diff --git a/INSTALLATION.md b/INSTALLATION.md
index 02c060b..592dfd1 100644
--- a/INSTALLATION.md
+++ b/INSTALLATION.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ From there, let's make sure the repo is in a place we are okay running at all ti
 
 We will add in the future instructions to run in a way that pipes server logs to a prod.logfile, for now we can start the server processes by doing 
 
-`nodemon . &` followed by `npx http-server . &` this will allow you to still use the terminal, though it will still print out logged events and restarts. Just press enter each time you need to do something in the console.
+`nodemon . &` followed by moving to the `frontend` directory and running `npx http-server . &` this will allow you to still use the terminal, though it will still print out logged events and restarts. Just press enter each time you need to do something in the console.
 
 To stop these proceses, you'll need to do `ps aux` and search for `http-server` and `nodemon` and kill those processes with `kill <process pid>`. If you have a lot of processes going, you can filter down the processes by doing `ps aux | grep -i "http-server"` and `ps aux | grep -i "nodemon"`.
 
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index d335a1c..f999dad 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -9,10 +9,16 @@ const bcrypt = require('bcryptjs');
 const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');
 const CryptoJS = require('crypto-js');
 
+const txtfs = require('node:fs');
+
 const app = express();
 const port = 3000;
 const secretKey = 'your-secret-key'; // Change this to a secure secret key
 
+let version = "";
+
+version = fs.readFileSync('version.txt', 'utf8');
+console.log("Running MyReels Version: %s",version);
 app.use(bodyParser.json());
 app.use(cors());
 
@@ -20,12 +26,18 @@ app.use(cors());
 const db = new sqlite3.Database('local.db');
 
 db.serialize(() => {
+    db.run(`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS version (
+        version TEXT PRIMARY KEY
+    )`);
     db.run(`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS users (
+        version TEXT,
         id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
         username TEXT UNIQUE,
-        password TEXT
+        password TEXT,
+        FOREIGN KEY(version) REFERENCES version(version)
     )`);
     db.run(`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS parts (
+        version TEXT,
         id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
         user_id INTEGER,
         name TEXT,
@@ -34,17 +46,48 @@ db.serialize(() => {
         description TEXT,
         quantity INTEGER,
         FOREIGN KEY(user_id) REFERENCES users(id)
+        FOREIGN KEY(version) REFERENCES version(version)
     )`);
     db.run(`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS projects (
+        version TEXT,
         id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
         user_id INTEGER,
         name TEXT,
         description TEXT,
         github TEXT,
         FOREIGN KEY(user_id) REFERENCES users(id)
+        FOREIGN KEY(version) REFERENCES version(version)
     )`);
 });
 
+db.get('SELECT * FROM version',[],(err,t_ver) => {
+    if (err || !t_ver) {
+        console.log("no table exists");
+        db.run('INSERT INTO version (version) values(?)',[version], function(err) {
+            if (err) {
+                console.log("failed to set version");
+            }
+        })
+    }
+    else if (t_ver.version === version)
+    {
+        console.log("Running the current version: %s", version);
+    }
+    else {
+        db.run('DELETE FROM version WHERE version=?',[t_ver.version],(err) => {
+            if (err) {
+                console.log("failed to remove version from table");
+            }
+            console.log("version removed from table");
+        })
+        db.run('INSERT INTO version (version) values(?)',[version], function(err) {
+            if (err) {
+                console.log("failed to set version");
+            }
+        })
+    }
+})
+
 // Configure Multer for file uploads
 const upload = multer({ dest: 'uploads/' });
 
@@ -54,6 +97,7 @@ const authenticateJWT = (req, res, next) => {
     if (token) {
         jwt.verify(token, secretKey, (err, user) => {
             if (err) {
+                
                 return res.sendStatus(403);
             }
             req.user = user;
@@ -68,8 +112,8 @@ const authenticateJWT = (req, res, next) => {
 app.post('/api/register', (req, res) => {
     const { username, password } = req.body;
     const hashedPassword = bcrypt.hashSync(password, 8);
-    const sql = 'INSERT INTO users (username, password) VALUES (?, ?)';
-    db.run(sql, [username, hashedPassword], function(err) {
+    const sql = 'INSERT INTO users (version, username, password) VALUES (?, ?, ?)';
+    db.run(sql, [version, username, hashedPassword], function(err) {
         if (err) {
             return res.status(400).json({ error: err.message });
         }
@@ -109,8 +153,8 @@ app.get('/api/parts', authenticateJWT, (req, res) => {
 // Add a new part for the authenticated user
 app.post('/api/parts', authenticateJWT, (req, res) => {
     const { name, value, footprint, description, quantity } = req.body;
-    const sql = 'INSERT INTO parts (user_id, name, value, footprint, description, quantity) VALUES (?, ?,?, ?, ?, ?)';
-    db.run(sql, [req.user.id, name, value, footprint, description, quantity], function(err) {
+    const sql = 'INSERT INTO parts (version, user_id, name, value, footprint, description, quantity) VALUES (?, ?, ?,?, ?, ?, ?)';
+    db.run(sql, [version, req.user.id, name, value, footprint, description, quantity], function(err) {
         if (err) {
             return res.status(400).json({ error: err.message });
         }
@@ -166,8 +210,8 @@ app.get('/api/projects', authenticateJWT, (req, res) => {
 app.post('/api/projects', authenticateJWT, (req, res) => {
     console.log(req.body);
     const { name, description, github } = req.body;
-    const sql = 'INSERT INTO projects (user_id, name, description, github) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)';
-    db.run(sql, [req.user.id, name,description, github], function(err) {
+    const sql = 'INSERT INTO projects (version, user_id, name, description, github) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)';
+    db.run(sql, [version, req.user.id, name,description, github], function(err) {
         if (err) {
             return res.status(400).json({ error: err.message });
         }
@@ -237,7 +281,7 @@ app.post('/api/upload', authenticateJWT, upload.single('file'), (req, res) => {
             parts.forEach(part => {
                 const { name, value, footprint, description, quantity } = part;
                 const sql = 'INSERT INTO parts (user_id, name, value, footprint, description, quantity) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)';
-                const params = [req.user.id, name, value, footprint, description, quantity];
+                const params = [version, req.user.id, name, value, footprint, description, quantity];
                 db.run(sql, params, function(err) {
                     if (err) {
                         console.error(err.message);
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8acdd82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.0.1