diff --git a/backend/main.py b/backend/main.py
index 186656a..fa20e00 100644
--- a/backend/main.py
+++ b/backend/main.py
@@ -1,11 +1,23 @@
-# Python backend for a calender for my friend group.
-# We had the problem of never agreeing when or where
-# we should meet up, and I hope this fixes the problem. 
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from pydantic import BaseModel
 
-from fastapi import FastAPI, Request
 from database import fetch_all
 from events import create_event
 
+
+class EventCreate(BaseModel):
+    room_id: int
+    creator_id: int
+    type: str
+    title: str
+    description: str
+    start_time: str
+    end_time: str
+    visibility: str
+    status: str
+    min_people: int
+
+
 app = FastAPI(
     title="Calendar API",
     description="Room based agenda system",
@@ -31,45 +43,28 @@ def database_status():
         "tables": [table["name"] for table in tables]
     }
 
+
 @app.post("/events")
-async def api_create_event(request: Request):
-    data = await request.json()
-
-    print(data)
-
+def api_create_event(event: EventCreate):
 
     event_id = create_event(
-        room_id=data["room_id"],
-        creator_id=data["creator_id"],
-        type=data["type"],
-        title=data["title"],
-        description=data["description"],
-        start_time=data["start_time"],
-        end_time=data["end_time"],
-        visibility=data["visibility"],
-        status=data["status"],
-        min_people=data["min_people"]
+        room_id=event.room_id,
+        creator_id=event.creator_id,
+        type=event.type,
+        title=event.title,
+        description=event.description,
+        start_time=event.start_time,
+        end_time=event.end_time,
+        visibility=event.visibility,
+        status=event.status,
+        min_people=event.min_people
     )
 
     return {
-        "received": data
-        }
+        "status": "created",
+        "event_id": event_id
+    }
 
-# def give_data():
-#     event = create_event(
-#         room_id=,
-#         creator_id=,
-#         type=,
-#         title=,
-#         description=,
-#         start_time=,
-#         end_time=,
-#         visibility=,
-#         status=,
-#         min_people=
-#     )
-
-#     print("Nieuw event ID:", event)
 
 @app.get("/events")
 def get_events():
diff --git a/backend/start_server.sh b/backend/start_server.sh
index 0470c69..81f4963 100755
--- a/backend/start_server.sh
+++ b/backend/start_server.sh
@@ -1 +1,21 @@
-python3 -m uvicorn main:app --reload
\ No newline at end of file
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "Waar wil je de Calendar API starten?"
+echo "1) Lokaal "
+echo "2) LAN "
+read -p "Keuze [1/2]: " choice
+
+case $choice in
+    1)
+        echo "Start lokaal..."
+        python3 -m uvicorn main:app --reload
+        ;;
+    2)
+        echo "Start op LAN..."
+        python3 -m uvicorn main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --reload
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Ongeldige keuze"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/database/calendar.db b/database/calendar.db
index 1032ce1..4cd3d60 100644
Binary files a/database/calendar.db and b/database/calendar.db differ
diff --git a/gitignore b/gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c57703..0000000
--- a/gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-__pycache__/
-*.py[cod]
-*.db-journal