diff --git a/express-helloworld/app.js b/express-helloworld/app.js
index 782ccf037..1a16d1310 100644
--- a/express-helloworld/app.js
+++ b/express-helloworld/app.js
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-var express = require('express');
-app = express();
+var response;
 
-app.get('/', function (req, res) {
-  res.send('Hello World!\n');
-});
 
-app.listen(8080, function () {
-  console.log('Example app listening on port 8080!');
-});
 
+application.get('/', function (req, res) {
+
+      response = 'This is version 3 of the app.' + '\n';
+
+
+
+          //send the response to the client
+
+              res.send(response);
+
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48e341a09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "lockfileVersion": 1
+}