diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 91a2d48..984598d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@
   "name": "mapmel",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "",
-  "main": "index.js",
+  "main": "dist/index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
-    "start": "node index.js",
-    "dev": "nodemon index.js",
-    "dbadd": "node data/add_to_db.js",
-    "dbaddprop": "node data/add_edge_weight.js",
-    "dbaddpoi": "node data/add_poi.js",
-    "dbaddlength": "node data/add_edge_length.js"
+    "build": "tsc",
+    "start": "node dist/index.js",
+    "dev": "ts-node src/index.ts",
+    "dbadd": "ts-node src/data/add_to_db.ts",
+    "dbaddprop": "ts-node src/data/add_edge_weight.ts",
+    "dbaddpoi": "ts-node src/data/add_poi.ts",
+    "dbaddlength": "ts-node src/data/add_edge_length.ts"
   },
   "keywords": [],
   "author": "",
@@ -28,6 +29,10 @@
     "@eslint/js": "^9.18.0",
     "eslint": "^9.18.0",
     "globals": "^15.14.0",
-    "nodemon": "^3.1.7"
+    "nodemon": "^3.1.7",
+    "typescript": "^5.4.0",
+    "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
+    "@types/node": "^20.11.17",
+    "@types/express": "^4.17.21"
   }
 }
diff --git a/routers/page_loading.js b/routers/page_loading.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d4ec45..0000000
--- a/routers/page_loading.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-const express = require("express")
-const router = express.Router()
-
-router.get("/", require("../controllers/pages/index.js"))
-router.get("/editor", require("../controllers/pages/editor.js"))
-
-module.exports = router
diff --git a/controllers/api/editor_actions/get_node.js b/src/controllers/api/editor_actions/get_node.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from controllers/api/editor_actions/get_node.js
rename to src/controllers/api/editor_actions/get_node.ts
index 02e59a7..ba807ca 100644
--- a/controllers/api/editor_actions/get_node.js
+++ b/src/controllers/api/editor_actions/get_node.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const get_closest_node = require("../../../functions/editor/get_closest_node.js")
+const get_closest_node = require("../../../functions/editor/get_closest_node")
 
 module.exports = async (req, res) => {
     const { lat, lng } = req.query
diff --git a/controllers/api/get_intermediate_points.js b/src/controllers/api/get_intermediate_points.ts
similarity index 80%
rename from controllers/api/get_intermediate_points.js
rename to src/controllers/api/get_intermediate_points.ts
index c1231db..a3b669e 100644
--- a/controllers/api/get_intermediate_points.js
+++ b/src/controllers/api/get_intermediate_points.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { run_query } = require("../../functions/neo4j_driver.js")
+const { run_query } = require("../../functions/neo4j_driver")
 
 module.exports = async (req, res) => {
     let nodes = await run_query(`
diff --git a/controllers/api/get_tile.js b/src/controllers/api/get_tile.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from controllers/api/get_tile.js
rename to src/controllers/api/get_tile.ts
index 2c2ca49..0c03419 100644
--- a/controllers/api/get_tile.js
+++ b/src/controllers/api/get_tile.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-const { run_query } = require("../../functions/neo4j_driver.js")
-const { get_lat_lon_from_tile_and_position } = require("../../functions/tile_converter.js")
+const { run_query } = require("../../functions/neo4j_driver")
+const { get_lat_lon_from_tile_and_position } = require("../../functions/tile_converter")
 
 const MAX_CACHE_SIZE = 500
 
diff --git a/controllers/api/result.js b/src/controllers/api/result.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from controllers/api/result.js
rename to src/controllers/api/result.ts
index eab36f3..eb2225c 100644
--- a/controllers/api/result.js
+++ b/src/controllers/api/result.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { run_query } = require("../../functions/neo4j_driver.js")
+const { run_query } = require("../../functions/neo4j_driver")
 
 module.exports = async (req, res) => {
     // get the result id from the request
diff --git a/controllers/api/route.js b/src/controllers/api/route.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from controllers/api/route.js
rename to src/controllers/api/route.ts
index 537103d..3976964 100644
--- a/controllers/api/route.js
+++ b/src/controllers/api/route.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-const { run_query } = require("../../functions/neo4j_driver.js")
-const { find_closest_edge } = require("../../functions/get_closest_road_edge.js")
-const driving_route = require("../../functions/routing/driving.js")
+const { run_query } = require("../../functions/neo4j_driver")
+const { find_closest_edge } = require("../../functions/get_closest_road_edge")
+const driving_route = require("../../functions/routing/driving")
 
 async function get_closest_road_edge(lat, lng) {
     // get a list of the 100 nearest nodes to the given coordinate
diff --git a/controllers/api/search.js b/src/controllers/api/search.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from controllers/api/search.js
rename to src/controllers/api/search.ts
index 9da3a29..53da330 100644
--- a/controllers/api/search.js
+++ b/src/controllers/api/search.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-const { run_query } = require("../../functions/neo4j_driver.js")
-const fuse = require("fuse.js")
+const { run_query } = require("../../functions/neo4j_driver")
+const fuse = require("fuse")
 
 const replacements = {
     rd: "road",
diff --git a/controllers/pages/editor.js b/src/controllers/pages/editor.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from controllers/pages/editor.js
rename to src/controllers/pages/editor.ts
diff --git a/controllers/pages/index.js b/src/controllers/pages/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from controllers/pages/index.js
rename to src/controllers/pages/index.ts
diff --git a/data/add_edge_length.js b/src/data/add_edge_length.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from data/add_edge_length.js
rename to src/data/add_edge_length.ts
diff --git a/data/add_edge_weight.js b/src/data/add_edge_weight.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from data/add_edge_weight.js
rename to src/data/add_edge_weight.ts
diff --git a/data/add_poi.js b/src/data/add_poi.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from data/add_poi.js
rename to src/data/add_poi.ts
diff --git a/data/add_to_db.js b/src/data/add_to_db.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from data/add_to_db.js
rename to src/data/add_to_db.ts
diff --git a/data/run_all_adds.js b/src/data/run_all_adds.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from data/run_all_adds.js
rename to src/data/run_all_adds.ts
diff --git a/functions/color.js b/src/functions/color.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from functions/color.js
rename to src/functions/color.ts
diff --git a/functions/editor/get_closest_node.js b/src/functions/editor/get_closest_node.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from functions/editor/get_closest_node.js
rename to src/functions/editor/get_closest_node.ts
index 22373e8..8d315f0 100644
--- a/functions/editor/get_closest_node.js
+++ b/src/functions/editor/get_closest_node.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-let { run_query } = require("../neo4j_driver.js")
+let { run_query } = require("../neo4j_driver")
 
 module.exports = async (lat, lng) => {
     /**
diff --git a/functions/get_closest_road_edge.js b/src/functions/get_closest_road_edge.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from functions/get_closest_road_edge.js
rename to src/functions/get_closest_road_edge.ts
diff --git a/functions/neo4j_driver.js b/src/functions/neo4j_driver.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from functions/neo4j_driver.js
rename to src/functions/neo4j_driver.ts
diff --git a/functions/routing/driving.js b/src/functions/routing/driving.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from functions/routing/driving.js
rename to src/functions/routing/driving.ts
index 6bfdff4..873a146 100644
--- a/functions/routing/driving.js
+++ b/src/functions/routing/driving.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-let { run_query } = require("../neo4j_driver.js")
-let PriorityQueue = require("./helpers/priority_queue.js")
+let { run_query } = require("../neo4j_driver")
+let PriorityQueue = require("./helpers/priority_queue")
 let {
     SHORT_ROUTE_THRESHOLD_METERS,
     LONG_ROUTE_THRESHOLD_METERS,
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ let {
     MEDIUM_RADIUS_METERS,
     LARGE_RADIUS_METERS,
     MAJOR_HIGHWAYS,
-} = require("./helpers/driving/defaults.js")
-let distance_heuristic = require("./helpers/driving/distance_heuristic.js")
-let time_heuristic = require("./helpers/time_heuristic.js")
-let get_neighbours = require("./helpers/get_neighbours.js")
-const Benchmarks = require("./helpers/benchmarks.js")
-const { start_session, close_session } = require("./routing_neo4j_driver.js")
+} = require("./helpers/driving/defaults")
+let distance_heuristic = require("./helpers/driving/distance_heuristic")
+let time_heuristic = require("./helpers/time_heuristic")
+let get_neighbours = require("./helpers/get_neighbours")
+const Benchmarks = require("./helpers/benchmarks")
+const { start_session, close_session } = require("./routing_neo4j_driver")
 
 // --- Node Position Cache ---
 let node_positions = {}
diff --git a/functions/routing/helpers/benchmarks.js b/src/functions/routing/helpers/benchmarks.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from functions/routing/helpers/benchmarks.js
rename to src/functions/routing/helpers/benchmarks.ts
diff --git a/functions/routing/helpers/driving/defaults.js b/src/functions/routing/helpers/driving/defaults.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from functions/routing/helpers/driving/defaults.js
rename to src/functions/routing/helpers/driving/defaults.ts
diff --git a/functions/routing/helpers/driving/distance_heuristic.js b/src/functions/routing/helpers/driving/distance_heuristic.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from functions/routing/helpers/driving/distance_heuristic.js
rename to src/functions/routing/helpers/driving/distance_heuristic.ts
diff --git a/functions/routing/helpers/driving/kmh_to_mps.js b/src/functions/routing/helpers/driving/kmh_to_mps.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from functions/routing/helpers/driving/kmh_to_mps.js
rename to src/functions/routing/helpers/driving/kmh_to_mps.ts
diff --git a/functions/routing/helpers/get_neighbours.js b/src/functions/routing/helpers/get_neighbours.ts
similarity index 93%
rename from functions/routing/helpers/get_neighbours.js
rename to src/functions/routing/helpers/get_neighbours.ts
index 811fe09..22a48c9 100644
--- a/functions/routing/helpers/get_neighbours.js
+++ b/src/functions/routing/helpers/get_neighbours.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-let { run_query } = require("../../neo4j_driver.js")
-let distance_heuristic = require("./driving/distance_heuristic.js")
-let kmh_to_mps = require("./driving/kmh_to_mps.js")
-let { DEFAULT_SPEEDS_KMH } = require("./driving/defaults.js")
-const { run_bached_query } = require("../routing_neo4j_driver.js")
+let { run_query } = require("../../neo4j_driver")
+let distance_heuristic = require("./driving/distance_heuristic")
+let kmh_to_mps = require("./driving/kmh_to_mps")
+let { DEFAULT_SPEEDS_KMH } = require("./driving/defaults")
+const { run_bached_query } = require("../routing_neo4j_driver")
 
 module.exports = async function get_neighbours(node_positions, node_id, benchmarks, session) {
     const overallStart = performance.now()
diff --git a/functions/routing/helpers/priority_queue.js b/src/functions/routing/helpers/priority_queue.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from functions/routing/helpers/priority_queue.js
rename to src/functions/routing/helpers/priority_queue.ts
diff --git a/functions/routing/helpers/time_heuristic.js b/src/functions/routing/helpers/time_heuristic.ts
similarity index 73%
rename from functions/routing/helpers/time_heuristic.js
rename to src/functions/routing/helpers/time_heuristic.ts
index 693a17a..099ccee 100644
--- a/functions/routing/helpers/time_heuristic.js
+++ b/src/functions/routing/helpers/time_heuristic.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-let { MAX_ASSUMED_SPEED_KMH } = require("./driving/defaults.js")
-let distance_heuristic = require("./driving/distance_heuristic.js")
-let kmh_to_mps = require("./driving/kmh_to_mps.js")
+let { MAX_ASSUMED_SPEED_KMH } = require("./driving/defaults")
+let distance_heuristic = require("./driving/distance_heuristic")
+let kmh_to_mps = require("./driving/kmh_to_mps")
 
 module.exports = function time_heuristic(pos1, pos2, benchmarks) {
     const start = performance.now()
diff --git a/functions/routing/routing_neo4j_driver.js b/src/functions/routing/routing_neo4j_driver.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from functions/routing/routing_neo4j_driver.js
rename to src/functions/routing/routing_neo4j_driver.ts
diff --git a/functions/tile_converter.js b/src/functions/tile_converter.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from functions/tile_converter.js
rename to src/functions/tile_converter.ts
diff --git a/index.js b/src/index.ts
similarity index 73%
rename from index.js
rename to src/index.ts
index b934068..5b861a4 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -5,26 +5,26 @@ require("dotenv").config()
 const express = require("express")
 
 // config.json file
-const config = require("./config.json")
+const config = require("../config.json")
 
 // set up express app
 const app = express()
 app.set("view engine", "ejs")
 
 // set up middleware
-app.use(require("./middlewares/logging.js"))  // logging
+app.use(require("./middlewares/logging"))  // logging
 app.use(express.static("public"))
 app.use(express.json())
 
 // routers -> main
-app.use(require("./routers/page_loading.js"))
-app.use(require("./routers/three_routes.js"))  // three.js stuff
+app.use(require("./routers/page_loading"))
+app.use(require("./routers/three_routes"))  // three.js stuff
 
 // routers -> api
-app.use(require("./routers/api.js"))
+app.use(require("./routers/api"))
 
 // neo4j stuff idk chatgpt told me to add it
-const { close_driver } = require("./functions/neo4j_driver.js")
+const { close_driver } = require("./functions/neo4j_driver")
 
 function on_signal() {
     console.log("Shutting down gracefully")
diff --git a/middlewares/logging.js b/src/middlewares/logging.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from middlewares/logging.js
rename to src/middlewares/logging.ts
index aa10821..8ca846e 100644
--- a/middlewares/logging.js
+++ b/src/middlewares/logging.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const color = require("../functions/color.js")
+const color = require("../functions/color")
 
 module.exports = async (req, res, next) => {
     const start_time = process.hrtime()
diff --git a/routers/api.js b/src/routers/api.ts
similarity index 51%
rename from routers/api.js
rename to src/routers/api.ts
index bcc1644..ec47c55 100644
--- a/routers/api.js
+++ b/src/routers/api.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@ const express = require("express")
 const router = express.Router()
 
 // Public frontend UI API
-router.get("/api/get_tile/:z/:x/:y", require("../controllers/api/get_tile.js"))
-router.get("/api/search", require("../controllers/api/search.js"))  
-router.get("/api/result/:id", require("../controllers/api/result.js"))
+router.get("/api/get_tile/:z/:x/:y", require("../controllers/api/get_tile"))
+router.get("/api/search", require("../controllers/api/search"))
+router.get("/api/result/:id", require("../controllers/api/result"))
 
-router.get("/api/route", require("../controllers/api/route.js"))
+router.get("/api/route", require("../controllers/api/route"))
 
 // Private (Editor) UI API
-router.get("/api/editor/get_closest_road_edge", require("../controllers/api/editor_actions/get_node.js"))
+router.get(
+    "/api/editor/get_closest_road_edge",
+    require("../controllers/api/editor_actions/get_node")
+)
 
 module.exports = router
diff --git a/src/routers/page_loading.ts b/src/routers/page_loading.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d96b75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routers/page_loading.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const express = require("express")
+const router = express.Router()
+
+router.get("/", require("../controllers/pages/index"))
+router.get("/editor", require("../controllers/pages/editor"))
+
+module.exports = router
diff --git a/routers/three_routes.js b/src/routers/three_routes.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from routers/three_routes.js
rename to src/routers/three_routes.ts
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..312f530
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "es2016",
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+    "strict": false,
+    "skipLibCheck": true
+  },
+  "include": ["src/**/*"]
+}