diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db3b911
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+root = true
+
+[*]
+charset = utf-8
+indent_style = space
+end_of_line = lf
+insert_final_newline = true
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+
+[*.py]
+indent_size = 4
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f7275bb..5c2e673 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 venv/
+*.pyc
diff --git a/backend/README.md b/backend/README.md
index 05cec1f..d6df9d2 100644
--- a/backend/README.md
+++ b/backend/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Cancymat Backend
+# Candymat Backend
 
 The backend providing the data and managing changing the data.
 
diff --git a/backend/data/fragen.json b/backend/data/fragen.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2713df9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/data/fragen.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[
+  {
+    "id": 0,
+    "text": "Dies ist eine Dummy Frage für Testzwecke"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/data/kandidaten.json b/backend/data/kandidaten.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9cf0068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/data/kandidaten.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[
+  {
+    "id": 0,
+    "vorname": "Max",
+    "name": "Mustermann",
+    "email": "max.mustermann@yahoo.com"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": 1,
+    "vorname": "Erika",
+    "name": "Mustermann",
+    "email": "erika.mustermann@yahoo.com"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/dev-setup.sh b/backend/dev-setup.sh
index e91cf82..d572c8f 100755
--- a/backend/dev-setup.sh
+++ b/backend/dev-setup.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
 python -m venv venv
 
 source venv/bin/activate
diff --git a/backend/dev-start.sh b/backend/dev-start.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d01d772
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/dev-start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+source venv/bin/activate
+
+env FLASK_APP=flask-server/main.py flask run
diff --git a/backend/flask-server/main.py b/backend/flask-server/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd8e3ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/flask-server/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from flask import Flask, escape, request
+import json
+import os
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+
+@app.route('/')
+def root():
+    return "Candymat Data Backend"
+
+
+@app.route('/fragen')
+def fragen():
+    with open('data/fragen.json', 'r') as json_file:
+        return json_file.read()
+
+
+@app.route('/kandidaten')
+def kandidaten():
+    with open('data/kandidaten.json', 'r') as json_file:
+        return json_file.read()