diff --git a/hackyourtemperature/package.json b/hackyourtemperature/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..066c18ba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hackyourtemperature/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "name": "hackyourtemperature",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "main": "server.js",
+  "type": "module",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
+    "start": "node server.js",
+    "dev": "nodemon server.js"
+  },
+  "keywords": [],
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "description": "",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "express": "^5.1.0",
+    "express-handlebars": "^8.0.3",
+    "node-fetch": "^3.3.2",
+    "nodemon": "^3.1.10"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/hackyourtemperature/server.js b/hackyourtemperature/server.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c8b0b174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hackyourtemperature/server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import express from 'express'
+import { engine } from 'express-handlebars'
+import fetch from 'node-fetch'
+
+
+const app = express()
+app.engine('handlebars', engine())
+app.set('view engine', 'handlebars')
+app.set('views', './views')
+
+app.get('/', (req, res) => {
+  res.render('home')
+})
+
+app.use(express.json())
+
+app.post('/weather', (req, res) => {
+    const cityName = req.body.cityName
+    res.json({message: 'City name: ' + cityName})
+})
+
+
+app.listen(3000, () => {
+  console.log(`server started on http://localhost:3000`)
+})
diff --git a/hackyourtemperature/views/home.handlebars b/hackyourtemperature/views/home.handlebars
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/hackyourtemperature/views/layouts/main.handlebars b/hackyourtemperature/views/layouts/main.handlebars
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87d24ab87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hackyourtemperature/views/layouts/main.handlebars
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<h1>Hello from backend to frontend!</h1>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/week1/practice-exercises/learnyounode/baby-steps.js b/week1/practice-exercises/learnyounode/baby-steps.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/week1/prep-exercises/1-web-server/server.js b/week1/prep-exercises/1-web-server/server.js
index 90cb5ee65..0ca2b6c30 100644
--- a/week1/prep-exercises/1-web-server/server.js
+++ b/week1/prep-exercises/1-web-server/server.js
@@ -1,14 +1,43 @@
 /**
  * Exercise 3: Create an HTTP web server
  */
-
-const http = require('http');
+const fs = require('fs').promises
+const path = require('path') 
+const http = require('http')
 
 //create a server
-let server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
+let server = http.createServer(async function (req, res) {
   // YOUR CODE GOES IN HERE
-	res.write('Hello World!'); // Sends a response back to the client
-	res.end(); // Ends the response
-});
+  try {
+    if (req.url === '/') {
+      const data = await fs.readFile(path.join(__dirname, 'index.html'))
+      res.writeHead(200, {
+        'Content-Type': 'text/html',
+      })
+      res.end(data)
+    } else if (req.url === '/index.js') {
+      const data = await fs.readFile(path.join(__dirname, 'index.js'))
+      res.writeHead(200, {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/javascript',
+      })
+      res.end(data)
+    } else {
+      res.writeHead(404, {
+        'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
+      })
+      res.end('404 not found')
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    res.writeHead(500, {
+      'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
+    })
+    res.end('server error')
+    console.error(err)
+  }
+  //   res.write('Hello World!') // Sends a response back to the client
+  //   res.end() // Ends the response
+})
 
-server.listen(3000); // The server starts to listen on port 3000
+server.listen(3000, () => {
+  console.log('server is running (listen on port 3000)')
+}) // The server starts to listen on port 3000