diff --git a/src/App.js b/src/App.js
index 474a671..70dbd6f 100644
--- a/src/App.js
+++ b/src/App.js
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@ function App() {
     <div className="App">
       <Router>
         <Routes>
-          <Route path='*' element={<NotFound />} />
+          <Route path='*' element={<NotFound />} /> { /*equivalente a -> app.get()*/}
           <Route path='/' element={<Home/>} />
           <Route path='/cadastro' element={<Cadastro/>} />
           <Route path='/login' element={<Login />} />
           <Route path='/perfil' element={<Perfil />} />
           <Route path='/republica' element={<Republica />} />
+          { /*<Route path='/republica/*' element={<Republica id="checkurl"/>}>*/}
         </Routes>
       </Router>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/components/pages/republica.js b/src/components/pages/republica.js
index 8d5de44..341ac2d 100644
--- a/src/components/pages/republica.js
+++ b/src/components/pages/republica.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const Header = () => {
 class republica extends React.Component {
     constructor(props) { 
         super(props);
-        this.majorMalfunction = gatherRepublicInfo(props.id) //this will return an undefined. Very funny. FIXME.
+        this.majorMalfunction = getRepublicInfo(props.id) //this will return an undefined. Very funny. FIXME.
         this.images = this.majorMalfunction.images
         this.name = "very funny" //TODO
         this.value = "IF YOU SEE THIS, THE DB AIN'T SENDING SHIT" //TODO
diff --git a/src/databasescripts/db.js b/src/databasescripts/db.js
index ed8ebca..dfa29e4 100644
--- a/src/databasescripts/db.js
+++ b/src/databasescripts/db.js
@@ -12,15 +12,14 @@
     Second: for security reasons, alter these functions if using for production. 
     Don't want any bad actors meddling with your data, yeah?
 */
-var mysql = require("mysql");
+const Pool = require("mysql").createPool;
 
-var connection = mysql.createConnection({
+var connection = new Pool({
+    port: 3306,
+    database: "unirepdb_basic",
     host: "localhost",
     user: "appdbfunctions",
     password: "unirep"
-})
+});
 
-connection.connect(function (err) { 
-    if (err) throw err;
-    console.log("Connected!");
-})
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+module.exports = connection;
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