diff --git a/api/app.js b/api/app.js
index f5c9c63..ab17fbf 100644
--- a/api/app.js
+++ b/api/app.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require('./config/passport')(passport)
  */
 
 // Enable CORS
-app.use(function(req, res, next) {
+app.use(function (req, res, next) {
   res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*')
   res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', '*')
   res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', '*')
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ app.post(`/users/login`, users.login)
 app.post(`/user`, passport.authenticate('jwt', { session: false }), users.get)
 
 app.get(`/test`, (req, res) => {
-  res.status(200).send('Request received')
+  res.status(200).send('Experimental code!')
 })
 
 app.get(`/*`, (req, res) => {
diff --git a/api/package.json b/api/package.json
index ea75df5..c3a5f62 100644
--- a/api/package.json
+++ b/api/package.json
@@ -11,10 +11,16 @@
     "passport-jwt": "^4.0.0",
     "shortid": "^2.2.15"
   },
-  "devDependencies": {},
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "cross-env": "^7.0.2",
+    "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
+    "webpack": "^4.43.0",
+    "webpack-cli": "^3.3.11",
+    "webpack-node-externals": "^1.7.2"
+  },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+    "build": "rimraf dist && webpack --config ./webpack.config.js"
   },
   "author": "",
   "license": "ISC"
-}
+}
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diff --git a/api/serverless.yml b/api/serverless.yml
index 69a94b2..f06a909 100644
--- a/api/serverless.yml
+++ b/api/serverless.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 app: fullstack
-component: express@1.0.8
 name: fullstack-api
+component: express@1.0.10
 
 inputs:
-  src: ./
+  src: 
+    src: ./
+    hook: export NODE_ENV=development && npm run build
+    dist: ./dist
   roleName: ${output:fullstack-permissions.name}
   domain: api.${env:domain}
+  memory: 512
   env:
     db: ${output:fullstack-db.name}
     dbIndex1: ${output:fullstack-db.indexes.gsi1.name}
-    tokenSecret: ${env:tokenSecret}
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+    tokenSecret: ${env:tokenSecret}
diff --git a/api/webpack.config.js b/api/webpack.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a86263e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/webpack.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+const path = require('path')
+console.log(process.env.NODE_ENV)
+module.exports = {
+  target: 'node',
+  entry: './app.js',
+  output: {
+    path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist'),
+    filename: 'app.js',
+  },
+  externals: {
+    'aws-sdk': 'aws-sdk',
+  }
+}
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