diff --git a/conf/config.json b/conf/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bf3506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "database": {
+    "host": "localhost",
+    "username": "raceviewer",
+    "password": "viewingdatraceboiii",
+    "database" : "race",
+    "port": 5432
+  }
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d0781bc..631f42d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@
             <artifactId>vertx-jdbc-client</artifactId>
             <version>${vertx-version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
+            <artifactId>vertx-web</artifactId>
+            <version>${vertx-version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
+            <artifactId>vertx-mysql-postgresql-client</artifactId>
+            <version>${vertx-version}</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
             <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
@@ -55,6 +65,13 @@
             <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.slf4j/slf4j-api -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+            <version>1.7.25</version>
+        </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/src/main/java/RouteDefiner.kt b/src/main/java/RouteDefiner.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..601639c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/RouteDefiner.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import io.reactivex.Single
+import io.vertx.core.json.Json
+import io.vertx.kotlin.core.json.JsonArray
+import io.vertx.reactivex.core.Vertx
+import io.vertx.reactivex.ext.asyncsql.AsyncSQLClient
+import io.vertx.reactivex.ext.web.Router
+import io.vertx.reactivex.ext.web.RoutingContext
+
+class RouteDefiner(router: Router, vertx: Vertx, postgreSQLClient: AsyncSQLClient) {
+
+    init {
+        /**
+         * get all championships
+         */
+        router.get("/championship").handler { rc ->
+            rc.end(postgreSQLClient.rxQuery("select * from championship where publishresults").map {
+                it.rows
+            })
+        }
+
+        router.get("/championship/:idchampionship/tiers").handler { rc ->
+            rc.end(postgreSQLClient.rxQueryWithParams("select distinct(tier) from poule where idchampionship = ? order by tier",
+                    JsonArray(rc.pathParam("idchampionship").toInt())).map {
+                println(it.rows)
+                it.rows.map { it.getInteger("tier") }
+            })
+        }
+
+        router.get("/championship/:idchampionship/tier/:tier/poules").handler { rc ->
+            rc.end(postgreSQLClient.rxQueryWithParams("select distinct(poule) from poule where idchampionship = ? and tier = ? order by poule",
+                    JsonArray(
+                            rc.pathParam("idchampionship").toInt(),
+                            rc.pathParam("tier").toInt()
+                    )).map {
+                println(it.rows)
+                it.rows.map { it.getInteger("poule") }
+            })
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Get all teams in a poule
+         */
+        router.get("/championship/:idchampionship/tier/:tier/poule/:poule/teams").handler { rc ->
+            rc.end(postgreSQLClient.rxQueryWithParams("select idteam, team.name, count(distinct idrace) racecount\n" +
+                    "from poule\n" +
+                    "       inner join team_poule using (poule, tier, idchampionship)\n" +
+                    "       inner join team using (idteam, idchampionship)\n" +
+                    "inner join race using (idteam, tier, poule, idchampionship)\n" +
+                    "where poule = ?\n" +
+                    "  and tier = ?\n" +
+                    "  and idchampionship = ?\n" +
+                    "group by idteam, team.name",
+                    JsonArray(
+                            rc.pathParam("poule").toInt(),
+                            rc.pathParam("tier").toInt(),
+                            rc.pathParam("idchampionship").toInt()
+                    )).map {
+                it.rows
+            })
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Get all times in a poule
+         */
+        router.get("/championship/:idchampionship/tier/:tier/poule/:poule/times").handler { rc ->
+            rc.end(postgreSQLClient.rxQueryWithParams("select idteam, idrace, array_agg(extract(milliseconds from laptime)) laptimesms,\n" +
+                    "       (select sum(penaltyseconds) from comment where comment.idrace = race.idrace) penaltysum\n" +
+                    "from poule\n" +
+                    "       inner join team_poule using (poule, tier, idchampionship)\n" +
+                    "       inner join team using (idteam, idchampionship)\n" +
+                    "      inner join race using (tier, idchampionship, idteam, poule)\n" +
+                    "inner join valid_laptimes using (idrace)\n" +
+                    "where poule = ?\n" +
+                    "  and tier = ?\n" +
+                    "  and idchampionship = ?\n" +
+                    "and publishresults\n" +
+                    "group by idteam, idrace\n" +
+                    "order by idteam, idrace",
+                    JsonArray(
+                            rc.pathParam("poule").toInt(),
+                            rc.pathParam("tier").toInt(),
+                            rc.pathParam("idchampionship").toInt()
+                    )).map {
+                it.rows
+            })
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Gracefully handle a single of something encodable.
+ */
+private fun <T> RoutingContext.end(singleObject: Single<T>) {
+    singleObject.subscribe({
+        this.response().end(Json.encode(it))
+    }, {
+        this.fail(it)
+    })
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/Server.kt b/src/main/java/Server.kt
index 821278c..7703135 100644
--- a/src/main/java/Server.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/Server.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,49 @@
-import io.vertx.core.Vertx
+import io.vertx.core.http.HttpMethod
+import io.vertx.reactivex.config.ConfigRetriever
+import io.vertx.reactivex.core.Vertx
+import io.vertx.reactivex.ext.asyncsql.PostgreSQLClient
+import io.vertx.reactivex.ext.web.Router
+import io.vertx.reactivex.ext.web.handler.CorsHandler
 
 fun main(args: Array<String>) {
     var vertx = Vertx.vertx()
 
+    // fetching config file
+    var retriever = ConfigRetriever.create(vertx)
+    retriever.rxGetConfig().subscribe { config ->
+        // single out the database config
+        val databaseConfig = config.getJsonObject("database")
+
+        // make the jdbc client, ready for connections
+        var postgreSQLClient = PostgreSQLClient.createShared(vertx, databaseConfig)
+
+        var router = Router.router(vertx)
+
+
+        // set up cors
+        router.route().handler(
+                CorsHandler.create("http://localhost:4200")
+                        .allowCredentials(true)
+                        .allowedHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Method")
+                        .allowedHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin")
+                        .allowedHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Credentials")
+                        .allowedHeader("Content-Type")
+                        .allowedMethod(HttpMethod.GET)
+                        .allowedMethod(HttpMethod.POST)
+                        .allowedMethod(HttpMethod.PUT)
+                        .allowedMethod(HttpMethod.OPTIONS)
+        )
+
+        // define the routes
+        val routeDefiner = RouteDefiner(router, vertx, postgreSQLClient)
+
+
+        var server = vertx.createHttpServer()
+
+        server.requestHandler { router.accept(it) }.listen(8080)
+
+
+    }
+
 
 }
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