diff --git a/src/backend/go.mod b/src/backend/go.mod
index 4bd2342..35c0297 100644
--- a/src/backend/go.mod
+++ b/src/backend/go.mod
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ module gitlab.computing.dcu.ie/murphg62/2023-ca400-murphg62-byrnm257/src/backend
 go 1.19
 
 require (
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
+	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 v1.28.1 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/src/backend/go.sum b/src/backend/go.sum
index e6f567c..2843dd0 100644
--- a/src/backend/go.sum
+++ b/src/backend/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 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=
@@ -29,3 +31,5 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp0
 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=
diff --git a/src/backend/moduleAPI.go b/src/backend/moduleAPI.go
index ea7d6b3..2a73dcc 100644
--- a/src/backend/moduleAPI.go
+++ b/src/backend/moduleAPI.go
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ import (
 
 func getSchema(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
-	container := vars["container"]
+	port := vars["port"]
 
 	//make get request to specified container
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s", container)
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%s", port)
 	resp, err := http.Get(url)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal("Error: ", err)
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func getStats(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 
 	//make get request to specified container
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%d", port)
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%s", port)
 	resp, err := http.Get(url)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal("Error: ", err)
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ func handleRequests() {
 	myRouter := mux.NewRouter().StrictSlash(true)
 
 	myRouter.HandleFunc("/schema/{container}", getSchema)
+	myRouter.HandleFunc("/stats/{port}", getStats)
 
 	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":3000", myRouter))
 }
diff --git a/src/common/proto/components.proto b/src/common/proto/components.proto
index 3065a4d..a2c4d43 100644
--- a/src/common/proto/components.proto
+++ b/src/common/proto/components.proto
@@ -3,11 +3,25 @@ package panoptes;
 
 option go_package = "panoptes.com/src/panoptes/main";
 
+
+service SchemaService {
+    rpc getSchema (Container) returns (Schema) {}
+}
+
+service StatsService {
+    rpc getStats (Container) returns (ChartComponent) {}
+}
+
 enum ComponentType {
     Text = 0;
     Chart = 1;
 }
 
+message Container {
+    string name = 1;
+    string port = 2;
+}
+
 message Component {
     string id = 1;
     string name = 2;