diff --git a/backend/controllers/gameControllers.js b/backend/src/controllers/gameControllers.js
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/controllers/gameControllers.js
rename to backend/src/controllers/gameControllers.js
diff --git a/backend/eventRecipients.ts b/backend/src/eventRecipients.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/eventRecipients.ts
rename to backend/src/eventRecipients.ts
diff --git a/backend/gameStore.ts b/backend/src/gameStore.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/gameStore.ts
rename to backend/src/gameStore.ts
diff --git a/backend/routes/gameRoutes.js b/backend/src/routes/gameRoutes.js
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/routes/gameRoutes.js
rename to backend/src/routes/gameRoutes.js
diff --git a/backend/uno-game-engine/deck.ts b/backend/src/uno-game-engine/deck.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/uno-game-engine/deck.ts
rename to backend/src/uno-game-engine/deck.ts
diff --git a/backend/uno-game-engine/engine.ts b/backend/src/uno-game-engine/engine.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/uno-game-engine/engine.ts
rename to backend/src/uno-game-engine/engine.ts
diff --git a/backend/uno-game-engine/gameEvents.ts b/backend/src/uno-game-engine/gameEvents.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/uno-game-engine/gameEvents.ts
rename to backend/src/uno-game-engine/gameEvents.ts
diff --git a/backend/tests/deck.test.ts b/backend/tests/deck.test.ts
index 502a3f9..686b7c4 100644
--- a/backend/tests/deck.test.ts
+++ b/backend/tests/deck.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import {
     shuffle,
     makeCard,
     getShuffledCardDeck,
-} from '../uno-game-engine/deck';
+} from '../src/uno-game-engine/deck';
 
 describe('getShuffledCardDeck', () => {
     test('should return an array of 108 cards', () => {
diff --git a/backend/tests/engine.test.ts b/backend/tests/engine.test.ts
index 1fd7312..2d6225f 100644
--- a/backend/tests/engine.test.ts
+++ b/backend/tests/engine.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { GameEngine } from '../uno-game-engine/engine';
+import { GameEngine } from '../src/uno-game-engine/engine';
 
 describe('testing drawCardFromDeck()', () => {
     test('draws a card when deck is empty but thrownCards is not', () => {