diff --git a/papi/sqlapp/database.py b/papi/sqlapp/database.py
index e69de29..45a8b9f 100644
--- a/papi/sqlapp/database.py
+++ b/papi/sqlapp/database.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
+from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
+
+SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = "sqlite:///./sql_app.db"
+# SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = "postgresql://user:password@postgresserver/db"
+
+engine = create_engine(
+    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL, connect_args={"check_same_thread": False}
+)
+SessionLocal = sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)
+
+Base = declarative_base()