diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9d3e383..c73b774 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1682,6 +1682,15 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/aws4/-/aws4-1.8.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-ReZxvNHIOv88FlT7rxcXIIC0fPt4KZqZbOlivyWtXLt8ESx84zd3kMC6iK5jVeS2qt+g7ftS7ye4fi06X5rtRQ=="
     },
+    "axios": {
+      "version": "0.18.0",
+      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/axios/-/axios-0.18.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-MtU+SFHv3AoRmTts0AB4nXDAUQI=",
+      "requires": {
+        "follow-redirects": "^1.3.0",
+        "is-buffer": "^1.1.5"
+      }
+    },
     "axobject-query": {
       "version": "2.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/axobject-query/-/axobject-query-2.0.2.tgz",
@@ -11438,6 +11447,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-error-overlay/-/react-error-overlay-5.1.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-gJcOyak5ri9mzhpFObSAkCqNNBCVZE8LaR/mX37agULgSL0dobgX11NVSIetvNzhHMkr6CIqV0xiutvvcjBtkw=="
     },
+    "react-geocode": {
+      "version": "0.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-geocode/-/react-geocode-0.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-XEJkEPmwufeGykul/eqJyA1WduXa3IGxJam5BA0jzYfs/KMjCrtQjJl1FcH9Cybn05oQnRVUsRW8OGwEmTER5g=="
+    },
     "react-scripts": {
       "version": "2.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-scripts/-/react-scripts-2.1.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bcf4347..2e19821 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
+    "axios": "^0.18.0",
     "google-maps-react": "^2.0.2",
     "react": "^16.7.0",
     "react-dom": "^16.7.0",
+    "react-geocode": "^0.1.2",
     "react-scripts": "2.1.2"
   },
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/App.js b/src/App.js
index 2ae50d8..c6f94fb 100644
--- a/src/App.js
+++ b/src/App.js
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ import enter from './images/enter.png';
 import './App.css';
 
 import {Map, InfoWindow, Marker, GoogleApiWrapper} from 'google-maps-react';
+import axios from 'axios';
+import Geocode from "react-geocode";
+Geocode.setApiKey("AIzaSyBLYp4CH1DV_xZHvxtQ5GjaQU4A6gaUzSE");
 
 
 const initialState = {
@@ -28,10 +31,32 @@ class App extends Component {
 
   // Look for person's lat and lng in imported dataset
   search = (e) => {
-    var newLoc = this.state;
-    newLoc['lat'] = 0;
-    newLoc['lng'] = 0;
-    this.setState(newLoc);
+    // get request to backend REST API
+    axios.get(`http://localhost:3000/physicianloc`, {
+        params: {
+          name: this.state.name
+        }
+      })
+      .then(res => {
+        // received data
+        const physician = res.data;
+        console.log(physician);
+        const address = physician.address + ', ' + physician.city + ' ' + physician.state + ' ' + physician.zip_code.toString();
+        // convert address to lat and lng for our frontend map API
+        Geocode.fromAddress(address).then(
+          response => {
+            const { lat, lng } = response.results[0].geometry.location;
+            console.log(lat, lng);
+            this.setState({
+              lat: lat,
+              lng: lng
+            });
+          },
+          error => {
+            console.error(error);
+          }
+        );
+      });
   }
 
   render() {