diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..baf06ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DATABASE_URL="mysql://nerdcult_api:test@localhost/NC_Accounts"
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diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f1da7be..bd9f291 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -260,6 +260,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "alloc-no-stdlib",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
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+version = "0.2.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0942ffc6dcaadf03badf6e6a2d0228460359d5e34b57ccdc720b7382dfbd5ec5"
+
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+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f28d99ec8bfea296261ca1af174f24225171fea9664ba9003cbebee704810528"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
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+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
 
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@@ -418,6 +436,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "alloc-stdlib",
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+[[package]]
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+version = "1.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "14c189c53d098945499cdfa7ecc63567cf3886b3332b312a5b4585d8d3a6a610"
+
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+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "28c122c3980598d243d63d9a704629a2d748d101f278052ff068be5a4423ab6f"
+
 [[package]]
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  "libc",
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+[[package]]
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+version = "3.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "86ec7a15cbe22e59248fc7eadb1907dab5ba09372595da4d73dd805ed4417dfe"
+dependencies = [
+ "crc-catalog",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crc-catalog"
+version = "2.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9cace84e55f07e7301bae1c519df89cdad8cc3cd868413d3fdbdeca9ff3db484"
+
 [[package]]
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+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-queue"
+version = "0.3.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d1cfb3ea8a53f37c40dea2c7bedcbd88bdfae54f5e2175d6ecaff1c988353add"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
+[[package]]
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+version = "0.8.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a22b2d63d4d1dc0b7f1b6b2747dd0088008a9be28b6ddf0b1e7d335e3037294"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fffa369a668c8af7dbf8b5e56c9f744fbd399949ed171606040001947de40b1c"
+dependencies = [
+ "const-oid",
+ "pem-rfc7468",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -587,15 +662,25 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9ed9a281f7bc9b7576e61468ba615a66a5c8cfdff42420a70aa82701a3b1e292"
 dependencies = [
  "block-buffer",
+ "const-oid",
  "crypto-common",
  "subtle",
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+[[package]]
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+version = "0.15.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1aaf95b3e5c8f23aa320147307562d361db0ae0d51242340f558153b4eb2439b"
+
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+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
 
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+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
+
 [[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "136d1b5283a1ab77bd9257427ffd09d8667ced0570b6f938942bc7568ed5b943"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "home",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0206175f82b8d6bf6652ff7d71a1e27fd2e4efde587fd368662814d6ec1d9ce0"
+
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+checksum = "6999dc1837253364c2ebb0704ba97994bd874e8f195d665c50b7548f6ea92764"
+
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+version = "0.10.14"
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+checksum = "1657b4441c3403d9f7b3409e47575237dac27b1b5726df654a6ecbf92f0f7577"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "pin-project",
+ "spin 0.9.8",
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+
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+name = "futures-channel"
+version = "0.3.28"
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+checksum = "955518d47e09b25bbebc7a18df10b81f0c766eaf4c4f1cccef2fca5f2a4fb5f2"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+]
+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ccecee823288125bd88b4d7f565c9e58e41858e47ab72e8ea2d64e93624386e0"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-task",
+ "futures-util",
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+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1d930c203dd0b6ff06e0201a4a2fe9149b43c684fd4420555b26d21b1a02956f"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "lock_api",
+ "parking_lot",
+]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4fff74096e71ed47f8e023204cfd0aa1289cd54ae5430a9523be060cdb849964"
+
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 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-sink",
  "futures-task",
+ "memchr",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "pin-utils",
  "slab",
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  "futures-util",
  "http",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 1.9.3",
  "slab",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2c6201b9ff9fd90a5a3bac2e56a830d0caa509576f0e503818ee82c181b3437a"
+dependencies = [
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+ "allocator-api2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "312f66718a2d7789ffef4f4b7b213138ed9f1eb3aa1d0d82fc99f88fb3ffd26f"
+dependencies = [
+ "hashbrown 0.14.0",
+]
+
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+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-segmentation",
+]
 
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+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
+
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+checksum = "791a029f6b9fc27657f6f188ec6e5e43f6911f6f878e0dc5501396e09809d437"
+dependencies = [
+ "hmac",
+]
+
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+name = "home"
+version = "0.5.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5444c27eef6923071f7ebcc33e3444508466a76f7a2b93da00ed6e19f30c1ddb"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
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- "hashbrown",
+ "hashbrown 0.12.3",
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+
+[[package]]
+name = "indexmap"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d5477fe2230a79769d8dc68e0eabf5437907c0457a5614a9e8dddb67f65eb65d"
+dependencies = [
+ "equivalent",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.0",
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+name = "itertools"
+version = "0.10.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+]
+
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+dependencies = [
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+]
 
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+version = "0.2.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f7012b1bbb0719e1097c47611d3898568c546d597c2e74d66f6087edd5233ff4"
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
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+checksum = "6365506850d44bff6e2fbcb5176cf63650e48bd45ef2fe2665ae1570e0f4b9ca"
+dependencies = [
+ "digest",
+]
+
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@@ -1042,6 +1303,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "serde",
  "sha2",
+ "sqlx",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
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 ]
 
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+version = "0.8.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libm",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-iter",
+ "num-traits",
+ "rand",
+ "smallvec",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+dependencies = [
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+ "num-traits",
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+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7d03e6c028c5dc5cac6e2dec0efda81fc887605bb3d884578bb6d6bf7514e252"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "libm",
+]
+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "88b39c9bfcfc231068454382784bb460aae594343fb030d46e9f50a645418412"
+dependencies = [
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+]
+
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+dependencies = [
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+
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+checksum = "4359fd9c9171ec6e8c62926d6faaf553a8dc3f64e1507e76da7911b4f6a04405"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.28",
+]
+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c8ffb9f10fa047879315e6625af03c164b16962a5368d724ed16323b68ace47f"
+dependencies = [
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+ "spki",
+]
+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f950b2377845cebe5cf8b5165cb3cc1a5e0fa5cfa3e1f7f55707d8fd82e0a7b7"
+dependencies = [
+ "der",
+ "spki",
+]
+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6ab43bb47d23c1a631b4b680199a45255dce26fa9ab2fa902581f624ff13e6a8"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "const-oid",
+ "digest",
+ "num-bigint-dig",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-iter",
+ "num-traits",
+ "pkcs1",
+ "pkcs8",
+ "rand_core",
+ "signature",
+ "spki",
+ "subtle",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
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+[[package]]
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+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5e1788eed21689f9cf370582dfc467ef36ed9c707f073528ddafa8d83e3b8500"
+dependencies = [
+ "digest",
+ "rand_core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -1439,6 +1831,246 @@ dependencies = [
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+[[package]]
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+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6e63cff320ae2c57904679ba7cb63280a3dc4613885beafb148ee7bf9aa9042d"
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+ "either",
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+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-util",
+ "generic-array",
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+ "hkdf",
+ "hmac",
+ "itoa",
+ "log",
+ "md-5",
+ "memchr",
+ "once_cell",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "rand",
+ "rsa",
+ "serde",
+ "sha1",
+ "sha2",
+ "smallvec",
+ "sqlx-core",
+ "stringprep",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tracing",
+ "whoami",
+]
+
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+name = "sqlx-postgres"
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+ "atoi",
+ "base64 0.21.2",
+ "bitflags 2.4.0",
+ "byteorder",
+ "crc",
+ "dotenvy",
+ "etcetera",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-util",
+ "hex",
+ "hkdf",
+ "hmac",
+ "home",
+ "itoa",
+ "log",
+ "md-5",
+ "memchr",
+ "once_cell",
+ "rand",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "sha1",
+ "sha2",
+ "smallvec",
+ "sqlx-core",
+ "stringprep",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tracing",
+ "whoami",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlx-sqlite"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "be4c21bf34c7cae5b283efb3ac1bcc7670df7561124dc2f8bdc0b59be40f79a2"
+dependencies = [
+ "atoi",
+ "flume",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-executor",
+ "futures-intrusive",
+ "futures-util",
+ "libsqlite3-sys",
+ "log",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "serde",
+ "sqlx-core",
+ "tracing",
+ "url",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "stringprep"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "db3737bde7edce97102e0e2b15365bf7a20bfdb5f60f4f9e8d7004258a51a8da"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-bidi",
+ "unicode-normalization",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.10.0"
@@ -1473,6 +2105,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tempfile"
+version = "3.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dc02fddf48964c42031a0b3fe0428320ecf3a73c401040fc0096f97794310651"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "fastrand",
+ "redox_syscall",
+ "rustix",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "termcolor"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -1482,6 +2127,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror"
+version = "1.0.46"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d9207952ae1a003f42d3d5e892dac3c6ba42aa6ac0c79a6a91a2b5cb4253e75c"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror-impl",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror-impl"
+version = "1.0.46"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f1728216d3244de4f14f14f8c15c79be1a7c67867d28d69b719690e2a19fb445"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.28",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.3.25"
@@ -1555,6 +2220,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.28",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-stream"
+version = "0.1.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "397c988d37662c7dda6d2208364a706264bf3d6138b11d436cbac0ad38832842"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-util"
 version = "0.7.8"
@@ -1578,9 +2254,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "log",
  "pin-project-lite",
+ "tracing-attributes",
  "tracing-core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-attributes"
+version = "0.1.26"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5f4f31f56159e98206da9efd823404b79b6ef3143b4a7ab76e67b1751b25a4ab"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.28",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-core"
 version = "0.1.31"
@@ -1617,6 +2305,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "tinyvec",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-segmentation"
+version = "1.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1dd624098567895118886609431a7c3b8f516e41d30e0643f03d94592a147e36"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode_categories"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "39ec24b3121d976906ece63c9daad25b85969647682eee313cb5779fdd69e14e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
 version = "2.4.0"
@@ -1663,6 +2363,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "whoami"
+version = "1.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "22fc3756b8a9133049b26c7f61ab35416c130e8c09b660f5b3958b446f52cc50"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -1760,6 +2466,12 @@ version = "0.48.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1a515f5799fe4961cb532f983ce2b23082366b898e52ffbce459c86f67c8378a"
 
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+version = "1.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2a0956f1ba7c7909bfb66c2e9e4124ab6f6482560f6628b5aaeba39207c9aad9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zstd"
 version = "0.12.4"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ac3ecaf..7dcc7fd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ pbkdf2 = { version = "0.12", features = ["simple"] }
 env_logger = "0.10"
 log = "0.4"
 clap = { version = "4.3.21", features = ["derive"] }
-actix-web-httpauth = "0.8.0"
\ No newline at end of file
+actix-web-httpauth = "0.8.0"
+sqlx = { version = "0.7.1", features = ["runtime-tokio", "mysql"] }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5239959..45932a0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 # Nerdcult API
 This repo contains the source and documentation of the nerdcult api.
 
-The source can be found in `src` and the docs in `API.md`.
\ No newline at end of file
+The source can be found in `src` and the docs in `API.md`.
+
+## Running
+You can run the server with the following command:
+```
+export DATABASE_URL=mysql://user:password@host/database
+./nerdcult_api
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/api/mod.rs b/src/api/mod.rs
index 3938715..360d7da 100644
--- a/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -2,20 +2,64 @@ mod account;
 
 use actix_web::{web, App, HttpServer};
 use anyhow::Result;
-
 use log::info;
+use sqlx::mysql::MySqlPool;
 
-struct ApiState {}
+struct ApiState {
+    pool: MySqlPool,
+}
 
-pub async fn start(port: u16) -> Result<()> {
+pub async fn start(port: u16, pool: MySqlPool) -> Result<()> {
     info!("HTTP server starting on port {} ...", port);
+
+    sqlx::query!(
+        r#"
+        CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS Accounts (
+                id        INT          NOT NULL  AUTO_INCREMENT,
+	            username  VARCHAR(32)  NOT NULL,
+                email     TEXT         NOT NULL,
+	            salt      VARCHAR(22)  NOT NULL,
+	            password  VARCHAR(96)  NOT NULL,
+                joined    DATETIME     NOT NULL,
+                verified  BOOLEAN      NOT NULL,
+	            PRIMARY KEY(id)
+            );
+        "#
+    )
+    .execute(&pool)
+    .await?;
+
+    sqlx::query!(
+        r#"
+        CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS AuthTokens (
+                token    VARCHAR(32)  NOT NULL,
+	            account  INT          NOT NULL,
+                expire   DATETIME     NOT NULL
+            );
+        "#
+    )
+    .execute(&pool)
+    .await?;
+
+    sqlx::query!(
+        r#"
+        CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS VerificationTokens (
+                token    VARCHAR(32)  NOT NULL,
+	            account  INT          NOT NULL,
+                expire   DATETIME     NOT NULL
+            );
+        "#
+    )
+    .execute(&pool)
+    .await?;
+
     let _ = HttpServer::new(move || {
         App::new()
             .service(account::calls::register)
             .service(account::calls::verify)
             .service(account::calls::authenticate)
             .service(account::calls::delete)
-            .app_data(web::Data::new(ApiState {}))
+            .app_data(web::Data::new(ApiState { pool: pool.clone() }))
     })
     .bind(("127.0.0.1", port))?
     .run()
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 12cc8dd..b1ec1e2 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ mod api;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use clap::Parser;
 use log::info;
+use sqlx::mysql::MySqlPool;
 
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 #[command(author, version, about, long_about = None)]
@@ -15,16 +16,22 @@ struct Args {
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     env_logger::Builder::from_env(env_logger::Env::default().default_filter_or("info")).init();
-    let args = Args::parse();
 
     info!("Starting NerdcultAPI v0.1");
 
+    let args = Args::parse();
+
     let mut port: u16 = 8080;
     if let Some(p) = args.port {
         port = p;
     }
 
-    api::start(port).await?;
+    let pool = MySqlPool::connect(&std::env::var("DATABASE_URL").map_err(|_| {
+        anyhow::Error::msg("Environment variable DATABASE_URL needs to be specified!")
+    })?)
+    .await?;
+
+    api::start(port, pool).await?;
 
     Ok(())
 }