diff --git a/backend/src/main.rs b/backend/src/main.rs
index b0f6080..13ffa88 100644
--- a/backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/backend/src/main.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
-use axum::{response::IntoResponse, routing::get, Router};
+use axum::{response::IntoResponse, routing::get, Json, Router};
 use axum_extra::routing::SpaRouter;
 use clap::Parser;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv6Addr, SocketAddr};
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use tower::ServiceBuilder;
 use tower_http::trace::TraceLayer;
 
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Debug)]
+struct Books {
+    numFound: u32,
+}
+
 // Setup the command line interface with clap.
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 #[clap(name = "server", about = "A server for our wasm project!")]
@@ -57,5 +63,8 @@ async fn main() {
 }
 
 async fn hello() -> impl IntoResponse {
-    "hello from server!"
+    //"hello from server!"
+    let res = reqwest::get("https://openlibrary.org/search.json?q=the+lord+of+the+rings").await?;
+    let resjson = res.json::<Books>().await;
+    return Json(resjson);
 }