allow the root url to respond

alexa.dev.excuses/App_Start/WebApiConfig.cs

@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@ namespace alexa.dev.excuses
 
 			// Web API routes
 			config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();
-
-			config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
-				name: "DefaultApi",
-				routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
-				defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
-			);
 		}
 	}
 }

alexa.dev.excuses/Controllers/AlexaController.cs

@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ namespace alexa.dev.excuses.Controllers
 {
 	public class AlexaController : ApiController
 	{
+		[Route("")]
+		[HttpGet]
+		public IHttpActionResult root()
+		{
+			return this.Ok("Yo");
+		}
 		[Route("")]
 		[HttpPost]
 		public Task<HttpResponseMessage> Post()