diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..baed83f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+	"version": "2.0.0",
+	"tasks": [
+		{
+			"type": "npm",
+			"script": "start",
+			"problemMatcher": [],
+			"label": "npm: start",
+			"detail": "node app.js"
+		}
+	]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 149e1ce..813f2aa 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 const express  = require('express');
 const app      = express();
-const config   = require('./src/configs/server.configs');
 const version  = require('./src/configs/version.configs');
 const testRtr  = require('./src/routes/test.routes');
 const listRtr  = require('./src/routes/list.routes');
@@ -35,9 +34,9 @@ app.use('/api/v1/ldb', ldbRtr);
 app.use('/api/kube', kubeRtr);
 
 // Start Express
-app.listen(config.port, config.listen, (error) =>{
+app.listen(process.env.OWL_SRV_PORT, process.env.OWL_SRV_LISTEN, (error) =>{
   if(!error) {
-      console.log(`Started server on http://${config.listen}:${config.port}`);
+      console.log(`Started server on http://${process.env.OWL_SRV_LISTEN}:${process.env.OWL_SRV_PORT}`);
   } else {
       console.log("Error occurred, server can't start", error);
   }
diff --git a/src/configs/database.configs.js b/src/configs/database.configs.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 4884b41..0000000
--- a/src/configs/database.configs.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-function getUser(){
-    if (process.env.OWL_DB_USER){
-        var dbUser = process.env.OWL_DB_USER;
-    } else {
-        var dbUser = "ERR";
-    };
-    return dbUser;
-}
-
-function getPass(){
-    if (process.env.OWL_DB_PASS){
-        var dbPass = process.env.OWL_DB_USER;
-    } else {
-        var dbPass = "ERR";
-    };
-    return dbPass;
-}
-
-function getName(){
-    if (process.env.OWL_DB_NAME){
-        var dbName = process.env.OWL_DB_NAME;
-    } else {
-        var dbName = "owlboard";
-    };
-    return dbName;
-}
-
-function getPort(){
-    if (process.env.OWL_DB_PORT){
-        var dbPort = process.env.OWL_DB_PORT;
-    } else {
-        var dbPort = 3306
-    }
-    return Number(dbPort);
-}
-
-function getHost(){
-    if (process.env.OWL_DB_HOST){
-        var dbHost = process.env.OWL_DB_HOST;
-    } else {
-        var dbHost = "database";
-    }
-    return dbHost;
-}
-
-const database = {
-    user: getUser(),
-    password: getPass(),
-    database: getName(),
-    port: getPort(),
-    host: getHost()
-};
-
-module.exports = database;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/configs/server.configs.js b/src/configs/server.configs.js
deleted file mode 100644
index dcbb757..0000000
--- a/src/configs/server.configs.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-function getPort(){
-    if (process.env.OWL_SRV_PORT){
-        var confPort = process.env.OWL_SRV_PORT;
-    } else {
-        var confPort = 8460;
-    };
-    return Number(confPort);
-}
-
-function getListen(){
-    if (process.env.OWL_SRV_LISTEN){
-        var confListen = process.env.OWL_SRV_LISTEN;
-    } else {
-        var confListen = "0.0.0.0"
-    }
-    return confListen;
-}
-
-const server = {
-    port: getPort(),
-    listen: getListen()
-};
-
-module.exports = {
-    server,
-    getPort,
-    getListen
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/controllers/kube.controllers.js b/src/controllers/kube.controllers.js
index 1f41de1..fe7e208 100644
--- a/src/controllers/kube.controllers.js
+++ b/src/controllers/kube.controllers.js
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 const kube = require('../services/kube.services');
 
 async function getAlive(req, res, next){
-    res.status("200").send(`{"status":"alive"}`)
+    try {
+        var state = kube.getAlive()
+        res.status((await state).code).send((await state).state)
+    } catch (err) {
+        res.status("503").send({state: "error"})
+    }
 }
 
 async function getReady(req, res, next){
diff --git a/src/services/db.services.js b/src/services/db.services.js
index b91f06f..f732630 100644
--- a/src/services/db.services.js
+++ b/src/services/db.services.js
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 // General DB Access aswell as dbInit tests etc.
 
 const database = require( '../utils/dbinit.utils' )
-const options = require('../configs/database.confiigs')
+
+
+const dbUser = process.env.OWL_DB_USER || "owl"
+const dbPass = process.env.OWL_DB_PASS || ""
+const dbName = process.env.OWL_DB_NAME || "owlboard"
+const dbPort = process.env.OWL_DB_PORT || 0
+const dbHost = process.env.OWL_DB_HOST || "database"
+
 
 const { Client } = require( 'pg' )
 
diff --git a/src/services/kube.services.js b/src/services/kube.services.js
index 8a73e1c..8339f4a 100644
--- a/src/services/kube.services.js
+++ b/src/services/kube.services.js
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
+async function getAlive(){
+    return {code: 200, state: {state: "alive",noise: "twit-twoo"}}
+}
+
 async function getReady(){
     return "not_implemented";
 };
 
 module.exports = {
+    getAlive,
     getReady
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/services/list.services.js b/src/services/list.services.js
index a3b5d23..daebb67 100644
--- a/src/services/list.services.js
+++ b/src/services/list.services.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 const version  = require('../configs/version.configs');
+const corpus = require('../utils/corpus.utils');
 
 async function get(){
     // Databse lookup, get list of all stations as per the Python script output
-    return {};
+    return corpus.init();
 }
 
 module.exports = {