diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c8cabdc..be65de9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,3 +12,8 @@ serde = "1.0.91"
 log = "0.4.6"
 pretty_env_logger = "0.3.0"
 rand = "0.6.5"
+dirs = "2.0.0"
+
+[dependencies.rusqlite]
+version = "0.18.0"
+features = ["bundled"]  # Compiles and statically links sqlite
diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf0c896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use rusqlite::Connection;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+static DB_INIT_QUERY: &'static str = include_str!("init.sql");
+
+pub struct DbHandle {
+    conn: Connection,
+}
+
+impl DbHandle {
+    pub fn new(db_path: &Option<String>) -> DbHandle {
+        let path: PathBuf = db_path
+            .as_ref()
+            .map(|path: &String| PathBuf::from(path))
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| dirs::home_dir().unwrap().join(".foil").to_path_buf());
+        let conn: Connection = Connection::open(path).unwrap();
+        conn.execute_batch(DB_INIT_QUERY).unwrap();
+        DbHandle { conn: conn }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/init.sql b/src/init.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21f07d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/init.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+BEGIN TRANSACTION;
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS encrypted_values (
+       id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+       iv TEXT,
+       ciphertext TEXT,
+       mac TEXT
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS props(
+       name TEXT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+       value TEXT
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS encrypted_props(
+       name TEXT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+       encrypted_value INTEGER NOT NULL
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS accounts(
+       id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+       server INTEGER NOT NULL,
+       user INTEGER NOT NULL,
+       password INTEGER NOT NULL
+);
+
+END TRANSACTION;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0342ec1..27fc229 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ use rand::rngs::OsRng;
 use rand::seq::IteratorRandom;
 use rand::seq::SliceRandom;
 use serde::Deserialize;
+use std::error::Error;
 use std::iter::FromIterator;
 
+pub mod db;
+
 static USAGE: &'static str = "
 foil
 
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ fn generate(spec: &str) {
     println!("{}", shuffled);
 }
 
-fn main() {
+fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     pretty_env_logger::init();
     let args: Args = Docopt::new(USAGE)
         .and_then(|dopt| dopt.deserialize())
@@ -80,6 +83,10 @@ fn main() {
 
     if args.cmd_generate {
         generate(&args.arg_spec.unwrap());
-        return;
+        return Ok(());
     }
+
+    let mut db_conn: db::DbHandle = db::DbHandle::new(&args.flag_db);
+
+    Ok(())
 }