diff --git a/app/controllers/movies_controller.rb b/app/controllers/movies_controller.rb
index 362e2791..28adefad 100644
--- a/app/controllers/movies_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/movies_controller.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,17 @@ def index
     render status: :ok, json: data
   end
 
+  def create
+    movie = Movie.new(movie_params)
+    puts params[:movie].to_hash
+    if movie.save
+      render status: :ok, json: { id: movie.id }
+    else
+      render status: :bad_request, json: { errors: movie.errors.messages }
+    end
+    
+  end
+
   def show
     render(
       status: :ok,
@@ -29,4 +40,8 @@ def require_movie
       render status: :not_found, json: { errors: { title: ["No movie with title #{params["title"]}"] } }
     end
   end
+
+  def movie_params
+    params.require(:movie).permit(:title, :inventory, :overview, :release_date, :image_url)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/movie.rb b/app/models/movie.rb
index 0327a4d6..302369ee 100644
--- a/app/models/movie.rb
+++ b/app/models/movie.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ def available_inventory
 
   def image_url
     orig_value = read_attribute :image_url
+    puts orig_value.class
+    # if orig_value == nil
     if !orig_value
       MovieWrapper::DEFAULT_IMG_URL
     else
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 9f8a6f91..6c5922ac 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -17,9 +17,15 @@ class Application < Rails::Application
 
     config.middleware.insert_before 0, Rack::Cors do
       allow do
-        origins '*'
+        origins '*', 'localhost/8081'
         resource '*', :headers => :any, :methods => [:get, :post, :put, :delete, :options]
       end
+# Allow CORS (cross origin resource sharing)
+# Read More: https://demisx.github.io/rails-api/2014/02/18/configure-accept-headers-cors.html
+      # config.Access-Control-Allow-Origin.action_dispatch.default_headers = {
+  # Access-Control-Allow-Origin = 'http://my-web-service-consumer-site.com'
+  # Access-Control-Request-Method = %w{GET POST OPTIONS}.join(",")
+
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 54bf033e..8eff1ff6 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   resources :customers, only: [:index]
 
-  resources :movies, only: [:index, :show], param: :title
+  resources :movies, only: [:index, :show, :create], param: :title
 
   post "/rentals/:title/check-out", to: "rentals#check_out", as: "check_out"
   post "/rentals/:title/return", to: "rentals#check_in", as: "check_in"
diff --git a/lib/movie_wrapper.rb b/lib/movie_wrapper.rb
index 7bd05c0e..d8f19a73 100644
--- a/lib/movie_wrapper.rb
+++ b/lib/movie_wrapper.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ def self.construct_movie(api_result)
   end
 
   def self.construct_image_url(img_name)
-    return BASE_IMG_URL + DEFAULT_IMG_SIZE + img_name
+    puts "BASE_IMG_URL"
+    img_url = BASE_IMG_URL + DEFAULT_IMG_SIZE + img_name
+    puts "constructed url for image: #{img_url}"
+    return img_url
   end
 
 end