diff --git a/src/PanoptesFrontend/Data/Module.cs b/src/PanoptesFrontend/Data/Module.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5bfd51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PanoptesFrontend/Data/Module.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+public class Module {
+    public String Name {get; set;}
+    public String Container {get; set;}
+
+    public Module(string name, string container){
+        Name = name;
+        Container = container;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/PanoptesFrontend/Pages/TestCard.razor b/src/PanoptesFrontend/Pages/TestCard.razor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13fccaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PanoptesFrontend/Pages/TestCard.razor
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<div class="card">
+    <div class="card-body">
+        <p>@Data.Text</p>
+    </div>
+</div>
+
+@code {
+    [Parameter]
+    public Component Data { get; set; }
+}
diff --git a/src/PanoptesFrontend/Pages/TestRequest.razor b/src/PanoptesFrontend/Pages/TestRequest.razor
index e5edd4c..24ea4c6 100644
--- a/src/PanoptesFrontend/Pages/TestRequest.razor
+++ b/src/PanoptesFrontend/Pages/TestRequest.razor
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 @using System.Text.Json;
 @inject IHttpService httpService
 
-@* @if (data != null)
+@if (data != null)
 {
     @foreach (var component in data) {
         switch (component.Type) {
@@ -27,16 +27,16 @@
         }
         
     }
-} *@
+}
 
-<pre>@response.Text</pre>
 
 @code {
-    private Component response;
+    private Component[] data;
 
     protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
     {
-        response = await httpService.GetAsync<Component>("http://localhost:8080/test");
+        var response = await httpService.GetAsync<Schema>("http://localhost:10000/localhost/schema");
+        data = response.components;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/PanoptesFrontend/Shared/NavMenu.razor b/src/PanoptesFrontend/Shared/NavMenu.razor
index c5da032..f2799c9 100644
--- a/src/PanoptesFrontend/Shared/NavMenu.razor
+++ b/src/PanoptesFrontend/Shared/NavMenu.razor
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-<div class="top-row ps-3 navbar navbar-dark">
+@using PanoptesFrontend.Data
+@using System.Text.Json;
+@inject IHttpService httpService
+
+<div class="top-row ps-3 navbar navbar-dark">
     <div class="container-fluid">
         <a class="navbar-brand" href="">PanoptesFrontend</a>
         <button title="Navigation menu" class="navbar-toggler" @onclick="ToggleNavMenu">
@@ -9,29 +13,31 @@
 
 <div class="@NavMenuCssClass" @onclick="ToggleNavMenu">
     <nav class="flex-column">
-        <div class="nav-item px-3">
-            <NavLink class="nav-link" href="" Match="NavLinkMatch.All">
-                <span class="oi oi-home" aria-hidden="true"></span> Home
-            </NavLink>
-        </div>
-        <div class="nav-item px-3">
-            <NavLink class="nav-link" href="counter">
-                <span class="oi oi-plus" aria-hidden="true"></span> Counter
-            </NavLink>
-        </div>
-        <div class="nav-item px-3">
-            <NavLink class="nav-link" href="fetchdata">
-                <span class="oi oi-list-rich" aria-hidden="true"></span> Fetch data
-            </NavLink>
-        </div>
+        @if (response != null)
+        {
+            @foreach (var module in response){
+            <div class="nav-item px-3">
+                <NavLink class="nav-link" href=@module.Name Match="NavLinkMatch.All">
+                    <span class="oi oi-home" aria-hidden="true"></span> @module.Name
+                </NavLink>
+            </div>
+            }
+        }
     </nav>
 </div>
 
 @code {
+
+    public Module[] response;
+
+    protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
+    {
+        response = await httpService.GetAsync<Module[]>("http://localhost:10000/modules");
+    }
+
     private bool collapseNavMenu = true;
-
     private string? NavMenuCssClass => collapseNavMenu ? "collapse" : null;
-
+    
     private void ToggleNavMenu()
     {
         collapseNavMenu = !collapseNavMenu;
diff --git a/src/backend/apiGateway.go b/src/backend/apiGateway.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 66d3c9d..0000000
--- a/src/backend/apiGateway.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"log"
-	"net/http"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
-)
-
-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"` 
-}
-
-var Containers []Container
-
-func homePage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Welcome to the home page!")
-}
-
-func getSchema(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request){
-	vars := mux.Vars(r)
-	key := vars["container"]
-
-	for _, container := range Containers {
-		if container.Id == key {
-			requestURL := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%s/schema", container.Name, container.port)
-			resp, err := http.Get(requestURL)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Fatal("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)
-			}
-
-			fmt.Fprintf(w,string(body))
-		}
-	}
-
-}
-
-func getStats(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request){
-	vars := mux.Vars(r)
-	key := vars["container"]
-
-	for _, container := range Containers {
-		if container.Id == key {
-			requestURL := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%s/stats", container.Name, container.port)
-			resp, err := http.Get(requestURL)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Fatal("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)
-			}
-
-			fmt.Fprintf(w,string(body))
-		}
-	}
-
-}
-
-func handleRequests() {
-	myRouter := mux.NewRouter().StrictSlash(true)
-	myRouter.HandleFunc("/", homePage)
-	myRouter.HandleFunc("/{container}/schema", getSchema)
-	myRouter.HandleFunc("/{container}/stats", getStats)
-
-	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":10000", myRouter))
-
-}
-
-func main() {
-
-	Containers = []Container{
-		Container{Id: "1", Name: "localhost", port: "3000"},
-	}
-
-	handleRequests()
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/backend/cmd/main.go b/src/backend/cmd/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebc3d73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/cmd/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"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"`
+	Container string `json:"Container"`
+}
+
+
+
+func homePage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Welcome to the home page!")
+}
+
+func getSchema(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request){
+	vars := mux.Vars(r)
+	key := vars["container"]
+
+
+	requestURL := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:8080/schema", key)
+	resp, err := http.Get(requestURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("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)
+	}
+
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	w.WriteHeader(resp.StatusCode)
+	w.Write(body)
+}
+
+func getStats(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request){
+	vars := mux.Vars(r)
+	key := vars["container"]
+
+
+	requestURL := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:8080/stats", key)
+	resp, err := http.Get(requestURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("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)
+	}
+
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	w.WriteHeader(resp.StatusCode)
+	w.Write(body)
+}
+
+
+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")
+			if err != nil {
+				panic(err)
+			}
+			defer rows.Close()
+			
+			for rows.Next() {
+				var module Module
+				if err := rows.Scan(&module.Name, &module.Container); err != nil {
+					panic(err)
+				} 
+				Modules = append(Modules, module)
+			}
+
+			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) {
+	myRouter := mux.NewRouter().StrictSlash(true)
+	myRouter.HandleFunc("/", homePage)
+	myRouter.HandleFunc("/{container}/schema", getSchema)
+	myRouter.HandleFunc("/{container}/stats", getStats)
+	myRouter.HandleFunc("/modules", getModules(DB))
+
+	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":10000", myRouter))
+
+}
+
+
+
+func main() {
+	DB := db.ConnectDB()
+	handleRequests(DB)
+	db.CloseDB(DB)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/backend/go.mod b/src/backend/go.mod
index 35c0297..c642cc5 100644
--- a/src/backend/go.mod
+++ b/src/backend/go.mod
@@ -3,12 +3,7 @@ module gitlab.computing.dcu.ie/murphg62/2023-ca400-murphg62-byrnm257/src/backend
 go 1.19
 
 require (
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
-	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.8.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.8.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230306155012-7f2fa6fef1f4 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.53.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0 // indirect
+	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
+	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.8
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0
 )
diff --git a/src/backend/go.sum b/src/backend/go.sum
index 2843dd0..6b42cde 100644
--- a/src/backend/go.sum
+++ b/src/backend/go.sum
@@ -1,35 +1,6 @@
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 h1:ROPKBNFfQgOUMifHyP+KYbvpjbdoFNs+aK7DXlji0Tw=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2/go.mod h1:XVQd3VNwM+JqD3oG2Ue2ip4fOMUkwXdXDdiuN0vRsmY=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 h1:KhyjKVUg7Usr/dYsdSqoFveMYd5ko72D+zANwlG1mmg=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3/go.mod h1:XVQd3VNwM+JqD3oG2Ue2ip4fOMUkwXdXDdiuN0vRsmY=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0 h1:i40aqfkR1h2SlN9hojwV5ZA91wcXFOvkdNIeFDP5koI=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0/go.mod h1:DVbg23sWSpFRCP0SfiEN6jmj59UnW/n46BH5rLB71So=
-golang.org/x/net v0.5.0 h1:GyT4nK/YDHSqa1c4753ouYCDajOYKTja9Xb/OHtgvSw=
-golang.org/x/net v0.5.0/go.mod h1:DivGGAXEgPSlEBzxGzZI+ZLohi+xUj054jfeKui00ws=
-golang.org/x/net v0.8.0 h1:Zrh2ngAOFYneWTAIAPethzeaQLuHwhuBkuV6ZiRnUaQ=
-golang.org/x/net v0.8.0/go.mod h1:QVkue5JL9kW//ek3r6jTKnTFis1tRmNAW2P1shuFdJc=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.4.0 h1:Zr2JFtRQNX3BCZ8YtxRE9hNJYC8J6I1MVbMg6owUp18=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.4.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0 h1:MVltZSvRTcU2ljQOhs94SXPftV6DCNnZViHeQps87pQ=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/text v0.6.0 h1:3XmdazWV+ubf7QgHSTWeykHOci5oeekaGJBLkrkaw4k=
-golang.org/x/text v0.6.0/go.mod h1:mrYo+phRRbMaCq/xk9113O4dZlRixOauAjOtrjsXDZ8=
-golang.org/x/text v0.8.0 h1:57P1ETyNKtuIjB4SRd15iJxuhj8Gc416Y78H3qgMh68=
-golang.org/x/text v0.8.0/go.mod h1:e1OnstbJyHTd6l/uOt8jFFHp6TRDWZR/bV3emEE/zU8=
-golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
-google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230109162033-3c3c17ce83e6 h1:uUn6GsgKK2eCI0bWeRMgRCcqDaQXYDuB+5tXA5Xeg/8=
-google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230109162033-3c3c17ce83e6/go.mod h1:RGgjbofJ8xD9Sq1VVhDM1Vok1vRONV+rg+CjzG4SZKM=
-google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230306155012-7f2fa6fef1f4 h1:DdoeryqhaXp1LtT/emMP1BRJPHHKFi5akj/nbx/zNTA=
-google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230306155012-7f2fa6fef1f4/go.mod h1:NWraEVixdDnqcqQ30jipen1STv2r/n24Wb7twVTGR4s=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.51.0 h1:E1eGv1FTqoLIdnBCZufiSHgKjlqG6fKFf6pPWtMTh8U=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.51.0/go.mod h1:wgNDFcnuBGmxLKI/qn4T+m5BtEBYXJPvibbUPsAIPww=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.53.0 h1:LAv2ds7cmFV/XTS3XG1NneeENYrXGmorPxsBbptIjNc=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.53.0/go.mod h1:OnIrk0ipVdj4N5d9IUoFUx72/VlD7+jUsHwZgwSMQpw=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1 h1:d0NfwRgPtno5B1Wa6L2DAG+KivqkdutMf1UhdNx175w=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0 h1:kPPoIgf3TsEvrm0PFe15JQ+570QVxYzEvvHqChK+cng=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
+github.com/lib/pq v1.10.8 h1:3fdt97i/cwSU83+E0hZTC/Xpc9mTZxc6UWSCRcSbxiE=
+github.com/lib/pq v1.10.8/go.mod h1:AlVN5x4E4T544tWzH6hKfbfQvm3HdbOxrmggDNAPY9o=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0 h1:LUYupSeNrTNCGzR/hVBk2NHZO4hXcVaW1k4Qx7rjPx8=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
diff --git a/src/backend/pkg/db/db.go b/src/backend/pkg/db/db.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0924f76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/pkg/db/db.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package db
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"fmt"
+	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
+
+)
+
+// placeholder, replace with own
+const (
+	host = "localhost"
+	port = 5432
+	user = "postgres"
+	password = "Gcvy4266"
+	dbname = "Panoptes"
+)
+
+func ConnectDB() *sql.DB {
+
+	psql := fmt.Sprintf("host=%s port=%d user=%s "+ "password=%s dbname=%s sslmode=disable", host, port, user, password, dbname)
+
+	db, err := sql.Open("postgres", psql)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	err = db.Ping()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("Successfully connected to db!")
+	return db
+}
+
+func CloseDB(db *sql.DB){
+	defer db.Close()
+}
\ No newline at end of file