diff --git a/src/app.rb b/src/app.rb
index 4afeac0..c7dc02a 100755
--- a/src/app.rb
+++ b/src/app.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ require "slim"
 require "sqlite3"
 require "sassc"
 
+require_relative "database.rb"
+
 def get_random_subtitle
 	subtitles = File.readlines "misc/subtitles.txt"
 	subtitles.sample.chomp
diff --git a/src/database.rb b/src/database.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99f7870
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/database.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+DEFAULT_DB_PATH = "db/database.db"
+
+class Database
+	attr_reader :name, :db_path
+	def initialize(name, db_path=DEFAULT_DB_PATH)
+		@name = name
+		@db_path = db_path 
+	end
+
+	def get_handle 
+		db = SQLite3::Database.new @db_path
+		db.results_as_hash = true
+		return db
+	end
+end