diff --git a/api/Gemfile b/api/Gemfile
index 2461a7a..09cbeef 100644
--- a/api/Gemfile
+++ b/api/Gemfile
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ git_source(:github) {|repo_name| "https://github.com/#{repo_name}" }
 
 gem "sinatra"
 gem "json"
+gem "mysql2"
diff --git a/api/Gemfile.lock b/api/Gemfile.lock
index 685c173..f84dd3f 100644
--- a/api/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/api/Gemfile.lock
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ GEM
     json (2.3.0)
     mustermann (1.1.1)
       ruby2_keywords (~> 0.0.1)
+    mysql2 (0.5.3)
     rack (2.2.2)
     rack-protection (2.0.8.1)
       rack
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ PLATFORMS
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   json
+  mysql2
   sinatra
 
 BUNDLED WITH
diff --git a/api/api.rb b/api/api.rb
index 39e6624..4fa8a5f 100644
--- a/api/api.rb
+++ b/api/api.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require 'sinatra'
 require 'json'
+require 'mysql2'
 
 set :bind, '0.0.0.0'
 
@@ -13,6 +14,16 @@
 end
 
 def get_words
-  ary = [{name: "apple"}, {name: "banana"}]
+  client = Mysql2::Client.new(
+  database: ENV['MYSQL_DATABASE'],
+  host: ENV['HOST'],
+  username: ENV['MYSQL_USER'],
+  password: ENV['MYSQL_PASSWORD']
+  )
+
+  sql = "select name from words order by rand() limit 10"
+ 
+  ary = Array.new
+  client.query(sql).each {|row| ary << row}
   return ary.to_json
 end