diff --git a/src/functions/helperFunctions.js b/src/functions/helperFunctions.js
index 4e5b0b61a1ce7af22169fbbbf14d51d910de3282..725031851b4ea4b55994ce0a02aab8ffd1633c44 100644
--- a/src/functions/helperFunctions.js
+++ b/src/functions/helperFunctions.js
@@ -194,6 +194,29 @@ const clearArchitecture = async () => {
   }
 };
 
+const scaleOut = async (id) => {
+  try {
+    const dataFilePath = path.resolve(
+      __dirname,
+      "../../customCodeDatabase.json"
+    );
+    const customCodes = await getCustomCodes();
+    const codeToScale = customCodes.find((code) => code.id === id);
+    const scaledCode = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(codeToScale));
+    scaledCode.isScaled = true;
+    scaledCode.id;
+    customCodes.push(scaledCode);
+    await fs.writeFile(
+      dataFilePath,
+      JSON.stringify(customCodes, null, 2),
+      "utf8"
+    );
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(err);
+    throw err;
+  }
+};
+
 module.exports = {
   emptyDockerJS,
   fillDockerJS,
@@ -204,4 +227,5 @@ module.exports = {
   clearArchitecture,
   stopArchitecture,
   restartArchitecture,
+  scaleOut,
 };
diff --git a/src/routes/deployRouter.js b/src/routes/deployRouter.js
index 2f34cb62a31c51747d418676f9530845d7ca2e4f..d6a151604d84fb0f4c8ecc9ed11c10bcbbd4cb53 100644
--- a/src/routes/deployRouter.js
+++ b/src/routes/deployRouter.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const {
   stopArchitecture,
   restartArchitecture,
   clearArchitecture,
+  scaleOut,
 } = require("../functions/helperFunctions");
 
 const deployRouter = express.Router();
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ deployRouter.post("/restart", async (req, res) => {
   }
 });
 
-deployRouter.get("/clearArchitecture", async (rey, res) => {
+deployRouter.get("/clearArchitecture", async (req, res) => {
   try {
     await clearArchitecture();
     res.status(200).json({ message: "Docker leeren erfoglreich" });
@@ -48,4 +49,15 @@ deployRouter.get("/clearArchitecture", async (rey, res) => {
   }
 });
 
+deployRouter.post("/scaleOut", async (req, res) => {
+  try {
+    const { codeId } = req.body;
+    await scaleOut(codeId);
+    res.status(200).json({ message: "Scale Out erfolgreich" });
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error(e);
+    res.status(500).json({ message: "Scale Out fehlgeschlagen" });
+  }
+});
+
 module.exports = deployRouter;