diff --git a/OdeToFoodRider/OdeToFoodRider/Controllers/HomeController.cs b/OdeToFoodRider/OdeToFoodRider/Controllers/HomeController.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c93c2c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OdeToFoodRider/OdeToFoodRider/Controllers/HomeController.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+namespace OdeToFoodRider.Controllers
+{
+    public class HomeController
+    {
+        public string Index()
+        {
+            return "Hello from Rider's Home controller!";
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/OdeToFoodRider/OdeToFoodRider/Startup.cs b/OdeToFoodRider/OdeToFoodRider/Startup.cs
index f358e78..9342451 100644
--- a/OdeToFoodRider/OdeToFoodRider/Startup.cs
+++ b/OdeToFoodRider/OdeToFoodRider/Startup.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ public class Startup
         public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
         {
             services.AddSingleton<IGreeter, Greeter>();
+            services.AddMvc();
             
         }
 
@@ -29,8 +30,9 @@ public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env, IGreeter
                 app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();
             }
 
-            app.UseFileServer();
-            
+            app.UseStaticFiles();
+            app.UseMvcWithDefaultRoute();
+                        
             app.Run(async (context) =>
             {
                 var greeting = greeter.GetMessageOfTheDay();
diff --git a/OdeToFoodVisualStudio/OdeToFoodVisualStudio/Controllers/HomeController.cs b/OdeToFoodVisualStudio/OdeToFoodVisualStudio/Controllers/HomeController.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41bd26c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OdeToFoodVisualStudio/OdeToFoodVisualStudio/Controllers/HomeController.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace OdeToFoodVisualStudio.Controllers
+{
+    public class HomeController
+    {
+        public string Index()
+        {
+            return "Hello from Visual Studio's Home controller";
+
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/OdeToFoodVisualStudio/OdeToFoodVisualStudio/Startup.cs b/OdeToFoodVisualStudio/OdeToFoodVisualStudio/Startup.cs
index 8e6c5ea..e463482 100644
--- a/OdeToFoodVisualStudio/OdeToFoodVisualStudio/Startup.cs
+++ b/OdeToFoodVisualStudio/OdeToFoodVisualStudio/Startup.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
             // RDVS: Rider's completion works better with this generic method as it additionally adds the parentheses; additionally, VS overlaps the completion list inside the generic brackets
             // with with parameter info
             services.AddSingleton<IGreeter, Greeter>();
+            services.AddMvc();
         }
 
         // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline.
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env, IGreeter
                 app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();
             }
 
-            app.UseFileServer();
+            app.UseStaticFiles();
+            app.UseMvcWithDefaultRoute();
 
             app.Run(async (context) =>
             {