diff --git a/api/api.py b/api/api.py
index 59fe130..6c795b8 100644
--- a/api/api.py
+++ b/api/api.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from flask import Blueprint, request, jsonify, session
 from .users.user_endpoint import UserEndpoint
+from app import socketio
+from flask_socketio import emit
 
 api = Blueprint('api', __name__, url_prefix='/api')
 
@@ -14,4 +16,14 @@ def api_users():
 
 @api.route('/user')
 def api_user():
-    return jsonify(UserEndpoint.user())
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+    return jsonify(UserEndpoint.user())
+
+@socketio.on('connect')
+def handle_connection():
+    print('connected')
+    socketio.emit('connect', payload={'data':'connection'})
+
+@socketio.on('message')
+def handle_message(message):
+    print(message)
+    emit('message return', {'data':'a message was sent'})
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diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 4a7d7c9..fe753db 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -7,15 +7,19 @@ from configuration.config import DevelopmentConfig
 
 from flask_bcrypt import Bcrypt
 from flask_cors import CORS
+from flask_socketio import SocketIO
 
+app = Flask(__name__)
+bcrypt = Bcrypt(app)
+app.config['CORS_HEADERS'] = 'Content-Type'
+app.config.from_object(DevelopmentConfig)
+socketio = SocketIO(app, cors_allowed_origins="http://localhost:3000")
+# cors_allowed_origins="http://localhost:3000"
 def create_app():
-    app = Flask(__name__)
-    CORS(app, resources={r"/api/*": {"origins": "http://localhost:3000"},
-    r"/auth/*": {"origins": "http://localhost:3000"}})
-    app.config['CORS_HEADERS'] = 'Content-Type'
-    app.config.from_object(DevelopmentConfig)
+    CORS(app, resources={
+        r"/api/*": {"origins": "http://localhost:3000"},
+        r"/auth/*": {"origins": "http://localhost:3000"},
+    })
     db.init_app(app)
     ma.init_app(app)
     return app
-
-bcrypt = Bcrypt(create_app())
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diff --git a/configuration/config.py b/configuration/config.py
index 55c5173..4912a7b 100644
--- a/configuration/config.py
+++ b/configuration/config.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class DevelopmentConfig(BaseConfig):
     DEBUG = True
     BCRYPT_LOG_ROUNDS = 4
     SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = DATABASE
-    PORT = 8000
+    PORT = 5000
 
 
 class TestingConfig(BaseConfig):
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fab2ace..432ba18 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,14 +3,18 @@ astroid==2.3.1
 bcrypt==3.1.7
 cffi==1.12.3
 Click==7.0
+dnspython==1.16.0
+eventlet==0.25.1
 Flask==1.1.1
 Flask-Bcrypt==0.7.1
 Flask-Cors==3.0.8
 flask-marshmallow==0.10.1
 Flask-Migrate==2.5.2
 Flask-Script==2.0.6
+Flask-SocketIO==4.2.1
 Flask-SQLAlchemy==2.4.1
 Flask-Testing==0.7.1
+greenlet==0.4.15
 isort==4.3.21
 itsdangerous==1.1.0
 Jinja2==2.10.1
@@ -20,6 +24,7 @@ MarkupSafe==1.1.1
 marshmallow==3.2.0
 marshmallow-sqlalchemy==0.19.0
 mccabe==0.6.1
+monotonic==1.5
 numpy==1.17.2
 psycopg2==2.8.3
 pycparser==2.19
@@ -27,6 +32,8 @@ PyJWT==1.7.1
 pylint==2.4.2
 python-dateutil==2.8.0
 python-editor==1.0.4
+python-engineio==3.9.3
+python-socketio==4.3.1
 six==1.12.0
 SQLAlchemy==1.3.8
 typed-ast==1.4.0
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index d38827c..23b7e45 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from app import create_app, db
+from app import create_app, db, socketio
 
 # Blueprints
 from api.api import api
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     app.register_blueprint(api)
     app.register_blueprint(auth)
     migrate = Migrate(app, db)
-    app.run(port=8000, debug=True)
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+    socketio.run(app)
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