diff --git a/api/FilterLists.API/Startup.cs b/api/FilterLists.API/Startup.cs
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-using FilterLists.Data.Contexts;
-using FilterLists.Services;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
-using MySQL.Data.EntityFrameworkCore;
-using MySQL.Data.EntityFrameworkCore.Extensions;
-
-namespace FilterLists.Api
-{
-    public class Startup
-    {
-        public Startup(IHostingEnvironment env)
-        {
-            var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder()
-                .SetBasePath(env.ContentRootPath)
-                .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json", false, true)
-                .AddJsonFile($"appsettings.{env.EnvironmentName}.json", true)
-                .AddEnvironmentVariables();
-            Configuration = builder.Build();
-        }
-
-        public IConfigurationRoot Configuration { get; }
-
-        // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to add services to the container.
-        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
-        {
-            // Add framework services.
-            services.AddEntityFramework()
-                .AddEntityFrameworkMySQL()
-                .AddDbContext<FilterListsDbContext>(options =>
-                    options.UseMySQL(Configuration.GetConnectionString("FilterListsConnection")));
-            services.AddMvc();
-            services.AddTransient<IListService, ListService>();
-        }
-
-        // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline.
-        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
-        {
-            loggerFactory.AddConsole(Configuration.GetSection("Logging"));
-            loggerFactory.AddDebug();
-
-            app.UseMvc();
-        }
-    }
-}
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