diff --git a/stt/app.py b/stt/app.py
index 3824cbe..4e91a31 100644
--- a/stt/app.py
+++ b/stt/app.py
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 # this program will record audio while the button is pressed
 # and then will transcribe it by hitting our api
 
+# NOTE: run export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$(pwd) to run this file from the root directory of the project
+#  so that all different modules can be used
+
 import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
 
 import audio.audio as audio
 import simple_recorder.apa102 as apa102
 
+API_URL = "http://192.168.50.159:5001/transcribe"
+
 BUTTON = 17
 
 GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
diff --git a/stt/requirements.txt b/stt/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba92c3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stt/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+certifi==2022.12.7
+charset-normalizer==3.1.0
+idna==3.4
+requests==2.29.0
+urllib3==1.26.15