diff --git a/api/.gitignore b/api/.gitignore
index 1945131..e44b27c 100644
--- a/api/.gitignore
+++ b/api/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 node_modules/
+dist/
 package-lock.json
 .env
diff --git a/api/package.json b/api/package.json
index fb4276d..fcfc1d4 100644
--- a/api/package.json
+++ b/api/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 		"start:prod": "node dist/server.js",
 		"tsc": "tsc -p .",
 		"clean": "rimraf dist",
-		"copy-assets": "ts-node src/utils/copyAssets",
+		"copy-assets": "ts-node src/utils/copy_assets",
 		"build": "npm-run-all clean tsc copy-assets",
 		"test": "npx jest . --runInBand",
 		"format": "npx prettier --write ."
diff --git a/api/src/.env.example b/api/src/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe4126a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+APP_PORT=6060
+APP_HOST=127.0.0.1
+
+JWT_SECRET=generate_random_secret
+
+DB_URI='mongodb://username:password@localhost:27017/database?authSource=admin'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/src/utils/copy_assets.ts b/api/src/utils/copy_assets.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a9baf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/utils/copy_assets.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import * as shell from 'shelljs';
+
+// Copy all the view templates
+//shell.cp('-R', 'src/views', 'dist/')
+//shell.cp('-R', 'src/public', 'dist/');
+shell.cp('-u', 'src/.env', 'dist/');
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/tsconfig.json b/api/tsconfig.json
index 3ec4ba1..bcf7ec4 100644
--- a/api/tsconfig.json
+++ b/api/tsconfig.json
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@
 		"strict": true /* Enable all strict type-checking options. */,
 		"baseUrl": "./" /* Base directory to resolve non-absolute module names. */,
 		"esModuleInterop": true /* Emit additional JavaScript to ease support for importing CommonJS modules. This enables `allowSyntheticDefaultImports` for type compatibility. */,
+		"resolveJsonModule": true,
+		"experimentalDecorators": true, /* Enables experimental support for ES7 decorators. */ 
+		"emitDecoratorMetadata": true, /* Enables experimental support for emitting type metadata for decorators. */
 		"skipLibCheck": true /* Skip type checking all .d.ts files. */,
 		"forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true /* Ensure that casing is correct in imports. */,
-		"declaration": true
+		//"declaration": true, /* Enables experimental support for emitting type metadata for decorators. */
 	},
-	"exclude": ["_old", "node_modules", "src/make-files", "src/skeletons", "src/tests", "src/interfaces", "src/utils"]
+	"exclude": ["src/tests", "./tests"]
 }