diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d62d43cc3ce0ba96aa110d567ec98aaa1e048e57..d58dc52ad62b14bff69e6163ff01b39d5838cd29 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ FROM node:14
 WORKDIR /app
 
 # Copy package.json and install dependencies
-COPY package.json /app
+COPY package*.json /app
 RUN npm install
 
 
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 7ac4efd6269cd4d746ed38c947e38cce41de2c8a..01276f17e8b1979e36a014f377821007fed00461 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,10 +1,39 @@
 const express = require('express');
+const mysql = require('mysql2');
+
 
 const app = express();
+app.use(express.json())
+
+// MySQL Database connection setup
+const db = mysql.createConnection({
+    host: 'mariadb',              
+    user: 'corps-directory-dev',   
+    password: 'corps-password',    
+    database: 'corps-directory-db' 
+  });
+
+  // Connect to the database
+db.connect(err => {
+    if (err) {
+      console.error('Error connecting to MySQL:', err);
+      return;
+    }
+    console.log('Connected to MySQL');
+  });
 
 const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
 
 
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
 app.get('/', (req, res) => {
   res.send('Hello World!');
 });