diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 40b878d..713d500 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-node_modules/
\ No newline at end of file
+node_modules/
+.env
diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 7b5225c..2545a39 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -2,13 +2,18 @@ var pg = require('pg');
 var express = require('express');
 var app = express();
 var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
+var ejs = require('ejs');
+
+app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
+app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/views'));
 
 // allows us to parse the incoming request body
 app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
 app.use(bodyParser.json());
 
 // Connects to postgres once, on server start
-var conString = process.env.DATABASE_URL || "postgres://localhost/action";
+
+var conString = process.env.DATABASE_URL || 3000;
 var db;
 pg.connect(conString, function(err, client) {
   if (err) {
@@ -20,7 +25,18 @@ pg.connect(conString, function(err, client) {
 
 // homepage
 app.get('/', function (req, res) {
-  res.send('Tradecraft messagehub API.')
+  res.send('Tradecraft Messagehub API')
+});
+
+//get all channels by type
+app.get('/:type_token', function (req, res) {
+    db.query("SELECT type_token, channel_token FROM messages WHERE type_token = $1 GROUP BY type_token, channel_token", [req.params.type_token], function(err, result) {
+    if (err) {
+      res.status(500).send(err);
+    } else {
+      res.send(result.rows);
+    }
+  })
 });
 
 //get all messages in a type's channel
@@ -35,13 +51,17 @@ app.get('/:type_token/:channel_token', function (req, res) {
   })
 });
 
-//get all channels by type
-app.get('/:type_token', function (req, res) {
-    db.query("SELECT type_token, channel_token FROM messages WHERE type_token = $1 GROUP BY type_token, channel_token", [req.params.type_token], function(err, result) {
+//return messages in html
+app.get('/:type_token/:channel_token/message', function (req, res) {
+  console.log(db);
+  db.query("SELECT user_name, message_text FROM messages WHERE type_token = $1 AND channel_token = $2", [req.params.type_token, req.params.channel_token], function(err, result) {
     if (err) {
       res.status(500).send(err);
     } else {
-      res.send(result.rows);
+      var messages = result.rows;
+      console.log(result.rows);
+      //res.send(messages);
+      res.render("messageList", {"messages" : messages});
     }
   })
 });
@@ -69,3 +89,6 @@ var server = app.listen(process.env.PORT, function () {
   console.log('Listening at http://%s:%s', host, port);
 
 });
+
+
+
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 50ba3bc..88f0dbc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
   "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {
     "express": "4.11.2",
+    "mongoose": "~3.6.13",
+    "morgan": "~1.0.0",
     "pg": "^4.2.0",
     "body-parser": "^1.11.0"
   }
diff --git a/schema.sql b/schema.sql
index f5492cd..23e2f65 100644
--- a/schema.sql
+++ b/schema.sql
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ CREATE TABLE messages (
   channel_token varchar(100) NOT NULL,
   user_name varchar(100) NOT NULL,
   message_text text NOT NULL,
-  message_timestamp timestamptz DEFAULT localtimestamp NOT NULL
+  message_timestamp timestamp DEFAULT localtimestamp NOT NULL
 );
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/views/messageList.ejs b/views/messageList.ejs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e38fd36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/messageList.ejs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+<% for (var i=0; i < messages.length; i++){ %>
+	<div class="user_name">
+		<%=messages[i].user_name%>:
+		<%=messages[i].message_text%>
+		<%=messages.user_name%><%=messages.message_text%>
+	</div>
+<% } %>
+