diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7db80e4..f9893d7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,24 +1,4 @@
-# README
+# Ada Pets
+This repository goes along with the [Creating APIs](https://github.com/Ada-Developers-Academy/textbook-curriculum/blob/master/09-intermediate-rails/creating-apis.md) curriculum.
 
-This README would normally document whatever steps are necessary to get the
-application up and running.
-
-Things you may want to cover:
-
-* Ruby version
-
-* System dependencies
-
-* Configuration
-
-* Database creation
-
-* Database initialization
-
-* How to run the test suite
-
-* Services (job queues, cache servers, search engines, etc.)
-
-* Deployment instructions
-
-* ...
+This repository will be used to track our favorite pets. The `master` branch contains an initial `Pets` controller as well as a `Pet` model. Take a look at these to get you started. There is also one `index` route, and a basic controller implementation for that route.
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index a328ad6..fde968b 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 Rails.application.routes.draw do
   # For details on the DSL available within this file, see http://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html
-  get "pets", to: "pets#index", as: "pets"
-  get "pet/:id", to: "pets#show", as: "pet"
+  resources :pets, only: :index
 end