diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 14af7ba..c53b784 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -108,3 +108,5 @@ venv.bak/
 .gitmodules
 
 .vscode
+key.json
+.ipynb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 51b219c..ade57eb 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 # Third-party imports
 from flask import Flask, jsonify, request
 import json
+
 from flask_cors import CORS, cross_origin
 # from decouple import config
 from fantasy_app.functions import get_current_matchups, current_week, get_most_position_points, order_positions_by_points
 from fantasy_app.contest_list import contests
+import firebase_admin
+from firebase_admin import credentials, db
+
+
+cred = credentials.Certificate("./key.json")
+firebase_admin.initialize_app(cred)
 
 
 # app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = config('DATABASE_URL')
diff --git a/db.ipynb b/db.ipynb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9ec329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db.ipynb
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+{
+ "cells": [
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 15,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "import firebase_admin\n",
+    "from firebase_admin import db, credentials"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 29,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "firebase_admin.delete_app(firebase_admin.get_app())"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "cred = credentials.Certificate(\"key.json\")\n",
+    "firebase_admin.initialize_app(cred, {\"databaseURL\": \"https://fantasy-contests-default-rtdb.firebaseio.com/\"})"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 31,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "if not firebase_admin._apps:\n",
+    "    firebase_admin.initialize_app(cred, {\n",
+    "        'databaseURL': 'https://fantasy-contests-default-rtdb.firebaseio.com/'\n",
+    "    })"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "firebase_admin.get_app()"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 33,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "ref = db.reference(\"/\")"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 35,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "{'name': 'JJ'}"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 35,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "ref.get()"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 34,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "'JJ'"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 34,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "db.reference(\"/name\").get()"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "db.reference(\"/name\").set('Justy')"
+   ]
+  }
+ ],
+ "metadata": {
+  "kernelspec": {
+   "display_name": "venv",
+   "language": "python",
+   "name": "python3"
+  },
+  "language_info": {
+   "codemirror_mode": {
+    "name": "ipython",
+    "version": 3
+   },
+   "file_extension": ".py",
+   "mimetype": "text/x-python",
+   "name": "python",
+   "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
+   "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
+   "version": "3.9.5"
+  }
+ },
+ "nbformat": 4,
+ "nbformat_minor": 2
+}
diff --git a/key.json b/key.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79b1826
--- /dev/null
+++ b/key.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "type": "service_account",
+  "project_id": "fantasy-contests",
+  "private_key_id": "666c2a25326a1a0d4026e850e881eb9f399ab6fc",
+  "private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----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\nd9Tg26imYxeYfM4O8WwQFg==\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n",
+  "client_email": "firebase-adminsdk-atqc1@fantasy-contests.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
+  "client_id": "118329157944890218182",
+  "auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth",
+  "token_uri": "https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token",
+  "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs",
+  "client_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/firebase-adminsdk-atqc1%40fantasy-contests.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
+  "universe_domain": "googleapis.com"
+}
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b97fdea..8bb5ae9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ colorama==0.4.5
 coverage==6.4.4
 dill==0.3.5.1
 docopt==0.6.2
-espn-api==0.21.0
+espn-api==0.33.0
 Flask==2.2.2
 Flask-Cors==4.0.0
 gunicorn==20.1.0