diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..747f90b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+      {
+        "type": "node",
+        "request": "attach",
+        "name": "Node: Nodemon",
+        "processId": "${command:PickProcess}",
+        "restart": true,
+        "protocol": "inspector"
+      }
+    ]
+  }  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nodemon.json b/nodemon.json
index 00b54fa..0ca8c43 100644
--- a/nodemon.json
+++ b/nodemon.json
@@ -2,5 +2,9 @@
   "watch": ["src"],
   "ext": "ts",
   "ignore": ["src/**/*.spec.ts"],
-  "exec": "ts-node ./src/app.ts"
+  "execMap": {
+    "ts": "node --require ts-node/register"
+  },
+  "verbose": true,
+  "restartable": "rs"
 }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d457db1..5afbfd3 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -491,6 +491,11 @@
         "is-obj": "^2.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "dotenv": {
+      "version": "8.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-8.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-8sJ78ElpbDJBHNeBzUbUVLsqKdccaa/BXF1uPTw3GrvQTBgrQrtObr2mUrE38vzYd8cEv+m/JBfDLioYcfXoaw=="
+    },
     "duplexer3": {
       "version": "0.1.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/duplexer3/-/duplexer3-0.1.4.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 63ff166..f3616e9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   "main": "index.js",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
+    "dotenv": "^8.2.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "pg": "^8.2.1"
   },
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
     "typescript": "^3.9.5"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "nodemon"
+    "start": "nodemon src/app.ts",
+    "debug": "nodemon --inspect src/app.ts"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index f9bfa2a..ef6f8a8 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ import * as config from "./config";
 import * as requests from "./requests";
 import express from "express";
 import db from "./db";
+import { QueryResult } from "pg";
 
 const app = express();
 app.use(express.static('public'));
 app.use(express.json());
 
 app.get("/api/getRequests", async (request, response) => {
-	var requestCount = ( request.query.count ? parseInt(request.query.count as string, 10) : 5 );
-	requests.getRequests(requestCount).then((val: any) => console.log(val));
-	response.send(requests.getRequests(requestCount));
+    var requestCount = ( request.query.count ? parseInt(request.query.count as string, 10) : 5 );
+    requests.getRequests(requestCount).then((val: QueryResult) => response.send(val));
 });
 
 app.get("/api/getAllRequests", async (request, response) => {
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index d9516d7..c6344bc 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+require('dotenv').config()
+
 if (!process.env.PORT) {
-	console.log("Missing environment variable PORT");
-	process.exit(1);
+    console.log("Missing environment variable PORT");
+    process.exit(1);
 }
 
 export const port: number = parseInt(process.env.PORT as string, 10);
diff --git a/src/requests.ts b/src/requests.ts
index a056da1..d0a7272 100644
--- a/src/requests.ts
+++ b/src/requests.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const getRequestsQuery = {
 
 export async function getRequests(count: number) {
 	var query = Object.assign(getRequestsQuery, { values: [count] });
-	db.query(query)
+	return db.query(query)
 	.then((result: pg.QueryResult) => result.rows)
 	.catch((e: any) => console.error(e.stack));
 };