diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2b3183a..7f1db4f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,16 +26,10 @@ venv
 npm-debug.log*
 yarn-debug.log*
 yarn-error.log*
-backend/migrations/versions/f539a7ad15a4_.py
-backend/migrations/alembic.ini
-backend/migrations/env.py
-backend/migrations/script.py.mako
-backend/migrations/versions/22cd0f8da398_.py
+backend/migrations/
 .gitignore
-backend/migrations/versions/bb10324d2013_.py
 backend/.bashrc
-backend/migrations/versions/f539a7ad15a4_.py
 backend/.vscode/settings.json
 .vscode/settings.json
-backend/migrations/versions/f539a7ad15a4_.py
 .gitignore
+backend/.flaskenv
diff --git a/backend/.flaskenv b/backend/.flaskenv
index 5453afd..3e45764 100644
--- a/backend/.flaskenv
+++ b/backend/.flaskenv
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 export FLASK_APP=autoapp.py
 export FLASK_DEBUG=1
+export DATABASE_URL="postgres://yhxpupao:qOmdC-HQGC8vX-K_T3T5HF9DWwAU1R5s@ruby.db.elephantsql.com:5432/yhxpupao"
+
diff --git a/backend/conduit/algolia.py b/backend/conduit/algolia.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df31f91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/conduit/algolia.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from algoliasearch.search_client import SearchClient
+import os
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from pathlib import Path  # Python 3.6+ only
+
+env_path = Path('.') / '.env'
+load_dotenv(dotenv_path=env_path)
+
+APPLICATION_ID = os.getenv('APPLICATION_ID')
+ADMIN_API_KEY = os.getenv('ADMIN_API_KEY')
+
+client = SearchClient.create(APPLICATION_ID, ADMIN_API_KEY)
+articleIndex = client.init_index('dev_articles')
diff --git a/backend/conduit/articles/serializers.py b/backend/conduit/articles/serializers.py
index 1fdaa87..a389138 100644
--- a/backend/conduit/articles/serializers.py
+++ b/backend/conduit/articles/serializers.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class ArticleSchema(Schema):
     # for the envelope
     article = fields.Nested('self', exclude=('article',), default=True, load_only=True)
     tagList = fields.Nested(TagSchema, many=True)
-    favoritesCount = fields.Int(dump_only=True)
+    tagList = fields.List(fields.Str())
     commentsCount = fields.Int(dump_only=True)
     favorited = fields.Bool(dump_only=True)
     isPublished = fields.Bool()
diff --git a/backend/conduit/articles/views.py b/backend/conduit/articles/views.py
index 95f8849..f78c514 100644
--- a/backend/conduit/articles/views.py
+++ b/backend/conduit/articles/views.py
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 from .models import Article, Tags, Comment
 from .serializers import (article_schema, articles_schema, article_form_schema, comment_schema,
                           comments_schema)
+from conduit.algolia import articleIndex
 from conduit.organizations.models import Organization
 
-
 blueprint = Blueprint('articles', __name__)
 
 
@@ -80,9 +80,12 @@ def make_article(body, title, description, isPublished, coverImage, tagList=None
                 article.add_needReviewTag(mtag)
                 article.add_tag(mtag)
                 article.needsReview = True
-            else: # mtag.modSetting == 1:
+            else:  # mtag.modSetting == 1:
                 article.add_tag(mtag)
     article.save()
+    articleObject = article_schema.dump(article)
+    articleObject['objectID'] = article.id
+    articleIndex.save_object(articleObject)
     return article
 
 
@@ -96,6 +99,9 @@ def update_article(slug, **kwargs):
         raise InvalidUsage.article_not_found()
     article.update(updatedAt=dt.datetime.utcnow(), **kwargs)
     article.save()
+    articleObject = article_schema.dump(article)
+    articleObject['objectID'] = article.id
+    articleIndex.save_object(articleObject)
     return article
 
 
@@ -103,7 +109,9 @@ def update_article(slug, **kwargs):
 @jwt_required
 def delete_article(slug):
     article = Article.query.filter_by(slug=slug, author_id=current_user.profile.id).first()
+    article_id = article.id
     article.delete()
+    articleIndex.delete_object(str(article_id))
     return '', 200
 
 
diff --git a/backend/conduit/extensions.py b/backend/conduit/extensions.py
index ed45686..1c2a16d 100644
--- a/backend/conduit/extensions.py
+++ b/backend/conduit/extensions.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 from flask_migrate import Migrate
 from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy, Model
 
-
 class CRUDMixin(Model):
     """Mixin that adds convenience methods for CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations."""