diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bee8a64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__pycache__
diff --git a/__pycache__/pybusedb.cpython-37.pyc b/__pycache__/pybusedb.cpython-37.pyc
index ab9b25e..b60b8fb 100644
Binary files a/__pycache__/pybusedb.cpython-37.pyc and b/__pycache__/pybusedb.cpython-37.pyc differ
diff --git a/pybusedb.py b/pybusedb.py
index f13f225..1e37480 100644
--- a/pybusedb.py
+++ b/pybusedb.py
@@ -15,5 +15,12 @@ class APIConnect(object):
 
     def checkIP(self, ip):
         self.ip = ip
-        self.URL = self.baseAPIURL + self.checkIPURL + self.ip + '/json' '?key=%s' % self.APIKEY
-        print(self.URL)
+        #checks to see if we supplied a valid IPv4
+        if re.match('\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}', self.ip):
+            self.URL = self.baseAPIURL + self.checkIPURL + self.ip + '/json' '?key=%s' % self.APIKEY
+            print(self.URL)
+            r = requests.get(self.URL)
+            jsonData = r.json()
+            return jsonData
+        else:
+            return "Invalid IP"
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c03ae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import pybusedb
+import json
+from pprint import pprint
+
+APIKEY = '213456'
+IP = '178.210.90.90'
+APIConnector = pybusedb.APIConnect(APIKEY)
+
+data = APIConnector.checkIP(IP)
+pprint(data)