diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/djmil/cordacheckers/ReactAppController.java b/backend/src/main/java/djmil/cordacheckers/ReactAppController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d030f23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/djmil/cordacheckers/ReactAppController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package djmil.cordacheckers;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PutMapping;
+
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+
+@Controller
+public class ReactAppController {
+    // This controller simply redirects all UI related routes
+    // to index.html, allowing react and react-router to work its magic
+
+    @GetMapping(value = { "/", "/games/*","/about","/leaderboard"  })
+    @PutMapping("/error")
+    public String getIndex(HttpServletRequest inRequest) {
+        return "/index.html";
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties b/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
index aa7972a..9c12aa8 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ corda.root.login=admin
 corda.root.passw=admin
 corda.client.maxPollAttempts=30
 
-server.port=8081
\ No newline at end of file
+server.port=8081
+
+#logging.level.org.springframework.web=DEBUG
\ No newline at end of file