diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c27960f..7863d37 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # init base image (Alpine is small Linux distro)
-FROM python:3.8-alpine
+FROM tiangolo/uvicorn-gunicorn-fastapi:python3.9
 # define the present working directory
-WORKDIR /rocrate-maker-fast-api
+# WORKDIR /rocrate-maker-fast-api
 # copy the contents into the working dir
-ADD . /rocrate-maker-fast-api
+COPY ./app /app
 # run pip install to install dependencies of the flasdk app
-RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+#RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
 # define commnd to start the api webserver
 # CMD [ "python","app.py"]
-ENTRYPOINT [ "./gunicorn.sh" ]
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+#ENTRYPOINT [ "./gunicorn.sh" ]
diff --git a/app.py b/app/app.py
similarity index 100%
rename from app.py
rename to app/app.py
diff --git a/gunicorn.sh b/app/gunicorn.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from gunicorn.sh
rename to app/gunicorn.sh
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2a0ef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+from fastapi import FastAPI, Path, Query
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+from typing import Optional
+import os, json
+
+app = FastAPI(
+    title = 'RO-Crate-API',
+    description='RO-Crate manager Rest-API'
+)
+
+class ProfileModel(BaseModel):
+    logo: Optional[str] = Field(None, example = 'https://www.researchobject.org/ro-crate/assets/img/ro-crate-w-text.png', description = "Logo to be displayed in RO crate UI")
+    description: Optional[str] = Field(None, description = "description of the RO-profile")
+    url_ro_profile: str = Field(None, description = "github url where the rocrate profile is located")
+
+class SpaceModel(BaseModel):
+    storage_path: str = Field(None, description = "Valid path on local storage where ROcrate data will be stored")
+    RO_profile: str = Field(None, description = "Ro-Profile name that will be used for the space")
+
+@app.get('/', tags=["test"])
+def home():
+    return {'Message':'Waddup Rory, docs can be found in the /docs route'}
+
+@app.get('/profiles',tags=["Profiles"])
+def get_all_profiles_info():
+    with open(os.path.join(os.getcwd(),"workflows.json"), "r+") as file:
+        data = json.load(file)
+        return data
+
+@app.get('/profiles/{profile_id}',tags=["Profiles"])
+def get_profile_info(profile_id: str = Path(None,description="profile_id name")):
+    with open(os.path.join(os.getcwd(),"workflows.json"), "r+") as file:
+        data = json.load(file)
+        try:
+            toreturn = data[profile_id]
+            return toreturn
+        except Exception as e:
+            return {'Data':'Not Found'}
+
+@app.delete('/profiles/{profile_id}',tags=["Profiles"])
+def delete_profile(profile_id: str = Path(None,description="profile_id name")):
+    with open(os.path.join(os.getcwd(),"workflows.json")) as data_file:
+            data = json.load(data_file)
+            try:
+                del data[profile_id]
+            except Exception as e:
+                return {'Data':'Delete Failed'}  
+    with open(os.path.join(os.getcwd(),"workflows.json"), 'w') as data_file:
+        data = json.dump(data, data_file)    
+        return {'message':'successfully deleted profile'}
+
+@app.post('/profiles/{profile_id}',tags=["Profiles"])
+def add_profile(*,profile_id: str = Path(None,description="profile_id name"), item: ProfileModel):
+    with open(os.path.join(os.getcwd(),"workflows.json"), "r+")as file:
+        data = json.load(file)
+        if profile_id in data.keys():
+            return {'Error':"Profile already exists"}
+        data[profile_id]= {'logo':item.logo,'description':item.description,'url_ro_profile':item.url_ro_profile}
+    with open(os.path.join(os.getcwd(),"workflows.json"), "w") as file:
+        json.dump(data, file)   
+    return {'Message':'Profile added'}
+
+@app.put('/profiles/{profile_id}',tags=["Profiles"])
+def update_profile(*,profile_id: str = Path(None,description="profile_id name"), item: ProfileModel):
+    with open(os.path.join(os.getcwd(),"workflows.json"), "r+")as file:
+        data = json.load(file)
+    for profile in data.keys():
+        if profile_id == profile:
+            data[profile_id]= {'logo':item.logo,'description':item.description,'url_ro_profile':item.url_ro_profile} 
+            with open(os.path.join(os.getcwd(),"workflows.json"), "w") as file:
+                json.dump(data, file)  
+                return {'Data':'Update successfull'} 
+    return {'Error', 'given profile was not found'}
+
+@app.get('/spaces',tags=["Spaces"])
+def get_all_spaces():
+    with open(os.path.join(os.getcwd(),"projects.json"), "r+")as file:
+        data = json.load(file)
+        return data
+
+@app.get('/spaces/{space_id}',tags=["Spaces"])
+def get_space_info(*,space_id: str = Path(None,description="space_id name")):
+    with open(os.path.join(os.getcwd(),"projects.json"), "r+") as file:
+        data = json.load(file)
+        try:
+            toreturn = data[space_id]
+            return toreturn
+        except Exception as e:
+            return {'Data':'Space Not Found'}
+
+@app.delete('/spaces/{space_id}',tags=["Spaces"])
+def delete_space(*,space_id: str = Path(None,description="space_id name")):
+    with open(os.path.join(os.getcwd(),"projects.json")) as data_file:
+            data = json.load(data_file)
+            try:
+                del data[space_id]
+            except Exception as e:
+                return {'Data':'Delete Failed'}  
+    with open(os.path.join(os.getcwd(),"projects.json"), 'w') as data_file:
+        data = json.dump(data, data_file)    
+        return {'message':'successfully deleted space'}
+
+@app.post('/spaces/{space_id}',tags=["Spaces"])
+def add_space(*,space_id: str = Path(None,description="space_id name"), item: SpaceModel):
+    with open(os.path.join(os.getcwd(),"projects.json"), "r+")as file:
+        data = json.load(file)
+        if space_id in data.keys():
+            return {'Error':"Profile already exists"}
+        data[space_id]= {'storage_path':item.storage_path,'ro_profile':item.RO_profile}
+    with open(os.path.join(os.getcwd(),"projects.json"), "w") as file:
+        json.dump(data, file)
+    return {'Message':'Space added'}
+
+@app.put('/spaces/{space_id}',tags=["Spaces"])
+def update_space(*,space_id: str = Path(None,description="space_id name"), item: SpaceModel):
+    with open(os.path.join(os.getcwd(),"projects.json"), "r+")as file:
+        data = json.load(file)
+    for space in data.keys():
+        if space_id == space:
+            data[space_id]= {'storage_path':item.storage_path,'ro_profile':item.RO_profile}
+            with open(os.path.join(os.getcwd(),"projects.json"), "w") as file:
+                json.dump(data, file)  
+            return {'Data':'Update successfull'} 
+    return {'Error', 'given space was not found'}
+
+@app.get('/plugins', tags=["plugins"])
+def get_al_plugin_info():
+    return {'data': 'TODO'}
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diff --git a/projects.json b/app/projects.json
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rename from projects.json
rename to app/projects.json
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/app/requirements.txt
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rename from requirements.txt
rename to app/requirements.txt
diff --git a/test_api.http b/app/test_api.http
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rename from test_api.http
rename to app/test_api.http
diff --git a/workflows.json b/app/workflows.json
similarity index 100%
rename from workflows.json
rename to app/workflows.json
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6362c13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+version: '3.7'
+services:
+  fast_api_app:
+    build: .
+    ports:
+       - 8081:80
+