diff --git a/handlers/courses/get.js b/handlers/courses/get.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..500157c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/handlers/courses/get.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+const {createResponse} = require('../../helpers');
+const db = require('../../services/db');
+
+module.exports.default = async () => {
+  try {
+    const courses = await db.get('eg_courses', {});
+
+    return createResponse(200, {
+      courses: courses
+    })
+  } catch (err) {
+    const statusCode = (err && err.statusCode) || 500;
+    return createResponse(statusCode, err.message || err);
+  }
+};
diff --git a/handlers/hello/get.js b/handlers/hello/get.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ed6be6c..0000000
--- a/handlers/hello/get.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-module.exports.hello = async (event, context) => {
-  return {
-    statusCode: 200,
-    body: JSON.stringify({
-      message: 'Go Serverless v1.0! Your function executed successfully!',
-      input: event,
-    }),
-  };
-
-  // Use this code if you don't use the http event with the LAMBDA-PROXY integration
-  // return { message: 'Go Serverless v1.0! Your function executed successfully!', event };
-};
diff --git a/serverless.yml b/serverless.yml
index bde8879..f5f4420 100644
--- a/serverless.yml
+++ b/serverless.yml
@@ -57,11 +57,12 @@ provider:
 
 functions:
   hello:
-    handler: handlers/hello/get.hello
+    handler: handlers/courses/get.default
     events:
       - http:
-          path: hello
+          path: courses
           method: get
+          cors: true
 
 #    The following are a few example events you can configure
 #    NOTE: Please make sure to change your handler code to work with those events
@@ -107,6 +108,20 @@ functions:
 #     NewOutput:
 #       Description: "Description for the output"
 #       Value: "Some output value"
+resources:
+  coursesTable:
+    Type: AWS::DynamoDB::Table
+    Properties:
+      TableName: eg_courses
+      AttributeDefinitions:
+        - AttributeName: name
+          AttributeType: s
+      KeySchema:
+        - AttributeName: name
+          KeyType: HASH
+      Tags:
+        - Key: app
+          Value: ecs-grader
 
 plugins:
   - serverless-offline
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/db.js b/services/db.js
index 541125e..a398104 100644
--- a/services/db.js
+++ b/services/db.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const queryByID = async (tableName, idKeyName, id) => {
   // querying by id can be used when we are querying a table
   // that has a sortKey, but we don't need to use the sortKey
   const res = await dynamoClient.query({
-    TableName: "gt_answers",
+    TableName: tableName,
     KeyConditionExpression: "#id = :idValue",
     ExpressionAttributeNames: {
       "#id": idKeyName,
diff --git a/validators/schemas.js b/validators/schemas.js
index 7f7402f..1b73ca3 100644
--- a/validators/schemas.js
+++ b/validators/schemas.js
@@ -1,29 +1,12 @@
-const answerSchema = {
-  "type": "object",
-  "properties": {
-    "user_id": {"type": "string"},
-    "question_id": {"type": "string"},
-    "is_correct": {"type": "boolean"}
-  },
-  "required": ["user_id", "question_id", "is_correct"]
-};
-
-const userSchema = {
-  "type": "object",
-  "properties": {
-    "id": {"type": "string"},
-    "score": {"type": "number"}
-  },
-  "required": ["user_id", "question_id", "is_correct"]
-};
-
-const loginFollowUpSchema = {
-  "type": "object",
-  "properties": {
-    "accessToken": {"type": "string"}
-  },
-  "required": ["accessToken"]
-};
+// const answerSchema = {
+//   "type": "object",
+//   "properties": {
+//     "user_id": {"type": "string"},
+//     "question_id": {"type": "string"},
+//     "is_correct": {"type": "boolean"}
+//   },
+//   "required": ["user_id", "question_id", "is_correct"]
+// };
 
 module.exports = {
   answerSchema,