diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e71c682..42994b1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # random files
 .DS_Store
+instance/cache.json
+instance/secret.json
 
 # Logs
 logs
diff --git a/instance/config.json b/instance/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c64750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/instance/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "port": 3000,
+    "cachefile": "instance/cache.json"
+}
diff --git a/scrape.js b/scrape.js
index 7ec92da..8aca568 100644
--- a/scrape.js
+++ b/scrape.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const Nightmare = require('nightmare')
 const nightmare = Nightmare({ show: true })
 
 const fs        = require('fs')
-const config = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./instance/secret.json'))
+const secrets = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./instance/secret.json'))
 
 module.exports = () => {
     const nightmare = Nightmare({ show: false })
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ module.exports = () => {
             .goto('https://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/organisation/memberlist/8868/?sort=groups')
             .click('.student-login-block')
             .wait('#login')
-            .type('#login', config.email)
-            .type('#password', config.password)
+            .type('#login', secrets.email)
+            .type('#password', secrets.password)
             .click('[value=" Login now "]')
             .wait('.member_list_group')
             .evaluate(() => {
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index e69de29..c6c4de0 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+const express        = require('express')
+const scrape_members = require('./scrape.js')
+const fs             = require('fs')
+
+const config = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./instance/config.json'))
+
+const app            = express()
+const cachefile      = config.cachefile
+const port           = config.port
+
+const writeScrape = async () => {
+    const members = await scrape_members()
+
+    const out = {
+        members: JSON.parse(members).members, 
+        date: new Date().toISOString()
+    }
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+        cachefile,
+        JSON.stringify(out)
+    )
+
+    return out
+}
+
+const readScrape = () => JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(cachefile))
+
+app.get('/api/members', (req, res) => {
+    res.json(readScrape())
+})
+
+app.get('/api/refresh', (req, res) => {
+    writeScrape()
+        .then(r => res.json(r))
+})
+
+console.log('getting initial scrape...')
+writeScrape()
+    .then(() => app.listen(port, () => console.log(`EUSA members api listening on port ${port}!`)))