diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e0dc8a6ef38f4b5a441a21e018f2feb8a7507771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+from flask import Flask, render_template;
+import serial;
+import time;
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+
+@app.route('/')
+def index():
+    return render_template('breath_plot.html')
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    app.run(debug=True, host='0.0.0.0')
+
+#ser = serial.Serial('COM4', 112500, timeout=1)
+#print(ser.name)
+#ser.flushInput()
+
+#while True:
+#    try:
+#        ser.write(b'A')
+#        time.sleep(0.1)
+#        ser_bytes = ser.readline()
+#        print(ser_bytes)
+#    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+#        print("Keyboard Interrupt")
+#        break
diff --git a/simple_serial/simple_serial.ino b/simple_serial/simple_serial.ino
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..59197afab8fba3b0292c95812c7d2d11400566f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/simple_serial/simple_serial.ino
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+int incomingByte = 0; // for incoming serial data
+
+void setup() {
+  Serial.begin(112500);
+}
+
+void loop() {
+  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
+ // reply only when you receive data:
+  if (Serial.available() > 0) {
+    // read the incoming byte:
+    incomingByte = Serial.read();
+
+    // say what you got:
+    Serial.print("I received: ");
+    Serial.println(incomingByte, DEC);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/js/respiration_math.js b/static/js/respiration_math.js
similarity index 100%
rename from js/respiration_math.js
rename to static/js/respiration_math.js
diff --git a/breath_plot.html b/templates/breath_plot.html
similarity index 99%
rename from breath_plot.html
rename to templates/breath_plot.html
index a5ac628390e142562f472da524ebb1891da93377..3cc59a71b2ac21d58ef80f57a008b6e2ac7c1739 100644
--- a/breath_plot.html
+++ b/templates/breath_plot.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Breath Plot: COVID-19 Respiration Analysis Software
 	<!-- Load plotly.js into the DOM -->
   <script src='https://cdn.plot.ly/plotly-latest.min.js'></script>
 
-  <script src='./js/respiration_math.js'></script>
+  <script src='./static/js/respiration_math.js'></script>
 
     <title>Public Invention Respiration Analysis</title>
 
@@ -1470,10 +1470,12 @@ $( document ).ready(function() {
   // CONTROL PANEL INIT START
   
   $("#control_area_button").click(function(event) {
-    alert('Starting ventilator (not really)');
+    //alert('Starting ventilator (not really)');
 
     // Send a command to a connected device via serial port
 
+    var rr = $("#control-rr").val();
+    console.log("rr: " + rr);
     /*var lh = "http://localhost:8080";
     alert('making ajax call');
     $.ajax({url: lh+"/README.md",