diff --git a/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20250124005211_statuspt2.Designer.cs b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20250124005211_statuspt2.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c8627c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20250124005211_statuspt2.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
+using barkmanapi;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace barkmanapi.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(BarkContext))]
+    [Migration("20250124005211_statuspt2")]
+    partial class statuspt2
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "9.0.1")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 63);
+
+            NpgsqlModelBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumns(modelBuilder);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("barkmanapi.InventoryItems", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Brand")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("brand");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ItemStatusId")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("item_status_id");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("name");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Notes")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("notes");
+
+                    b.Property<float?>("RentalPrice")
+                        .HasColumnType("real")
+                        .HasColumnName("rental_price");
+
+                    b.Property<float?>("ReplacementCost")
+                        .HasColumnType("real")
+                        .HasColumnName("replacement_cost");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("SerialNumber")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("serial_number");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("StatusId")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("status_id");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id")
+                        .HasName("pk_inventory");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("ItemStatusId")
+                        .HasDatabaseName("ix_inventory_item_status_id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("inventory", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("barkmanapi.ItemStatus", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("Id")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("name");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id")
+                        .HasName("pk_item_status");
+
+                    b.ToTable("item_status", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("barkmanapi.InventoryItems", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("barkmanapi.ItemStatus", null)
+                        .WithMany("Items")
+                        .HasForeignKey("ItemStatusId")
+                        .HasConstraintName("fk_inventory_item_status_item_status_id");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("barkmanapi.ItemStatus", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Navigation("Items");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20250124005211_statuspt2.cs b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20250124005211_statuspt2.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e12c05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20250124005211_statuspt2.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace barkmanapi.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class statuspt2 : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.RenameColumn(
+                name: "status",
+                table: "inventory",
+                newName: "status_id");
+
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<string>(
+                name: "item_status_id",
+                table: "inventory",
+                type: "text",
+                nullable: true);
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateIndex(
+                name: "ix_inventory_item_status_id",
+                table: "inventory",
+                column: "item_status_id");
+
+            migrationBuilder.AddForeignKey(
+                name: "fk_inventory_item_status_item_status_id",
+                table: "inventory",
+                column: "item_status_id",
+                principalTable: "item_status",
+                principalColumn: "id");
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropForeignKey(
+                name: "fk_inventory_item_status_item_status_id",
+                table: "inventory");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropIndex(
+                name: "ix_inventory_item_status_id",
+                table: "inventory");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "item_status_id",
+                table: "inventory");
+
+            migrationBuilder.RenameColumn(
+                name: "status_id",
+                table: "inventory",
+                newName: "status");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/barkmanAPI/Migrations/BarkContextModelSnapshot.cs b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/BarkContextModelSnapshot.cs
index 6de27d7..2e166f4 100644
--- a/barkmanAPI/Migrations/BarkContextModelSnapshot.cs
+++ b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/BarkContextModelSnapshot.cs
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ namespace barkmanapi.Migrations
                         .HasColumnType("text")
                         .HasColumnName("brand");
 
+                    b.Property<string>("ItemStatusId")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("item_status_id");
+
                     b.Property<string>("Name")
                         .IsRequired()
                         .HasColumnType("text")
@@ -56,13 +60,16 @@ namespace barkmanapi.Migrations
                         .HasColumnType("text")
                         .HasColumnName("serial_number");
 
-                    b.Property<string>("Status")
+                    b.Property<string>("StatusId")
                         .HasColumnType("text")
-                        .HasColumnName("status");
+                        .HasColumnName("status_id");
 
                     b.HasKey("Id")
                         .HasName("pk_inventory");
 
+                    b.HasIndex("ItemStatusId")
+                        .HasDatabaseName("ix_inventory_item_status_id");
+
                     b.ToTable("inventory", (string)null);
                 });
 
@@ -82,6 +89,19 @@ namespace barkmanapi.Migrations
 
                     b.ToTable("item_status", (string)null);
                 });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("barkmanapi.InventoryItems", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("barkmanapi.ItemStatus", null)
+                        .WithMany("Items")
+                        .HasForeignKey("ItemStatusId")
+                        .HasConstraintName("fk_inventory_item_status_item_status_id");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("barkmanapi.ItemStatus", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Navigation("Items");
+                });
 #pragma warning restore 612, 618
         }
     }
diff --git a/barkmanAPI/Program.cs b/barkmanAPI/Program.cs
index cf7ed99..62d98fe 100644
--- a/barkmanAPI/Program.cs
+++ b/barkmanAPI/Program.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ builder.Services.AddSwaggerGen(c =>
 {
     c.SwaggerDoc("v1",
         new OpenApiInfo { Title = "BarkMan API", Description = "BARK BARK WOOF WOOF", Version = "v1" });
+    
 });
 
 builder.Services.AddCors(options =>
@@ -30,12 +31,14 @@ var app = builder.Build();
 
 if (!app.Environment.IsProduction())
 {
-    app.UseSwagger();
+    app.MapOpenApi();
     app.UseSwaggerUI(c => { c.SwaggerEndpoint("/swagger/v1/swagger.json", "Bark Productions API V1"); });
 }
 
 app.MapGet("/", () => "Hello World!");
 
+
+
 app.MapGet("/inventory", async (BarkContext db) =>
     await db.Inventory.OrderBy(item => item.Id).ToListAsync());
 
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ app.MapPut("/inventory/{id}", async (int id, InventoryItems updatedItem, BarkCon
     existingItem.Name = updatedItem.Name;
     existingItem.Brand = updatedItem.Brand;
     existingItem.SerialNumber = updatedItem.SerialNumber;
-    existingItem.Status = updatedItem.Status;
+    existingItem.StatusId = updatedItem.StatusId;
     existingItem.RentalPrice = updatedItem.RentalPrice;
     existingItem.ReplacementCost = updatedItem.ReplacementCost;
     existingItem.Notes = updatedItem.Notes;
@@ -140,6 +143,10 @@ app.MapDelete("/itemstatus/{id}", async (string id, BarkContext db) =>
     return Results.Ok(new { Message = "Item status deleted successfully" });
 });
 
+var inventoryGroup = app.MapGroup(prefix: "/inventory")
+    .WithTags("Inventory")
+    .WithDescription("Endpoints for managing inventory items");
+
 using (var serviceScope = app.Services.CreateScope())
 {
     var dbContext = serviceScope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<BarkContext>();
diff --git a/barkmanAPI/barkDbModel.cs b/barkmanAPI/barkDbModel.cs
index 03c98d6..224b0e6 100644
--- a/barkmanAPI/barkDbModel.cs
+++ b/barkmanAPI/barkDbModel.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public class InventoryItems
     public string Name { get; set; }
     public string Brand { get; set; }
     public string? SerialNumber { get; set; }
-    public string?  Status { get; set; }
+    public string?  StatusId { get; set; }
     public float? RentalPrice { get; set; }
     public float? ReplacementCost { get; set; }
     public string? Notes { get; set; }
@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ public class ItemStatus
 {
     public string Id { get; set; }
     public string Name { get; set; }
+    public ICollection<InventoryItems> Items { get; } = new List<InventoryItems>();
 }
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