diff --git a/api/app/__init__.py b/api/app/__init__.py
index 74c2126..5ca7f40 100644
--- a/api/app/__init__.py
+++ b/api/app/__init__.py
@@ -6,12 +6,9 @@
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
-# Import credentials module
-from app import creds
-
 # import endpoint packages
 from app import test
 from app import tool
 from app import index
 from app.admin.members import members
-from app import vend
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+#from app import vend
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diff --git a/api/app/admin/members/members.py b/api/app/admin/members/members.py
index 97c930c..526f66f 100644
--- a/api/app/admin/members/members.py
+++ b/api/app/admin/members/members.py
@@ -1,54 +1,26 @@
 from app import app
 import sqlalchemy
-import urllib.parse
 from flask import jsonify, request
-import db
 
-from app.creds import db_password, DEVICE, DEVICE_KEY
-
-#? is there a way for use to move this out of this file?
-# I think a lot of files will be using this data along with the `url` var and db connection. 
-# can we do this in __init__.py?
-user = "access"
-host = "honeycomb.at.hive13.org"
-dbname = "door"
-driver = "pg8000"
-
-# designate url
-# format is: dialect+driver://username:password@host:port/database
-url = "postgresql+{}://{}:{}@{}/{}".format(
-    driver,
-    user,
-    urllib.parse.quote_plus(db_password),
-    host,
-    dbname,
-)
-
-# create sqlalchemy engine
-# ? Should echo be True here?
-engine = sqlalchemy.create_engine(url, echo=True)
-
-# Bind to engine & connect (comment out for dev outisde of hive):
-db.metadata.bind = engine
-conn = engine.connect()
+from db import db_conn
 
 # member profile
-@app.route('/api/admin/members/profile/', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
+@app.route('/api/admin/members/profile', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 def members():
     req_data = request.get_json()
 
     member_id = req_data['member_id']
     # build query, execute on get request
-    s = sqlalchemy.text("""SELECT *
-                            FROM members
+    s = sqlalchemy.text("""SELECT lname, fname, phone, created_at
+                            FROM public.members
                             WHERE member_id = :x
                         """)
     
     # try to execute the query, except when it returns an error.
     try:
-        result = conn.execute(s, x=str(member_id))
+        result = db_conn.execute(s, x=str(member_id))
         rows = [dict(row) for row in result]
         return jsonify(rows)
-    except:
-        error_message = [{"result": 0, "message": "Invalid Member ID"}]
+    except Exception as ex:
+        error_message = [{"result": 0, "message": str(ex)}]
         return jsonify(error_message)
diff --git a/api/app/config.py b/api/app/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21b3ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/app/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+db_host = 'honeycomb.at.hive13.org'
+db_user = 'access'
+db_name = 'door'
+db_driver = 'pg8000'
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diff --git a/api/db/__init__.py b/api/db/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..862c4ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/db/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Import global config
+from db import config
+
+# Import credentials module
+from app import creds
+
+# Initialize database
+import sqlalchemy
+from db import db
+import urllib
+
+db_url = "postgresql+{}://{}:{}@{}/{}".format(
+    config.db_driver,
+    config.db_user,
+    urllib.parse.quote_plus(creds.db_password),
+    config.db_host,
+    config.db_name,
+)
+
+db_engine = sqlalchemy.create_engine(db_url, echo=True)
+
+db.metadata.bind = db_engine
+db_conn = db_engine.connect()
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diff --git a/api/db/config.py b/api/db/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21b3ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/db/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+db_host = 'honeycomb.at.hive13.org'
+db_user = 'access'
+db_name = 'door'
+db_driver = 'pg8000'
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diff --git a/api/db.py b/api/db/db.py
similarity index 100%
rename from api/db.py
rename to api/db/db.py