diff --git a/packages/play-node-go/play-node-go/src/App.js b/packages/play-node-go/play-node-go/src/App.js
index df061eb..6543cd7 100644
--- a/packages/play-node-go/play-node-go/src/App.js
+++ b/packages/play-node-go/play-node-go/src/App.js
@@ -25,23 +25,35 @@ function App() {
     initState
   );
 
-  useEffect(() => {
+  const fetchIndexAPI = () => {
     fetch(config.apiAddress)
     .then(res => res.text())
     .catch(err => setError([...error, err]))
-    .then(data => setFetchData(data))
-  })
+    .then(data => {
+      const action = {
+        type: 'INDEX',
+        message: 'INDEX_DATA',
+        body: data
+      }
+      dispatch(action)
+    })
+  }
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    
+  const socketConnect = () => {
     socket.emit('connect');
-    socket.on('connect', data => setSocketData('socket connected'));
+    socket.on('connected', data => setSocketData('socket connected'));
     socket.on('connect_error', err => setError([...error, err]));
     socket.on('error', err => setError([...error, err]))
-  })
+  }
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    fetchIndexAPI();
+    socketConnect();
+  }, [socketData, state.user])
 
   return (
     <Router>
+    {/* {fetchOnLoad()}; */}
       
       <div data-testid="App" className="App">        
         <Switch>
@@ -71,7 +83,7 @@ function App() {
         <h1>React Boilerplate</h1>
         {fetchData ? <p>{fetchData}</p> : <></>}
         {socketData ? <p>{socketData}</p> : <></>}
-        {error ? error.map(err => <p>{err}</p>): <></>}
+        {/* {error ? error.map(err => <p>{err}</p>): <></>} */}
       </div>
     </Router>
   );
diff --git a/packages/play-node-go/play-node-go/src/reducers/auth/stateReducer.auth.js b/packages/play-node-go/play-node-go/src/reducers/auth/stateReducer.auth.js
index 5715a14..41e1aba 100644
--- a/packages/play-node-go/play-node-go/src/reducers/auth/stateReducer.auth.js
+++ b/packages/play-node-go/play-node-go/src/reducers/auth/stateReducer.auth.js
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 import type { state, action } from '../stateReducer';
 
-import authServices from '../../services/authServices';
-
 export const authReducer = (state: state, action: action):state => {
   switch (action.message) {
     case 'LOGIN':
diff --git a/packages/play-node-go/play-node-go/src/reducers/index/stateReducer.index.js b/packages/play-node-go/play-node-go/src/reducers/index/stateReducer.index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86a1566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/play-node-go/play-node-go/src/reducers/index/stateReducer.index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// @flow
+import type { state, action } from '../stateReducer';
+
+export const indexReducer = (state: state, action: action):state => {
+  switch(action.message) {
+
+    case 'INDEX_DATA':
+      const parsedData = indexDataParse(action.body);
+      return state;
+      
+    default: 
+      return state;
+  }
+}
+
+function indexDataParse(indexData) {
+  console.log(indexData)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/play-node-go/play-node-go/src/reducers/stateReducer.js b/packages/play-node-go/play-node-go/src/reducers/stateReducer.js
index 9bdd296..8ce3557 100644
--- a/packages/play-node-go/play-node-go/src/reducers/stateReducer.js
+++ b/packages/play-node-go/play-node-go/src/reducers/stateReducer.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 import { initState } from './init/stateReducer.init';
 import { authReducer } from './auth/stateReducer.auth';
+import { indexReducer } from './index/stateReducer.index';
 
 export type state = {
   user: {},
@@ -19,6 +20,9 @@ export const stateReducer = (state: state, action: action): state => {
   switch (action.type) {
     case 'INIT': return initState();
 
+    case 'INDEX':
+      return indexReducer(errorStrippedState, action);
+
     case 'AUTH':
       return authReducer(errorStrippedState, action);
   
diff --git a/packages/play-node-go/server/controllers/api/apiIndex.js b/packages/play-node-go/server/controllers/api/apiIndex.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87a267c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/play-node-go/server/controllers/api/apiIndex.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+const userQueries = require('../../data/queries/user');
+const verifyToken = require('../../services/verifyToken');
+
+const apiIndex = async (req, res, next) => {
+  try {
+    if (req.cookies && req.cookies.token) {
+      const token = req.cookies.token;
+      const verifiedToken = verifyToken(token);
+      res.status(200).json(verifiedToken.user)
+    }
+    res.status(200).json()
+  }
+
+  catch {
+    res.status(500).json(err);
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  apiIndex
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/play-node-go/server/controllers/auth.js b/packages/play-node-go/server/controllers/auth.js
index d0db682..e03c4b0 100644
--- a/packages/play-node-go/server/controllers/auth.js
+++ b/packages/play-node-go/server/controllers/auth.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const { validationResult } = require('express-validator');
 
 const userQueries = require('../data/queries/user');
diff --git a/packages/play-node-go/server/data/queries/user.js b/packages/play-node-go/server/data/queries/user.js
index 253de3d..cc38058 100644
--- a/packages/play-node-go/server/data/queries/user.js
+++ b/packages/play-node-go/server/data/queries/user.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const knex = require('../db')
 
-const insertUser = async (user) => { 
+const insertUser = async (user) => {
   return await knex('user')
   .returning(['username', 'email'])
   .insert(user)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const insertUser = async (user) => {
 }
 
 const findUserByNameOrEmail = async (user) => {
-  if (! user.email && !user.username) return [];
+  if (!user.email && !user.username) return [];
   if (!user.email) user.email = '';
   if (!user.username) user.username = '';
 
diff --git a/packages/play-node-go/server/routes/api.js b/packages/play-node-go/server/routes/api.js
index ad2d759..db73972 100644
--- a/packages/play-node-go/server/routes/api.js
+++ b/packages/play-node-go/server/routes/api.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const express = require('express');
 const router = express.Router();
+const apiIndexController = require('../controllers/api/apiIndex');
 
-// router.get('/', );
+router.get('/', apiIndexController.apiIndex);
 
 module.exports = router;
diff --git a/packages/play-node-go/server/test/api.index.spec.js b/packages/play-node-go/server/test/api.index.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfe044b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/play-node-go/server/test/api.index.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+const apiIndexSpec = (chai, knex, server) => {
+  const newUserFormData = {
+    'username':'newUser',
+    'password':'password',
+    'confirmPassword':'password',
+    'email':'user@example.com'
+  }
+    
+  it('home should return 200 status', done => {
+    chai.request(server)
+    .get('/api/v1')
+    .end((err,res)=> {
+      if(err) done(err);
+      res.should.status(200);
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('home should return user object if req contains verified JWT', done => {
+    const agent = chai.request.agent(server);
+    agent
+    .post('/auth/signup')
+    .type('form')
+    .send(newUserFormData)
+    .end((err, res) => {
+      if (err) done(err);
+      agent
+      .get('/api/v1')
+      .end((err,res)=> {
+        if(err) done(err);
+        res.should.have.property('body').property('username').equal('newUser');
+        res.should.have.property('body').property('email').equal('user@example.com');
+        res.should.status(200);
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+  })
+
+}
+
+module.exports = apiIndexSpec;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/play-node-go/server/test/spec.js b/packages/play-node-go/server/test/spec.js
index 2f0ec61..d218a69 100644
--- a/packages/play-node-go/server/test/spec.js
+++ b/packages/play-node-go/server/test/spec.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const should = chai.should();
 
 const authSignupSpec = require('./auth.signup.spec');
 const authLoginSpec = require('./auth.login.spec');
+const apiIndexSpec = require('./api.index.spec');
 
 chai.use(chaiHttp);
 // ! to run tests from other testing modules
@@ -37,14 +38,6 @@ describe('Auth Routes', function() {
 describe('API Routes', function() {
   setupDb();
   
-  it('home should return 200 status', done => {
-    chai.request(server)
-    .get('/')
-    .end((err,res)=> {
-      if(err) done(err);
-      res.should.status(200);
-      done();
-    });
-  });
+  apiIndexSpec(chai, knex, server)
   
 });