diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b512c09..be12cc6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-node_modules
\ No newline at end of file
+node_modules
+.now
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index d489378..4f2cf7d 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -2,18 +2,11 @@
 const express   = require('express'),
       app       = express(),
       util      = require('./bin/util'),
-      fs        = require('fs'),
       axios     = require('axios'),
-      covid19   = require('./lib/cli');
-
-// set port
-const port = process.env.port || 7070;
-
-// package.json info
-const pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('package.json'));
-
-// api base url
-const apiBaseURL = "https://corona.lmao.ninja";
+      covid19   = require('./lib/cli'),
+      pkg       = require('./package.json'), // package.json info
+      apiBaseURL= "https://corona.lmao.ninja", // api base url
+      port      = process.env.port || 7070 // set port
 
 // global route for covid19 tracker
 app.get('/', async (req, res, next) => {
diff --git a/lib/cli/index.js b/lib/cli/index.js
index 7726f7b..9b88511 100644
--- a/lib/cli/index.js
+++ b/lib/cli/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-await-in-loop */
 
 const color     = require('ansi-styles'),
-      fs        = require('fs'),
       table3    = require('cli-table3'),
-      chart     = require('./chart');
+      chart     = require('./chart'),
+      pkg       = require('../../package.json'), // package.json info
+      say       = require('../sayings/threads.json') // sayings
 
 // ansi colors
 const 
@@ -30,11 +31,6 @@ const
       space = ' ',
       br = '\n';
 
-
-// package.json information
-const pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('package.json'));
-const say = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./lib/sayings/threads.json'));
-
 // random sayings
 const randomSay = () => {
     let random = Math.floor(Math.random() * say.length);
diff --git a/now.json b/now.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1d3599
--- /dev/null
+++ b/now.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "version": 2,
+  "builds": [{
+      "src": "app.js",
+      "use": "@now/node-server"
+  }],
+  "routes": [{
+      "headers": {
+          "Access-Control-Allow-Origin": "*",
+          "Access-Control-Allow-Methods": "GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS",
+          "Access-Control-Allow-Headers": "X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept"
+      },
+      "src": "/.*",
+      "dest": "/app.js"
+  }],
+  "env": {
+      "VERSION": "1"
+  }
+}