diff --git a/backend/Cookbook-V1_0.exe b/backend/Cookbook-V1_0.exe
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b99512..0000000
Binary files a/backend/Cookbook-V1_0.exe and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/backend/database/recipes/dfrtg.txt b/backend/database/recipes/dfrtg.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc56d44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/database/recipes/dfrtg.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dfrg
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 0f7317d..6bfe754 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cookbook",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "0.4",
   "main": "server.js",
   "bin": "server.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
       "views/**/*"
     ]
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/routes/recipes.js b/backend/routes/recipes.js
index f865671..d151ada 100644
--- a/backend/routes/recipes.js
+++ b/backend/routes/recipes.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ router.get("/", (req, res) => {
 
 router.get("/:id", (req, res) => {
   res.sendFile(
-    `/Gitea_Dus1_REPOS/Cookbook/backend/database/recipes/${req.params.id}.json`
+    `/Gitea_Dus1_REPOS/Cookbook/backend/database/recipes/${req.params.id}.txt`
   );
 });
 
diff --git a/backend/server.js b/backend/server.js
index 5ea3be9..d0a1959 100644
--- a/backend/server.js
+++ b/backend/server.js
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ app.get("/add", (req, res) => {
 });
 
 app.get("/", (req, res) => {
-
   // script to sync recipes
   const recipesFolder = path.join(__dirname, "database/recipes");
   fs.readdir(recipesFolder, (err, files) => {
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ app.get("/", (req, res) => {
   });
 
   // script to render in markdown
-  
 });
 
 // middleware for add recipe
@@ -46,12 +44,10 @@ app.post("/add/create-recipe", (req, res) => {
   const { filename, content } = req.body;
 
   const directory = path.join(__dirname, "database/recipes");
-  // left out if statement for directory check
-  /*
+
   if (!fs.existsSync(directory)) {
     fs.mkdirSync(directory);
   }
-      */
 
   const filePath = path.join(directory, `${filename}.txt`);