diff --git a/api/.dockerignore b/api/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fd4896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,263 @@
+### JetBrains+all Patch template
+# Ignore everything but code style settings and run configurations
+# that are supposed to be shared within teams.
+
+.idea/*
+
+!.idea/codeStyles
+!.idea/runConfigurations
+
+### JetBrains+all template
+# Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio, WebStorm and Rider
+# Reference: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544839
+
+# User-specific stuff
+.idea/**/workspace.xml
+.idea/**/tasks.xml
+.idea/**/usage.statistics.xml
+.idea/**/dictionaries
+.idea/**/shelf
+
+# AWS User-specific
+.idea/**/aws.xml
+
+# Generated files
+.idea/**/contentModel.xml
+
+# Sensitive or high-churn files
+.idea/**/dataSources/
+.idea/**/dataSources.ids
+.idea/**/dataSources.local.xml
+.idea/**/sqlDataSources.xml
+.idea/**/dynamic.xml
+.idea/**/uiDesigner.xml
+.idea/**/dbnavigator.xml
+
+# Gradle
+.idea/**/gradle.xml
+.idea/**/libraries
+
+# Gradle and Maven with auto-import
+# When using Gradle or Maven with auto-import, you should exclude module files,
+# since they will be recreated, and may cause churn.  Uncomment if using
+# auto-import.
+.idea/artifacts
+.idea/compiler.xml
+.idea/jarRepositories.xml
+.idea/modules.xml
+.idea/*.iml
+.idea/modules
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+
+# CMake
+cmake-build-*/
+
+# Mongo Explorer plugin
+.idea/**/mongoSettings.xml
+
+# File-based project format
+*.iws
+
+# IntelliJ
+out/
+
+# mpeltonen/sbt-idea plugin
+.idea_modules/
+
+# JIRA plugin
+atlassian-ide-plugin.xml
+
+# Cursive Clojure plugin
+.idea/replstate.xml
+
+# SonarLint plugin
+.idea/sonarlint/
+
+# Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and IntelliJ)
+com_crashlytics_export_strings.xml
+crashlytics.properties
+crashlytics-build.properties
+fabric.properties
+
+# Editor-based Rest Client
+.idea/httpRequests
+
+# Android studio 3.1+ serialized cache file
+.idea/caches/build_file_checksums.ser
+
+### VirtualEnv template
+# Virtualenv
+# http://iamzed.com/2009/05/07/a-primer-on-virtualenv/
+.Python
+[Bb]in
+[Ii]nclude
+[Ll]ib
+[Ll]ib64
+[Ll]ocal
+[Ss]cripts
+pyvenv.cfg
+.venv
+pip-selfcheck.json
+
+### Python template
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+cover/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-journal
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+.pybuilder/
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# pyenv
+#   For a library or package, you might want to ignore these files since the code is
+#   intended to run in multiple environments; otherwise, check them in:
+# .python-version
+
+# pipenv
+#   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
+#   However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies
+#   having no cross-platform support, pipenv may install dependencies that don't work, or not
+#   install all needed dependencies.
+#Pipfile.lock
+
+# poetry
+#   Similar to Pipfile.lock, it is generally recommended to include poetry.lock in version control.
+#   This is especially recommended for binary packages to ensure reproducibility, and is more
+#   commonly ignored for libraries.
+#   https://python-poetry.org/docs/basic-usage/#commit-your-poetrylock-file-to-version-control
+#poetry.lock
+
+# pdm
+#   Similar to Pipfile.lock, it is generally recommended to include pdm.lock in version control.
+#pdm.lock
+#   pdm stores project-wide configurations in .pdm.toml, but it is recommended to not include it
+#   in version control.
+#   https://pdm.fming.dev/#use-with-ide
+.pdm.toml
+
+# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow and github.com/pdm-project/pdm
+__pypackages__/
+
+# Celery stuff
+celerybeat-schedule
+celerybeat.pid
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+
+# Pyre type checker
+.pyre/
+
+# pytype static type analyzer
+.pytype/
+
+# Cython debug symbols
+cython_debug/
+
+# PyCharm
+#  JetBrains specific template is maintained in a separate JetBrains.gitignore that can
+#  be found at https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
+#  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
+#  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
+#.idea/
diff --git a/api/Dockerfile b/api/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8844340
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+FROM sbtscala/scala-sbt:graalvm-community-21.0.2_1.10.0_3.4.2
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY build.sbt /app/
+COPY project /app/project
+COPY src /app/src
+RUN sbt update
+RUN sbt compile
+RUN sbt package
+EXPOSE 8080
+CMD ["sbt", "run"]
diff --git a/api/build.sbt b/api/build.sbt
index 5d17444..811ba02 100644
--- a/api/build.sbt
+++ b/api/build.sbt
@@ -1,9 +1,24 @@
-ThisBuild / version := "0.1.0-SNAPSHOT"
+name := "api"
+version := "1.0"
+scalaVersion := "3.4.2"
 
-ThisBuild / scalaVersion := "3.4.2"
+resolvers += "Akka library repository" at "https://repo.akka.io/maven"
 
-lazy val root = (project in file("."))
-  .settings(
-    name := "api",
-    libraryDependencies += "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "3.2.18" % "test"
+enablePlugins(JavaAppPackaging)
+
+val scalatestVersion = "3.2.18"
+val AkkaVersion = "2.9.3"
+val AkkaHttpVersion = "10.6.3"
+val MongoDBVersion = "5.1.0"
+libraryDependencies ++= {
+  Seq(
+    "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % scalatestVersion % "test",
+    "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-actor-typed" % AkkaVersion,
+    "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-stream" % AkkaVersion,
+    "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-http" % AkkaHttpVersion,
+    "org.slf4j" % "slf4j-simple" % "2.0.13",
   )
+}
+libraryDependencies += ("org.mongodb.scala" %% "mongo-scala-driver" % MongoDBVersion).cross(
+  CrossVersion.for3Use2_13
+)
diff --git a/api/docker-compose.yaml b/api/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4682422
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+name: elevator-system
+
+services:
+    api:
+        build:
+            context: .
+        ports:
+            - 8080:8080
+        environment:
+            - DATABASE_URL=mongodb://db:27017
+        stdin_open: true
+        tty: true
+    db:
+        image: mongo:7
+        ports:
+            - 27017:27017
diff --git a/api/project/plugins.sbt b/api/project/plugins.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..591f3db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-native-packager" % "1.10.0")
diff --git a/api/src/main/scala/App.scala b/api/src/main/scala/App.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f871d8..0000000
--- a/api/src/main/scala/App.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-@main
-def main(): Unit =
-  println("Hello world!")
-
-def add(a: Int, b: Int): Int =
-  a + b
diff --git a/api/src/main/scala/Database.scala b/api/src/main/scala/Database.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..338d729
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/main/scala/Database.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import org.mongodb.scala.Document
+import org.mongodb.scala.MongoClient
+import org.mongodb.scala.MongoCollection
+
+import tour.Helpers._
+
+object Database {
+
+  def test(): Unit =
+    println("Connecting to MongoDB...")
+    val mongoClient = MongoClient(sys.env("DATABASE_URL"))
+    val database = mongoClient.getDatabase("mydb")
+    database.createCollection("test2")
+    val collection: MongoCollection[Document] = database.getCollection("test2")
+
+    val document = Document(
+      "name" -> "MongoDB",
+      "type" -> "database",
+      "count" -> 1,
+      "info" -> Document("x" -> 203, "y" -> 102),
+    )
+
+    collection.insertOne(document).results()
+    collection.find().printResults()
+    println("Document inserted")
+
+}
diff --git a/api/src/main/scala/Helpers.scala b/api/src/main/scala/Helpers.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eaafb52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/main/scala/Helpers.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2008-present MongoDB, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package tour
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
+
+import scala.concurrent.Await
+import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
+
+import org.mongodb.scala._
+
+object Helpers {
+
+  implicit class DocumentObservable[C](val observable: Observable[Document])
+    extends ImplicitObservable[Document] {
+    override val converter: (Document) => String = doc => doc.toJson
+  }
+
+  implicit class GenericObservable[C](val observable: Observable[C]) extends ImplicitObservable[C] {
+    override val converter: (C) => String = doc => Option(doc).map(_.toString).getOrElse("")
+  }
+
+  trait ImplicitObservable[C] {
+    val observable: Observable[C]
+    val converter: (C) => String
+
+    def results(): Seq[C] = Await.result(observable.toFuture(), Duration(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
+    def headResult() = Await.result(observable.head(), Duration(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
+
+    def printResults(initial: String = ""): Unit = {
+      if (initial.length > 0)
+        print(initial)
+      results().foreach(res => println(converter(res)))
+    }
+
+    def printHeadResult(initial: String = ""): Unit = println(
+      s"${initial}${converter(headResult())}"
+    )
+
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/api/src/main/scala/Main.scala b/api/src/main/scala/Main.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17dd7d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/main/scala/Main.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+object Main {
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = Server.run()
+}
diff --git a/api/src/main/scala/Routes.scala b/api/src/main/scala/Routes.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee863cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/main/scala/Routes.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import akka.http.scaladsl.model.ContentTypes
+import akka.http.scaladsl.model.HttpEntity
+import akka.http.scaladsl.server.Directives.complete
+import akka.http.scaladsl.server.Directives.get
+import akka.http.scaladsl.server.Directives.path
+import akka.http.scaladsl.server.Route
+
+object Routes {
+
+  val route: Route =
+    path("hello") {
+      get {
+        complete(HttpEntity(ContentTypes.`text/html(UTF-8)`, "<h1>Say hello to akka-http</h1>"))
+      }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/api/src/main/scala/Server.scala b/api/src/main/scala/Server.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c1a902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/main/scala/Server.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import akka.actor.typed.ActorSystem
+import akka.actor.typed.scaladsl.Behaviors
+import akka.http.scaladsl.Http
+
+import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContextExecutor
+import scala.io.StdIn
+
+object Server {
+
+  def run(): Unit =
+    implicit val system: ActorSystem[Any] = ActorSystem(Behaviors.empty, "my-system")
+    implicit val executionContext: ExecutionContextExecutor = system.executionContext
+
+    val host = "0.0.0.0"
+    val port = 8080
+
+    val bindingFuture = Http()
+      .newServerAt(host, port)
+      .bind(Routes.route)
+
+    println(s"Server online at http://$host:$port/\nPress RETURN to stop...")
+
+    Database.test()
+
+    StdIn.readLine()
+    bindingFuture
+      .flatMap(_.unbind())
+      .onComplete(_ => system.terminate())
+
+}
diff --git a/api/src/test/scala/AppSuite.scala b/api/src/test/scala/AppSuite.scala
index 82c8a99..f5701b0 100644
--- a/api/src/test/scala/AppSuite.scala
+++ b/api/src/test/scala/AppSuite.scala
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ import org.scalatest.funsuite.AnyFunSuite
 
 class AppSuite extends AnyFunSuite {
   test("Adding 2 and 2 should produce 4") {
-    assert(add(2, 2) == 4)
+    assert(2 + 2 == 4)
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}