diff --git a/app/api.py b/app/api.py
index 539f200..2c1f4e5 100644
--- a/app/api.py
+++ b/app/api.py
@@ -1,7 +1,27 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
 from ninja import NinjaAPI
 
+from app import settings
+from mwmbl.indexer.paths import INDEX_NAME
+from mwmbl.tinysearchengine import search
+from mwmbl.tinysearchengine.completer import Completer
+from mwmbl.tinysearchengine.indexer import TinyIndex, Document
+from mwmbl.tinysearchengine.rank import HeuristicRanker
+
 api = NinjaAPI(version="1.0.0")
 
+index_path = Path(settings.DATA_PATH) / INDEX_NAME
+tiny_index = TinyIndex(item_factory=Document, index_path=index_path)
+tiny_index.__enter__()
+
+completer = Completer()
+ranker = HeuristicRanker(tiny_index, completer)
+
+search_router = search.create_router(ranker)
+
+api.add_router("/search/", search_router)
+
 
 @api.get("/hello")
 def hello(request):
diff --git a/app/settings.py b/app/settings.py
index a067541..f483d35 100644
--- a/app/settings.py
+++ b/app/settings.py
@@ -121,3 +121,9 @@ STATIC_URL = 'static/'
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
+
+# ===================== Custom Settings =========================
+
+DATA_PATH = "./devdata"
+
+
diff --git a/mwmbl/tinysearchengine/search.py b/mwmbl/tinysearchengine/search.py
index f9ecace..bd8e54a 100644
--- a/mwmbl/tinysearchengine/search.py
+++ b/mwmbl/tinysearchengine/search.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from logging import getLogger
 
-from fastapi import APIRouter
+from ninja import Router
 
 from mwmbl.tinysearchengine.rank import HeuristicRanker
 
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ logger = getLogger(__name__)
 SCORE_THRESHOLD = 0.25
 
 
-def create_router(ranker: HeuristicRanker) -> APIRouter:
-    router = APIRouter(prefix="/search", tags=["search"])
+def create_router(ranker: HeuristicRanker) -> Router:
+    router = Router(tags=["search"])
 
     @router.get("")
     def search(s: str):