diff --git a/src/backend/apiGateway.go b/src/backend/cmd/main.go
similarity index 63%
rename from src/backend/apiGateway.go
rename to src/backend/cmd/main.go
index 66d3c9d..6aa56c7 100644
--- a/src/backend/apiGateway.go
+++ b/src/backend/cmd/main.go
@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
-	"io/ioutil"
+
 	"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"`
@@ -19,7 +26,13 @@ type Container struct {
 	port string `json:"Port"` 
 }
 
+type Module struct {
+	Name string `json:"Name"`
+	Container string `json:"Container"`
+}
+
 var Containers []Container
+var Modules []Module
 
 func homePage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Welcome to the home page!")
@@ -75,21 +88,47 @@ func getStats(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request){
 
 }
 
-func handleRequests() {
+
+func getModules(db *sql.DB) http.HandlerFunc{
+	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request){
+		if r.Method == "GET" {
+			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() {
-
-	Containers = []Container{
-		Container{Id: "1", Name: "localhost", port: "3000"},
-	}
-
-	handleRequests()
+	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..0108a65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/pkg/db/db.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package db
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"fmt"
+	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
+
+)
+
+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()
+}
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