diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 211d796..f51da83 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Name of this microservice
-   
+
 Description of this microservice
 
 # Development toolkit
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ This repository was created from Greenstand's template for microservice projects
 
 
 # Getting Started
-  
+
 ## Project Setup
 
 Open terminal and navigate to a folder to install this project:
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Open terminal and navigate to a folder to install this project:
 git clone https://github.com/Greenstand/treetracker-repository-name.git
 
 ```
-Install all necessary dependencies: 
+Install all necessary dependencies:
 
 ```
 npm install
@@ -34,21 +34,22 @@ npm install
 
 ### Database Setup
 
-This repository using db-migrate to manage database migrations for its schema.
+This repository using knex to manage database migrations for its schema.
 
+To do migrations:
 ```
-cd database/
-db-migrate --env dev up
+knex migrate:latest
 ```
-
-If you have not installed db-migrate globally, you can run:
-
+To rollback migrations and empty database:
+```
+knex migrate:rollback
+```
+To seed tables:
 ```
-cd database/
-../node_modules/db-migrate/bin/db-migrate --env dev up
+knex seed:run
 ```
 
-Documentation for db-migrate: https://db-migrate.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+Documentation for knex migrations: https://knexjs.org/#Migrations
 
 # Architecture of this project
 
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ The Express-routers work like the controller role in MVC, they receive the reque
 
 * **Service layer**
 
-Both service layer and model layer are where all the business logic is located. Comparing to the Model , `service` object don't have state (stateless).  
+Both service layer and model layer are where all the business logic is located. Comparing to the Model , `service` object don't have state (stateless).
 
 Please put business logic code into service object when it is hard to put them into the `Model` object.
 
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ Because we didn't use Factory or dependency injection to create object, so servi
 
 * **Model layer**
 
-The business model, major business logic is here. They are real object, in the perspective of object oriented programming: they have states, they have the method to do stuff. 
+The business model, major business logic is here. They are real object, in the perspective of object oriented programming: they have states, they have the method to do stuff.
 
 There are more discussion about this, check below selection.
 
diff --git a/database/database.json.example b/database/database.json.example
deleted file mode 100644
index b0a527a..0000000
--- a/database/database.json.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "dev": {
-    "driver": "pg",
-    "user" : "",
-    "password" : "",
-    "database" : "",
-    "host" : "",
-    "port" : "",
-    "ssl" : "",
-    "schema" : ""
-  }
-}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4e47828..1db73de 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     "test-watch": "NODE_ENV=test NODE_LOG_LEVEL=info mocha -r dotenv/config dotenv_config_path=.env.test --timeout 10000 -w -b --ignore './server/repositories/**/*.spec.js'  './server/setup.js' './server/**/*.spec.js' './__tests__/seed-spec-example.spec.js' './__tests__/supertest-example.spec.js'",
     "test-watch-debug": "NODE_ENV=test NODE_LOG_LEVEL=debug mocha -r dotenv/config dotenv_config_path=.env.test --timeout 10000 -w -b --ignore './server/repositories/**/*.spec.js'  './server/setup.js' './server/**/*.spec.js' './__tests__/seed-spec-example.spec.js' './__tests__/supertest-example.spec.js'",
     "prettier-fix": "prettier ./ --write",
-    "db-migrate-ci": "cd database; db-migrate up",
     "migrate": "knex migrate:latest",
     "rollback": "knex migrate:rollback",
     "seed": "knex seed:run",
diff --git a/server/routes.js b/server/routes.js
index 27869a7..d0406a8 100644
--- a/server/routes.js
+++ b/server/routes.js
@@ -1,38 +1,38 @@
 const router = require('express').Router();
-const uuid = require('uuid');
-const log = require('loglevel');
+// const uuid = require('uuid');
+// const log = require('loglevel');
 
-const validateRequest = (req, res, next) => {
-  console.log('QUERY -------> ', req.query);
+// const validateRequest = (req, res, next) => {
+//   console.log('QUERY -------> ', req.query);
 
-  if(req.query.limit && !Number.isInteger(+req.query.limit)) {
-    // throw new Error('"limit" must be an integer');
-    next({ status: 422, message: '"limit" must be an integer' });
-  }
-  if (req.query.limit && +req.query.limit < 1) {
-    next({ status: 422, message: '"limit" must be greater than 0' });
-  }
-  if (req.query.limit && +req.query.limit > 100) {
-    next({ status: 422, message: '"limit" must be less than 101' });
-  }
-  if (req.query.offset && !Number.isInteger(+req.query.offset)) {
-    next({ status: 422, message: '"offset" must be an integer' });
-  }
-  if (req.query.offset && +req.query.offset < 0) {
-    next({ status: 422, message: '"offset" must be greater than -1' });
-  }
-  if (req.query.id && !uuid.validate(req.query.id)) {
-    next({ status: 422, message: '"id" must be a valid GUID' });
-  }
-  if (req.query.owner_id && !uuid.validate(req.query.owner_id)) {
-    next({ status: 422, message: '"id" must be a valid GUID' });
-  }
-  if(req.query.organization_id && !Number.isInteger(+req.query.organization_id)) {
-    next({ status: 422, message: '"organization_id" must be an integer' });
-  }
+//   if(req.query.limit && !Number.isInteger(+req.query.limit)) {
+//     // throw new Error('"limit" must be an integer');
+//     next({ status: 422, message: '"limit" must be an integer' });
+//   }
+//   if (req.query.limit && +req.query.limit < 1) {
+//     next({ status: 422, message: '"limit" must be greater than 0' });
+//   }
+//   if (req.query.limit && +req.query.limit > 100) {
+//     next({ status: 422, message: '"limit" must be less than 101' });
+//   }
+//   if (req.query.offset && !Number.isInteger(+req.query.offset)) {
+//     next({ status: 422, message: '"offset" must be an integer' });
+//   }
+//   if (req.query.offset && +req.query.offset < 0) {
+//     next({ status: 422, message: '"offset" must be greater than -1' });
+//   }
+//   if (req.query.id && !uuid.validate(req.query.id)) {
+//     next({ status: 422, message: '"id" must be a valid GUID' });
+//   }
+//   if (req.query.owner_id && !uuid.validate(req.query.owner_id)) {
+//     next({ status: 422, message: '"id" must be a valid GUID' });
+//   }
+//   if(req.query.organization_id && !Number.isInteger(+req.query.organization_id)) {
+//     next({ status: 422, message: '"organization_id" must be an integer' });
+//   }
 
-  next();
-};
+//   next();
+// };
 
 const {
   stakeholderGetAllById,
@@ -47,20 +47,20 @@ const { handlerWrapper } = require('./utils/utils');
 
 router
   .route('/stakeholders/relations/:id')
-  .get(validateRequest, handlerWrapper(stakeholderGetRelations))
-  .post(validateRequest, handlerWrapper(stakeholderCreateRelation))
-  .delete(validateRequest, handlerWrapper(stakeholderDeleteRelation));
+  .get(handlerWrapper(stakeholderGetRelations))
+  .post(handlerWrapper(stakeholderCreateRelation))
+  .delete(handlerWrapper(stakeholderDeleteRelation));
 
 router
   .route('/stakeholders/:id')
-  .get(validateRequest, handlerWrapper(stakeholderGetAllById))
-  .post(validateRequest, handlerWrapper(stakeholderCreate))
-  .patch(validateRequest, handlerWrapper(stakeholderUpdate));
+  .get(handlerWrapper(stakeholderGetAllById))
+  .post(handlerWrapper(stakeholderCreate))
+  .patch(handlerWrapper(stakeholderUpdate));
 
 router
   .route('/stakeholders')
-  .get(validateRequest, handlerWrapper(stakeholderGetAll))
-  .post(validateRequest, handlerWrapper(stakeholderCreate))
-  .patch(validateRequest, handlerWrapper(stakeholderUpdate));
+  .get(handlerWrapper(stakeholderGetAll))
+  .post(handlerWrapper(stakeholderCreate))
+  .patch(handlerWrapper(stakeholderUpdate));
 
 module.exports = router;