diff --git a/api/server.js b/api/server.js
index bce23aac..07e1327f 100644
--- a/api/server.js
+++ b/api/server.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ try {
     fs.writeFileSync('../src/links.json',body);
     var links = require('../src/links.json');
 }
-
+var sql = "SELECT * FROM messages"
 // WIP learning to read from DB
 con.connect(function(err) {
     if (err) throw err;