diff --git a/config/settings/base.py b/config/settings/base.py
index a29a55a581d83d46fd85cd181efe52c215a1625e..55d2b3e61027b57b95e1d048e609fb50e34091c0 100644
--- a/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/config/settings/base.py
@@ -300,12 +300,13 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'maintenance_mode',
+    'alerts',
+    'api'
     'events',
-    'superevents',
-    'userprofile',
     'ligoauth',
     'search',
-    'alerts',
+    'superevents',
+    'userprofile',
     'rest_framework',
     'guardian',
     'django_twilio',
diff --git a/gracedb/api/__init__.py b/gracedb/api/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/gracedb/api/v1/__init__.py b/gracedb/api/v1/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/gracedb/api/v1/events/__init__.py b/gracedb/api/v1/events/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/gracedb/api/v1/superevents/__init__.py b/gracedb/api/v1/superevents/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/gracedb/api/v2/__init__.py b/gracedb/api/v2/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/gracedb/api/v2/events/__init__.py b/gracedb/api/v2/events/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/gracedb/api/v2/superevents/__init__.py b/gracedb/api/v2/superevents/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
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