diff --git a/Steps.md b/Steps.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..653284a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Steps.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# installed ruby, docker
+# prepared docker to run a postgres container
+docker network create some-network
+docker run --name some-postgres -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword -d postgres
+docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' some-postgres
+
+# test the connection
+psql -h 172.18.0.2 -U postgres
+
diff --git a/ruby/Gemfile b/ruby/Gemfile
index 0ca7b38..cfa9c1e 100644
--- a/ruby/Gemfile
+++ b/ruby/Gemfile
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-ruby '3.0.3'
+ruby '3.2.4'
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 gem 'rack', '~> 2.2'
 gem 'rspec', '~> 3.11'
 gem 'rack-test', '~> 2.0'
 gem 'sinatra', '~> 2.2'
 gem 'dotenv', '~> 2.8'
-gem 'pg', '~> 1.4'
+gem 'pg', '~> 1.5'
 gem 'webrick', '~> 1.7'
 gem "activerecord", "~> 7.0"
diff --git a/ruby/app/controllers/articles.rb b/ruby/app/controllers/articles.rb
index 7a74b26..c72c51e 100644
--- a/ruby/app/controllers/articles.rb
+++ b/ruby/app/controllers/articles.rb
@@ -1,37 +1,43 @@
 class ArticleController
   def create_article(article)
-    article_not_exists = ! (Article.where(:title => article['title']).empty?)
-
-    return { ok: false, msg: 'Article with given title already exists' } unless article_not_exists
-
-    new_article = Article.new(:title => article['title'], :content => article['content'], :created_at => Time.now)
-    new_article.save
-
-    { ok: false, obj: article }
-  rescue StandardError
-    { ok: false }
+    article_exists = Article.exists?(title: article['title'])
+  
+    return { ok: false, msg: 'Article with given title already exists' } if article_exists
+  
+    new_article = Article.new(title: article['title'], content: article['content'], created_at: Time.now)
+    
+    if new_article.save
+      { ok: true, obj: new_article }
+    else
+      { ok: false, msg: 'Failed to save the article' }
+    end
+  rescue StandardError => e
+    { ok: false, msg: e.message }
   end
 
   def update_article(id, new_data)
-
-    article = Article.where(id: id).first
-
-    return { ok: false, msg: 'Article could not be found' } unless article.nil?
-
+    article = Article.find_by(id: id)
+  
+    return { ok: false, msg: 'Article could not be found' } unless article
+  
     article.title = new_data['title']
     article.content = new_data['content']
-    article.save_changes
-
-    { ok: true }
-  rescue StandardError
-    { ok: false }
+  
+    if article.save
+      { ok: true, obj: article }
+    else
+      { ok: false, msg: 'Failed to update the article' }
+    end
+  rescue StandardError => e
+    { ok: false, msg: e.message }
   end
+  
 
   def get_article(id)
     res = Article.where(:id => id)
 
-    if res.empty?
-      { ok: true, data: res }
+    if !res.empty?
+      { ok: true, data: res[0]}
     else
       { ok: false, msg: 'Article not found' }
     end
@@ -39,17 +45,24 @@ def get_article(id)
     { ok: false }
   end
 
-  def delete_article(_id)
-    delete_count = Article.delete(:id => id)
-
-    if delete_count == 0
-      { ok: true }
+  def delete_article(id)
+    article = Article.find_by(id: id)
+  
+    if article.nil?
+      { ok: false, msg: 'Article not found' }
     else
-      { ok: true, delete_count: delete_count }
+      article.destroy
+      { ok: true, delete_count: 1 }
     end
+  rescue StandardError => e
+    { ok: false, msg: e.message }
   end
+  
 
   def get_batch
-    
+    res = Article.all
+    { ok: true, data: res}
+  rescue StandardError
+    { ok: false }
   end
 end
diff --git a/ruby/app/routes/articles.rb b/ruby/app/routes/articles.rb
index 390b27c..e3647d3 100644
--- a/ruby/app/routes/articles.rb
+++ b/ruby/app/routes/articles.rb
@@ -12,48 +12,60 @@ def initialize
     content_type :json
   end
 
-  get('/') do
-    summmary = @articleCtrl.get_batch
+ get('/') do
+  summary = @articleCtrl.get_batch
 
-    if !(summary[:ok])
-      { articles: summary[:data] }.to_json
-    else
-      { msg: 'Could not get articles.' }.to_json
-    end
+  if summary[:ok]
+    { articles: summary[:data] }.to_json
+  else
+    status 500
+    { msg: 'Could not get articles.' }.to_json
+  end
   end
 
   get('/:id') do
+    article_id = params["id"]
+    summary = @articleCtrl.get_article(article_id)
     
+    if summary[:ok]
+      {article: summary[:data]}.to_json
+    else
+      status 404
+      { msg: 'Could not get article with id ' + article_id }.to_json
+    end
   end
 
   post('/') do
     payload = JSON.parse(request.body.read)
-    summary = @articleCtrl.update_article(payload)
+    summary = @articleCtrl.create_article(payload)
 
     if summary[:ok]
-      { msg: 'Article updated' }.to_json
+      { msg: 'Article created' }.to_json
     else
       { msg: summary[:msg] }.to_json
     end
   end
 
   put('/:id') do
+    article_id = params["id"]
     payload = JSON.parse(request.body.read)
-    summary = @articleCtrl.uptade_article params['ids'], payload
+    summary = @articleCtrl.update_article(article_id, payload)
 
     if summary[:ok]
+      { msg: 'Article updated' }.to_json
     else
       { msg: summary[:msg] }.to_json
     end
   end
 
   delete('/:id') do
-    summary = self.delete_article params['id']
+    article_id = params["id"]
+    summary = @articleCtrl.delete_article(article_id)
 
     if summary[:ok]
       { msg: 'Article deleted' }.to_json
     else
-      { mgs: 'Article does not exist' }.to_bson
+      { msg: 'Article does not exist' }.to_json
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/ruby/app/routes/health.rb b/ruby/app/routes/health.rb
index 996583e..25b81b7 100644
--- a/ruby/app/routes/health.rb
+++ b/ruby/app/routes/health.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class HealthRoutes < Sinatra::Base
     
   get('/') do
-    if request.env['AUTHED'] == true
+    if request.env['AUTHED'] = true
       'App working OK'
     else
       status 403
diff --git a/ruby/config/.env b/ruby/config/.env
index 9cf2335..90c89b6 100644
--- a/ruby/config/.env
+++ b/ruby/config/.env
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 APP_ENV=development
 
-DB_HOST=localhost
-DB_NAME=blog_db
-DB_USER=applicant
-DB_PASS=temp123
+DB_HOST=172.18.0.2
+DB_NAME=postgres
+DB_USER=postgres
+DB_PASS=mysecretpassword