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diff --git a/quantdb/__init__.py b/quantdb/__init__.py
index e69de29..9d48db4 100644
--- a/quantdb/__init__.py
+++ b/quantdb/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
diff --git a/quantdb/ingest.py b/quantdb/ingest.py
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--- a/quantdb/ingest.py
+++ b/quantdb/ingest.py
@@ -872,7 +872,6 @@ def make_values_quant(this_dataset_updated_uuid, i, luinst):
         make_values_cat,
         make_values_quant,
     )
-
     # this is where things get annoying with needing selects on instance measured
 
 
@@ -1315,7 +1314,6 @@ def ingest_demo_jp2(session, source_local=True, do_insert=True, commit=False, de
 
 
 def ingest_reva_ft_all(session, source_local=False, do_insert=True, batch=False, commit=False, dev=False):
-
     dataset_uuids = (
         'aa43eda8-b29a-4c25-9840-ecbd57598afc',  # f001
         # the rest have uuid1 issues :/ all in the undefined folder it seems, might be able to fix with a reupload
diff --git a/quantdb/postgresql_app/__init__.py b/quantdb/postgresql_app/__init__.py
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+++ b/quantdb/postgresql_app/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from . import database
+
+__all__ = ['database']
diff --git a/quantdb/postgresql_app/database.py b/quantdb/postgresql_app/database.py
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+++ b/quantdb/postgresql_app/database.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any
+
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
+from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
+
+from quantdb.config import Settings
+
+# TODO: get new setting env setup first
+# SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = Settings().MYSQL_URL
+
+# engine = create_engine(SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL)
+# SessionLocal = sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)
+
+# Base: Any = declarative_base()
diff --git a/quantdb/router.py b/quantdb/router.py
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+++ b/quantdb/router.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from typing import Literal
+
+import uvicorn
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi.middleware.wsgi import WSGIMiddleware
+from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
+
+from quantdb.api_server import app as quantdb_flask_app
+
+app = FastAPI()
+app.mount('/quantdb', WSGIMiddleware(quantdb_flask_app))
+
+
+# Root URL
+@app.get('/')
+def index() -> Literal['Hello']:
+    return 'Hello'
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    uvicorn.run('router:app', host='localhost', port=8000, reload=True)