diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 2119049..5d7ff56 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use tower_http::trace::TraceLayer;
 use tracing::Level;
 
 use crate::routing::routes::*;
-use crate::routing::routes::index::not_found;
 
 mod expressions;
 mod parsing;
@@ -27,19 +26,18 @@ async fn main() {
         .compact()
         .init();
 
-    let routes = simplify::router()
-        .merge(table::router())
-        .merge(index::router())
-        .fallback(not_found);
+    let routes = join_routes![
+        simplify::router(),
+        index::router(),
+        table::router()
+    ].fallback(index::not_found);
 
-    let app = routes
-        .layer(CorsLayer::new().allow_origin(Any))
-        .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http()
-            .make_span_with(trace::DefaultMakeSpan::new()
-                .level(Level::INFO))
-            .on_response(trace::DefaultOnResponse::new()
-                .level(Level::INFO))
-        );
+    let app = create_app!(routes,
+        CorsLayer::new().allow_origin(Any),
+        TraceLayer::new_for_http()
+            .make_span_with(trace::DefaultMakeSpan::new().level(Level::INFO))
+            .on_response(trace::DefaultOnResponse::new().level(Level::INFO))
+    );
 
     tracing::info!("Starting server on: {addr}");
 
diff --git a/src/routing/response.rs b/src/routing/response.rs
index c7b8a20..e9b4461 100644
--- a/src/routing/response.rs
+++ b/src/routing/response.rs
@@ -59,8 +59,17 @@ pub struct SimplifyResponse {
 
 #[derive(Serialize, IntoResponse)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
-pub struct IsLegalResponse {
-    pub is_legal: bool,
+pub(crate) struct IsValidResponse {
+    pub is_valid: bool,
+}
+
+impl IsValidResponse {
+    pub const fn valid() -> Self {
+        Self { is_valid: true }
+    }
+    pub const fn invalid() -> Self {
+        Self { is_valid: false }
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, IntoResponse)]
diff --git a/src/routing/routes/index.rs b/src/routing/routes/index.rs
index 093c49d..1313cfd 100644
--- a/src/routing/routes/index.rs
+++ b/src/routing/routes/index.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 use axum::extract::Path;
 use axum::http::StatusCode;
+use axum::Json;
 use axum::response::{IntoResponse, Response};
+use serde::Serialize;
 
 use crate::{load_html, router};
 use crate::expressions::expression::Expression;
 use crate::routing::error::{Error, ErrorKind};
-use crate::routing::response::IsLegalResponse;
+use crate::routing::response::IsValidResponse;
 
 router!(
     get "/" => index,
@@ -13,21 +15,34 @@ router!(
     get "/is-valid/:exp" => is_valid
 );
 
-async fn index() -> &'static str {
-    "Welcome to the Simplify Truths API!\n"
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+struct Info {
+    message: &'static str,
+    docs: &'static str,
+    created_by: String,
 }
 
-async fn open_api() -> Response {
-    load_html!("openapi.html").into_response()
+async fn index() -> Json<Info> {
+    let author = env!("CARGO_PKG_AUTHORS");
+    Json(Info {
+        message: "Welcome to the Simplify Truths API!",
+        docs: "The API documentation can be found at /openapi",
+        created_by: format!("Created by: {}", author),
+    })
+}
+
+async fn open_api() -> impl IntoResponse {
+    load_html!("openapi.html")
 }
 
 async fn is_valid(Path(path): Path<String>) -> Response {
     match Expression::try_from(path.as_str()) {
-        Ok(_) => IsLegalResponse { is_legal: true }.into_response(),
+        Ok(_) => IsValidResponse::valid().into_response(),
         Err(error) => Error::new(error.to_string(), ErrorKind::InvalidExpression).into_response()
     }
 }
 
-pub(crate) async fn not_found() -> Response {
-    (StatusCode::NOT_FOUND, load_html!("not-found.html")).into_response()
+pub(crate) async fn not_found() -> impl IntoResponse {
+    (StatusCode::NOT_FOUND, load_html!("not-found.html"))
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/axum.rs b/src/utils/axum.rs
index 812304e..599096e 100644
--- a/src/utils/axum.rs
+++ b/src/utils/axum.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,20 @@ macro_rules! routes {
     };
 }
 
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! join_routes {
+    ($($route:expr),* $(,)?) => {
+        axum::Router::new()$(.merge($route))*
+    };
+}
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! create_app {
+    ($router:expr, $($layer:expr),* $(,)?) => {
+        $router$(.layer($layer))*
+    };
+}
+
 /// Load an HTML file from the given file path, relative to the resource directory.
 /// # Arguments
 /// * `file_path` - The path to the HTML file.