diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index f4238cc..3aa5360 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ var http = require('http');
 var path = require('path');
 var favicon = require('static-favicon');
 var logger = require('morgan');
-// var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
 var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 
 var routes = require('./routes');
 var users = require('./routes/user');
 
+var db = require('./models');
+
 var app = express();
 
 app.use(favicon());
@@ -18,9 +19,6 @@ app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded());
 // app.use(cookieParser());
 app.use(app.router);
 
-app.get('/', routes.index);
-app.get('/users', users.list);
-
 /// catch 404 and forwarding to error handler
 app.use(function(req, res, next) {
     var err = new Error('Not Found');
@@ -52,4 +50,21 @@ app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
 
 module.exports = app;
 
-app.listen(3000);
+// routes
+app.get('/', routes.index);
+
+// database and start up
+db
+  .sequelize
+  .sync({ force: true })
+  .complete(function (err) {
+    if (err) {
+      throw err;
+    }
+
+    port = app.get('port') || 3000;
+
+    http.createServer(app).listen(port, function () {
+      console.log('Express server listening on port ' + port);
+    });
+  });
diff --git a/models/.index.js.swp b/models/.index.js.swp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4dabc8a
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diff --git a/models/index.js b/models/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47fe94e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Taken directly from Sequelize documentation
+
+var fs        = require('fs'),
+  path      = require('path'),
+  Sequelize = require('sequelize-sqlite').sequelize,
+  sqlite    = require('sequelize-sqlite').sqlite,
+  lodash    = require('lodash'),
+  db        = {};
+ 
+var sequelize = new Sequelize('database', 'username', null, {
+  dialect: 'sqlite',
+  storage: './luncho.sq'
+});
+
+fs
+  .readdirSync(__dirname)
+  .filter(function(file) {
+    return (file.indexOf('.') !== 0) && (file !== 'index.js');
+  })
+  .forEach(function(file) {
+    var model = sequelize.import(path.join(__dirname, file));
+    db[model.name] = model;
+  });
+ 
+Object.keys(db).forEach(function(modelName) {
+  if ('associate' in db[modelName]) {
+    db[modelName].associate(db);
+  }
+});
+ 
+module.exports = lodash.extend({
+  sequelize: sequelize,
+  Sequelize: Sequelize
+}, db);
diff --git a/models/users.js b/models/users.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa59a7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/users.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+module.exports = function(sequelize, DataTypes) {
+  var User = sequelize.define('User', {
+    username: DataTypes.STRING,
+    passhash: DataTypes.STRING,
+    token: DataTypes.STRING,    // this forces only one hash per user
+    issuedDate: DataTypes.DATE  // since tokens are one way only, we need to make sure the token is valid for today
+  }, {
+    classMethods: {
+    }
+  });
+ 
+  return User;
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 79dadb3..b8c0d58 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
     "static-favicon": "~1.0.0",
     "morgan": "~1.0.0",
     "body-parser": "~1.0.0",
-    "debug": "~0.7.4"
+    "debug": "~0.7.4",
+    "sequelize-sqlite": "",
+    "lodash": ""
   }
 }