diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f813275..cef85eb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.vscode
 # Logs
 logs
 *.log
diff --git a/.netlify/state.json b/.netlify/state.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42302dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.netlify/state.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+	"siteId": "3030a6b8-d4bc-4888-a6c6-faa4a01b1571"
+}
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diff --git a/functions/todos-create.js b/functions/todos-create.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..695d654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/functions/todos-create.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* code from functions/todos-create.js */
+/* Import faunaDB sdk */
+const faunadb = require('faunadb')
+
+/* configure faunaDB Client with our secret */
+const q = faunadb.query
+const client = new faunadb.Client({
+    secret: process.env.FAUNADB_SERVER_SECRET
+})
+
+/* export our lambda function as named "handler" export */
+exports.handler = async (event, context) => {
+    /* parse the string body into a useable JS object */
+    const data = JSON.parse(event.body)
+    console.log('Function `todo-create` invoked', data)
+    const todoItem = {
+        data: data
+    }
+    /* construct the fauna query */
+    return client.query(q.Create(q.Ref('classes/todos'), todoItem))
+        .then((response) => {
+            console.log('success', response)
+            /* Success! return the response with statusCode 200 */
+            return {
+                statusCode: 200,
+                body: JSON.stringify(response)
+            }
+        }).catch((error) => {
+            console.log('error', error)
+            /* Error! return the error with statusCode 400 */
+            return {
+                statusCode: 400,
+                body: JSON.stringify(error)
+            }
+        })
+}
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diff --git a/netlify.toml b/netlify.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c32fa02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netlify.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[build]
+  functions = "functions"
+  # This will be run the site build
+  command = "gatsby build"
+  # This is the directory is publishing to netlify's CDN
+  publish = "public"
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