diff --git a/MyFirstBlog/Controllers/PostsController.cs b/MyFirstBlog/Controllers/PostsController.cs
index 8fa6bf2c..91acb54e 100644
--- a/MyFirstBlog/Controllers/PostsController.cs
+++ b/MyFirstBlog/Controllers/PostsController.cs
@@ -1,34 +1,38 @@
-namespace MyFirstBlog.Controllers;
-
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 using MyFirstBlog.Dtos;
 using MyFirstBlog.Services;
 
 [ApiController]
 [Route("posts")]
+public class PostsController : ControllerBase
+{
+    private readonly IPostService _postService;
 
-public class PostsController : ControllerBase {
-    private IPostService _postService;
-
-    public PostsController(IPostService postService) {
+    public PostsController(IPostService postService)
+    {
         _postService = postService;
     }
 
-    // Get /posts
     [HttpGet]
-    public IEnumerable<PostDto> GetPosts() {
-        return _postService.GetPosts();
-    }
+    public IEnumerable<PostDto> GetPosts() => _postService.GetPosts();
 
-    // Get /posts/:slug
     [HttpGet("{slug}")]
-    public ActionResult<PostDto> GetPost(string slug) {
+    public ActionResult<PostDto> GetPost(string slug)
+    {
         var post = _postService.GetPost(slug);
+        if (post == null) return NotFound();
+        return post;
+    }
 
-        if (post is null) {
-            return NotFound();
+    [HttpPost]
+    public ActionResult<object> CreatePost([FromBody] CreatePostRequest request)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(request.Title))
+        {
+            return BadRequest(new { errors = new[] { "Title cannot be blank" } });
         }
 
-        return post;
+        var createdPost = _postService.CreatePost(request.Title, request.Description);
+        return Created(string.Empty, new { post = createdPost });
     }
 }
diff --git a/MyFirstBlog/Dtos/CreatePostRequest.cs b/MyFirstBlog/Dtos/CreatePostRequest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1934490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MyFirstBlog/Dtos/CreatePostRequest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+namespace MyFirstBlog.Dtos
+{
+    public record CreatePostRequest
+    {
+        public string Title { get; init; } = default!;
+        public string Description { get; init; } = default!;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/MyFirstBlog/Program.cs b/MyFirstBlog/Program.cs
index 4042b610..75976ae9 100644
--- a/MyFirstBlog/Program.cs
+++ b/MyFirstBlog/Program.cs
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using MyFirstBlog.Helpers;
 using MyFirstBlog.Services;
 
 var  MyAllowLocalhostOrigins = "_myAllowLocalhostOrigins";
 
 var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
-
+Console.WriteLine("CNSTR => " + builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection"));
 var services = builder.Services;
 var env = builder.Environment;
 
 // Add services to the container.
 
-services.AddDbContext<DataContext>();
+services.AddDbContext<DataContext>(options =>
+    options.UseNpgsql(builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection")));
+
 
 services.AddCors(policyBuilder => {
     policyBuilder.AddPolicy( MyAllowLocalhostOrigins,
diff --git a/MyFirstBlog/Services/PostService.cs b/MyFirstBlog/Services/PostService.cs
index 6bac099f..5ef6f23c 100644
--- a/MyFirstBlog/Services/PostService.cs
+++ b/MyFirstBlog/Services/PostService.cs
@@ -8,30 +8,53 @@ namespace MyFirstBlog.Services;
 public interface IPostService
 {
     IEnumerable<PostDto> GetPosts();
-    PostDto GetPost(String slug);
+    PostDto GetPost(string slug);
+    PostDto CreatePost(string title, string description);
 }
 
 public class PostService : IPostService
 {
-    private DataContext _context;
+    private readonly DataContext _context;
 
     public PostService(DataContext context)
     {
         _context = context;
     }
 
-    public IEnumerable<PostDto> GetPosts()
-    {
-        return _context.Posts.Select(post => post.AsDto());
-    }
+    public IEnumerable<PostDto> GetPosts() =>
+        _context.Posts.Select(post => post.AsDto());
 
     public PostDto GetPost(string slug)
     {
         return getPost(slug).AsDto();
     }
 
+    public PostDto CreatePost(string title, string description)
+    {
+        var slug = GenerateSlug(title);
+        var newPost = new Post
+        {
+            Id = Guid.NewGuid(),
+            Title = title,
+            Slug = slug,
+            Body = description,
+            CreatedDate = DateTime.UtcNow
+        };
+
+        _context.Posts.Add(newPost);
+        _context.SaveChanges();
+
+        return newPost.AsDto();
+    }
+
+    private string GenerateSlug(string title)
+    {
+        return Regex.Replace(title.ToLower(), @"\s+", "-");
+    }
+
     private Post getPost(string slug)
     {
-        return _context.Posts.Where(a=>a.Slug==slug.ToString()).SingleOrDefault();
+        return _context.Posts.SingleOrDefault(p => p.Slug == slug);
     }
 }
+
diff --git a/MyFirstBlog/appsettings.Development.json b/MyFirstBlog/appsettings.Development.json
index 68bd7dc3..75dfafa3 100644
--- a/MyFirstBlog/appsettings.Development.json
+++ b/MyFirstBlog/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "ConnectionStrings": {
-    "DefaultConnection": "Host=localhost; Database=bvc-blog; Username=postgres; Password=postgres"
+    "DefaultConnection": "Host=localhost; Database=bvc-blog; Username=postgres; Password=1234"
   },
   "Logging": {
     "LogLevel": {
diff --git a/MyFirstBlog/appsettings.json b/MyFirstBlog/appsettings.json
index 10f68b8c..ce545901 100644
--- a/MyFirstBlog/appsettings.json
+++ b/MyFirstBlog/appsettings.json
@@ -5,5 +5,10 @@
       "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
     }
   },
-  "AllowedHosts": "*"
+  "AllowedHosts": "*",
+  "ConnectionStrings": {
+    "DefaultConnection": "Host=localhost;Port=5432;Database=bvc-blog;Username=postgres;Password=1234"
+  }
+
+
 }