diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bbd9458..82ffb0a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 axum = "0.7.5"
 serde = "1.0.198"
-tokio = { version = "1.2", features = ["full"] }
+serde_json = "1.0.116"
+tokio = { version = "1.2", features = ["full", "derive"] }
 warp = "0.3.7"
diff --git a/src/question.rs b/src/question.rs
index 17a5e9e..8ef47e8 100644
--- a/src/question.rs
+++ b/src/question.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 
 struct Store {
@@ -9,9 +10,14 @@ struct Store {
 impl Store {
     fn new() -> Self {
         Store {
-            questions: HashMap::new(),
+            questions: Self::init(),
         }
     }
+    fn init() -> HashMap<u8, Question> {
+        let file = include_str!("./questions.json");
+        serde_json::from_str(file).expect("can't read questions.json")
+    }
+
     fn add(mut self, question: Question) -> Result<Question, String> {
         match self.questions.get(&question.id) {
             Some(_) => Err(format!("Question with id {} already exists", question.id)),
@@ -46,7 +52,7 @@ impl Store {
         }
     }
 }
-#[derive(Clone)]
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct Question {
     id: u8,
     title: String,
@@ -64,9 +70,3 @@ impl Question {
         }
     }
 }
-
-// impl IntoResponse for &Question {
-//     fn into_response(self) -> Response {
-//         (StatusCode::OK, Json(&self)).into_response()
-//     }
-// }
diff --git a/src/questions.json b/src/questions.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0345a5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/questions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "1" : {
+    "id": "1",
+    "title": "How?",
+    "content": "Please help!",
+    "tags": ["general"]
+    }
+}
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