diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index df450cc..0da2e5c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "5000:5000"
     volumes:
-      - ./server:/movie_name/server
+      - .:/movie_name
+    environment:
+      MOVIE_DB_HOST: mysql_db
+      MOVIE_DB_USER: CINEMA_USER
+      MOVIE_DB_PASSWORD: CINEMA_PASSWORD
+      MOVIE_DB_NAME: CINEMA_DB
+      PYTHONPATH: /movie_name
     depends_on:
       - mysql
 
@@ -36,9 +42,9 @@ services:
       MYSQL_USER: CINEMA_USER
       MYSQL_PASSWORD: CINEMA_PASSWORD
     ports:
-      - "3307:3306"
+      - "3306:3306"
     volumes:
       - mysql_data:/var/lib/mysql
 
 volumes:
-  mysql_data:
\ No newline at end of file
+  mysql_data:
diff --git a/server/api/.env b/server/api/.env
index daa1d14..e07104f 100644
--- a/server/api/.env
+++ b/server/api/.env
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
 MOVIE_API_HOST=0.0.0.0
 MOVIE_API_PORT=5000
-MOVIE_DB_HOST=mysql_db
-MOVIE_DB_USER=CINEMA_USER
-MOVIE_DB_PASSWORD=CINEMA_PASSWORD
-MOVIE_DB_NAME=CINEMA_DB
diff --git a/server/api/app.py b/server/api/app.py
index fa78479..03ff1f8 100755
--- a/server/api/app.py
+++ b/server/api/app.py
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 """ Starts the Flask web app """
 import os
-from flask import Flask
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from flask import Flask, jsonify
+from models import storage
+from api.views import app_views
 
 
 load_dotenv()
 app = Flask(__name__)
 app.url_map.strict_slashes = False
+app.register_blueprint(app_views)
 HOST = "0.0.0.0"
 PORT = 5000
 
@@ -18,6 +21,18 @@ def volume():
     return "Testing volumes: -Zidane Square headed-"
 
 
+@app.teardown_appcontext
+def teardown_db(exception):
+    """ Closes the storage session """
+    storage.close()
+
+
+@app.errorhandler(404)
+def page_not_found(e):
+    """ Handles the 404 error """
+    return jsonify({"error": "Not found"}), 404
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     if os.getenv("MOVIE_API_HOST"):
         HOST = os.getenv("MOVIE_API_HOST")
diff --git a/server/api/views/__init__.py b/server/api/views/__init__.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fb6bd29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/api/views/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+""" Contains the flask blueprint """
+from flask import Blueprint
+
+app_views = Blueprint('app_views', __name__, url_prefix="/api")
+
+from api.views.users import *  # nopep8
+from api.views.index import *  # nopep8
diff --git a/server/api/views/index.py b/server/api/views/index.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..80c13d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/api/views/index.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+"""Metrics Routes"""
+from api.views import app_views
+
+
+@app_views.route('/status')
+def status():
+    """Return the API status all wrapped in a json object"""
+    return {"status": "OK"}, 200
+
+
+@app_views.route('stats')
+def stats():
+    """Return the count of all classes"""
+    from models.user import User
+    from models.mood import Mood
+    from models.recommendation import Recommendation
+    from models import storage
+
+    return {"Users": storage.count(User),
+            "Moods": storage.count(Mood),
+            "Recommendations": storage.count(Recommendation)
+            }
diff --git a/server/flask.dockerfile b/server/flask.dockerfile
index 5d3729a..824a45b 100644
--- a/server/flask.dockerfile
+++ b/server/flask.dockerfile
@@ -1,11 +1,23 @@
 FROM python:3.8-slim
 
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y
+RUN apt-get install -y pkg-config
+RUN apt-get install -y default-libmysqlclient-dev
+RUN apt-get install -y build-essential
+
 WORKDIR /movie_name
 
 COPY . /movie_name
 
-RUN pip3 install flask==2.1.0 werkzeug==2.1.1 flask-cors==4.0.1 sqlalchemy==1.4.22 python-dotenv
+RUN pip3 install flask==2.1.0 werkzeug==2.1.1 flask-cors==4.0.1 sqlalchemy==1.4.22 mysqlclient==2.2.4 python-dotenv
+
+RUN apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 EXPOSE 5000
 
-CMD ["python3", "-m", "server.api.app"]
\ No newline at end of file
+COPY wait-for-mysql.sh /usr/local/bin/wait-for-mysql.sh
+RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/wait-for-mysql.sh
+
+WORKDIR /movie_name/server
+
+CMD ["wait-for-mysql.sh", "python3", "-m", "api.app"]
diff --git a/server/models/__init__.py b/server/models/__init__.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..68c40d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/models/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+"""Initialize the models package."""
+
+from models.engine.db_storage import DBStorage
+
+
+storage = DBStorage()
+storage.reload()
diff --git a/server/models/base_model.py b/server/models/base_model.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..99df5a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/models/base_model.py
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Contains class BaseModel
+"""
+
+from datetime import datetime
+import models
+from sqlalchemy import Column, String, DateTime
+from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
+import uuid
+
+time = "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f"
+Base = declarative_base()
+
+
+class BaseModel:
+    """The BaseModel class from which future classes will be derived"""
+    id = Column(String(60), primary_key=True)
+    created_at = Column(DateTime, default=datetime.utcnow)
+    updated_at = Column(DateTime, default=datetime.utcnow)
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Initialization of the base model"""
+        if kwargs:
+            for key, value in kwargs.items():
+                if key != "__class__":
+                    setattr(self, key, value)
+            if kwargs.get("created_at", None) and type(self.created_at) is str:
+                self.created_at = datetime.strptime(kwargs["created_at"], time)
+            else:
+                self.created_at = datetime.utcnow()
+            if kwargs.get("updated_at", None) and type(self.updated_at) is str:
+                self.updated_at = datetime.strptime(kwargs["updated_at"], time)
+            else:
+                self.updated_at = datetime.utcnow()
+            if kwargs.get("id", None) is None:
+                self.id = str(uuid.uuid4())
+        else:
+            self.id = str(uuid.uuid4())
+            self.created_at = datetime.utcnow()
+            self.updated_at = self.created_at
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        """String representation of the BaseModel class"""
+        return "[{:s}] ({:s}) {}".format(self.__class__.__name__, self.id,
+                                         self.__dict__)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        """String representation of the BaseModel class"""
+        return "[{:s}] ({:s}) {}".format(self.__class__.__name__, self.id,
+                                         self.__dict__)
+
+    def save(self):
+        """Updates the attribute 'updated_at' with the current datetime"""
+        self.updated_at = datetime.utcnow()
+        models.storage.new(self)
+        models.storage.save()
+
+    def to_dict(self):
+        """Returns a dictionary containing all keys/values of the instance"""
+        new_dict = self.__dict__.copy()
+        if "created_at" in new_dict:
+            new_dict["created_at"] = new_dict["created_at"].strftime(time)
+        if "updated_at" in new_dict:
+            new_dict["updated_at"] = new_dict["updated_at"].strftime(time)
+        new_dict["__class__"] = self.__class__.__name__
+        if "_sa_instance_state" in new_dict:
+            del new_dict["_sa_instance_state"]
+        if "password" in new_dict:
+            del new_dict["password"]
+        return new_dict
+
+    def delete(self):
+        """Delete the current instance from the storage"""
+        models.storage.delete(self)
diff --git a/server/models/engine/__init__.py b/server/models/engine/__init__.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/server/models/engine/db_storage.py b/server/models/engine/db_storage.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d40d358
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/models/engine/db_storage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Contains the class DBStorage
+"""
+
+from models.base_model import BaseModel, Base
+from models.mood import Mood
+from models.recommendation import Recommendation
+from models.user import User
+from os import getenv
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+from sqlalchemy.orm import scoped_session, sessionmaker
+
+classes = {"Mood": Mood, "Recommendation": Recommendation, "User": User}
+
+
+class DBStorage:
+    """Interaacts with the MySQL database"""
+    __engine = None
+    __session = None
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        """Instantiate a DBStorage object"""
+        MOVIE_DB_USER = getenv('MOVIE_DB_USER')
+        MOVIE_DB_PASSWORD = getenv('MOVIE_DB_PASSWORD')
+        MOVIE_DB_HOST = getenv('MOVIE_DB_HOST')
+        MOVIE_DB_NAME = getenv('MOVIE_DB_NAME')
+        self.__engine = create_engine('mysql+mysqldb://{}:{}@{}/{}'.
+                                      format(MOVIE_DB_USER,
+                                             MOVIE_DB_PASSWORD,
+                                             MOVIE_DB_HOST,
+                                             MOVIE_DB_NAME))
+
+    def all(self, cls=None):
+        """query on the current database session"""
+        new_dict = {}
+        for clss in classes:
+            if cls is None or cls is classes[clss] or cls is clss:
+                objs = self.__session.query(classes[clss]).all()
+                for obj in objs:
+                    key = obj.__class__.__name__ + '.' + obj.id
+                    new_dict[key] = obj
+        return (new_dict)
+
+    def new(self, obj):
+        """Add the object to the current database session"""
+        self.__session.add(obj)
+
+    def save(self):
+        """Commit all changes of the current database session"""
+        self.__session.commit()
+
+    def delete(self, obj=None):
+        """Delete from the current database session obj if not None"""
+        if obj is not None:
+            self.__session.delete(obj)
+
+    def reload(self):
+        """Reloads data from the database"""
+        Base.metadata.create_all(self.__engine)
+        sess_factory = sessionmaker(bind=self.__engine, expire_on_commit=False)
+        Session = scoped_session(sess_factory)
+        self.__session = Session
+
+    def close(self):
+        """Call remove() method on the private session attribute"""
+        self.__session.remove()
+
+    def get(self, cls, id):
+        """Returns the object based on the class and its ID,
+            or None if not found"""
+        objs = self.all(cls).values()
+        for obj in objs:
+            if obj.id == id:
+                return obj
+        return None
+
+    def count(self, cls=None):
+        """
+        Returns the number of objects in storage matching the given class.
+        If no class is passed, returns the count of all objects in storage.
+        """
+        return len(self.all(cls).keys())
diff --git a/server/models/mood.py b/server/models/mood.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..db72302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/models/mood.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Holds class Mood"""
+from models.base_model import BaseModel, Base
+from sqlalchemy import Column, String
+from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
+
+
+class Mood(BaseModel, Base):
+    """Representation of a user """
+    __tablename__ = 'moods'
+    mood = Column(String(24), nullable=False)
+    recommendations = relationship("Recommendation",
+                                   back_populates="mood",
+                                   cascade="all, delete-orphan")
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Initializes user"""
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/server/models/recommendation.py b/server/models/recommendation.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..af9ea85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/models/recommendation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Holds class Recommendation"""
+from models.base_model import BaseModel, Base
+from sqlalchemy import Column, String, Boolean, ForeignKey
+from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
+
+
+class Recommendation(BaseModel, Base):
+    """Representation of a vault """
+    __tablename__ = 'Recommendation'
+    user_id = Column(String(128),
+                     ForeignKey('users.id', ondelete='CASCADE'),
+                     nullable=False)
+    mood_id = Column(String(128),
+                     ForeignKey('moods.id', ondelete='CASCADE'),
+                     nullable=False)
+    weather = Column(String(128), nullable=False)
+    recommendaton = Column(String(128), nullable=True)
+    seen = Column(Boolean, nullable=False)
+    like = Column(Boolean, nullable=False)
+    mood = relationship("Mood", back_populates="recommendations")
+    user = relationship("User", back_populates="recommendations",)
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """initializes vault"""
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/server/models/user.py b/server/models/user.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..54708ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/models/user.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Holds class User"""
+from models.base_model import BaseModel, Base
+from sqlalchemy import Column, String
+from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
+import hashlib
+
+
+class User(BaseModel, Base):
+    """Representation of a user """
+    __tablename__ = 'users'
+    email = Column(String(128), nullable=False)
+    password = Column(String(128), nullable=False)
+    first_name = Column(String(128), nullable=False)
+    last_name = Column(String(128), nullable=False)
+    recent_mood = Column(String(24), nullable=False)
+    recommendations = relationship("Recommendation",
+                                   back_populates="user",
+                                   cascade="all, delete-orphan")
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Initializes user"""
+        kwargs["password"] = hashlib.sha256(
+            kwargs["password"].encode()).hexdigest()
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/wait-for-mysql.sh b/wait-for-mysql.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7fb0a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wait-for-mysql.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+sleep 10
+exec "$@"