diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ef50a4915..7903aaaa0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,3 +35,6 @@ node_modules/
 # HF config files
 /dist
 debug
+
+#OSX
+.DS_Store
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 367dc557e..864c4cadb 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -64,3 +64,56 @@ Both issue lists are sorted by total number of comments. While not perfect, numb
 
 
 Happy Coding from the HelloFresh Engineering team!
+
+
+## Compiling and Debugging
+
+### Compiling
+After cloning the solution, using the `master` branch, the code should be compiling at all times. If it's not, please file a bug.
+
+### Debugging
+To quickly start a debug session, a simple api has been provided on the examples folder. To use it, a `janus.toml` file at root of the cloned directory and paste the following content to it and save
+
+```
+################################################################
+# Global configuration
+################################################################
+port = 8080
+
+[log]
+  level = "debug"
+
+################################################################
+# API configuration backend
+################################################################
+[web]
+  port = 8081
+
+  [web.credentials]
+    secret = "secret"
+
+    [web.credentials.basic]
+    users = {admin = "admin"}
+
+[database]
+  dsn = "file://{Path To Cloned Directory}}/examples/front-proxy-EchoApi/"
+```
+
+If you're using VSCode, you can use the following settings on the `launch.json`:
+
+```
+{
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "Launch",
+            "type": "go",
+            "args": ["start"],
+            "request": "launch",
+            "program": "${workspaceFolder}"
+        }
+    ]
+}
+```
+
+When you hit debug, the application will start, bind to port 8080. When access `http://localhost:8080/echo` you should get a echo back from the publically available postman-echo service (https://learning.postman.com/docs/developer/echo-api/).
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diff --git a/examples/front-proxy-EchoApi/apis/example.json b/examples/front-proxy-EchoApi/apis/example.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b78acac99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/front-proxy-EchoApi/apis/example.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+    "name" : "echoApi",
+    "active" : true,
+    "proxy" : {
+        "preserve_host" : false,
+        "listen_path" : "/echo/*",
+        "upstreams" : {
+            "balancing": "roundrobin",
+            "targets": [
+                {"target": "http://postman-echo.com/get"}
+            ]
+        },
+        "strip_path" : false,
+        "append_path" : false,
+        "methods" : ["GET"]
+    }
+}