diff --git a/backend/RateMyCourse/urls.py b/backend/RateMyCourse/urls.py
index 8ac49dc..6dc6b61 100644
--- a/backend/RateMyCourse/urls.py
+++ b/backend/RateMyCourse/urls.py
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ Including another URLconf
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.urls import re_path,path,include
 
+from . import views
+
 urlpatterns = [
+    path('', views.index, name='index'),
     path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
     re_path(r'^api/postings/', include(('postings.api.urls','postings'), namespace='api-postings')),
 ]
diff --git a/backend/RateMyCourse/views.py b/backend/RateMyCourse/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff7e542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/RateMyCourse/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from django.http import HttpResponse
+
+
+def index(request):
+    return HttpResponse("Hello, world. You're at the index.")
diff --git a/backend/db.sqlite3 b/backend/db.sqlite3
index 3e92540..dd14974 100644
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