diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 40d9aca..a828a06 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /target
-/.idea
\ No newline at end of file
+/.idea
+/todo-db.db3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 86958f6..fea4024 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -953,6 +953,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fallible-iterator"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2acce4a10f12dc2fb14a218589d4f1f62ef011b2d0cc4b3cb1bba8e94da14649"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fallible-streaming-iterator"
+version = "0.1.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7360491ce676a36bf9bb3c56c1aa791658183a54d2744120f27285738d90465a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fast-srgb8"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -984,6 +996,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "miniz_oxide",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "foldhash"
+version = "0.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a0d2fde1f7b3d48b8395d5f2de76c18a528bd6a9cdde438df747bfcba3e05d6f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "font-types"
 version = "0.7.3"
@@ -1323,6 +1341,18 @@ name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.15.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bf151400ff0baff5465007dd2f3e717f3fe502074ca563069ce3a6629d07b289"
+dependencies = [
+ "foldhash",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hashlink"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7382cf6263419f2d8df38c55d7da83da5c18aef87fc7a7fc1fb1e344edfe14c1"
+dependencies = [
+ "hashbrown 0.15.2",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hassle-rs"
@@ -1671,6 +1701,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "redox_syscall 0.5.8",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libsqlite3-sys"
+version = "0.31.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ad8935b44e7c13394a179a438e0cebba0fe08fe01b54f152e29a93b5cf993fd4"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
 version = "0.4.15"
@@ -2535,6 +2576,20 @@ version = "0.20.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6c20b6793b5c2fa6553b250154b78d6d0db37e72700ae35fad9387a46f487c97"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rusqlite"
+version = "0.33.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1c6d5e5acb6f6129fe3f7ba0a7fc77bca1942cb568535e18e7bc40262baf3110"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
+ "fallible-iterator",
+ "fallible-streaming-iterator",
+ "hashlink",
+ "libsqlite3-sys",
+ "smallvec",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rust-ini"
 version = "0.18.0"
@@ -2984,6 +3039,7 @@ name = "todo-app"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "iced",
+ "rusqlite",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3129,6 +3185,12 @@ version = "0.2.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ebc1c04c71510c7f702b52b7c350734c9ff1295c464a03335b00bb84fc54f853"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vcpkg"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 58642c5..e8d0e49 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
-iced = { version = "0.13.1"}
\ No newline at end of file
+iced = { version = "0.13.1"}
+rusqlite = { version = "0.33.0", features = ["bundled"] }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1b20c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+use std::path::Path;
+use rusqlite::{params, Connection, Result};
+use crate::def;
+use crate::def::Task;
+
+pub(crate) fn startup(path: &Path) -> Result<(Connection)> {
+    // let conn = Connection::open_in_memory()?;
+    let conn = Connection::open(path)?;
+    
+    conn.execute(
+        "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tasks (
+                id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
+                checked INTEGER NOT NULL,
+                value TEXT NOT NULL
+        )",
+        ()
+    )?;
+    
+    // todo
+    
+    Ok(conn)
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn get_tasks(conn: &Connection) -> Result<()> {
+    let mut stmt = conn.prepare("SELECT checked, value FROM tasks")?;
+    let task_iter = stmt.query_map([], |row| {
+        Ok(Task {
+            checked: row.get(0)?,
+            value: row.get(1)?,
+        })
+    })?;
+    
+    for task in task_iter {
+        println!("{:?}", task);
+    }
+    
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn insert_task(task: Task, conn: &Connection) -> Result<()> {
+    conn.execute(
+        "INSERT INTO tasks (checked, value) VALUES (?1, ?2)",
+        (&task.checked, &task.value),
+    )?;
+    
+    Ok(())
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/def.rs b/src/def.rs
index 025d5c9..772868a 100644
--- a/src/def.rs
+++ b/src/def.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 use iced::Event;
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Task {
+    pub(crate) checked: bool,
+    pub(crate) value: String,
+}
 
 pub struct TaskData {
     pub(crate) checked: bool,
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 30ebe65..bbeef61 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
+use std::path::Path;
 use iced::window::Settings;
 use iced::Size;
 use def::Todo;
+use crate::db::startup;
+use crate::def::Task;
 
 mod todo;
 mod def;
+mod db;
 
-fn main() -> iced::Result {
+/*fn main() -> iced::Result {
     let settings = Settings {
         size: Size::new(500.0, 600.0),
         resizable: false,
@@ -17,4 +21,18 @@ fn main() -> iced::Result {
         .theme(Todo::theme)
         .window(settings)
         .run()
+}*/
+
+fn main() {
+    let path: &Path = Path::new("./todo-db.db3");
+    let conn = startup(path);
+    let t = Task {
+        checked: true,
+        value: String::from("Troll Ink"),
+    };
+    let c = conn.unwrap();
+    /*let r = db::insert_task(t, &c);
+    println!("{:?}", r);*/
+    
+    let rr = db::get_tasks(&c);
 }
\ No newline at end of file