diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c238902..d4acc0c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ lerna-debug.log*
 flowdb
 *-credentials-*
 .env.testnet.local
+flix-manifest.json
diff --git a/api/.env.local b/api/.env.local
index 2c9b006..ed25973 100644
--- a/api/.env.local
+++ b/api/.env.local
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 DATABASE_PATH=./flow-templates-db.sqlite
 DATABASE_URL=
-MIGRATION_PATH=../dist/migrations
+MIGRATION_PATH=./dist/migrations
 PORT=3333
 FLOW_ACCESS_API_URL=https://rest-testnet.onflow.org
-TEMPLATE_DIR=../templates
+TEMPLATE_DIR=../templates/**/*.json
 AUDITORS_JSON_FILE=../auditors/auditors.json
-MIXPANEL_TOKEN=
\ No newline at end of file
+MIXPANEL_TOKEN=
+TEMPLATE_MANIFEST_FILE=flix-manifest.json
diff --git a/api/flow-templates-db.sqlite b/api/flow-templates-db.sqlite
index 61fb9ca..30e16d9 100644
Binary files a/api/flow-templates-db.sqlite and b/api/flow-templates-db.sqlite differ
diff --git a/api/src/app.ts b/api/src/app.ts
index fda8a96..163d397 100644
--- a/api/src/app.ts
+++ b/api/src/app.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { json, urlencoded } from "body-parser";
 import cors from "cors";
 import express, { Request, Response } from "express";
 import "express-async-errors";
-import path from "path";
 import templateRouter from "./routes/template";
 import auditorsRouter from "./routes/auditors";
 import { TemplateService } from "./services/template";
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cdac3a6..c54533d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     "version": "1.0.0",
     "description": "",
     "scripts": {
+        "dev": "npm run build && cd api && node dist/index.js --dev",
         "start": "cd api && node dist/index.js",
         "postinstall": "npx lerna exec npm install",
         "heroku-postbuild": "npx lerna exec npm run build",