diff --git a/app/init.py b/app/init.py
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+from flask import Flask
+from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+app.config.from_pyfile('config.py')
+
+db = SQLAlchemy(app)
+
+from app import routes