diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6707776..81e0296 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.4.0-M3</version>
+        <version>3.4.0</version>
         <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
     </parent>
 
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@
             <artifactId>spring-boot-docker-compose</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-graphql</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/gt/app/config/security/SecurityConfig.java b/src/main/java/gt/app/config/security/SecurityConfig.java
index 53a6983..3aced7c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gt/app/config/security/SecurityConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gt/app/config/security/SecurityConfig.java
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ public class SecurityConfig {
         "/swagger-ui/**",
         "/swagger-ui.html/**",
         "/signup/**",
+        "/graphiql/**",
+        "/graphql/**",
         "/" //landing page is allowed for all
     };
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/gt/app/modules/note/NoteRepository.java b/src/main/java/gt/app/modules/note/NoteRepository.java
index ad4ebc0..34604dd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gt/app/modules/note/NoteRepository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gt/app/modules/note/NoteRepository.java
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.Query;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.Param;
+import org.springframework.graphql.data.GraphQlRepository;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 
 import java.util.Optional;
 
+@GraphQlRepository
 interface NoteRepository extends JpaRepository<Note, Long> {
 
     @EntityGraph(attributePaths = {"createdByUser"})
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-dev.yml b/src/main/resources/application-dev.yml
index 7dc4eaa..843677a 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application-dev.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application-dev.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ spring:
     mvc:
         static-path-pattern: /static/**
     jpa:
-        show-sql: false
+        show-sql: true
     datasource:
         url: jdbc:h2:mem:testdb
     h2: #dev uses H2 and 'emailhog' docker container from docker-compose
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ spring:
         compose:
             profiles:
                 active: mailHog
+    graphql:
+        graphiql:
+            enabled: true
diff --git a/src/main/resources/graphql/schema.graphqls b/src/main/resources/graphql/schema.graphqls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f608af3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/graphql/schema.graphqls
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+type Note {
+    id: ID!
+    title: String!
+    createdByUser: User!
+    content: String!
+}
+
+type User {
+    id: ID!
+    uniqueId: String!
+}
+
+
+input NoteInput {
+    title: String!
+    author: String
+}
+
+type Query {
+    notes(note: NoteInput): [Note]!
+    noteById(id: ID!): Note
+}
+
+#Test1:
+#query MyQuery {
+#  noteById(id: "1") {
+#    id
+#    title
+#    content
+#    createdByUser {
+#      id
+#      uniqueId
+#    }
+#  }
+#}
+
+#Test2
+#query Q2 {
+#  notes(note: {title: "Admin's First Note"}) {
+#    id
+#    content
+#  }
+#}