diff --git a/app/src/api/api.ts b/app/src/api/api.ts
index 253a2081..2ab9ba3b 100644
--- a/app/src/api/api.ts
+++ b/app/src/api/api.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { queryLocation } from './services/search';
 import buildingsRouter from './routes/buildingsRouter';
 
 
-const server = express();
+const server = express.Router()
 
 // parse POSTed json body
 server.use(bodyParser.json());
@@ -138,4 +138,4 @@ server.use((req, res) => {
     res.status(404).json({ error: 'Resource not found'});
 })
 
-export default server;
\ No newline at end of file
+export default server;