diff --git a/.env.dev b/.env.dev
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e876be4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.dev
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DATABASE_URL=postgres://app:app@db/todo_baggins
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2d4f7aa..ce4a85a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@
 /node_modules/
 
 **/*.rs.bk
+
+.env
+.env.prod
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f7eead0..bc6232d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -110,6 +110,12 @@ version = "3.16.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "79296716171880943b8470b5f8d03aa55eb2e645a4874bdbb28adb49162e012c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "byteorder"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
 version = "1.7.1"
@@ -276,6 +282,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ident_case",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
+ "strsim",
  "syn",
 ]
 
@@ -303,6 +310,41 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot_core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "diesel"
+version = "2.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bf97ee7261bb708fa3402fa9c17a54b70e90e3cb98afb3dc8999d5512cb03f94"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "byteorder",
+ "diesel_derives",
+ "itoa",
+ "pq-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "diesel_derives"
+version = "2.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d6ff2be1e7312c858b2ef974f5c7089833ae57b5311b334b30923af58e5718d8"
+dependencies = [
+ "diesel_table_macro_syntax",
+ "dsl_auto_type",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "diesel_table_macro_syntax"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "209c735641a413bc68c4923a9d6ad4bcb3ca306b794edaa7eb0b3228a99ffb25"
+dependencies = [
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus"
 version = "0.5.6"
@@ -612,6 +654,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dsl_auto_type"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c5d9abe6314103864cc2d8901b7ae224e0ab1a103a0a416661b4097b0779b607"
+dependencies = [
+ "darling",
+ "either",
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "either"
+version = "1.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "60b1af1c220855b6ceac025d3f6ecdd2b7c4894bfe9cd9bda4fbb4bc7c0d4cf0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "enumset"
 version = "1.1.5"
@@ -1025,6 +1087,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "allocator-api2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "0.2.12"
@@ -1331,6 +1399,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-io",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pq-sys"
+version = "0.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a24ff9e4cf6945c988f0db7005d87747bf72864965c3529d259ad155ac41d584"
+dependencies = [
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "prettyplease"
 version = "0.2.20"
@@ -1626,6 +1703,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "lock_api",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7da8b5736845d9f2fcb837ea5d9e2628564b3b043a70948a3f0b778838c5fb4f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "2.0.74"
@@ -1692,6 +1775,7 @@ checksum = "c7c4ceeeca15c8384bbc3e011dbd8fccb7f068a440b752b7d9b32ceb0ca0e2e8"
 name = "todo-baggins"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "diesel",
  "dioxus",
  "dioxus-logger",
 ]
@@ -1820,6 +1904,12 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
 
+[[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 ea950f0..131176d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+diesel = { version = "2.2.2", features = ["postgres"] }
 
 dioxus = { version = "0.5", features = ["web", "router"] }
 
diff --git a/docker/dev/app/Dockerfile b/docker/dev/app/Dockerfile
index 77bac30..f992884 100644
--- a/docker/dev/app/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/dev/app/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM rust:1.80-bookworm
 
 RUN rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown
-RUN cargo install dioxus-cli
+RUN cargo install dioxus-cli diesel_cli
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y nodejs npm
 
 COPY . /srv/app