diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5a5900c..c896d55 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 .idea
-test/
\ No newline at end of file
+src/test/
+src/config/api_config.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirments.txt b/requirments.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d21d4b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirments.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+flask
+yaml
+elasticsearch==7.14
diff --git a/src/config/example_config.yaml b/src/config/example_config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..344ff53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config/example_config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+elasticsearch:
+  host: http://IP:PORT
diff --git a/src/logic/Elasticsearch_handler.py b/src/logic/Elasticsearch_handler.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6580e7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/logic/Elasticsearch_handler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from datetime import datetime, date
+from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
+import json
+
+
+def es_upload(server, index, log_message):
+    if type(log_message) is not dict:
+        log_message = {"steam_key": log_message}
+    log_message["timestamp"] = datetime.utcnow().isoformat()
+    es = Elasticsearch(server)
+    data = json.dumps(log_message)
+    response = es.index(index=index, body=data, headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json;charset=UTF-8'})
+    document_id = response['_id']
+    print("Uploaded dictionary with ID:", document_id)
diff --git a/src/logic/handler.py b/src/logic/handler.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b0cc26d..0000000
--- a/src/logic/handler.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-
-def post_handler(data):
-    print("Post respond:")
-    print(data)
-    print("END OF RESPOND")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/start_app.py b/src/start_app.py
index bc8cd77..40c4cd2 100644
--- a/src/start_app.py
+++ b/src/start_app.py
@@ -1,34 +1,51 @@
+"""
+
+"""
+# ------------------------------------------------------- #
+# imports
+# ------------------------------------------------------- #
 from flask import Flask, send_from_directory, request, jsonify
 from threading import Thread
-from logic.handler import post_handler
 import os
+import yaml
+
+from logic.Elasticsearch_handler import es_upload
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------- #
+# functions
+# ------------------------------------------------------- #
+def load_config():
+    with open('config//api_config.yaml', 'r') as f:
+        config_file = yaml.safe_load(f)
+    return config_file
+
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
 
+@app.route("/")
+def root():
+    return "<p>Development Server for Death Garden API!</p>"
+
+
 @app.route('/favicon.ico')
 def favicon():
     return send_from_directory(os.path.join(app.root_path, 'image'), 'favicon.ico', mimetype='image/vnd.microsoft.icon')
 
 
-@app.route("/")
-def hello_world():
-    return "<p>Development Server for Death Garden API!</p>"
-
-
-@app.route("/api/v1/services/tex")
-def one():
-    print("Responded to tex api call GET")
-    return jsonify({"status": "success", "online": "true", "Version": "te-18f25613-36778-ue4-374f864b",
-                    "ProjectID": "F72FA5E64FA43E878DC72896AD677FB5",
-                    "DefaultFactoryName": "HttpNetworkReplayStreaming", "ServeMatchDelayInMin": "30.0f"})
-
-
 @app.route("/metrics/client/event", methods=["POST"])
 def receive_event():
     print("Responded to Metrics api call POST")
     data = request.get_json()
-    post_handler(data)
+    es_upload(server=es_server, index="client_event", log_message=data)
+    return jsonify({"status": "success"})
+
+
+@app.route("/metrics/httplog/event", methods=["POST"])
+def metrics_httplog_event():
+    data = request.get_json()
+    es_upload(server=es_server, index="metrics_httplog_event", log_message=data)
     return jsonify({"status": "success"})
 
 
@@ -37,19 +54,19 @@ def healthcheck():
     return jsonify({"status": "success", "online": "true"})
 
 
-@app.route("/metrics/httplog/event", methods=["POST"])
-def receive_event2():
-    print("Responded to httplog api call POST")
-    data = request.get_json()
-    post_handler(data)
-    return jsonify({"status": "success"})
+@app.route("/api/v1/services/tex")
+def services_tex():
+    print("Responded to tex api call GET")
+    return jsonify({"status": "success", "online": "true", "Version": "te-18f25613-36778-ue4-374f864b",
+                    "ProjectID": "F72FA5E64FA43E878DC72896AD677FB5",
+                    "DefaultFactoryName": "HttpNetworkReplayStreaming", "ServeMatchDelayInMin": "30.0f"})
 
 
 @app.route("/api/v1/gameDataAnalytics", methods=["POST"])
 def analytics_post():
     print("Responded to analytics api call POST")
     data = request.get_json()
-    post_handler(data)
+    es_upload(server=es_server, index="game_data_analytics", log_message=data)
     return jsonify({"status": "success"})
 
 
@@ -57,25 +74,24 @@ def analytics_post():
 def analytics_batch_post():
     print("Responded to analytics batch api call POST")
     data = request.get_json()
-    post_handler(data)
+    es_upload(server=es_server, index="game_data_analytics_batch", log_message=data)
     return jsonify({"status": "success"})
 
 
+@app.route("/api/v1/auth/provider/steam/login", methods=["POST"])
+def steam_login():
+    steam_token = request.args.get('token')
+    es_upload(server=es_server, index="steam_login", log_message=steam_token)
+    # return jsonify({"clientData":{"catalogId": "3.6.0_281460live", "consentId": "3.6.0_281460live"}})
+    return jsonify({"clientData": "3.0.1"})
+
+
 # [Backend]
 @app.route("/tex", methods=["GET"])
 def tex_get():
     return jsonify({"status": "success"})
 
 
-@app.route("/api/v1/auth/provider/steam/login", methods=["POST"])
-def steam_login():
-    # here we want to get the value of user (i.e. ?user=some-value)
-    steam_token = request.args.get('token')
-    print(steam_token)
-    # return jsonify({"clientData":{"catalogId": "3.6.0_281460live", "consentId": "3.6.0_281460live"}})
-    return jsonify({"clientData": "3.0.1"})
-
-
 def run():
     app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=8080)
 
@@ -86,8 +102,17 @@ def keep_alive():
     t.start()
 
 
-try:
-    keep_alive()
-except KeyboardInterrupt:
-    print("Exiting...")
-    exit(0)
+# ------------------------------------------------------- #
+# global variables
+# ------------------------------------------------------- #
+
+config = load_config()
+es_server = config['elasticsearch']['host']
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------- #
+# main
+# ------------------------------------------------------- #
+keep_alive()
+print("Exiting...")
+exit(0)