diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 93f1361..2d1096f 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 node_modules
 npm-debug.log
+postgres_data
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index db01c79..1e17237 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ make up            # Start Docker containers in the background
 ````
 
 ***
-Your API will be running on http://localhost:80
+Your API will be running on http://localhost/api/
 
-Test whether API is up at http://localhost/api/v1/healthcheck
+Test whether API is up at http://localhost/api/ping
 ***
diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 4318fc0..9dd5163 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2/middleware/logger"
 
 	config "github.com/CodeChefVIT/cookoff-backend/config"
+	"github.com/CodeChefVIT/cookoff-backend/internal/database"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -18,8 +19,8 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatalln("Failed to load environment variables! \n", err.Error())
 	}
 
-	//	database.ConnectDB(&config)
-	//database.RunMigrations(database.DB)
+	database.ConnectDB(&config)
+	database.RunMigrations(database.DB)
 
 	app.Use(logger.New())
 
@@ -29,15 +30,12 @@ func main() {
 		AllowMethods:     "GET, POST, PATCH, DELETE",
 		AllowCredentials: true,
 	}))
-
-	apiGroup := app.Group("/v1")
-
 	// routes.AuthRoutes(apiGroup)
 
-	apiGroup.Get("/healthcheck", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+	app.Get("/ping", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
 		return c.Status(200).JSON(fiber.Map{
-			"status":  "success",
-			"message": "icETITE-24 Backend API is up and running.",
+			"message": "pong",
+			"status":  "Backend up and running",
 		})
 	})
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4a16bd3..c0b7f19 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,44 @@
 module github.com/CodeChefVIT/cookoff-backend
 
 go 1.21.1
+
+require (
+	github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2 v2.49.2
+	github.com/spf13/viper v1.16.0
+	github.com/uptrace/bun v1.1.16
+	github.com/uptrace/bun/dialect/pgdialect v1.1.16
+	github.com/uptrace/bun/driver/pgdriver v1.1.16
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.5 // indirect
+	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.7 // indirect
+	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.15 // indirect
+	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.0.8 // indirect
+	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.5 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/cast v1.5.1 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
+	github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.4.2 // indirect
+	github.com/tmthrgd/go-hex v0.0.0-20190904060850-447a3041c3bc // indirect
+	github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.49.0 // indirect
+	github.com/valyala/tcplisten v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.3.5 // indirect
+	github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.13.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+	mellium.im/sasl v0.3.1 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/internal/database/db.go b/internal/database/db.go
index c960838..f1e5fc1 100644
--- a/internal/database/db.go
+++ b/internal/database/db.go
@@ -22,4 +22,6 @@ func ConnectDB(config *config.Config) {
 		log.Fatal("Could not connect to databse")
 		log.Printf("DSN = %s", dsn)
 	}
+
+	log.Println("Connection to database successful")
 }