diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index d5c7affd..c8b6d140 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ end
 # Bundle edge Rails instead: gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails'
 gem 'rails', '~> 5.0.1'
 # Use sqlite3 as the database for Active Record
+gem 'rack-cors'
+# CORS
 gem 'sqlite3'
 # Use Puma as the app server
 gem 'puma', '~> 3.0'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b39604fa..f80bcea9 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ GEM
       pry (>= 0.9.10)
     puma (3.6.2)
     rack (2.0.1)
+    rack-cors (0.4.1)
     rack-test (0.6.3)
       rack (>= 1.0)
     rails (5.0.1)
@@ -208,6 +209,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   minitest-spec-rails
   pry-rails
   puma (~> 3.0)
+  rack-cors
   rails (~> 5.0.1)
   sass-rails (~> 5.0)
   spring
diff --git a/app/controllers/movies_controller.rb b/app/controllers/movies_controller.rb
index 362e2791..416dcda5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/movies_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/movies_controller.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,22 @@ def show
       )
   end
 
+  def create
+    # raise
+    movie = Movie.new(movie_params)
+    # puts "#{movie}"
+    if
+      movie.save
+      render status: :ok, json: {title: movie.title}
+    else
+      render status: :bad_request, json: { errors: movie.errors.messages }
+    end
+  end
+
   private
+  def movie_params
+    params.require(:movie).permit(:title, :overview, :release_date, :image_url, :external_id)
+  end
 
   def require_movie
     @movie = Movie.find_by(title: params[:title])
diff --git a/app/models/movie.rb b/app/models/movie.rb
index 0327a4d6..8d534dd9 100644
--- a/app/models/movie.rb
+++ b/app/models/movie.rb
@@ -10,10 +10,16 @@ def available_inventory
 
   def image_url
     orig_value = read_attribute :image_url
+    puts "original value"
+    puts orig_value
     if !orig_value
       MovieWrapper::DEFAULT_IMG_URL
+    elsif orig_value.include? MovieWrapper::DEFAULT_IMG_SIZE
+      orig_value
     else
       MovieWrapper.construct_image_url(orig_value)
+      # puts "movie image"
+      # puts movie_image
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/initializers/cors.rb b/config/initializers/cors.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c8d20b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/cors.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Rails.application.config.middleware.insert_before 0, "Rack::Cors" do
+     allow do
+          origins 'localhost:8081'
+
+          resource '*',
+          headers: :any,
+          methods: [:get, :post, :put, :patch, :delete, :options, :head]
+     end
+ end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 54bf033e..8eff1ff6 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   resources :customers, only: [:index]
 
-  resources :movies, only: [:index, :show], param: :title
+  resources :movies, only: [:index, :show, :create], param: :title
 
   post "/rentals/:title/check-out", to: "rentals#check_out", as: "check_out"
   post "/rentals/:title/return", to: "rentals#check_in", as: "check_in"
diff --git a/lib/movie_wrapper.rb b/lib/movie_wrapper.rb
index 7bd05c0e..bf0fb2a9 100644
--- a/lib/movie_wrapper.rb
+++ b/lib/movie_wrapper.rb
@@ -23,16 +23,21 @@ def self.search(query)
   private
 
   def self.construct_movie(api_result)
+    # puts "**********************"
+    # puts api_result["poster_path"]
     Movie.new(
       title: api_result["title"],
       overview: api_result["overview"],
       release_date: api_result["release_date"],
-      image_url: api_result["poster_path"], #(api_result["poster_path"] ? self.construct_image_url(api_result["poster_path"]) : nil),
+      image_url: api_result["poster_path"],
+
+       #(api_result["poster_path"] ? self.construct_image_url(api_result["poster_path"]) : nil),
       external_id: api_result["id"])
   end
 
   def self.construct_image_url(img_name)
     return BASE_IMG_URL + DEFAULT_IMG_SIZE + img_name
+    # return img_name
   end
 
 end