diff --git a/server/MongoCert.pem b/server/MongoCert.pem
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..32882c8513622365b80f83b76fd97034f14fa067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/MongoCert.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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+-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
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diff --git a/server/main.py b/server/main.py
index 0be0458c233890a150d0908297cad7e58b0114e1..efaf20662c0c5bdf27e9796beadfe4dada4f7f92 100644
--- a/server/main.py
+++ b/server/main.py
@@ -4,41 +4,17 @@ from pymongo.server_api import ServerApi
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
-# Default route
-@app.route('/')
-def home():
-    return jsonify(message='Welcome to the API!')
+uri = "mongodb+srv://icemapcluster.i02epob.mongodb.net/?authSource=%24external&authMechanism=MONGODB-X509&retryWrites=true&w=majority"
 
+try:
+    client = MongoClient(uri,
+                         tls=True,
+                         tlsCertificateKeyFile='server/MongoCert.pem',
+                         server_api=ServerApi('1'))
 
-# Example endpoint
-@app.route('/api/data', methods=['GET'])
-def get_data():
-    data = {'example_data': [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}
-    return jsonify(data)
+    db = client['IceMapDB']
+    collection = db['IceData']
+    print("Connected to MongoDB")
 
-
-
-# Initialise database connection
-def init_db():
-    # Initialise database connection
-    uri = "mongodb+srv://icemapcluster.i02epob.mongodb.net/?authSource=%24external&authMechanism=MONGODB-X509&retryWrites=true&w=majority"
-    
-    try:
-        client = MongoClient(uri,
-                            tls=True,
-                            tlsCertificateKeyFile='server/X509-cert-2722575229130410888.pem',
-                            server_api=ServerApi('1'))
-
-        db = client['IceMapDatabase']
-        collection = db['GeoDataCollection']
-
-        # Ping to check connection
-        client.admin.command('ping')
-
-        print("Connected to MongoDB!")
-
-    except ConnectionFailure as e:
-        print(f"Failed to connect to MongoDB: {e}")
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    init_db()
\ No newline at end of file
+except Exception as e:
+    print(f"Failed to connect to MongoDB: {e}")
\ No newline at end of file