diff --git a/src/app/api.service.ts b/src/app/api.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f91427a526183b4fb20e5ed92667aba6c628c0e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/api.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { environment } from '../environments/environment';
+
+
+const networkUrl = `${environment.backend}` + 'network';
+@Injectable({
+  providedIn: 'root'
+})
+export class ApiService {
+
+  constructor(private http: HttpClient) { }
+
+  async getNetwork() {
+    return this.http.get(networkUrl).toPromise();
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/app.module.ts b/src/app/app.module.ts
index 9847797a68414930de3ef0e4629c44b920cace6f..c57f5f284c0877f639bd0a887a5ec5a0e8eec221 100644
--- a/src/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.module.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
 import {ExplorerPageComponent} from './pages/explorer-page/explorer-page.component';
 import {AboutPageComponent} from './pages/about-page/about-page.component';
 import {HomePageComponent} from './pages/home-page/home-page.component';
+import { HttpClientModule } from '@angular/common/http';
+
 
 @NgModule({
   declarations: [
@@ -21,7 +23,8 @@ import {HomePageComponent} from './pages/home-page/home-page.component';
     BrowserModule,
     AppRoutingModule,
     FormsModule,
-    CommonModule
+    CommonModule,
+    HttpClientModule
   ],
   providers: [],
   bootstrap: [AppComponent]
diff --git a/src/app/pages/explorer-page/explorer-page.component.ts b/src/app/pages/explorer-page/explorer-page.component.ts
index b7b63484ab7c7c13bc1f6c57702058d0228ce8aa..02422ebd0e42303698e98e46c26ca0b9656c0f83 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/explorer-page/explorer-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/pages/explorer-page/explorer-page.component.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import {AfterViewInit, Component, ElementRef, OnInit, ViewChild} from '@angular/core';
 import {ActivatedRoute, Router} from '@angular/router';
+import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { environment } from '../../../environments/environment';
 import {Effect, ProteinNetwork} from '../protein-network';
+import { ApiService } from '../../api.service';
 
 declare var vis: any;
 
@@ -23,14 +26,20 @@ export class ExplorerPageComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
 
   public proteinData: ProteinNetwork;
 
+  public proteinGroups: any;
+  public effects: any;
+  public edges: any;
+
   private network: any;
   private nodeData: { nodes: any, edges: any } = {nodes: null, edges: null};
 
+  private networkData: any = [];
+
   private seed = 1;  // TODO: Remove this
 
   @ViewChild('network', {static: false}) networkEl: ElementRef;
 
-  constructor(private route: ActivatedRoute, private router: Router) {
+  constructor(private route: ActivatedRoute, private router: Router, private api: ApiService) {
     this.groupId = 'IFI16';
     this.geneNames.push('IFI16');
     this.proteinNames.push('Gamma-interface-inducible protein 16');
@@ -70,12 +79,21 @@ export class ExplorerPageComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
   ngOnInit() {
   }
 
+
+
   async ngAfterViewInit() {
     if (!this.network) {
       await this.createNetwork();
     }
   }
 
+  private async getNetwork() {
+    const data: any = await this.api.getNetwork();
+    this.proteinGroups = data.proteinGroups;
+    this.effects = data.effects;
+    this.edges = data.edges;
+  }
+
   public zoomToNode(id: string) {
     const coords = this.network.getPositions(id)[id];
     this.network.moveTo({
@@ -99,8 +117,8 @@ export class ExplorerPageComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
   }
 
   private async createNetwork() {
-    const {proteinGroups, effects, edges: proteinEdges} = await this.loadNetwork();
-    this.proteinData = new ProteinNetwork(proteinGroups, effects, proteinEdges);
+    await this.getNetwork();
+    this.proteinData = new ProteinNetwork(this.proteinGroups, this.effects, this.edges);
     this.proteinData.loadPositions();
     this.proteinData.linkNodes();
 
@@ -114,8 +132,6 @@ export class ExplorerPageComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
 
     const {nodes, edges} = this.mapDataToNodes(this.proteinData);
 
-    console.log(nodes, edges);
-
     this.nodeData.nodes = new vis.DataSet(nodes);
     this.nodeData.edges = new vis.DataSet(edges);
 
@@ -203,58 +219,6 @@ export class ExplorerPageComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
     this.nodeData.nodes.add(Array.from(addNodes.values()));
   }
 
-  private async loadNetwork(): Promise<any> {
-    // TODO: Load from backend instead of generating random stuff here...
-
-    const proteinGroupCount = 10000;
-    const effectCount = 50;
-    const edgeCount = 2000;
-
-    const proteinGroups = [];
-    const effects = [];
-    const edges = [];
-
-    for (let i = 0; i < effectCount; i++) {
-      effects.push({
-        id: i,
-        name: `eff${i}`,
-      });
-    }
-
-    const proteinGroupIds = [];
-    for (let i = 0; i < edgeCount; i++) {
-      const proteinGroupId = Math.floor(this.random() * proteinGroupCount);
-      const effectId = Math.floor(this.random() * effects.length);
-      let found = false;
-      for (const edge of edges) {
-        if (edge.proteinGroupId === proteinGroupId && edge.effectId === effectId) {
-          found = true;
-          break;
-        }
-      }
-      if (!found) {
-        edges.push({
-          proteinGroupId, effectId
-        });
-        if (proteinGroupIds.indexOf(proteinGroupId) === -1) {
-          proteinGroupIds.push(proteinGroupId);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    for (const proteinGroupId of proteinGroupIds) {
-      proteinGroups.push({
-        id: proteinGroupId,
-        name: `pg${proteinGroupId}`,
-      });
-    }
-
-    return {
-      proteinGroups,
-      effects,
-      edges
-    };
-  }
 
   private mapProteinGroupToNode(proteinGroup: any): any {
     return {