Make home.html <html> <<body> <<h1> HELLO WORLD!!! </h1> </body> </html> Make index.js app.get('/' (request, response) => { readFile('./home.html', 'utf8', (err,html) => { if (err) { response.status(500).send('sorry out of order') } // no error response.send(html); }) // set app to run on port 3000 app.listen(process.env.PORT || 3000, () => console.log("app is available on http://localhost:3000")) })