diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index 1ad96d1..2b32ef8 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ import passport from 'passport';
 
 import config from './core/config';
 import morgan from './core/morgan';
-import routes from './routes/v1';
+import { startApolloServer } from './core/graphql/apollo';
 import JwtStrategy from './core/passport';
-import { NotFound } from './utils/ApiError';
 import { errorConverter, errorHandler } from './core/middlewares/error';
 
+import routes from './routes/v1';
+import { NotFound } from './utils/ApiError';
+
 const app = express();
 
 if (config.environment !== 'test') {
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ app.use((req, res, next) => {
 app.use(errorConverter);
 app.use(errorHandler);
 
+startApolloServer();
+
 app.use('/v1', routes);
 
 export default app;
diff --git a/src/core/graphql/apollo.ts b/src/core/graphql/apollo.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4911cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/graphql/apollo.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { ApolloServer } from '@apollo/server';
+import { startStandaloneServer } from '@apollo/server/standalone';
+import typeDefs from './typeDefs';
+import logger from '../logger';
+
+const startApolloServer = async () => {
+  const server = new ApolloServer({ typeDefs });
+  const { url } = await startStandaloneServer(server);
+
+  logger.info(`Apollo server running at: ${url}`);
+};
+
+export { startApolloServer };
diff --git a/src/typedefs/typeDefs.ts b/src/core/graphql/typeDefs.ts
similarity index 69%
rename from src/typedefs/typeDefs.ts
rename to src/core/graphql/typeDefs.ts
index b91387c..edc55fc 100644
--- a/src/typedefs/typeDefs.ts
+++ b/src/core/graphql/typeDefs.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import gql from 'graphql-tag';
 
 const typeDefs = gql`
-  input QueryUserRequest {
+  input UserRequest {
     uuid: String
   }
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const typeDefs = gql`
     uuid: String!
     email: String
     name: String!
-    created: DateTime
+    created: DateTime!
   }
 
   type ApiError {
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const typeDefs = gql`
   }
 
   type Query {
-    queryUserDetails(request: QueryUserRequest): QueryUserResponse
+    userDetails(request: UserRequest): UserResponse
   }
 `;