diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 47b140f..fa89c6f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,13 +18,15 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<java.version>17</java.version>
         <spring.version>6.0.11</spring.version>
-        <!-- <spring.version>5.3.2</spring.version> -->
 		<hibernate.version>6.3.1.Final</hibernate.version>
-		<!-- <hibernate.version>5.6.9.Final</hibernate.version> -->
         <sqlite-jdbc.version>3.30.1</sqlite-jdbc.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
 			<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/itdominator/api/controller/BaseController.java b/src/main/java/com/itdominator/api/controller/BaseController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbe7814
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/itdominator/api/controller/BaseController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package com.itdominator.api.controller;
+
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.security.access.prepost.PreAuthorize;
+import org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+import com.itdominator.api.dto.ThumbnailDto;
+import com.itdominator.api.dto.ThumbnailSearchCriteria;
+import com.itdominator.api.services.ThumbnailerService;
+
+import jakarta.validation.Valid;
+import jakarta.validation.constraints.Max;
+import jakarta.validation.constraints.Min;
+import jakarta.validation.constraints.Pattern;
+
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+
+
+@RestController
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+@Slf4j
+@Validated
+public class BaseController {
+
+
+    @PreAuthorize("hashPermission('User')")
+    @GetMapping("/")
+    public String root() {
+        return "<h1>Hello, World!</h1>";
+    }
+
+}