diff --git a/back-end/src/app.ts b/back-end/src/app.ts
index 899ca35..5dd59ec 100644
--- a/back-end/src/app.ts
+++ b/back-end/src/app.ts
@@ -3,15 +3,10 @@ import dotenv from 'dotenv';
 dotenv.config()
 
 import express from 'express';
-import db from './db';
 
 const app = express();
 const port = process.env.PORT ?? 3000;
 
-app.get('/', async (_req, res) => {
-  const message = await db.example_request();
-  res.send(message);
-});
 
 app.listen(port, () => {
     return console.log(`Express is listening at http://localhost:${port}`);
diff --git a/back-end/src/routes/index.ts b/back-end/src/routes/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a7c473
--- /dev/null
+++ b/back-end/src/routes/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { Router } from "express";
+import db from '../db';
+
+const routes = Router();
+
+routes.get('/', async (_req, res) => {
+  const message = await db.example_request();
+  res.send(message);
+});
+
+routes.get("/message", async (_req, res) => {
+  const message = await db.example_request();
+  res.render('index.ejs', { message });
+});
+
+export default routes;