diff --git a/cmd/web/main.go b/cmd/web/main.go
index fe10a1c..bb974aa 100644
--- a/cmd/web/main.go
+++ b/cmd/web/main.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/gob"
 	"fmt"
 	"go-udemy-web-1/internal/config"
+	"go-udemy-web-1/internal/driver"
 	"go-udemy-web-1/internal/handlers"
 	"go-udemy-web-1/internal/helpers"
 	"go-udemy-web-1/internal/models"
@@ -27,10 +28,11 @@ var (
 
 // main is the main application function
 func main() {
-	err := run()
+	db, err := run()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
+	defer db.SQL.Close()
 
 	fmt.Printf("Starting application on port %s\n", portNumber)
 
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ func main() {
 	log.Fatal(err)
 }
 
-func run() error {
+func run() (*driver.DB, error) {
 	// what am I going to put in the session
 	gob.Register(models.Reservation{})
 
@@ -58,9 +60,19 @@ func run() error {
 
 	app.Session = session
 
+	// connect to database
+	log.Println("Connecting to database...")
+	dsn := fmt.Sprintf("host=localhost port=5432 dbname=test_connect user=%s password=%s", os.Getenv("PGUSER"), os.Getenv("PGPWD"))
+	db, err := driver.ConnectSQL(dsn)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Cannot connect to database! Dying...")
+	}
+	log.Println("Connected to database")
+
 	tc, err := render.CreateTemplateCache()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("cannot create template cache: %s", err)
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	app.TemplateCahce = tc
 	app.UseCache = false
@@ -71,10 +83,10 @@ func run() error {
 	errorLog = log.New(os.Stdout, "ERROR\t", log.Ldate|log.Ltime|log.Lshortfile)
 	app.ErrorLog = errorLog
 
-	repo := handlers.NewRepo(&app)
+	repo := handlers.NewRepo(&app, db)
 	handlers.NewHandlers(repo)
 	helpers.NewHelpers(&app)
 
 	render.NewTemplates(&app)
-	return nil
+	return db, nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/handlers/handlers.go b/internal/handlers/handlers.go
index 7f86bc7..b034f0e 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/handlers.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/handlers.go
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"go-udemy-web-1/internal/config"
+	"go-udemy-web-1/internal/driver"
 	"go-udemy-web-1/internal/forms"
 	"go-udemy-web-1/internal/helpers"
 	"go-udemy-web-1/internal/models"
 	"go-udemy-web-1/internal/render"
+	"go-udemy-web-1/internal/repository"
+	"go-udemy-web-1/internal/repository/dbrepo"
 	"net/http"
 )
 
@@ -17,12 +20,14 @@ var Repo *Repository
 // Repository is the repository type
 type Repository struct {
 	App *config.AppConfig
+	DB  repository.DatabaseRepo
 }
 
 // NewRepo creates a new repository
-func NewRepo(a *config.AppConfig) *Repository {
+func NewRepo(a *config.AppConfig, db *driver.DB) *Repository {
 	return &Repository{
 		App: a,
+		DB:  dbrepo.NewPostgresRepo(db.SQL, a),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/repository/dbrepo/dbrepo.go b/internal/repository/dbrepo/dbrepo.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6564ec0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/repository/dbrepo/dbrepo.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package dbrepo
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"go-udemy-web-1/internal/config"
+	"go-udemy-web-1/internal/repository"
+)
+
+type postgresDBRepo struct {
+	App *config.AppConfig
+	DB  *sql.DB
+}
+
+func NewPostgresRepo(conn *sql.DB, a *config.AppConfig) repository.DatabaseRepo {
+	return &postgresDBRepo{
+		App: a,
+		DB:  conn,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/repository/dbrepo/postgres.go b/internal/repository/dbrepo/postgres.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a080109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/repository/dbrepo/postgres.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package dbrepo
+
+func (m *postgresDBRepo) AllUsers() bool {
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/internal/repository/repository.go b/internal/repository/repository.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8404e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/repository/repository.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package repository
+
+type DatabaseRepo interface {
+	AllUsers() bool
+}