diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 01e54f1..acf99a2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -107,6 +107,46 @@
             <artifactId>arcadedb-server</artifactId>
             <version>24.6.1</version>
         </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.tinkerpop</groupId>
+            <artifactId>gremlin-driver</artifactId>
+            <version>3.7.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.tinkerpop/gremlin-server
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.tinkerpop</groupId>
+            <artifactId>gremlin-server</artifactId>
+            <version>3.7.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.opencypher/util-9.0
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.opencypher</groupId>
+            <artifactId>util-9.0</artifactId>
+            <version>9.0.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+            leaving these here for now, documentation apparently lied about needing them...
+        -->
+
+
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.tinkerpop/gremlin-groovy -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.tinkerpop</groupId>
+            <artifactId>gremlin-groovy</artifactId>
+            <version>3.7.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+
+
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.opencypher/util-9.0 -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.opencypher.gremlin</groupId>
+            <artifactId>translation</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0.4</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hashids</groupId>
             <artifactId>hashids</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/stktrk/app/AppApplication.java b/src/main/java/com/stktrk/app/AppApplication.java
index d0968f2..be5b9cf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/stktrk/app/AppApplication.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/stktrk/app/AppApplication.java
@@ -1,26 +1,43 @@
 package com.stktrk.app;
 
+import com.arcadedb.gremlin.ArcadeGraph;
+import com.arcadedb.gremlin.ArcadeGraphFactory;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.jdbc.DataSourceAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.SpringBootServletInitializer;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.StringJoiner;
+
 // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51221777/failed-to-configure-a-datasource-url-attribute-is-not-specified-and-no-embedd
-@SpringBootApplication(exclude = {DataSourceAutoConfiguration.class })
+@SpringBootApplication(exclude = {DataSourceAutoConfiguration.class})
 @RestController
 public class AppApplication extends SpringBootServletInitializer {
 
-	public static void main(String[] args) {
-		SpringApplication.run(AppApplication.class, args);
-	}
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(AppApplication.class, args);
+    }
 
-	@GetMapping("/hello")
-	public String sayHello(@RequestParam(value = "myName", defaultValue = "World") String name) {
-		return String.format("Hello %s!", name);
-	}
+    @GetMapping("/hello")
+    public String sayHello(@RequestParam(value = "myName", defaultValue = "World") String name) {
+
+
+        List<Vertex> x = List.of();
+        try (ArcadeGraphFactory pool = ArcadeGraphFactory.withRemote("192.168.178.50", 2480, "graph", "root", "playwithdata")) {
+            try (ArcadeGraph graph = pool.get()) {
+                x = graph.traversal().V().toList();
+            }
+        }
+        StringJoiner sj = new StringJoiner(", ");
+        x.forEach(v -> sj.add((String) v.property("name").value()));
+
+        return "Hello, " + name + "! There are " + x.size() + " vertices.\n" + sj;
+    }
 
 }