diff --git a/app/graph/consul_schema.rb b/app/graph/consul_schema.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc7db1354
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/graph/consul_schema.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+ConsulSchema = GraphQL::Schema.define do
+  query QueryRoot
+end
diff --git a/app/graph/types/query_root.rb b/app/graph/types/query_root.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..121b5f389
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/graph/types/query_root.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+QueryRoot = GraphQL::ObjectType.define do
+  name "Query"
+  description "The query root for this schema"
+
+end
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 3f2a0861a..3182e319c 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ module Consul
     config.autoload_paths << "#{Rails.root}/app/models/custom"
     config.paths['app/views'].unshift(Rails.root.join('app', 'views', 'custom'))
 
+    # Add GraphQL directories to the autoload path
+    config.autoload_paths << Rails.root.join('app', 'graph', 'types')
   end
 end