diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b8f84db..b866a75 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ obj
 .vscode
 .DS_Store
 *.db
+*appsettings.JSON
 wwwroot
 publish
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Controllers/ValuesController.cs b/Controllers/ValuesController.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4287c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Controllers/ValuesController.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using TestApplication.Data;
+using TestApplication.Models;
+
+namespace TestApplication.Controllers
+{
+    [ApiController]
+    [Route("[controller]")]
+    public class ValuesController : ControllerBase
+    {
+        private readonly Context _context;
+        public ValuesController(Context context)
+        {
+            _context = context;
+        }
+
+        [HttpGet]
+        public async Task<ActionResult<IEnumerable<Values>>> GetValues()
+        {
+            return await _context.Values.ToListAsync();
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Data/Context.cs b/Data/Context.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b538cbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Data/Context.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using TestApplication.Models;
+
+namespace TestApplication.Data
+{
+    public class Context : DbContext
+    {
+        public Context(DbContextOptions<Context> options) : base(options) {}
+        public DbSet<Values> Values {get; set;}
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Models/Values.cs b/Models/Values.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff90972
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Models/Values.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
+
+namespace TestApplication.Models
+{
+    public class Values
+    {
+        [Key]
+        public int Id { get; set; }
+        public string Name { get; set; }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Startup.cs b/Startup.cs
index ea227a7..a95811d 100644
--- a/Startup.cs
+++ b/Startup.cs
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using TestApplication.Data;
 
 namespace TestApplication
 {
@@ -26,6 +21,10 @@ namespace TestApplication
         public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
         {
             services.AddControllers();
+            services.AddDbContext<Context>(opt =>
+            {
+                opt.UseMySql(Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection"));
+            });
         }
 
         // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline.
diff --git a/TestApplication.csproj b/TestApplication.csproj
index d12c450..5f0d390 100644
--- a/TestApplication.csproj
+++ b/TestApplication.csproj
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
-
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
-
-
-</Project>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="3.1.12"/>
+    <PackageReference Include="Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql" Version="3.1.1"/>
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>
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diff --git a/appsettings.json b/appsettings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index d9d9a9b..0000000
--- a/appsettings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "Logging": {
-    "LogLevel": {
-      "Default": "Information",
-      "Microsoft": "Warning",
-      "Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime": "Information"
-    }
-  },
-  "AllowedHosts": "*"
-}