diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 23a129d..7783952 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from typing import List
-from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine, text
+import psycopg2.extras
+from psycopg2.extensions import AsIs, register_adapter
 from dataclasses import dataclass
+from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import JSONB
 
 app = FastAPI()
-engine = create_engine('postgresql://postgres?host=/home/anish/usr/df-web/postgres/')
+engine = create_engine("postgresql://postgres?host=/home/anish/usr/df-web/postgres/")
 conn = engine.connect()
+psycopg2.extensions.register_adapter(dict, psycopg2.extras.Json)
 
 
-class Vector3(BaseModel):
+class vector3(BaseModel):
     x: float
     y: float
     z: float
@@ -18,33 +22,35 @@ class Vector3(BaseModel):
 class Route(BaseModel):
     id: str
     creatorName: str
-    # dustPoints: List[Vector3]
-    checkpoints: List[Vector3]
-    startLocation: Vector3
-    # endLocation: Vector3
-    # creationDate: str
+    dustPoints: list  # List[Vector3]
+    checkpoints: list  # List[Vector3]
+    startLocation: dict  # Vector3
+    endLocation: dict  # Vector3
+    creationDate: str
 
 
 @app.get("/route")
 async def get_route():
     select = "SELECT * FROM routes"
     result = engine.execute(select)
+    data = []
     for route in result:
-        print(route)
-    return {'message': "Woodley's world"}
+        data.append(route)
+    return {"data": data}
 
 
 @app.post("/route")
 async def post_route(route: Route):
     as_dict = route.dict()
-    columns = ", ".join(list(as_dict.keys()))
-    # TODO this is fucked lol
-    # was trying to turn it into a string i could use to insert
-    # but that's not going so great because we have nested arrays
-    # but it basically means I need to add "ARRAY" before array values
-    # or use the ORM as god intended...
-    # Ugh, oop strikes again lol
-    rows = str(list(as_dict.values()))[1:-1]
-    insert = f"INSERT INTO routes ({columns}) VALUES ({rows}))"
+    insert = text(
+        """INSERT INTO
+                  routes (id, creatorName, creationDate, startLocation, endLocation, checkpoints, dustPoints)
+                  VALUES
+                  (:id, :creatorName, creationDate
+                  CAST(:startLocation as jsonb),
+                  CAST(:endLocation as jsonb),
+                  CAST(:checkpoints as jsonb[]),
+                  CAST(:dustPoints as jsonb[]))"""
+    ).bindparams(**as_dict)
     engine.execute(insert)
     return
diff --git a/setup-postgres.sh b/setup-postgres.sh
index 5dbbd7a..430f753 100755
--- a/setup-postgres.sh
+++ b/setup-postgres.sh
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ if [ ! -d $PGDATA ]; then
       initdb $PGDATA --auth=trust >/dev/null
 fi
 
-pg_ctl start -l $LOG_PATH -o "-c listen_addresses= -c unix_socket_directories=$PGHOST"
+# pg_ctl start -l $LOG_PATH -o "-c listen_addresses= -c unix_socket_directories=$PGHOST"
 
 # TODO move to alembic migrations
 psql $PGDATABASE << EOF
 CREATE TABLE routes ( \
+	id text,
 	creatorName text,
 	dustPoints jsonb[],
 	checkPoints jsonb[],