diff --git a/functions.py b/functions.py
index 7b8fff7..f45761f 100644
--- a/functions.py
+++ b/functions.py
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
-from flask import url_for, request, jsonify
+from flask import url_for, request, jsonify, Flask
 from markupsafe import Markup
 from bleach.sanitizer import Cleaner
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
 from mistune import HTMLRenderer, escape
 from PIL import Image
+import time
+import zipfile
+import shutil
+import subprocess
 import mistune
 import humanize
 import mysql.connector
@@ -12,8 +16,11 @@ import re
 import os
 import random
 import json
+import requests
 import constants as const
 
+app = Flask(const.appName)
+
 # load json file
 def loadJSON(file_path):
     # open the file