diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea8c4bf..76b565e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+.env
 /target
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7771983..69aa99d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -41,6 +41,47 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "deranged"
+version = "0.3.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b42b6fa04a440b495c8b04d0e71b707c585f83cb9cb28cf8cd0d976c315e31b4"
+dependencies = [
+ "powerfmt",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "diesel"
+version = "2.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "03fc05c17098f21b89bc7d98fe1dd3cce2c11c2ad8e145f2a44fe08ed28eb559"
+dependencies = [
+ "diesel_derives",
+ "libsqlite3-sys",
+ "time",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "diesel_derives"
+version = "2.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5d02eecb814ae714ffe61ddc2db2dd03e6c49a42e269b5001355500d431cce0c"
+dependencies = [
+ "diesel_table_macro_syntax",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "diesel_table_macro_syntax"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fc5557efc453706fed5e4fa85006fe9817c224c3f480a34c7e5959fd700921c5"
+dependencies = [
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fallible-iterator"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -76,9 +117,16 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "icarus"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "diesel",
  "rusqlite",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itoa"
+version = "1.0.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "49f1f14873335454500d59611f1cf4a4b0f786f9ac11f4312a78e4cf2566695b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.150"
@@ -96,6 +144,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "vcpkg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num-conv"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "51d515d32fb182ee37cda2ccdcb92950d6a3c2893aa280e540671c2cd0f3b1d9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.18.0"
@@ -108,6 +162,12 @@ version = "0.3.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "26072860ba924cbfa98ea39c8c19b4dd6a4a25423dbdf219c1eca91aa0cf6964"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "powerfmt"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "439ee305def115ba05938db6eb1644ff94165c5ab5e9420d1c1bcedbba909391"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.69"
@@ -140,6 +200,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "smallvec",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde"
+version = "1.0.193"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "25dd9975e68d0cb5aa1120c288333fc98731bd1dd12f561e468ea4728c042b89"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_derive"
+version = "1.0.193"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "43576ca501357b9b071ac53cdc7da8ef0cbd9493d8df094cd821777ea6e894d3"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
 version = "1.11.2"
@@ -157,6 +237,37 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "time"
+version = "0.3.34"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c8248b6521bb14bc45b4067159b9b6ad792e2d6d754d6c41fb50e29fefe38749"
+dependencies = [
+ "deranged",
+ "itoa",
+ "num-conv",
+ "powerfmt",
+ "serde",
+ "time-core",
+ "time-macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "time-core"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ef927ca75afb808a4d64dd374f00a2adf8d0fcff8e7b184af886c3c87ec4a3f3"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "time-macros"
+version = "0.2.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7ba3a3ef41e6672a2f0f001392bb5dcd3ff0a9992d618ca761a11c3121547774"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-conv",
+ "time-core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9fa9f8c..3d3f220 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 rusqlite = { version = "0.30.0", features = ["bundled"] }
 diesel = { version = "2.1.0", features = ["sqlite"] }
+dontenvy = "0.15.0"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9be5a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+use diesel::sqlite::SqliteConnection;
+use dotenvy::dotenv;
+use std::env;
+pub mod schema;
+
+pub fn establish_connection() -> SqliteConnection {
+    dotenv().ok();
+
+    let database_url = env::var("DATABASE_URL").expect("DATABASE_URL must be set");
+    SqliteConnection::establish(&database_url)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("Error connecting to {}", database_url))
+}
diff --git a/src/models.rs b/src/models.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/schema.rs b/src/schema.rs
index f24bb96..301960b 100644
--- a/src/schema.rs
+++ b/src/schema.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 // @generated automatically by Diesel CLI.
+//diesel::table! {
+//   create
+//}
 
 diesel::table! {
     itunes_library (id) {