diff --git a/data.json b/data.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6b3138
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"todoItems":["1. [ ] - watch Netflix","2. [ ] - buy grocery","3. [ ] - send email","4. [ ] - check letterbox","5. [ ] - take medicine"]}
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 9a12786..dc6dd16 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,19 +1,45 @@
-console.log("works!!", process.argv[2]);
 
-var commandType = process.argv[2];
+let command = process.argv[2];
+let taskItem = process.argv[3];
 
-console.log("Your command was: "+commandType);
+let unmarked = " ";
+let marked = "x";
 
 const jsonfile = require('jsonfile');
 
-const file = 'data.json'
+const fileName = 'data.json'
+
+
+const addData = (error, toDoList) => {
+console.log(toDoList);
+//adding task items to the list
+    if ( command === "add"){
+      // let itemsCount = toDoList['todoItems'].push(taskItem);
+      // console.log("the item add is " + itemsCount);
+//create an output format
+      let itemsCount = toDoList['todoItems'].length + 1
+      let formattedData = itemsCount + "." + " [" + unmarked + "]" + " - " + taskItem;
+      console.log("the output is " + formattedData);
+      let addedItems = toDoList['todoItems'].push(formattedData);
+      console.log(addedItems);
+      console.log(toDoList['todoItems']);
+      //console.log(toDoList['todoItems'][0]);
+    }
+    if ( command === "show"){
+      for ( let i = 0; i < toDoList['todoItems'].length; i++){
+        console.log(toDoList['todoItems'][i]);
+      }
+    }
+
+
+jsonfile.writeFile(fileName, toDoList)
+
+}
+
+
+jsonfile.readFile(fileName, addData)
+console.log("read File")
+
 
-jsonfile.readFile(file, (err, obj) => {
 
-  console.log(obj);
-  obj["helloworld"] = "monkey";
 
-  jsonfile.writeFile(file, obj, (err) => {
-    console.log(err)
-  });
-});
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a56377e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+  "name": "cli-todo",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "lockfileVersion": 1,
+  "requires": true,
+  "dependencies": {
+    "graceful-fs": {
+      "version": "4.2.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/graceful-fs/-/graceful-fs-4.2.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-a30VEBm4PEdx1dRB7MFK7BejejvCvBronbLjht+sHuGYj8PHs7M/5Z+rt5lw551vZ7yfTCj4Vuyy3mSJytDWRQ==",
+      "optional": true
+    },
+    "jsonfile": {
+      "version": "6.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-6.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-jR2b5v7d2vIOust+w3wtFKZIfpC2pnRmFAhAC/BuweZFQR8qZzxH1OyrQ10HmdVYiXWkYUqPVsz91cG7EL2FBg==",
+      "requires": {
+        "graceful-fs": "^4.1.6",
+        "universalify": "^1.0.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "universalify": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universalify/-/universalify-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-rb6X1W158d7pRQBg5gkR8uPaSfiids68LTJQYOtEUhoJUWBdaQHsuT/EUduxXYxcrt4r5PJ4fuHW1MHT6p0qug=="
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fded2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "name": "cli-todo",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "![https://i.giphy.com/media/26ufnwz3wDUli7GU0/giphy.webp](https://i.giphy.com/media/26ufnwz3wDUli7GU0/giphy.webp)",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/vigbit/cli-todo.git"
+  },
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/vigbit/cli-todo/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/vigbit/cli-todo#readme",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "jsonfile": "^6.0.1"
+  }
+}