diff --git a/backend/.flaskenv b/backend/.flaskenv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b3c75e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.flaskenv
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+FLASK_APP=api.py
+FLASK_ENV=development
diff --git a/backend/__init__.py b/backend/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/backend/__main__.py b/backend/__main__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 97dcce5..0000000
--- a/backend/__main__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-from __
diff --git a/backend/api.py b/backend/api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07fc55a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import time 
+from flask import Flask
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+
+@app.route('/time')
+def get_current_time():
+    return {'time': time.time()}
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index e4c5de6..11b010b 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ Flask==1.1.2
 itsdangerous==1.1.0
 Jinja2==2.11.3
 MarkupSafe==1.1.1
+python-dotenv==0.17.1
 Werkzeug==1.0.1