diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index cc24c41..a266ae0 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -9,16 +9,65 @@ use axum::{
 
 pub mod callers;
 
+mod db {
+
+    use sqlx::postgres::PgPoolOptions;
+    use std::env;
+
+    pub mod connection_settings {
+        pub const MAXCONN: u32 = 10;
+    }
+
+    pub mod keys {
+        pub const DBURL: &str = "DATABASE_URL";
+
+        pub mod error {
+            pub const ERROR: &str = "DATABASE_URL must be set in .env";
+        }
+    }
+
+    // use crate::{connection_settings, keys};
+
+    pub async fn create_pool() -> Result<sqlx::PgPool, sqlx::Error> {
+        let database_url = get_db_url().await;
+        println!("Database url: {:?}", database_url);
+
+        PgPoolOptions::new()
+            .max_connections(connection_settings::MAXCONN)
+            .connect(&database_url)
+            .await
+    }
+
+    async fn get_db_url() -> String {
+        #[cfg(debug_assertions)] // Example: Only load .env in debug builds
+        dotenvy::dotenv().ok();
+        env::var(keys::DBURL).expect(keys::error::ERROR)
+    }
+
+    pub async fn migrations(pool: &sqlx::PgPool) {
+        // Run migrations using the sqlx::migrate! macro
+        // Assumes your migrations are in a ./migrations folder relative to Cargo.toml
+        sqlx::migrate!("./migrations")
+            .run(pool)
+            .await
+            .expect("Failed to run migrations");
+    }
+}
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
     // initialize tracing
     tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
 
+    let pool = db::create_pool().await.expect("Failed to create pool");
+    db::migrations(&pool).await;
+
     // build our application with a route
     let app = Router::new()
         // `GET /` goes to `root`
         .route("/", get(root))
-        .route(callers::endpoints::QUEUESONG, post(callers::song::endpoint::queue_song));
+        .route(callers::endpoints::QUEUESONG, post(callers::song::endpoint::queue_song))
+        .layer(axum::Extension(pool));
     // `POST /users` goes to `create_user`
     // .route("/users", post(create_user));