diff --git a/api/app/db.py b/api/app/db.py
index 890af1d..d09ee30 100644
--- a/api/app/db.py
+++ b/api/app/db.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
 
+# database object
 database = SQLAlchemy()