diff --git a/backend/controllers/auth.controller.js b/backend/controllers/auth.controller.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/backend/db/connectDB.js b/backend/db/connectDB.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60f8671
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/db/connectDB.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import mongoose from "mongoose";
+
+export const connectDB = async () => {
+    try {
+        const conn = await mongoose.connect(process.env.MONGO_URI);
+        console.log(`MongoDB Connected: ${conn.connection.host}`);
+    } catch(error) {
+        console.log("Error connection to MongoDB: ", error.message);
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/backend/example.env b/backend/example.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f43d7f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/example.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+MONGO_URI=mongodb://admin:test@localhost:27017/
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diff --git a/backend/models/user.model.js b/backend/models/user.model.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/backend/routes/auth.route.js b/backend/routes/auth.route.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..217744c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/routes/auth.route.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import express from "express";
+
+const router = express.Router();
+
+router.get("/signup", (req, res) => {
+    res.send("Signup route");
+})
+
+router.get("/login", (req, res) => {
+    res.send("Signup route");
+})
+
+router.get("/logout", (req, res) => {
+    res.send("Signup route");
+})
+
+export default router;
+
+
+// https://youtu.be/pmvEgZC55Cg?t=1028
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diff --git a/backend/server.js b/backend/server.js
index 882843c..0d33c72 100644
--- a/backend/server.js
+++ b/backend/server.js
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import express from "express";
+import dotenv from "dotenv";
 
+import {connectDB} from "./db/connectDB.js";
+
+import authRoutes from "./routes/auth.route.js"
+
+dotenv.config();
 const app = express();
 
 app.get("/", (req, res) => {
@@ -7,6 +13,10 @@ app.get("/", (req, res) => {
   });
   
 
+  app.use("/api/auth", authRoutes)
+
+
 app.listen(8080, () => {
+  connectDB();
     console.log("Server Started at 0.0.0.0:8080");
 });
diff --git a/deploy-dev.sh b/deploy-dev.sh
index bdddb32..503f1bb 100644
--- a/deploy-dev.sh
+++ b/deploy-dev.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yaml up --build
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+docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yaml up --build -d
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