diff --git a/catalog_reader/app.py b/catalog_reader/app.py
index d23a8ee..dc8714b 100644
--- a/catalog_reader/app.py
+++ b/catalog_reader/app.py
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ def get_app_version_details(
         version_data['values'] = options['default_values_callable'](version_data)
 
     app_metadata = version_data['app_metadata']
-    # TODO: See if this needs to change for our adaptation of ix-chart
+    # TODO: See if this needs to change for our adaptation of ix-app
     version_data.update({
         'human_version': get_human_version(app_metadata['app_version'], app_metadata['version']),
         'version': app_metadata['version'],
diff --git a/catalog_reader/custom_app.py b/catalog_reader/custom_app.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23e2272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/catalog_reader/custom_app.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+
+
+APP_VERSION = 'custom'
+VERSION = '1.0.0'
+
+
+def get_version_details() -> dict:
+    """
+    This is basically a stub which will be used in middleware to get version details of custom app
+    """
+    return {
+        'app_metadata': {
+            'name': 'custom-app',
+            'train': 'stable',
+            'version': VERSION,
+            'app_version': APP_VERSION,
+            'title': 'Custom App',
+            'description': 'This is a custom app where user can use his/her '
+                           'own docker compose file for deploying services',
+            'home': '',
+            'sources': [],
+            'maintainers': [],
+            'run_as_context': [],
+            'capabilities': [],
+            'host_mounts': [],
+        },
+        'version': VERSION,
+        'human_version': f'{VERSION}_{APP_VERSION}',
+        'supported': True,
+        'healthy': True,
+        'healthy_error': None,
+        'location': None,
+        'last_update': datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'),
+    }