diff --git a/app/models/todo.js b/app/models/todo.js
index 770f42a6f..b74549ee0 100644
--- a/app/models/todo.js
+++ b/app/models/todo.js
@@ -4,5 +4,9 @@ module.exports = mongoose.model('Todo', {
     text: {
         type: String,
         default: ''
+    },
+    done: {
+        type: Boolean,
+        default: false
     }
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/app/routes.js b/app/routes.js
index b78dbe4fa..36fe9e17a 100644
--- a/app/routes.js
+++ b/app/routes.js
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ function getTodos(res) {
 
         // if there is an error retrieving, send the error. nothing after res.send(err) will execute
         if (err) {
+            console.error('err :',err);
             res.send(err);
-        }
-
-        res.json(todos); // return all todos in JSON format
+        } else
+          res.json(todos); // return all todos in JSON format
     });
 };
 
@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@ module.exports = function (app) {
             text: req.body.text,
             done: false
         }, function (err, todo) {
-            if (err)
+            if (err) {
+                console.error('err :',err);
                 res.send(err);
-
-            // get and return all the todos after you create another
-            getTodos(res);
+            } else
+              // get and return all the todos after you create another
+              getTodos(res);
         });
 
     });
@@ -43,10 +44,11 @@ module.exports = function (app) {
         Todo.remove({
             _id: req.params.todo_id
         }, function (err, todo) {
-            if (err)
+            if (err) {
+                console.error('err :',err);
                 res.send(err);
-
-            getTodos(res);
+            } else
+              getTodos(res);
         });
     });
 
diff --git a/config/database.js b/config/database.js.example
similarity index 100%
rename from config/database.js
rename to config/database.js.example
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fde172c12..29c1ff2bf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
   "author": "Scotch",
   "dependencies": {
     "body-parser": "^1.18.2",
-    "mongoose": "4.10.8",
-    "express": "^4.10.8",
+    "mongoose": "6.10.0",
+    "express": "^4.17.3",
     "method-override": "^2.3.10",
     "morgan": "^1.9.0"
   }