diff --git a/packages/backend/package.json b/packages/backend/package.json
index bc0f3937..a2fefade 100644
--- a/packages/backend/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     "debug": "~2.6.9",
     "dotenv": "^10.0.0",
     "express": "~4.16.1",
+    "express-graphql": "^0.12.0",
     "http-errors": "~1.6.3",
     "morgan": "^1.10.0",
     "winston": "^3.3.3"
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/app.ts b/packages/backend/src/app.ts
index 19bbf4be..e67c7a9e 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/app.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/app.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import appConfig from './config/app'
 import createError from 'http-errors';
 import express, { Request, Response, NextFunction } from 'express';
+import { graphqlHTTP } from 'express-graphql';
 import logger from './helpers/logger';
 import morgan from './helpers/morgan';
 
-import indexRouter from './routes/index';
+import rootResolver from './graphql/root-resolver'
+import graphQLSchema from './graphql/graphql-schema'
 
 const app = express();
 const port = appConfig.port;
@@ -13,7 +15,14 @@ app.use(morgan);
 app.use(express.json());
 app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
 
-app.use('/', indexRouter);
+app.use(
+  '/graphql',
+  graphqlHTTP({
+    schema: graphQLSchema,
+    rootValue: rootResolver,
+    graphiql: true,
+  }),
+);
 
 // catch 404 and forward to error handler
 app.use(function(req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) {
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/graphql/graphql-schema.ts b/packages/backend/src/graphql/graphql-schema.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df5cbc68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/graphql/graphql-schema.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { buildSchema } from 'graphql';
+
+const graphQLSchema = buildSchema(`
+  type Query {
+    hello: String
+  }
+`);
+
+export default graphQLSchema;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/graphql/root-resolver.ts b/packages/backend/src/graphql/root-resolver.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..065bd91d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/graphql/root-resolver.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const rootResolver = {
+  hello: () => {
+    return 'Hello world!';
+  },
+};
+
+export default rootResolver;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/helpers/morgan.ts b/packages/backend/src/helpers/morgan.ts
index 9a9ae920..65934f76 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/helpers/morgan.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/helpers/morgan.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 import morgan, { StreamOptions } from 'morgan';
-
+import { Request } from 'express';
 import logger from './logger';
 
 const stream: StreamOptions = {
-  write: (message) => logger.http(message.substring(0, message.lastIndexOf('\n')))
+  write: (message) => logger.http(message.substring(0, message.lastIndexOf("\n")))
 };
 
+const registerGraphQLToken = () => {
+  morgan.token("graphql-query", (req: Request) => `GraphQL ${req.body.query}`);
+};
+
+registerGraphQLToken();
+
 const morganMiddleware = morgan(
-  ":method :url :status :res[content-length] - :response-time ms",
+  ":method :url :status :res[content-length] - :response-time ms\n:graphql-query",
   { stream }
 );
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/routes/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/routes/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ba08832..00000000
--- a/packages/backend/src/routes/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-import { Request, Response } from 'express';
-
-const indexRouter = (_request: Request, response: Response) => {
-  return response.json({ hello: 'world!' })
-};
-
-export default indexRouter;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8f1a8625..72ad4981 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3556,7 +3556,7 @@ abbrev@1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/abbrev/-/abbrev-1.1.1.tgz#f8f2c887ad10bf67f634f005b6987fed3179aac8"
   integrity sha512-nne9/IiQ/hzIhY6pdDnbBtz7DjPTKrY00P/zvPSm5pOFkl6xuGrGnXn/VtTNNfNtAfZ9/1RtehkszU9qcTii0Q==
 
-accepts@~1.3.4, accepts@~1.3.5, accepts@~1.3.7:
+accepts@^1.3.7, accepts@~1.3.4, accepts@~1.3.5, accepts@~1.3.7:
   version "1.3.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/accepts/-/accepts-1.3.7.tgz#531bc726517a3b2b41f850021c6cc15eaab507cd"
   integrity sha512-Il80Qs2WjYlJIBNzNkK6KYqlVMTbZLXgHx2oT0pU/fjRHyEp+PEfEPY0R3WCwAGVOtauxh1hOxNgIf5bv7dQpA==
@@ -5176,7 +5176,7 @@ content-disposition@0.5.3:
   dependencies:
     safe-buffer "5.1.2"
 
-content-type@~1.0.4:
+content-type@^1.0.4, content-type@~1.0.4:
   version "1.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/content-type/-/content-type-1.0.4.tgz#e138cc75e040c727b1966fe5e5f8c9aee256fe3b"
   integrity sha512-hIP3EEPs8tB9AT1L+NUqtwOAps4mk2Zob89MWXMHjHWg9milF/j4osnnQLXBCBFBk/tvIG/tUc9mOUJiPBhPXA==
@@ -6793,6 +6793,16 @@ expect@^26.6.0, expect@^26.6.2:
     jest-message-util "^26.6.2"
     jest-regex-util "^26.0.0"
 
+express-graphql@^0.12.0:
+  version "0.12.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/express-graphql/-/express-graphql-0.12.0.tgz#58deabc309909ca2c9fe2f83f5fbe94429aa23df"
+  integrity sha512-DwYaJQy0amdy3pgNtiTDuGGM2BLdj+YO2SgbKoLliCfuHv3VVTt7vNG/ZqK2hRYjtYHE2t2KB705EU94mE64zg==
+  dependencies:
+    accepts "^1.3.7"
+    content-type "^1.0.4"
+    http-errors "1.8.0"
+    raw-body "^2.4.1"
+
 express@^4.17.1:
   version "4.17.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/express/-/express-4.17.1.tgz#4491fc38605cf51f8629d39c2b5d026f98a4c134"
@@ -7860,7 +7870,7 @@ http-errors@1.7.2:
     statuses ">= 1.5.0 < 2"
     toidentifier "1.0.0"
 
-http-errors@~1.7.2:
+http-errors@1.7.3, http-errors@~1.7.2:
   version "1.7.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/http-errors/-/http-errors-1.7.3.tgz#6c619e4f9c60308c38519498c14fbb10aacebb06"
   integrity sha512-ZTTX0MWrsQ2ZAhA1cejAwDLycFsd7I7nVtnkT3Ol0aqodaKW+0CTZDQ1uBv5whptCnc8e8HeRRJxRs0kmm/Qfw==
@@ -7871,6 +7881,17 @@ http-errors@~1.7.2:
     statuses ">= 1.5.0 < 2"
     toidentifier "1.0.0"
 
+http-errors@1.8.0:
+  version "1.8.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/http-errors/-/http-errors-1.8.0.tgz#75d1bbe497e1044f51e4ee9e704a62f28d336507"
+  integrity sha512-4I8r0C5JDhT5VkvI47QktDW75rNlGVsUf/8hzjCC/wkWI/jdTRmBb9aI7erSG82r1bjKY3F6k28WnsVxB1C73A==
+  dependencies:
+    depd "~1.1.2"
+    inherits "2.0.4"
+    setprototypeof "1.2.0"
+    statuses ">= 1.5.0 < 2"
+    toidentifier "1.0.0"
+
 http-parser-js@>=0.5.1:
   version "0.5.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/http-parser-js/-/http-parser-js-0.5.3.tgz#01d2709c79d41698bb01d4decc5e9da4e4a033d9"
@@ -12201,6 +12222,16 @@ raw-body@2.4.0:
     iconv-lite "0.4.24"
     unpipe "1.0.0"
 
+raw-body@^2.4.1:
+  version "2.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/raw-body/-/raw-body-2.4.1.tgz#30ac82f98bb5ae8c152e67149dac8d55153b168c"
+  integrity sha512-9WmIKF6mkvA0SLmA2Knm9+qj89e+j1zqgyn8aXGd7+nAduPoqgI9lO57SAZNn/Byzo5P7JhXTyg9PzaJbH73bA==
+  dependencies:
+    bytes "3.1.0"
+    http-errors "1.7.3"
+    iconv-lite "0.4.24"
+    unpipe "1.0.0"
+
 rc@^1.2.8:
   version "1.2.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rc/-/rc-1.2.8.tgz#cd924bf5200a075b83c188cd6b9e211b7fc0d3ed"
@@ -13191,6 +13222,11 @@ setprototypeof@1.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/setprototypeof/-/setprototypeof-1.1.1.tgz#7e95acb24aa92f5885e0abef5ba131330d4ae683"
   integrity sha512-JvdAWfbXeIGaZ9cILp38HntZSFSo3mWg6xGcJJsd+d4aRMOqauag1C63dJfDw7OaMYwEbHMOxEZ1lqVRYP2OAw==
 
+setprototypeof@1.2.0:
+  version "1.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/setprototypeof/-/setprototypeof-1.2.0.tgz#66c9a24a73f9fc28cbe66b09fed3d33dcaf1b424"
+  integrity sha512-E5LDX7Wrp85Kil5bhZv46j8jOeboKq5JMmYM3gVGdGH8xFpPWXUMsNrlODCrkoxMEeNi/XZIwuRvY4XNwYMJpw==
+
 sha.js@^2.4.0, sha.js@^2.4.8:
   version "2.4.11"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sha.js/-/sha.js-2.4.11.tgz#37a5cf0b81ecbc6943de109ba2960d1b26584ae7"