diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3f6febc1..a0a9bbb5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -104,4 +104,6 @@ ENV/
 .vscode/
 
 # SQLite data
-flask-backend/api/db.sqlite3
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+flask-backend/api/db.sqlite3
+
+data/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/flask-backend/api/routes/case.py b/flask-backend/api/routes/case.py
index 0141b75e..4aa8616f 100644
--- a/flask-backend/api/routes/case.py
+++ b/flask-backend/api/routes/case.py
@@ -12,16 +12,49 @@
 
 case = Blueprint('case', __name__, url_prefix='/case')
 
+dirname = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+cases_data_path = os.path.join(dirname, '../../../data/')
+
+
 @case.route('/count', methods=["GET"])
 def count():
-    return jsonify({'status':200,
-                    'total_users':Case.query.count()})
+    try:
+        os.chdir('../../..')
+        os.chdir(ROOT_DIR)
+        cases = os.listdir(cases_data_path)
+    except FileNotFoundError as err:
+        # If data folder is not found, return empty list as no cases have been created
+        response = {
+            'success': True,
+            'data': 0,
+        }
+        return jsonify(response), 200
+    response = {
+        'success': True,
+        'data': len(cases),
+    }
+    return jsonify(response), 200
+
 
 @case.route('/list', methods=["GET"])
 def list():
-    all_cases = Case.query.order_by(Case.timestamp).all()
-    result = cases_schema.dump(all_cases)
-    return jsonify(result)
+    try:
+        os.chdir('../../..')
+        os.chdir(ROOT_DIR)
+        cases = os.listdir(cases_data_path)
+    except FileNotFoundError as err:
+        # If data folder is not found, return empty list as no cases have been created
+        response = {
+            'success': True,
+            'data': [],
+        }
+        return jsonify(response), 200
+    response = {
+        'success': True,
+        'data': cases,
+    }
+    return jsonify(response), 200
+
 
 @case.route('/delete', methods=['POST'])
 def deletecase():
@@ -41,6 +74,7 @@ def deletecase():
     db.session.commit()
     return 'case deleted', 202
 
+
 @case.route('/open/<case_name>', methods=["GET"])
 def openCase(case_name):
     os.chdir('../../..')
@@ -49,6 +83,7 @@ def openCase(case_name):
     files = os.listdir(path)
     return files
 
+
 @case.route('/list-files/<case_name>/<folder_name>', methods=["GET"])
 def openFolder(case_name, folder_name):
     os.chdir('../../..')
@@ -57,9 +92,10 @@ def openFolder(case_name, folder_name):
     files = os.listdir(path)
     return files
 
+
 @case.route('/list-files/<case_name>/<folder_name>/<file_name>', methods=["GET"])
 def openFile(case_name, folder_name, file_name):
     os.chdir('../../..')
     File = os.getcwd()+'/data/'+case_name+'/'+folder_name+'/'+file_name
     os.chdir(ROOT_DIR)
-    return File
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+    return File