diff --git a/backend/src/datamart/datamart.controller.ts b/backend/src/datamart/datamart.controller.ts
index df5a1d8..e973705 100644
--- a/backend/src/datamart/datamart.controller.ts
+++ b/backend/src/datamart/datamart.controller.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * each endpoint will be something like
- * /api/datamart/{name}?{options}
+ * /api/datamart/{name}?{criteria}
  *
  * when getting the current queries we will need to map through the available queries we currently have and send back.
  * example
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *      "name": "getopenorders",
  *      "endpoint": "/api/datamart/getopenorders",
  *      "description": "Returns open orders based on day count sent over, sDay 15 days in the past eDay 5 days in the future, can be left empty for this default days",
- *      "criteria": "sDay,eDay"
+ *      "options": "sDay,eDay"
  *    },
  *
  * when a criteria is password over we will handle it by counting how many were passed up to 3 then deal with each one respectively
diff --git a/backend/src/datamart/datamartAdd.route.ts b/backend/src/datamart/datamartAdd.route.ts
index ff18d86..bc4ba3a 100644
--- a/backend/src/datamart/datamartAdd.route.ts
+++ b/backend/src/datamart/datamartAdd.route.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,54 @@
 import { Router } from "express";
+import z from "zod";
+import type { NewDatamart } from "../db/schema/datamart.schema.js";
 import { apiReturn } from "../utils/returnHelper.utils.js";
 
 const r = Router();
 
-r.post("/add", async (_, res) => {
-	apiReturn(res, {
-		success: true,
-		level: "info",
-		module: "routes",
-		subModule: "prodSql",
-		message: "connect.message",
-		data: [{ connect: "" }],
-		status: 200,
-	});
+const newQuery = z.object({
+	name: z.string().min(5),
+	description: z.string().min(30),
+	query: z.string().min(10),
+	options: z
+		.string()
+		.describe("This should be a set of keys separated by a comma")
+		.optional(),
+});
+
+r.post("/add", async (req, res) => {
+	try {
+		const v = newQuery.parse(req.body);
+
+		const query: NewDatamart = { ...v };
+	} catch (err) {
+		if (err instanceof z.ZodError) {
+			const flattened = z.flattenError(err);
+			// return res.status(400).json({
+			// 	error: "Validation failed",
+			// 	details: flattened,
+			// });
+
+			return apiReturn(res, {
+				success: false,
+				level: "error", //connect.success ? "info" : "error",
+				module: "routes",
+				subModule: "auth",
+				message: "Validation failed",
+				data: [flattened.fieldErrors],
+				status: 400, //connect.success ? 200 : 400,
+			});
+		}
+
+		return apiReturn(res, {
+			success: true,
+			level: "info",
+			module: "routes",
+			subModule: "prodSql",
+			message: "connect.message",
+			data: [{ connect: "" }],
+			status: 200,
+		});
+	}
 });
 
 export default r;
diff --git a/backend/src/db/schema/datamart.schema.ts b/backend/src/db/schema/datamart.schema.ts
index 421445b..3d724a0 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/schema/datamart.schema.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/schema/datamart.schema.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export const datamart = pgTable("datamart", {
 	name: text("name"),
 	description: text("description").notNull(),
 	query: text("query"),
-	version: integer("version").notNull(),
+	version: integer("version").default(1).notNull(),
 	active: boolean("active").default(true),
 	options: text("checked").default(""),
 	add_date: timestamp("add_date").defaultNow(),
diff --git a/backend/src/utils/returnHelper.utils.ts b/backend/src/utils/returnHelper.utils.ts
index a8c0bf5..6cefefa 100644
--- a/backend/src/utils/returnHelper.utils.ts
+++ b/backend/src/utils/returnHelper.utils.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ interface Data {
 		| "prodSql"
 		| "query"
 		| "sendmail"
-		| "auth";
+		| "auth"
+		| "datamart";
 	level: "info" | "error" | "debug" | "fatal";
 	message: string;
 	data?: unknown[];