diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c575cdc..4af5d5f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ yarn-error.log*
 
 # Local Netlify folders
 .netlify
-functions
 
 # Logs
 logs
diff --git a/functions/get-questions/get-questions.js b/functions/get-questions/get-questions.js
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1d15cfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/functions/get-questions/get-questions.js
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// import Airtable.js package
+// import Airtable from 'airtable'; // produces a SyntaxError ('cannot use import statement outside a module')
+const Airtable = require('airtable');
+
+// import local environment variables if in dev environment - is this necessary?
+// import dotenv from 'dotenv';
+// if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
+//   dotenv.config()
+//   { AIRTABLE_API_URL, AIRTABLE_API_KEY, AIRTABLE_BASE_ID } = process.env;
+// }
+
+// Docs on event and context https://www.netlify.com/docs/functions/#the-handler-method
+// the handler function can take event and context params (not required in this case)
+// it can also take a callback as third argument, but we will stick to promises
+exports.handler = async () => {
+  // grab airtable variables from Netlify environment (uploaded via UI)
+  const { AIRTABLE_API_KEY, AIRTABLE_BASE_ID, AIRTABLE_API_URL } = process.env;
+
+  // configure connection to airtable base
+  Airtable.configure({
+    endpointUrl: AIRTABLE_API_URL,
+    apiKey: AIRTABLE_API_KEY,
+  });
+  const base = Airtable.base(AIRTABLE_BASE_ID);
+
+  let data = [];
+
+  // select all records - only need to check first page since questions won't exceed 100 entries
+  // need an await to ensure data is assigned to records before returning response
+  await base('UserQuestions')
+    .select({
+      maxRecords: 100,
+      view: 'Grid view',
+    })
+    .firstPage()
+    .then(records => {
+      records.forEach(record => {
+        data.push(record.fields);
+      });
+    })
+    .catch(err => {
+      console.log(err.status);
+    });
+
+  // finally return any data collected as body of a response object
+  try {
+    return {
+      statusCode: 200,
+      body: JSON.stringify(data),
+      headers: {
+        'content-type': 'application/json',
+      },
+    };
+  } catch (err) {
+    return { statusCode: 500, body: err.toString() };
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/App/App.js b/src/App/App.js
index e4605bb..4fb21a8 100644
--- a/src/App/App.js
+++ b/src/App/App.js
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import { getQuestions } from '../utils/getData';
 function App() {
   const [questions, setQuestions] = useState(null);
 
+  console.log(process.env.NODE_ENV);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     getQuestions().then(records => {
       console.log(records);