diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1128c7b..a067ad9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
         "start": "node /app/web/server.js"
     },
     "dependencies": {
+        "body-parser": "^1.20.2",
+        "dotenv": "^16.0.3",
         "express": "^4.18.2",
+        "node-persist": "^3.1.3",
         "request": "^2.88.2",
         "ws": "^8.12.1"
     }
diff --git a/web/server.js b/web/server.js
index efb66a5..bcfd227 100644
--- a/web/server.js
+++ b/web/server.js
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
-const WebSocket = require('ws');
-const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 8081 });
-console.log('WebSocket server started on port 8081');
-
-
-
 //load .env file
 if (require('dotenv')) {
     require('dotenv').config()
 }
 
+const WebSocket = require('ws');
+const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: process.env.SERVER_PORT_WS });
+console.log('WebSocket server started on port 8081');
+
+
 console.log(process.env)
 console.log(process.env.TTS_BACKEND_URL)
 console.log(process.env.WS_URL)
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ wss.on('connection', (ws, req) => {
                 }
             }
         };
-        
+
         storeRecordings = sessionData?.storeRecordings || storeRecordings;
         if (storeRecordings) {
             //"yyyymmdd-hhMMss"
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ app.post('/settings', (req, res) => {
         sessionData.language = body.language;
         console.log(`Session ${sid}: language set to ${sessionData.language}`);
     }
-    if(body.storeRecordings != undefined) {
+    if (body.storeRecordings != undefined) {
         sessionData.storeRecordings = body.storeRecordings;
         console.log(`Session ${sid}: storeRecordings set to ${sessionData.storeRecordings}`);
     }
@@ -172,9 +171,62 @@ app.post('/upload', (req, res) => {
         console.log(err);
         res.send('ERROR', 500, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
     }
+
+});
+
+app.get('/test_ocr', (req, res) => {
+    var fs = require('fs');
+    var request = require('request');
+
+    var filename = 'audio_me2.ogg';
+    if (req.query.filename != undefined) {
+        filename = req.query.filename;
+    }
+    var formData = {
+        task: 'transcribe',
+        language: 'en',
+        output: 'json',
+        audio_file: {
+            value: fs.createReadStream('rec/dev/' + filename),
+            options: {
+                filename: 'audio.ogg',
+                contentType: 'audio/ogg'
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    if (req.query.language != undefined) {
+        formData.language = req.query.language;
+    }
+
+    var tts_url = process.env.TTS_BACKEND_URL;
+    if (req.query.ttsID != undefined) {
+        //1: TTS_BACKEND_URL
+        //2: TTS_BACKEND_URL2
+        //3: TTS_BACKEND_URL3
+        //4: TTS_BACKEND_URL4
+        if (req.query.ttsID !== '1') {
+            tts_url = process.env['TTS_BACKEND_URL' + req.query.ttsID];
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    //record start time
+    var start = new Date().getTime();
+    request.post({ url: tts_url, formData: formData }, function optionalCallback(err, httpResponse, body) {
+        if (err) {
+            return console.error('upload to ' + tts_url + ' failed:', err);
+        }
+        console.log('decoded:', body);
+        //duration of the transcribe in 0.00s
+        var duration = new Date().getTime() - start;
+        console.log('decoded (' + duration + 'ms):', body);
+        res.send('(' + duration + 'ms): ' + body);
+
+    });
 });
 
 
-app.listen(8080, () => {
-    console.log('Server listening on port 8080');
+app.listen(process.env.SERVER_PORT_HTTP, () => {
+    console.log('Server listening on port ' + process.env.SERVER_PORT_HTTP + ': http://localhost:' + process.env.SERVER_PORT_HTTP + '/');
 });