diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 56055e6..3e9e14b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 bin/
-data/
 include/
 lib/
 __pycache__
diff --git a/ccpq/lib_ccpq.py b/ccpq/lib_ccpq.py
index 9f6c527..c9748ef 100644
--- a/ccpq/lib_ccpq.py
+++ b/ccpq/lib_ccpq.py
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ ANSWER = "ANSWER"
 
 
 class Question(object):
-    """class to hold the question data and methods"""
+    """
+    class to hold the question data and methods
+    TODO: needs to json methods for the REST API
+    """
     def __init__(self, data):
         self._data = data
         self._clean_data()
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index aaed091..bda26de 100755
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -3,3 +3,25 @@
 """
 Placeholder for the server program
 """
+
+import bottle 
+import pathlib
+from ccpq.lib_ccpq import Question, Game, Database
+
+
+class Server(bottle.Bottle):
+    """WIP this could be the start of our REST API server"""
+    def __init__(self, filepath):
+        bottle.Bottle.__init__(self)
+        self._db = Database(filepath)
+        self.route("/question", callback=self._get_question)
+
+    def _get_question(self):
+        question = self._db.get_question()
+        return str(question)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    filepath = pathlib.Path("./data/list_book1.csv")
+    server = Server(filepath)
+    server.run()
+