diff --git a/.env b/.env
index adfc2fd196017d0d3c887406dbd73717d0fbcb07..76d294d8280e3f2449937760e89629696c9872a9 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 REACT_APP_GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY = "AIzaSyBjY11PT3iGwoczzs6zNw7ot0rsWCVWBDU"
-REACT_APP_MONGO_URI = "mongodb://localhost:27017/ParkingLocations"
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+REACT_APP_MONGO_URI_LOCAL = "mongodb://localhost:27017/ParkingLocations"
+USERNAME= "user"
+PASSWORD= "WsfePqVVojP4lgZk"
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diff --git a/src/App.js b/src/App.js
index 6ccbc70d5e95039665707d872841772ff1143a09..7593cd0d1fd6da689461756571cee1dc66749cac 100644
--- a/src/App.js
+++ b/src/App.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const express = require('express');
 const mongoose = require('mongoose');
-const { MONGO_URI, API_KEY } = APIKeyAccess();
+const { MONGO_URI_LOCAL, API_KEY} = APIKeyAccess();
 require('dotenv').config();
 const app = express();
 const port = 3000;
@@ -9,15 +9,21 @@ const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');
 const geolib = require('geolib');
 const axios = require('axios');
+const { MongoClient, ServerApiVersion } = require('mongodb');
+const username = process.env.USERNAME;
+const password = process.env.PASSWORD;
 
 function APIKeyAccess() {
     const API_KEY = process.env.REACT_APP_GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY;
-    const MONGO_URI = "mongodb://localhost:27017/ParkingLocations";
-    return { MONGO_URI, API_KEY };
+     //const MONGO_URI_LOCAL = process.env.MONGO_URI_LOCAL;
+    // const MONGO_URI = "mongodb://localhost:27017/ParkingLocations";
+    return { API_KEY };
 }
 
 app.use(bodyParser.json());
 
+const MONGO_URI = `mongodb+srv://${username}:${password}@locationservice.dqljyov.mongodb.net/ParkingLocations?retryWrites=true&w=majority`;
+
 mongoose.connect(MONGO_URI, {
     useNewUrlParser: true,
     useUnifiedTopology: true,
@@ -86,28 +92,35 @@ function isAdmin(request, response, next) {
 }
 
 app.post('/parking-locations', isAdmin, async (request, response) => {
-  try {
-    const { ID, Title, Description, lat, lon, city, postcode, spaces_available, total_spaces, street_address } = request.body;
-    const parkingLocation = new ParkingLocation({
-      ID,
-      Title,
-      Description,
-      lat,
-      lon,
-      city,
-      postcode,
-      total_spaces,
-      spaces_available,
-      street_address
-    });
-    console.log('🤖 Request Body:', request.body);
-    await parkingLocation.save();
-    response.status(201).json({ message: '🤖: Parking was successfully added to database.' });
-  } catch (x) {
-    console.error(x);
-    response.status(500).json({ error: '⛔️: Failed to add parking to database, please try again later.' });
-  }
-});
+    try {
+      const { Title, Description,city, street_address, postcode, lat, lon, spaces_available, total_spaces } = request.body;
+      
+      // Check if street_address already exists in the database
+      const existingLocation = await ParkingLocation.findOne({ street_address });
+      if (existingLocation) {
+        return response.status(400).json({ error: '⛔️: A parking location with this street address already exists.' });
+      }
+  
+      const parkingLocation = new ParkingLocation({
+        Title,
+        Description,
+        city,
+        street_address,
+        postcode,
+        lat,
+        lon,
+        spaces_available,
+        total_spaces,
+      });
+      console.log('🤖 Request Body:', request.body);
+      await parkingLocation.save();
+      response.status(201).json({ message: '🤖: Parking was successfully added to database.' });
+    } catch (x) {
+      console.error(x);
+      response.status(500).json({ error: '⛔️: Failed to add parking to database, please try again later.' });
+    }
+  });
+  
 
 
 
@@ -126,8 +139,6 @@ app.delete('/parking-locations/:id', isAdmin, async (request, response) => {
   }
 });
 
-
-
 app.listen(port, () => {
   console.log(`🤖: Now tuning into http://localhost:${port}`);
 });
diff --git a/src/model/ParkingLocation.js b/src/model/ParkingLocation.js
index 48cf440770e20bad2e370a7d11e7b02fc5bb802d..600fc0c831f27daf8f7149c029c31bafdb0e8e56 100644
--- a/src/model/ParkingLocation.js
+++ b/src/model/ParkingLocation.js
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ const app = express();
 const port = 3000;
 
 const ParkingLocationsSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
-    ID: Number,
     Title: String,
     Description: String,
+    city: String,
+    street_address: String,
+    postcode: String,
     lat: {
       type: Number, // Define the type as Number
       min: -90,
@@ -18,11 +20,8 @@ const ParkingLocationsSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
       min: -180,
       max: 180
     },
-    city: String,
-    postcode: String,
-    total_spaces: Number,
     spaces_available: Number,
-    street_address: String
+    total_spaces: Number
   });