diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index b8dfbd664264439075f4961cbb0ffed7f1f07a12..e80d81ccf3c9c4373b98615636979b1db23ede1e 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -11,6 +11,24 @@ var app = express();
 app.use(logger('dev'));
 app.use(bodyParser.json());
 
+//enable CORS
+app.use(function(req, res, next) {
+
+  if(req.method=="OPTIONS"){
+
+    res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
+    res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "GET");
+
+    res.sendStatus(204);
+
+  }else{
+
+    next();
+
+  }
+
+});
+
 app.use('/icarus/str', storage);
 app.use('/icarus/svc', services);