diff --git a/.flaskenv b/.flaskenv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f745b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flaskenv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+FLASK_ENV=development
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9b859b4..628d0a2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 *~
 __pycache__
 .DS_Store
+.env
diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 99fa902..c7ef8df 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ name = "pypi"
 
 [packages]
 flask = "*"
+python-dotenv = "*"
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index 958d3b7..4cd255c 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "ace08b0ebaac88893742f5cd0b0488823594b6de62fefdeb29506073fac3d3b3"
+            "sha256": "e08f43beea73318bf9d74df5b322595d672f1d2a91e46f388e7390378432f44a"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {},
@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@
             ],
             "version": "==1.1.0"
         },
+        "python-dotenv": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:a84569d0e00d178bc5b957f7ff208bf49287cbf61857c31c258c4a91f571527b",
+                "sha256:c9b1ddd3cdbe75c7d462cb84674d87130f4b948f090f02c7d7144779afb99ae0"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==0.10.1"
+        },
         "werkzeug": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:c3fd7a7d41976d9f44db327260e263132466836cef6f91512889ed60ad26557c",
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b8b773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from flask import Flask
+app = Flask(__name__)
+
+
+@app.route('/')
+def hello():
+    return 'Welcome to My Watchlist!'