diff --git a/objects/Endpoints.mjs b/objects/Endpoints.mjs
index 7f408fc..ddcb821 100644
--- a/objects/Endpoints.mjs
+++ b/objects/Endpoints.mjs
@@ -15,50 +15,57 @@ export const getEndpoints = (dbObject) => {
     router.get('/stories', (req,res)=>{
         res.statusCode=200
         res.send(dbObject.stories)
+        return
     })
     
     router.get('/publications', (req,res)=>{
         res.statusCode=200
         res.send(dbObject.publications)
+        return
     })
     
     router.get('/submissions', (req,res)=>{
         res.statusCode=200
         res.send(dbObject.submissions)
+        return
     })
 
     return router
 }
 
-export const endpoints = (db) => {
+export const postEndpoints = (db,data) => {
     const router = express.Router()
-    endpoint(router,Story,'create','insert',db)
-    endpoint(router,Story,'edit','update',db)
-    endpoint(router,Story,'delete','del',db)
-    endpoint(router,Submission,'create','insert',db)
-    endpoint(router,Submission,'edit','update',db)
-    endpoint(router,Submission,'delete','del',db)
-    endpoint(router,Publication,'create','insert',db)
-    endpoint(router,Publication,'edit','update',db)
-    endpoint(router,Publication,'delete','del',db)
+    endpoint(router,Story,'create','insert',db,data)
+    endpoint(router,Story,'edit','update',db,data)
+    endpoint(router,Story,'delete','del',db,data)
+    endpoint(router,Submission,'create','insert',db,data)
+    endpoint(router,Submission,'edit','update',db,data)
+    endpoint(router,Submission,'delete','del',db,data)
+    endpoint(router,Publication,'create','insert',db,data)
+    endpoint(router,Publication,'edit','update',db,data)
+    endpoint(router,Publication,'delete','del',db,data)
     return router
 }
 
 
 
- const endpoint = (router,Entity,path,method,db) =>{
+ const endpoint = (router,Entity,path,method,db,data) =>{
     router.post(`/${Entity.name.toLowerCase()}/${path}`, async (req,res) => {
         try {  
             logger.trace({data:req.body},"POST request received")
             const entity = new Entity(req.body)
             await entity[method](db)
             res.sendStatus(200)
+            data.init()
+            return
         } catch (error) {
             logger.error(error)
             if(error instanceof TypeError){
                 res.sendStatus(400)
+                return
             }
             res.sendStatus(500)
+            return
         }
     })
 }
diff --git a/objects/Entity.mjs b/objects/Entity.mjs
index 8ec5ed5..b062a16 100644
--- a/objects/Entity.mjs
+++ b/objects/Entity.mjs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import dv from "./dataValidation.mjs"
 export default class Entity{
     set _id(prop){
         if(prop){
diff --git a/objects/Story.mjs b/objects/Story.mjs
index 49df95b..88bf1ef 100644
--- a/objects/Story.mjs
+++ b/objects/Story.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import Title from "./Title.mjs"
 export default class Story extends Title{
     set _word_count(prop){
         if(prop){
-            if(!Number.isInteger(prop)){throw new TypeError("word_count must be integer!")}
+            if(!Number.isInteger(Number(prop))){throw new TypeError("word_count must be integer!")}
             this.word_count=prop
         }     
     }
diff --git a/server.mjs b/server.mjs
index 8b08b4c..7cd5093 100644
--- a/server.mjs
+++ b/server.mjs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import logger from "./logger.mjs";
 import bodyParser from "body-parser";
 import { Data } from "./objects/Data.mjs";
 import { db } from "./db.mjs";
-import { getEndpoints } from "./objects/Endpoints.mjs";
+import { getEndpoints, postEndpoints } from "./objects/Endpoints.mjs";
 import cors from 'cors'
 
 const app = express()
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ app.use(bodyParser.json())
 const data = new Data(db)
 await data.init()
 
+
 app.use('/api',getEndpoints(data))
+app.use('/api',postEndpoints(db,data) )
 
 
 
diff --git a/submissions b/submissions
index 84adcbc..0c57463 100644
Binary files a/submissions and b/submissions differ
diff --git a/test.db b/test.db
index 245ded8..187bde0 100644
Binary files a/test.db and b/test.db differ
diff --git a/test/endpoints.test.mjs b/test/endpoints.test.mjs
index 87de5b8..0f0711e 100644
--- a/test/endpoints.test.mjs
+++ b/test/endpoints.test.mjs
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ import chaiHttp from "chai-http";
 import { testDb as db } from "../db.mjs";
 import { Data } from "../objects/Data.mjs";
 import { beforeEach, afterEach } from "mocha";
-import { endpoints, getEndpoints } from "../objects/Endpoints.mjs";
-import Submission from "../objects/Submission.mjs"
+import { postEndpoints, getEndpoints } from "../objects/Endpoints.mjs";
 
 chai.use(chaiHttp)
 const app = express()
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ const data = new Data(db)
 await data.init()
 app.use(bodyParser.json())
 app.use('/api',getEndpoints(data))
-app.use('/api', endpoints(db))
+app.use('/api', postEndpoints(db))
 
 
 describe("testing endpoints...",async function(){