last name are required.");
+  }
+
+  const insertPersonQuery = `INSERT INTO people (first_name, last_name) VALUES (?, ?)`;
 
+  pool.query(insertPersonQuery, [first_name, last_name], (err, result) => {
+    if (err) {
+      console.error("Error inserting person:", err.message);
+      return res.status(500).send("Error adding person.");
+    }
+    res.status(201).send(`Person added with ID: ${result.insertId}`);
+  });
+});
+
+// GET endpoint to get all people
+app.get("/people", (req, res) => {
+  const getAllPeopleQuery = `SELECT * FROM people`;
+
+  pool.query(getAllPeopleQuery, (err, results) => {
+    if (err) {
+      console.error("Error fetching people:", err.message);
+      return res.status(500).send("Error fetching people.");
+    }
+    res.status(200).json(results);
+  });
+});
+
+// Basic route to check if server is running
 app.get("/", (req, res) => {
   res.send("Hello World!");
 });
 
+const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
+
 app.listen(port, () => {
   console.log(`Server is running on port ${port}`);
 });
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 04564c83a56364087af6b33b44760ed4dff9bbce..d68e0a3951084aa01d16e88e7c97f3e063f23e52 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
         "express": "^4.21.0",
         "mysql": "^2.18.1",
         "mysql2": "^3.11.3"
+      },
+      "devDependencies": {
+        "nodemon": "^3.1.7"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/accepts": {
@@ -27,6 +30,20 @@
         "node": ">= 0.6"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/anymatch": {
+      "version": "3.1.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/anymatch/-/anymatch-3.1.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-KMReFUr0B4t+D+OBkjR3KYqvocp2XaSzO55UcB6mgQMd3KbcE+mWTyvVV7D/zsdEbNnV6acZUutkiHQXvTr1Rw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "ISC",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "normalize-path": "^3.0.0",
+        "picomatch": "^2.0.4"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 8"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/array-flatten": {
       "version": "1.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/array-flatten/-/array-flatten-1.1.1.tgz",
@@ -42,6 +59,13 @@
         "node": ">= 6.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/balanced-match": {
+      "version": "1.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/balanced-match/-/balanced-match-1.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-3oSeUO0TMV67hN1AmbXsK4yaqU7tjiHlbxRDZOpH0KW9+CeX4bRAaX0Anxt0tx2MrpRpWwQaPwIlISEJhYU5Pw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/bignumber.js": {
       "version": "9.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bignumber.js/-/bignumber.js-9.0.0.tgz",
@@ -51,6 +75,19 @@
         "node": "*"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/binary-extensions": {
+      "version": "2.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/binary-extensions/-/binary-extensions-2.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Ceh+7ox5qe7LJuLHoY0feh3pHuUDHAcRUeyL2VYghZwfpkNIy/+8Ocg0a3UuSoYzavmylwuLWQOf3hl0jjMMIw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=8"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/body-parser": {
       "version": "1.20.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/body-parser/-/body-parser-1.20.3.tgz",
@@ -75,6 +112,30 @@
         "npm": "1.2.8000 || >= 1.4.16"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/brace-expansion": {
+      "version": "1.1.11",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/brace-expansion/-/brace-expansion-1.1.11.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-iCuPHDFgrHX7H2vEI/5xpz07zSHB00TpugqhmYtVmMO6518mCuRMoOYFldEBl0g187ufozdaHgWKcYFb61qGiA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "balanced-match": "^1.0.0",
+        "concat-map": "0.0.1"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/braces": {
+      "version": "3.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/braces/-/braces-3.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-yQbXgO/OSZVD2IsiLlro+7Hf6Q18EJrKSEsdoMzKePKXct3gvD8oLcOQdIzGupr5Fj+EDe8gO/lxc1BzfMpxvA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "fill-range": "^7.1.1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=8"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/bytes": {
       "version": "3.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bytes/-/bytes-3.1.2.tgz",
@@ -103,6 +164,38 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/chokidar": {
+      "version": "3.6.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chokidar/-/chokidar-3.6.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-7VT13fmjotKpGipCW9JEQAusEPE+Ei8nl6/g4FBAmIm0GOOLMua9NDDo/DWp0ZAxCr3cPq5ZpBqmPAQgDda2Pw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "anymatch": "~3.1.2",
+        "braces": "~3.0.2",
+        "glob-parent": "~5.1.2",
+        "is-binary-path": "~2.1.0",
+        "is-glob": "~4.0.1",
+        "normalize-path": "~3.0.0",
+        "readdirp": "~3.6.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 8.10.0"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://paulmillr.com/funding/"
+      },
+      "optionalDependencies": {
+        "fsevents": "~2.3.2"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/concat-map": {
+      "version": "0.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/concat-map/-/concat-map-0.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/Srv4dswyQNBfohGpz9o6Yb3Gz3SrUDqBH5rTuhGR7ahtlbYKnVxw2bCFMRljaA7EXHaXZ8wsHdodFvbkhKmqg==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/content-disposition": {
       "version": "0.5.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/content-disposition/-/content-disposition-0.5.4.tgz",
@@ -292,6 +385,19 @@
         "node": ">= 0.10.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/fill-range": {
+      "version": "7.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fill-range/-/fill-range-7.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-YsGpe3WHLK8ZYi4tWDg2Jy3ebRz2rXowDxnld4bkQB00cc/1Zw9AWnC0i9ztDJitivtQvaI9KaLyKrc+hBW0yg==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "to-regex-range": "^5.0.1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=8"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/finalhandler": {
       "version": "1.3.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/finalhandler/-/finalhandler-1.3.1.tgz",
@@ -328,6 +434,21 @@
         "node": ">= 0.6"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/fsevents": {
+      "version": "2.3.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fsevents/-/fsevents-2.3.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-5xoDfX+fL7faATnagmWPpbFtwh/R77WmMMqqHGS65C3vvB0YHrgF+B1YmZ3441tMj5n63k0212XNoJwzlhffQw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "hasInstallScript": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "optional": true,
+      "os": [
+        "darwin"
+      ],
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "^8.16.0 || ^10.6.0 || >=11.0.0"
+      }
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     "node_modules/function-bind": {
       "version": "1.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/function-bind/-/function-bind-1.1.2.tgz",
@@ -365,6 +486,19 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/glob-parent": {
+      "version": "5.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/glob-parent/-/glob-parent-5.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-AOIgSQCepiJYwP3ARnGx+5VnTu2HBYdzbGP45eLw1vr3zB3vZLeyed1sC9hnbcOc9/SrMyM5RPQrkGz4aS9Zow==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "ISC",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "is-glob": "^4.0.1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
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+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/gopd": {
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/gopd/-/gopd-1.0.1.tgz",
@@ -377,6 +511,16 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/has-flag": {
+      "version": "3.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/has-flag/-/has-flag-3.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-sKJf1+ceQBr4SMkvQnBDNDtf4TXpVhVGateu0t918bl30FnbE2m4vNLX+VWe/dpjlb+HugGYzW7uQXH98HPEYw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
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+      }
+    },
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@@ -453,6 +597,13 @@
         "node": ">=0.10.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/ignore-by-default": {
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ignore-by-default/-/ignore-by-default-1.0.1.tgz",
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+      "license": "ISC"
+    },
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@@ -468,6 +619,52 @@
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       }
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+    "node_modules/is-binary-path": {
+      "version": "2.1.0",
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+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
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+      },
+      "engines": {
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+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/is-extglob": {
+      "version": "2.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-extglob/-/is-extglob-2.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-SbKbANkN603Vi4jEZv49LeVJMn4yGwsbzZworEoyEiutsN3nJYdbO36zfhGJ6QEDpOZIFkDtnq5JRxmvl3jsoQ==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=0.10.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/is-glob": {
+      "version": "4.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-glob/-/is-glob-4.0.3.tgz",
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+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "is-extglob": "^2.1.1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=0.10.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/is-number": {
+      "version": "7.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-number/-/is-number-7.0.0.tgz",
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+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=0.12.0"
+      }
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-property/-/is-property-1.0.2.tgz",
@@ -570,6 +767,19 @@
         "node": ">= 0.6"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/minimatch": {
+      "version": "3.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-J7p63hRiAjw1NDEww1W7i37+ByIrOWO5XQQAzZ3VOcL0PNybwpfmV/N05zFAzwQ9USyEcX6t3UO+K5aqBQOIHw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "ISC",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "brace-expansion": "^1.1.7"
+      },
+      "engines": {
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+      }
+    },
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       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.0.0.tgz",
@@ -659,6 +869,70 @@
         "node": ">= 0.6"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/nodemon": {
+      "version": "3.1.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nodemon/-/nodemon-3.1.7.tgz",
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+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "chokidar": "^3.5.2",
+        "debug": "^4",
+        "ignore-by-default": "^1.0.1",
+        "minimatch": "^3.1.2",
+        "pstree.remy": "^1.1.8",
+        "semver": "^7.5.3",
+        "simple-update-notifier": "^2.0.0",
+        "supports-color": "^5.5.0",
+        "touch": "^3.1.0",
+        "undefsafe": "^2.0.5"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "nodemon": "bin/nodemon.js"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=10"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "type": "opencollective",
+        "url": "https://opencollective.com/nodemon"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/nodemon/node_modules/debug": {
+      "version": "4.3.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-4.3.7.tgz",
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+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "ms": "^2.1.3"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=6.0"
+      },
+      "peerDependenciesMeta": {
+        "supports-color": {
+          "optional": true
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/nodemon/node_modules/ms": {
+      "version": "2.1.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.1.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-6FlzubTLZG3J2a/NVCAleEhjzq5oxgHyaCU9yYXvcLsvoVaHJq/s5xXI6/XXP6tz7R9xAOtHnSO/tXtF3WRTlA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
+    "node_modules/normalize-path": {
+      "version": "3.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/normalize-path/-/normalize-path-3.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-6eZs5Ls3WtCisHWp9S2GUy8dqkpGi4BVSz3GaqiE6ezub0512ESztXUwUB6C6IKbQkY2Pnb/mD4WYojCRwcwLA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=0.10.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/object-inspect": {
       "version": "1.13.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/object-inspect/-/object-inspect-1.13.2.tgz",
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       "license": "MIT"
     },
+    "node_modules/picomatch": {
+      "version": "2.3.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/picomatch/-/picomatch-2.3.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-JU3teHTNjmE2VCGFzuY8EXzCDVwEqB2a8fsIvwaStHhAWJEeVd1o1QD80CU6+ZdEXXSLbSsuLwJjkCBWqRQUVA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=8.6"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/jonschlinkert"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/process-nextick-args": {
       "version": "2.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/process-nextick-args/-/process-nextick-args-2.0.1.tgz",
@@ -717,6 +1004,13 @@
         "node": ">= 0.10"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/pstree.remy": {
+      "version": "1.1.8",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pstree.remy/-/pstree.remy-1.1.8.tgz",
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+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
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+      "license": "ISC",
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index 7a377beb298d94d098871790c42738e983cb1390..a547c199533022a340ce39714fbe0ff534540142 100644
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