diff --git a/hello/views.py b/hello/views.py
index c2480724b..83d8ae1dd 100644
--- a/hello/views.py
+++ b/hello/views.py
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.http import HttpResponse
+import requests
+import os
+
 
 from .models import Greeting
 
 # Create your views here.
+
+
 def index(request):
     # return HttpResponse('Hello from Python!')
-    return render(request, "index.html")
+    times = int(os.environ.get('TIMES', 3))
+    return HttpResponse('Hello! ' * times)
 
 
 def db(request):
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4af6a3765..c079bf3b7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 django
 gunicorn
-django-heroku
\ No newline at end of file
+django-heroku
+requests
\ No newline at end of file