diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 112e2a9..c303457 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,46 @@
-backend:
-  image: golang:1.20
+image: docker:latest
+
+# Define the GitLab CI/CD pipeline
+stages:
+  - build
+  - test
+
+variables:
+  POSTGRES_DB: test
+  POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+  POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ""
+  POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD: trust
+
+# Define the job for building the Go backend application
+build:
+  stage: build
+  image: golang:1.17.4-alpine3.14
   script:
     - cd src/backend/cmd
-    - go test
+    - go mod download
+    - go build -o app
 
-frontend:
-  image: mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:6.0
+# Define the job for running the tests
+test:
+  stage: test
+  image: golang:1.17.4-alpine3.14
+  services:
+    - postgres:latest
+  variables:
+    Host: postgres
+    User: $POSTGRES_USER
+    Password: $POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+    Database: $POSTGRES_DB
+    POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD: trust
+  before_script:
+    - apk add --no-cache postgresql-client
+    - apk add --no-cache gcc musl-dev
+    - psql -U "$POSTGRES_USER" -h postgres < ./src/init.sql
+    - cd src/backend
+    - go mod download
+    # set env variables
+    - export DB_USER=$POSTGRES_USER
+    - export DB_PASSWORD=$POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+    - export DB_NAME=$POSTGRES_DB
   script:
-    - cd src/PanoptesFrontend
-    - dotnet test
+    - go test -v ./...
diff --git a/src/PanoptesFrontend/Pages/TestRequest.razor b/src/PanoptesFrontend/Pages/TestRequest.razor
index 24ea4c6..92703d8 100644
--- a/src/PanoptesFrontend/Pages/TestRequest.razor
+++ b/src/PanoptesFrontend/Pages/TestRequest.razor
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
     protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
     {
-        var response = await httpService.GetAsync<Schema>("http://localhost:10000/localhost/schema");
+        var response = await httpService.GetAsync<Schema>("http://localhost:10000/localhost:8080/schema");
         data = response.components;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/backend/cmd/main.go b/src/backend/cmd/main.go
index ebc3d73..23692cd 100644
--- a/src/backend/cmd/main.go
+++ b/src/backend/cmd/main.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+
 	"database/sql"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
@@ -9,22 +10,15 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+
 	"gitlab.computing.dcu.ie/murphg62/2023-ca400-murphg62-byrnm257/src/backend/pkg/db"
-	_ "golang.org/x/mod/module"
 )
 
-
-
 type Schema struct {
 	Name string `json:"Name"`
 	Type int `json:"Type"`
 }
 
-type Container struct {
-	Id string `json:"Id`
-	Name string `json:"Name"`
-	port string `json:"Port"` 
-}
 
 type Module struct {
 	Name string `json:"Name"`
@@ -32,27 +26,22 @@ type Module struct {
 }
 
 
-
-func homePage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Welcome to the home page!")
-}
-
-func getSchema(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request){
+func GetSchema(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request){
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	key := vars["container"]
 
 
-	requestURL := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:8080/schema", key)
+	requestURL := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/schema", key)
 	resp, err := http.Get(requestURL)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal("Request to container failed: %v", err)
+		log.Fatalf("Request to container failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal("Failed to print Body: %v", err)
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to print Body: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
@@ -60,7 +49,7 @@ func getSchema(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request){
 	w.Write(body)
 }
 
-func getStats(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request){
+func GetStats(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request){
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	key := vars["container"]
 
@@ -68,14 +57,14 @@ func getStats(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request){
 	requestURL := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:8080/stats", key)
 	resp, err := http.Get(requestURL)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal("Request to container failed: %v", err)
+		log.Fatalf("Request to container failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal("Failed to print Body: %v", err)
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to print Body: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
@@ -84,8 +73,8 @@ func getStats(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request){
 }
 
 
-func getModules(db *sql.DB) http.HandlerFunc{
-	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request){
+func GetModules(db *sql.DB) http.HandlerFunc{
+	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		if r.Method == "GET" {
 			var Modules []Module
 			rows, err := db.Query("Select name, container_name FROM Module")
@@ -105,18 +94,16 @@ func getModules(db *sql.DB) http.HandlerFunc{
 			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 			if err := json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(Modules); err != nil {
 				http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-				return
 			}
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-func handleRequests(DB *sql.DB) {
+func HandleRequests(DB *sql.DB) {
 	myRouter := mux.NewRouter().StrictSlash(true)
-	myRouter.HandleFunc("/", homePage)
-	myRouter.HandleFunc("/{container}/schema", getSchema)
-	myRouter.HandleFunc("/{container}/stats", getStats)
-	myRouter.HandleFunc("/modules", getModules(DB))
+	myRouter.HandleFunc("/api/{container}/schema", GetSchema)
+	myRouter.HandleFunc("/api/{container}/stats", GetStats)
+	myRouter.HandleFunc("/api/modules", GetModules(DB))
 
 	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":10000", myRouter))
 
@@ -124,8 +111,20 @@ func handleRequests(DB *sql.DB) {
 
 
 
+// placeholder, replace with own
+const (
+	host = "localhost"
+	port = 5432
+	user = "postgres"
+	password = "Gcvy4266"
+	dbname = "Panoptes"
+)
+
 func main() {
-	DB := db.ConnectDB()
-	handleRequests(DB)
+	DB, err := db.ConnectDB(host, port, user, password, dbname)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	HandleRequests(DB)
 	db.CloseDB(DB)
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/backend/go.mod b/src/backend/go.mod
index c642cc5..9eb8736 100644
--- a/src/backend/go.mod
+++ b/src/backend/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,15 @@ module gitlab.computing.dcu.ie/murphg62/2023-ca400-murphg62-byrnm257/src/backend
 go 1.19
 
 require (
+	github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.0
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.8
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0
 )
+
+require (
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/src/backend/go.sum b/src/backend/go.sum
index 6b42cde..291c612 100644
--- a/src/backend/go.sum
+++ b/src/backend/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,25 @@
+github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.0 h1:Shsta01QNfFxHCfpW6YH2STWB0MudeXXEWMr20OEh60=
+github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.0/go.mod h1:f/Ixk793poVmq4qj/V1dPUg2JEAKC73Q5eFN3EC/SaM=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0 h1:i40aqfkR1h2SlN9hojwV5ZA91wcXFOvkdNIeFDP5koI=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0/go.mod h1:DVbg23sWSpFRCP0SfiEN6jmj59UnW/n46BH5rLB71So=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.10.8 h1:3fdt97i/cwSU83+E0hZTC/Xpc9mTZxc6UWSCRcSbxiE=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.10.8/go.mod h1:AlVN5x4E4T544tWzH6hKfbfQvm3HdbOxrmggDNAPY9o=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Yh+to48EsGEfYuaHDzXPcE3xhTkx73EhmCGUpEOglKo=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2 h1:+h33VjcLVPDHtOdpUCuF+7gSuG3yGIftsP1YvFihtJ8=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0 h1:LUYupSeNrTNCGzR/hVBk2NHZO4hXcVaW1k4Qx7rjPx8=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/src/backend/pkg/db/db.go b/src/backend/pkg/db/db.go
index 0924f76..0c20106 100644
--- a/src/backend/pkg/db/db.go
+++ b/src/backend/pkg/db/db.go
@@ -6,16 +6,9 @@ import (
 
 )
 
-// placeholder, replace with own
-const (
-	host = "localhost"
-	port = 5432
-	user = "postgres"
-	password = "Gcvy4266"
-	dbname = "Panoptes"
-)
 
-func ConnectDB() *sql.DB {
+
+func ConnectDB(host string, port int, user string, password string, dbname string) (*sql.DB, error) {
 
 	psql := fmt.Sprintf("host=%s port=%d user=%s "+ "password=%s dbname=%s sslmode=disable", host, port, user, password, dbname)
 
@@ -23,14 +16,14 @@ func ConnectDB() *sql.DB {
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
-	err = db.Ping()
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	fmt.Printf("Successfully connected to db!")
-	return db
+	return db, nil
 }
 
-func CloseDB(db *sql.DB){
-	defer db.Close()
+func CloseDB(db *sql.DB) error{
+	err := db.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/backend/pkg/db/db_test/db_test.go b/src/backend/pkg/db/db_test/db_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b854365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/pkg/db/db_test/db_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package db_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"gitlab.computing.dcu.ie/murphg62/2023-ca400-murphg62-byrnm257/src/backend/pkg/db"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func TestDbConnect(t *testing.T){
+
+	host := "postgres"
+	port := 5432
+	user := os.Getenv("POSTGRES_USER")
+	password := os.Getenv("POSTGRES_PASSWORD")
+	dbname := os.Getenv("POSTGRES_DB")
+
+
+	DB, err := db.ConnectDB(host, port, user, password, dbname);
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Failed to connect to database: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	err = DB.Ping()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Failed to ping the database: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDbDisconnect(t *testing.T){
+
+	host := "postgres"
+	port := 5432
+	user := os.Getenv("POSTGRES_USER")
+	password := os.Getenv("POSTGRES_PASSWORD")
+	dbname := os.Getenv("POSTGRES_DB")
+
+	DB, err := db.ConnectDB(host, port, user, password, dbname);
+	if err!= nil {
+		t.Errorf("Failed to connect to database: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	err = db.CloseDB(DB)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Failed to disconnect from the database: %v", err)
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/init.sql b/src/init.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..754f7e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/init.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+CREATE TABLE module (
+    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+    name TEXT NOT NULL,
+    container_name TEXT NOT NULL
+);
+
+
+INSERT INTO
+  module (name, container_name)
+VALUES
+  ('Module A', 'Container A') ('Module B', 'Container B') ('Module C', 'Container C')
\ No newline at end of file