diff --git a/scopes/api/deps.py b/scopes/api/deps.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..463ae86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scopes/api/deps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# scopes.api.deps
+
+"""Common API dependencies"""
+
+import config
+
+def storage():
+    stf = config.StorageFactory(config)
+    return stf(config.dbschema)
+
+
diff --git a/scopes/api/main.py b/scopes/api/main.py
index 272017c..9de6a67 100644
--- a/scopes/api/main.py
+++ b/scopes/api/main.py
@@ -4,25 +4,15 @@ import sys
 if '' not in sys.path:
     sys.path = [''] + sys.path
 
-import config
-
-from scopes.storage import tracking
-from scopes.storage.common import Storage
-import transaction
-
-from fastapi import Depends, FastAPI
+from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse
-from typing import Annotated
 
-# dependencies
-
-def storage():
-    stf = config.StorageFactory(config)
-    return stf(config.dbschema)
+from scopes.api import tracking
 
 # app and routes
 
 app = FastAPI()
+app.include_router(tracking.router)
 
 @app.get('/')
 async def read_root():
@@ -36,10 +26,3 @@ async def read_demo():
 async def read_person(name: str, q: str | None = None):
     return {'name': name, 'query': q}
     
-@app.get('/tracks')
-async def get_tracks(storage: Annotated[Storage, Depends(storage)]):
-    tracks = storage.create(tracking.Container)
-    result = [tr.asDict() for tr in tracks.query()]
-    transaction.commit()
-    return result
-
diff --git a/scopes/api/message.py b/scopes/api/message.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ea6a3c4..0000000
--- a/scopes/api/message.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# scopes.api.message
-
-"""routes and views for Message objects"""
-
-
diff --git a/scopes/api/tracking.py b/scopes/api/tracking.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2d0c4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scopes/api/tracking.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# scopes.api.tracking
+
+"""basic (generic) routes and views for tracks (records)"""
+
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends
+from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse
+import transaction
+from typing import Annotated
+
+from scopes.api import deps
+from scopes.storage import tracking
+from scopes.storage.common import Storage
+
+router = APIRouter()
+
+@router.get('/tracks')
+async def get_tracks(storage: Annotated[Storage, Depends(deps.storage)]):
+    tracks = storage.create(tracking.Container)
+    result = [tr.asDict() for tr in tracks.query()]
+    #result = [Track(tr) for tr in tracks.query()]
+    transaction.commit()
+    return result
+
diff --git a/tests/config.py b/tests/config.py
index ff4f320..acbd65e 100644
--- a/tests/config.py
+++ b/tests/config.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import logging
 from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings, SettingsConfigDict
 
+from scopes.storage.db.postgres import StorageFactory
+
 class Settings(BaseSettings):
     model_config = SettingsConfigDict(env_file='.env')
 
@@ -13,12 +15,11 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     log_format: str = '%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(name)s %(message)s'
     log_dateformat: str = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S'
 
-
-    dbengine: str = 'sqlite'
-    dbname: str = 'var/test.db'
-    dbuser: str | None = None
-    dbpassword: str | None = None
-    dbschema: str | None = None
+    dbengine: str = 'postgresql+psycopg'
+    dbname: str = 'testdb'
+    dbuser: str = 'testuser'
+    dbpassword: str = 'secret'
+    dbschema: str = 'testing'
 
 settings = Settings()
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ base_url = settings.base_url
 logging.basicConfig(filename=settings.log_file, level=settings.log_level, 
                     format=settings.log_format, datefmt=settings.log_dateformat)
 
-# SQLite storage settings
+# storage settings
 dbengine = settings.dbengine
 dbname = settings.dbname
 dbuser = settings.dbuser
diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index ab0f0ec..5018d4d 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -18,13 +18,8 @@ from scopes.api.main import app
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope='module')
 def storage():
-    #storage = config.StorageFactory(config)(config.dbschema)
-    storage = main.storage()
+    storage = config.StorageFactory(config)(config.dbschema)
     storage.dropTable('tracks')
-    tracks = storage.create(tracking.Container)
-    tr01 = tracking.Track('t01', 'john')
-    tr01.update(dict(activity='testing'))
-    trid01 = tracks.save(tr01)
     storage.commit()
     return storage
 
@@ -43,6 +38,11 @@ def test_root():
         assert response.json() == {'Hello': 'World'}
 
 def test_tracking(storage, caplog):
+    tracks = storage.create(tracking.Container)
+    tr01 = tracking.Track('t01', 'john')
+    tr01.update(dict(activity='testing'))
+    trid01 = tracks.save(tr01)
+    storage.commit()
     with TestClient(app) as clt:
         caplog.set_level(config.settings.log_level)
         tracks = clt.get('/tracks').json()
@@ -51,5 +51,5 @@ def test_tracking(storage, caplog):
         tr['timeStamp'] = '...'
         assert tr == {'uid': 'rec-1', 'head': {'taskId': 't01', 'userName': 'john'}, 
                       'data': {'activity': 'testing'}, 'timeStamp': '...'}
-        #print('\nLogs: ', caplog.text)
+        #print('\n*** Logs: ', caplog.text)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_storage.py b/tests/test_storage.py
index ef65cdb..ca59e11 100644
--- a/tests/test_storage.py
+++ b/tests/test_storage.py
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ k('session system')
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope='module')
 def storage():
-    #storage = config.StorageFactory(config)(config.dbschema)
-    storage = main.storage()
+    storage = config.StorageFactory(config)(config.dbschema)
     storage.dropTable('tracks')
     storage.dropTable('folders')
     storage.dropTable('types')