diff --git a/controllers/msg.js b/controllers/msg.js
index 652e97c..d34aaf7 100644
--- a/controllers/msg.js
+++ b/controllers/msg.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const newMsg = (req, res) => {
             //create a new msg object using the Msg model and req.params
             const newMsg = new Msg({
                 id:req.params.id,
-                message:req.params.message,
+                message:req.body.message,
                 time: Date.now(),
             })
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ const getOneMsg = (req, res) => {
 const updateMsg = (req, res) => {
 
     //check if the id already exists in db
-    Msg.findOneAndUpdate({id:req.params.id}, {message:req.params.message}, {new: true}, (err, data) => {
+    Msg.findOneAndUpdate({id:req.params.id}, {message:req.body.message}, {new: true}, (err, data) => {
 
         //if this message is in db, update it
         if (data) {
diff --git a/mongoConfig.js b/mongoConfig.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e561171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mongoConfig.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+require('dotenv').config({ path: 'development.env' });
+
+const mongoose = require('mongoose'); //import mongoose
+
+mongoose.connect(
+    process.env.MONGODB_URI,
+    (err) => {
+        if (err) return console.log("Error: ", err);
+        console.log("MongoDB Connection -- Ready state is:", mongoose.connection.readyState);
+    }
+);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 13a4979..912ec86 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
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+      "integrity": "sha512-77EbyPPpMz+FRFRuAFlWMtmgUWGe9UOG2Z25NqCwiIjRhOf5iKGuzSe5P2w1laq+FkRy4p+PCuVkJSGkzTEKVw==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "type-check": {
       "version": "0.4.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/type-check/-/type-check-0.4.0.tgz",
@@ -11027,6 +11644,12 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/utils-merge/-/utils-merge-1.0.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-n5VxD1CiZ5R7LMwSR0HBAoQn5xM="
     },
+    "uuid": {
+      "version": "8.3.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-8.3.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-+NYs2QeMWy+GWFOEm9xnn6HCDp0l7QBD7ml8zLUmJ+93Q5NF0NocErnwkTkXVFNiX3/fpC6afS8Dhb/gz7R7eg==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "v8-compile-cache": {
       "version": "2.3.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/v8-compile-cache/-/v8-compile-cache-2.3.0.tgz",
@@ -11231,6 +11854,16 @@
         "is-plain-obj": "^2.1.0"
       }
     },
+    "yauzl": {
+      "version": "2.10.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yauzl/-/yauzl-2.10.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-x+sXyT4RLLEIb6bY5R+wZnt5pfk=",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "buffer-crc32": "~0.2.3",
+        "fd-slicer": "~1.1.0"
+      }
+    },
     "yocto-queue": {
       "version": "0.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yocto-queue/-/yocto-queue-0.1.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eff5395..3a83c80 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     "eslint": "^8.3.0",
     "jest": "^27.3.1",
     "mocha": "^9.1.3",
+    "mongodb-memory-server": "^8.0.3",
     "superagent": "^6.1.0",
     "supertest": "^6.1.6"
   }
diff --git a/routes/msg.js b/routes/msg.js
index aeaf988..0b0e04a 100644
--- a/routes/msg.js
+++ b/routes/msg.js
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ router.get('/msg', msgController.getAllMsg);
 router.delete('/msg', msgController.deleteAllMsg);
 
 router.get('/msg/:id', msgController.getOneMsg);
-router.post('/msg/:id/:message', msgController.newMsg);
-router.put('/msg/:id/:message', msgController.updateMsg);
+router.post('/msg/:id', msgController.newMsg);
+router.put('/msg/:id', msgController.updateMsg);
 router.delete('/msg/:id', msgController.deleteOneMsg);
 
 module.exports = router; //export to use in server.js
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index acfa54d..018abff 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-require('dotenv').config({ path: 'development.env' });
-
+require("./mongoConfig")
 const express = require('express');
 const routes = require('./routes/msg'); //import the routes
-const mongoose = require('mongoose'); //import mongoose
+
 const helmet = require('helmet'); //import helmet
 const compression = require('compression'); //import compression
 const morgan = require('morgan') //import morgan
@@ -11,13 +10,6 @@ const app = express();
 app.use(helmet());
 app.use(compression()); //compress all routes
 
-mongoose.connect(
-    process.env.MONGODB_URI,
-    (err) => {
-        if (err) return console.log("Error: ", err);
-        console.log("MongoDB Connection -- Ready state is:", mongoose.connection.readyState);
-    }
-);
 
 app.use(express.json()); //parses incoming requests with JSON payloads
 app.use(morgan('combined')) //prints logging when requests are made
diff --git a/test/msg.js b/test/msg.js
index 5949f1b..1139162 100644
--- a/test/msg.js
+++ b/test/msg.js
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
+require("../mongoConfig")
+
+const routes = require('../routes/msg')
+
 const request = require('supertest');
-const server = require('../server');
+const express = require('express');
+const app = express();
+
+app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: false }))
+app.use("/", routes)
 
 describe('GET /msg', function () {
     it('respond with json containing a list of all users', function (done) {
-        request(server)
+        request(app)
             .get('/msg')
             .set('Accept', 'application/json')
             .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -13,24 +21,19 @@ describe('GET /msg', function () {
 
 describe('GET /msg/:id', function () {
     it('respond with json containing a single message', function (done) {
-        request(server)
+        request(app)
             .get('/msg/1')
             .set('Accept', 'application/json')
             .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
             .expect(200, done);
     });
-});
 
-/**
- * Testing get a message endpoint by giving a non-existing message
- */
-describe('GET /msg/:id', function () {
     it('respond with json message not found', function (done) {
-        request(server)
-            .get('/users/idisnonexisting')
-            //.set('Accept', 'application/json')
-            .expect(404) //expecting HTTP status code
-            //.expect('"Message not found"') // expecting content value
+        request(app)
+            .get('/msg/idisnonexisting')
+            .set('Accept', 'application/json')
+            .expect(400) //expecting HTTP status code
+            .expect('Content-Type', /json/) // expecting content value
             .end((err) => {
                 if (err) return done(err);
                 done();
@@ -42,30 +45,30 @@ describe('GET /msg/:id', function () {
  * Testing post message endpoint
  */
 describe('POST /msg', function () {
+	const data = {
+		Message: "test",
+	}
+
     it('respond with 201 created', function (done) {
-        request(server)
-            .post('/msg/1/test')
-            .set('Accept', 'application/json')
-            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-            .expect(200)
-            .end((err) => {
-                if (err) return done(err);
-                done();
-            });
+        request(app)
+	    .post('/msg/1')
+	    .type('form')
+	    .send(data)
+	    .then(() => {
+	    request(app)
+	        .get('/msg/1')
+	        .set('Accept', 'application/json')
+	        .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+	        .expect(200, done)
+	    });
     });
-});
 
-/**
- * Testing post message endpoint
- */
-describe('POST /msg', function () {
-    it('respond with 400 not created', function (done) {
-        request(server)
-            .post('/msg/test')
+    it('respond with 400 not updated', function (done) {
+        request(app)
+            .post('/msg/1')
             .set('Accept', 'application/json')
-            //.expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-            .expect(404)
-            //.expect('"Message not created"')
+            .expect(400)
+            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
             .end((err) => {
                 if (err) return done(err);
                 done();