diff --git a/src/app/api/applications/route.ts b/src/app/api/applications/route.ts
index 4c7d444..e72fd43 100644
--- a/src/app/api/applications/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/applications/route.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from "next/server";
 import testAuth from "../auth";
 import { StatusCodes } from "http-status-codes";
-import { getApplications } from "@/core/server/application";
+import { deployNewApp, getApplications } from "@/core/server/application";
 
 export async function GET(req: NextRequest): Promise<NextResponse> {
   const auth = await testAuth(req);
@@ -20,3 +20,30 @@ export async function GET(req: NextRequest): Promise<NextResponse> {
     applications,
   });
 }
+
+export async function POST(req: NextRequest): Promise<NextResponse> {
+  const auth = await testAuth(req);
+  const { name, repo, nodeId }: { name: string; repo: string; nodeId: string } =
+    await req.json();
+
+  if (auth) {
+    return NextResponse.json(
+      { message: auth },
+      { status: StatusCodes.UNAUTHORIZED }
+    );
+  }
+
+  if ((!name && !repo) || !nodeId) {
+    return NextResponse.json(
+      { message: "Body missing name, repo, nodeId" },
+      { status: StatusCodes.BAD_REQUEST }
+    );
+  }
+
+  const res = await deployNewApp(name, repo, nodeId);
+
+  return NextResponse.json({
+    message: "ok",
+    ...res,
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/core/application.ts b/src/core/application.ts
index 9139abd..664ebf8 100644
--- a/src/core/application.ts
+++ b/src/core/application.ts
@@ -1,77 +1,28 @@
 "use server";
 
 import { verifySession } from "./auth/session";
-import { randomUUID } from "crypto";
-import fs from "fs/promises";
-import path from "path";
-import { exec } from "child_process";
-import util from "util";
 import { getNodes } from "./node";
 import axios from "axios";
 import { Application } from "@/lib/types";
 
-const execAsync = util.promisify(exec);
-
-const DATA_DIR = path.join(process.cwd(), "data", "apps");
-
 export async function deployNewApp(name: string, repo: string, nodeId: string) {
   if (await verifySession()) {
     throw new Error("Unauthorized");
   }
 
-  // Create app ID
-  const appId = `app_${randomUUID()}`;
-  const appDir = path.join(DATA_DIR, appId);
-  const repoDir = path.join(appDir, "repo");
+  const nodes = await getNodes();
 
-  // Create directories
-  await fs.mkdir(repoDir, { recursive: true });
+  const targetNode = nodes.find((node) => node.node_id === nodeId);
 
-  // Write app.json
-  const appConfig = {
-    id: appId,
-    name,
-    repo,
-    nodeId,
-    createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
-  };
-
-  await fs.writeFile(
-    path.join(appDir, "app.json"),
-    JSON.stringify(appConfig, null, 2)
-  );
-
-  // Clone repository
-  try {
-    await execAsync(`git clone ${repo} ${repoDir}`);
-  } catch (err) {
-    throw new Error("Failed to clone repository");
-  }
-
-  // Validate Dockerfile
-  const dockerfilePath = path.join(repoDir, "Dockerfile");
-
-  try {
-    await fs.access(dockerfilePath);
-  } catch {
-    throw new Error("Dockerfile not found in repository root");
-  }
-
-  const imageTag = `dockship/${appId}:latest`;
-
-  try {
-    await execAsync(`docker build -t ${imageTag} .`, {
-      cwd: repoDir,
-    });
-  } catch {
-    throw new Error("Docker build failed");
-  }
-
-  return {
-    success: true,
-    appId,
-    image: imageTag,
-  };
+  return await (
+    await axios.post(
+      `http://${targetNode?.ip}:3000/api/applications`,
+      { name, repo, nodeId },
+      {
+        headers: { Authorization: `ApiKey ${targetNode?.key}` },
+      }
+    )
+  ).data.applications;
 }
 
 export async function getApplications(): Promise<Application[]> {
diff --git a/src/core/server/application.ts b/src/core/server/application.ts
index 61b39ab..f2db803 100644
--- a/src/core/server/application.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/application.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 "use server";
 
-import { Application } from "@/lib/types";
 import Docker from "dockerode";
+import { randomUUID } from "crypto";
+import fs from "fs/promises";
+import path from "path";
+import { exec } from "child_process";
+import util from "util";
+import axios from "axios";
+import { Application } from "@/lib/types";
 
 const docker = new Docker();
+const execAsync = util.promisify(exec);
+const DATA_DIR = path.join(process.cwd(), "data", "apps");
 
 export async function getApplications(): Promise<Application[]> {
   const images = await docker.listImages();
@@ -54,3 +62,59 @@ export async function getApplications(): Promise<Application[]> {
 
   return apps;
 }
+
+export async function deployNewApp(name: string, repo: string, nodeId: string) {
+  // Create app ID
+  const appId = `app_${randomUUID()}`;
+  const appDir = path.join(DATA_DIR, appId);
+  const repoDir = path.join(appDir, "repo");
+
+  // Create directories
+  await fs.mkdir(repoDir, { recursive: true });
+
+  // Write app.json
+  const appConfig = {
+    id: appId,
+    name,
+    repo,
+    nodeId,
+    createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+  };
+
+  await fs.writeFile(
+    path.join(appDir, "app.json"),
+    JSON.stringify(appConfig, null, 2)
+  );
+
+  // Clone repository
+  try {
+    await execAsync(`git clone ${repo} ${repoDir}`);
+  } catch (err) {
+    throw new Error("Failed to clone repository");
+  }
+
+  // Validate Dockerfile
+  const dockerfilePath = path.join(repoDir, "Dockerfile");
+
+  try {
+    await fs.access(dockerfilePath);
+  } catch {
+    throw new Error("Dockerfile not found in repository root");
+  }
+
+  const imageTag = `dockship/${appId}:latest`;
+
+  try {
+    await execAsync(`docker build -t ${imageTag} .`, {
+      cwd: repoDir,
+    });
+  } catch {
+    throw new Error("Docker build failed");
+  }
+
+  return {
+    success: true,
+    appId,
+    image: imageTag,
+  };
+}