diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index d95a7f8..a8776de 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-/app/secret_key filter=git-crypt diff=git-crypt
\ No newline at end of file
+secrets filter=git-crypt diff=git-crypt
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b8db4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "app/mre_module"]
+	path = app/mre_module
+	url = http://10.0.50.3:3002/Quarter/MRE-module.git
diff --git a/app/MRE/__init__.py b/app/MRE/__init__.py
index 0e56b53..146e692 100644
--- a/app/MRE/__init__.py
+++ b/app/MRE/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
 from flask import Blueprint
-from .api import api_blueprint
 
-mre_blueprint = Blueprint('mre_blueprint',
-                          __name__,
-                          url_prefix='mre')
-mre_blueprint.register_blueprint(api_blueprint)
+blueprint = Blueprint('mre', __name__)
diff --git a/app/MRE/api.py b/app/MRE/api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58b7c69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/MRE/api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+from flask import current_app
+from flask_restx import Api, fields, apidoc, Model, Namespace, Resource
+from flask_restx.reqparse import RequestParser
+from app.mre_module import compute_mre
+
+namespace = Namespace(
+    'mre',
+    description='API endpoints for MRE calculations.'
+)
+
+
+MRE_request_parser = RequestParser()
+MRE_request_parser.add_argument('consumer_fico', 
+                                required=True, 
+                                type=int,
+                                help='The consumer\'s fico score (int between [300, 850])')
+MRE_request_parser.add_argument('home_price',
+                                required=True,
+                                type=float,
+                                help='The price of the home the consumer wants to buy (float)')
+MRE_request_parser.add_argument('down_payment',
+                                required=True,
+                                type=float,
+                                help='The down payment (as a percentage) for purchasing the home (float between [0, 1]).')
+
+@namespace.route('/compute_mre')
+@namespace.doc(params={
+    'consumer_fico': 'The consumer\'s fico score (int).',
+    'home_price': 'The price of the home (float).',
+    'down_payment': 'The down_payment percentage (float).'
+})
+class ComputeMRE(Resource):
+    @namespace.doc(description='Computes and returns the MRE.')
+    def get(self):
+        args = MRE_request_parser.parse_args()
+        mre = compute_mre(args.home_price, args.down_payment, args.consumer_fico)
+
+        return {'consumer_mre': mre}
+
diff --git a/app/MRE/api/__init__.py b/app/MRE/api/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 065b810..0000000
--- a/app/MRE/api/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-from flask import Blueprint
-
-api_blueprint = Blueprint('api_blueprint',
-                      __name__,
-                      url_prefix='api')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/MRE/api/controller.py b/app/MRE/api/controller.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f511f6b..0000000
--- a/app/MRE/api/controller.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-import cmath
-
-'''
-TODO: Actually implement this
-'''
-def compute_mre(consumer_fico: int, consumer_income: float, home_price: float) -> float:
-    return None
diff --git a/app/MRE/api/routes.py b/app/MRE/api/routes.py
deleted file mode 100644
index aee5e4b..0000000
--- a/app/MRE/api/routes.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-from flask import current_app
-from flask_restx import Api, fields, apidoc, Model
-from . import api_blueprint
-
-api = Api(api_blueprint)
-
-mre_from_home_price_model = Model(
-    {
-        'consumer_income': fields.Float(attribute='consumer_income'),
-        'home_price': fields.Float(attribute='home_price'),
-        'consumer_fico': fields.Integer(attribute='consumer_fico')
-    }
-)
-
-@api.route('compute_mre_from_home_price')
-def compute_mre_from_home_price():
-    pass
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index 2d4d059..01cab12 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-from flask import Flask
+from flask import Flask, g, request, url_for
+import time
 import os
-from app.MRE import mre_blueprint
+from app.MRE import blueprint as mre_blueprint
+from .api import blueprint as api_blueprint
 from logging import Logger, Formatter, getLogger, DEBUG, INFO, FileHandler
 
 
@@ -19,8 +21,9 @@ def init_logger(app: Flask, log_level=INFO) -> Flask:
     to_file = FileHandler(os.environ.get('MRE_LOG_PATH', f'./{app.name}.log'))
     to_file.setFormatter(formatter)
     logger.addHandler(to_file)
-
+    
     app.logger = logger
+
     return app
 
 
@@ -30,5 +33,31 @@ def create_app(app_name: str='MRE') -> Flask:
     app = init_logger(app)
 
     app.register_blueprint(mre_blueprint)
+    app.register_blueprint(api_blueprint, url_prefix='/api')
+    
+    @app.before_request
+    def before_request():
+        g.start = time.time()
+
+    @app.after_request
+    def after_request(response):
+        request_time = time.time() - g.start
+        app.logger.info(f'HTTP request completed (method={request.method}, path={request.path}, request_time={request_time}, status_code={response.status_code}).')
+        return response
+
+#    def has_no_empty_params(rule):
+#        defaults = rule.defaults if rule.defaults is not None else ()
+#        arguments = rule.arguments if rule.arguments is not None else ()
+#        return len(defaults) >= len(arguments)
+#
+#    @app.route('/ping')
+#    def ping():
+#        links = []
+#        for rule in app.url_map.iter_rules():
+#            if "GET" in rule.methods and has_no_empty_params(rule):
+#                url = url_for(rule.endpoint, **(rule.defaults or {}))
+#                links.append(url)
+#                app.logger.info(f'Endpoint: {url}')
+#        return {'links': links}, 200
 
     return app
diff --git a/app/api.py b/app/api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7860b06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from flask_restx import Api
+from flask import Blueprint
+from .MRE.api import namespace as mre_namespace
+
+blueprint = Blueprint('api', __name__)
+api = Api(
+    blueprint,
+    doc='/doc/',
+    title='Quarter API documentatoin'
+)
+api.add_namespace(mre_namespace, '/mre')
+
diff --git a/app/mre_module b/app/mre_module
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..ce94312
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/mre_module
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit ce94312099a10d3cf273e42d4b315ac17a2f187f
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker/docker-compose.yaml.tmpl
similarity index 56%
rename from docker-compose.yaml
rename to docker/docker-compose.yaml.tmpl
index 3db6620..32d9a43 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yaml.tmpl
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ version: "3.8"
 
 services:
   nginx:
+    networks:
+      - frontend
     image: nginx:latest
     ports:
       - "80:80"
@@ -10,12 +12,17 @@ services:
       - ./nginx/conf.d:/etc/nginx/conf.d # Mount Nginx configuration
       - ./static:/var/www/static # Serve static files
     depends_on:
-      - uwsgi
+      - mre_api
 
-  uwsgi:
-    image: python:3.9-slim-buster # Use a slim Python image
+  mre_api:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: docker/mre.Dockerfile
+    networks:
+      - frontend
+      - backend
     volumes:
-      - ./app:/app # Mount your Flask app directory
+      - ./app:/var/www/app # Mount your Flask app directory
       - ./uwsgi.ini:/etc/uwsgi.ini # UWSGI configuration
     command: uwsgi --ini /etc/uwsgi.ini
     expose:
@@ -23,27 +30,43 @@ services:
     environment:
       - FLASK_APP=run.py  # Adjust this based on your Flask app's entry point
       - FLASK_ENV=dev  # Dev environment
+      - MRE_POSTGRES_PASSWORD={{ POSTGRES_PASSWD }}
+      - MRE_POSTGRES_USER={{ POSTGRES_USER }}
+      - MRE_REDIS_PASSWORD={{ REDIS_PASSWD }}
     depends_on:
-      - redis  # Ensure Redis is running before UWSGI starts
-
+      - redis
+      - postgres
+  
   redis:
+    networks:
+      - backend
     image: redis:latest
     ports:
       - "6379:6379" # Expose Redis port (for debugging/accessing from outside)
     volumes:
       - redis_data:/data  # Persist Redis data
+    command: redis-server --save 20 1 --loglevel {{ LOG_LEGEL }} --requirepass {{ REDIS_PASSWD }}
 
   postgres:
+    networks:
+      - backend
     image: postgres:latest
     ports:
       - "5432:5432" # Expose PostgreSQL port (for debugging/admin)
     environment:
-      - POSTGRES_USER=youruser  # Replace with your desired username
-      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=yourpassword  # Replace with your desired password
+      - POSTGRES_USER={{ POSTGRES_USER }}  # Replace with your desired username
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD={{ POSTGRES_PASSWD }}  # Replace with your desired password
       - POSTGRES_DB=yourdb  # Replace with your desired database name
     volumes:
       - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data  # Persist PostgreSQL data
 
 volumes:
   postgres_data:
-  redis_data:
\ No newline at end of file
+  redis_data:
+
+networks:
+  frontend:
+    driver: bridge
+  backend:
+    driver: bridge
+    internal: true
diff --git a/docker/entrypoint.sh b/docker/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ee4158
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#! /usr/bin/bash
+
+uwsgi --ini /var/www/run.py
diff --git a/docker/mre.Dockerfile b/docker/mre.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d7b992
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/mre.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+FROM python:3.13.2-bullseye
+
+LABEL MAINTAINER="Chris Diesch <chris@quarterhomes.com>"
+
+WORKDIR /var/www
+
+# Add the entrypoint and make it executable
+ADD ./docker/entrypoint.sh /var/docker-entrypoint.sh
+RUN chmod +x /var/docker-entrypoint.sh
+
+# add the requirements and install them
+
+ADD ./requirements.txt /var/www/requirements.txt
+RUN pip install -Ur /var/www/requirements.txt
+
+# add the uwsgi runner
+ADD ./run.py /var/www/run.py
+
+# set environment variables
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+
+# Copy the app directory
+COPY ./app /var/www/app
+
+# define the entrypoint
+ENTRYPOINT ["/var/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 96ede90..ee9b6e3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 flask==3.1.0
 flask-restx==1.3.0
 pyopenssl==25.0.0
-werkzeug==3.1.3
\ No newline at end of file
+werkzeug==3.1.3
+jinja2==3.1.6
+pytest==8.3.5
diff --git a/run.py b/run.py
index 050634c..561e134 100644
--- a/run.py
+++ b/run.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ from app import create_app
 app = create_app()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    app.run(ssl_context='adhoc')
\ No newline at end of file
+    app.run(port=8080, host='0.0.0.0')
diff --git a/scripts/render_templates.py b/scripts/render_templates.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ad37b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/render_templates.py
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import os
+import jinja2
+import argparse
+import traceback
+
+def render_template(template_file: str, 
+                    out_path: str,
+                    **kwargs) -> None:
+    folder, file = os.path.split(template_file)
+    template_path = os.path.abspath(folder)
+    env = jinja2.Environment(loader=jinja2.FileSystemLoader(template_path),
+                             trim_blocks=True,
+                             lstrip_blocks=True)
+    template = env.get_template(file)
+    with open(out_path, 'w+') as save:
+        save.write(template.render(**kwargs))
+
+
+def load_template_vars_file(var_file_path: str) -> dict:
+    result = {}
+    with open(var_file_path) as reader:
+        for line in reader:
+            line = line.strip()
+            if line.startswith('#') or '=' not in line:
+                continue
+            key, value = line.split('=', 1)
+            result[key] = value
+
+    return result
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='render_templates.py',
+                                     description='A script to render the docker jinja templates.',
+                                     add_help=True)
+    parser.add_argument('template_path',
+                        help='The path to the template(s) to render (Can be either a directory or a file).')
+    parser.add_argument('var_file_path',
+                        help='The path to the file containing the variables to use for rendering the tempalte(s).')
+    parser.add_argument('out_path',
+                        help='The path to write the rendered template (MUST be a directory).')
+    parser.add_argument('-k', 
+                        '--kwargs',
+                        required=False,
+                        type=str,
+                        default='',
+                        help='Additional kwargs to include if needed (format: key1=value1,key2=value2...).')
+    parser.add_argument('-o', 
+                        '--overwrite',
+                        action='store_true',
+                        help='If set the previous template will be overwritten.')
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    # make sure we have a template file and a variable file.
+    if not os.path.exists(args.template_path):
+        print(f'The given template path {args.template_path} does not exist.')
+        exit(1)
+    
+    if not os.path.exists(args.var_file_path):
+        print(f'The given template path {args.var_file_path} does not exist.')
+        exit(1)
+    
+    run_on_dir = False
+    # if the template path is a directory, make sure output path exists
+    if os.path.isdir(args.template_path):
+        run_on_dir = True
+        if not os.path.exists(args.out_path):
+            os.makedirs(args.out_path)
+        else:
+            print('The output path must be a directory since the template path is.')
+            exit(1)
+
+        args.template_path = [os.path.join(args.template_path, p) 
+                              for p in filter(lambda x: x.ends_with('.tmpl'),
+                                              os.listdir(args.template_path))]
+    # if the tempalte path is a file
+    else:
+        # wrap it in a list
+        args.template_path = [args.template_path]
+
+    # load the variables from the variable file
+    kwargs = load_template_vars_file(args.var_file_path)
+    args.kwargs = {a.split('=')[0]: a.split('=')[1] for a in args.kwargs.split(',')} if args.kwargs else {}
+    for k in kwargs:
+        # The assumption made here is that anything passed on the commandline should be prioritized
+        # over values that appear in the template variables file.
+        if k not in args.kwargs:
+            args.kwargs[k] = kwargs[k]
+
+    for template in args.template_path:
+        out_file_name = os.path.join(args.out_path,
+                                     os.path.split(template.replace('.tmpl', ''))[1])
+        # if the output exists and we aren't overwritting files, then move on.
+        if os.path.exists(out_file_name) and not args.overwrite:
+            continue
+
+        try:
+            render_template(template, out_file_name, **args.kwargs)
+        except Exception as ex:
+            print(f'Failed to render template "{template}":')
+            print(f'Error: {str(ex)}\n{traceback.format_exec()}')
diff --git a/start.sh b/scripts/start.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from start.sh
rename to scripts/start.sh
diff --git a/stop.sh b/scripts/stop.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from stop.sh
rename to scripts/stop.sh
diff --git a/secrets b/secrets
index ccaaa2f..f1a5955 100644
Binary files a/secrets and b/secrets differ