diff --git a/ExpenseTracker.Api/ExpenseTracker.csproj b/ExpenseTracker.Api/ExpenseTracker.csproj
index f7ea5be..67d1c52 100644
--- a/ExpenseTracker.Api/ExpenseTracker.csproj
+++ b/ExpenseTracker.Api/ExpenseTracker.csproj
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="3.1.9">
-      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
-      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
-    </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="3.1.9" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="5.5.0" />
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="3.1.9">
+      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
+      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="3.1.9" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="5.5.0" />    
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore" Version="2.13.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 
diff --git a/ExpenseTracker.Api/Startup.cs b/ExpenseTracker.Api/Startup.cs
index b88f3f7..65170d0 100644
--- a/ExpenseTracker.Api/Startup.cs
+++ b/ExpenseTracker.Api/Startup.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ public Startup(IConfiguration configuration, IWebHostEnvironment env)
 
         public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
         {
+            services.AddApplicationInsightsTelemetry();
+
             services.AddControllers();
             if (env.IsDevelopment() || env.IsProduction()) // TODO: define production datacontext and cors policy
             {
diff --git a/ExpenseTracker.Api/appsettings.json b/ExpenseTracker.Api/appsettings.json
index 81ff877..efea550 100644
--- a/ExpenseTracker.Api/appsettings.json
+++ b/ExpenseTracker.Api/appsettings.json
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 {
+  "ApplicationInsights": {
+    "InstrumentationKey": "fakekey"
+  },
   "Logging": {
     "LogLevel": {
       "Default": "Information",