diff --git a/web_app/app.py b/web_app/app.py
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+from config import DATABASE_URI
+from flask import Flask
+from flask.ext.bootstrap import Bootstrap
+from flask.ext.sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+db = SQLAlchemy(app)
+app.config["SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI"] = DATABASE_URI
+Bootstrap(app)
+