diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7aa58b8..37b72a8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 3
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
 version = "0.7.4"
@@ -256,6 +258,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "57adcf67c8faaf96f3248c2a7b419a0dbc52ebe36ba83dd57fe83827c1ea4eb3"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
+ "chrono",
  "fallible-iterator",
  "fallible-streaming-iterator",
  "hashlink",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 65c8883..f37c011 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 clap = "2"
 chrono = "0.4"
-rusqlite = "0.25.3"
+rusqlite = { version = "0.25.3", features = ["chrono"] }
 thiserror = "*"
 dirs = "*"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/src/commands/in.rs b/src/commands/in.rs
index cd8e1ff..45b23fc 100644
--- a/src/commands/in.rs
+++ b/src/commands/in.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,13 @@ use std::convert::TryFrom;
 use std::io::Write;
 
 use clap::ArgMatches;
+use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 
-use crate::{database::Database, error, types::Time, editor, commands::Command};
+use crate::database::Database;
+use crate::error;
+use crate::types::Time;
+use crate::editor;
+use crate::commands::Command;
 
 pub struct Args {
     at: Option<Time>,
@@ -58,7 +63,7 @@ mod tests {
             at: None,
             note: Some("hola".into()),
         };
-        let out = Vec::new();
+        let mut out = Vec::new();
 
         assert!(false, "there are no entries");
 
diff --git a/src/database.rs b/src/database.rs
index 0d6bdf8..6a48370 100644
--- a/src/database.rs
+++ b/src/database.rs
@@ -1,30 +1,80 @@
-use rusqlite::Connection;
+use std::path::Path;
 
-use crate::{types::Time, error};
+use rusqlite::{Connection, ToSql};
+use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
+
+use crate::error;
+use crate::models::{Entry, Meta};
+use crate::types::Time;
 
 pub trait Database {
-    fn entry_insert(&mut self, at: Time, note: String) -> error::Result<()>;
+    /// This is used to create tables and insert rows
+    fn execute(&mut self, query: &str, params: &[&dyn ToSql]) -> error::Result<()>;
+
+    /// And this is used to retrieve data
+    fn entry_query(&self, query: &str, params: &[&dyn ToSql]) -> error::Result<Vec<Entry>>;
+    fn meta_query(&self, query: &str, params: &[&dyn ToSql]) -> error::Result<Vec<Meta>>;
+
+    fn entries_by_sheet(&mut self, sheet: String) -> error::Result<Vec<Entry>> {
+        self.entry_query("some".into(), &[])
+    }
+
+    fn entry_insert(&mut self, at: Time, note: String) -> error::Result<()> {
+        self.execute("", &[])
+    }
 }
 
 pub struct SqliteDatabase {
+    connection:  Connection,
 }
 
 impl SqliteDatabase {
     pub fn from_memory() -> error::Result<impl Database> {
         Ok(SqliteDatabase {
+            connection: Connection::open_in_memory()?,
         })
     }
 
-    pub fn from_path(path: &str) -> error::Result<impl Database> {
-        let conn = Connection::open(path)?;
-
+    pub fn from_path<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> error::Result<impl Database> {
         Ok(SqliteDatabase {
+            connection: Connection::open(path)?,
         })
     }
 }
 
 impl Database for SqliteDatabase {
-    fn entry_insert(&mut self, at: Time, note: String) -> error::Result<()> {
-        unimplemented!()
+    fn execute(&mut self, query: &str, params: &[&dyn ToSql]) -> error::Result<()> {
+        self.connection.execute(query, params)?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn entry_query(&self, query: &str, params: &[&dyn ToSql]) -> error::Result<Vec<Entry>> {
+        let mut stmt = self.connection.prepare(query)?;
+
+        let results = stmt.query_map([], |row| {
+            let x = Ok(Entry {
+                id: row.get("id")?,
+                note: row.get("note")?,
+                start: row.get("start")?,
+                end: row.get("end")?,
+                sheet: row.get("sheet")?,
+            });
+
+            x})?.filter_map(|r| r.ok()).collect();
+
+        Ok(results)
+    }
+
+    fn meta_query(&self, query: &str, params: &[&dyn ToSql]) -> error::Result<Vec<Meta>> {
+        let mut stmt = self.connection.prepare(query)?;
+
+        let results = stmt.query_map([], |row| Ok(Meta {
+            id: row.get("id")?,
+            key: row.get("key")?,
+            value: row.get("value")?,
+        }))?.filter_map(|r| r.ok()).collect();
+
+        Ok(results)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 0511f81..523e754 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ pub enum Error {
 
     #[error("Couldn't parse yaml file at: {path}\nwith error: {error}")]
     YamlError{ path: PathBuf, error: serde_yaml::Error},
+
+    #[error("Could not parse datetime: {0}")]
+    DateTimeParseError(#[from] chrono::format::ParseError),
 }
 
 pub type Result<T> = result::Result<T, Error>;
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 80706b8..973cd6f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ pub mod config;
 pub mod editor;
 pub mod formatters;
 pub mod error;
+pub mod models;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 53cdac4..b3ba77e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ use tiempo::commands::{ Command, r#in::InCommand, display::DisplayCommand, };
 fn error_trap(matches: ArgMatches) -> error::Result<()> {
     let config = Config::read()?;
 
-    dbg!(config);
-
-    let mut conn = SqliteDatabase::from_path("db.sqlite3")?;
+    let mut conn = SqliteDatabase::from_path(config.database_file)?;
     let mut out = io::stdout();
 
     match matches.subcommand() {
diff --git a/src/models.rs b/src/models.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..948e87b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/models.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
+
+pub struct Entry {
+    pub id: u64,
+    pub note: String,
+    pub start: DateTime<Utc>,
+    pub end: DateTime<Utc>,
+    pub sheet: String,
+}
+
+pub struct Meta {
+    pub id: u64,
+    pub key: String,
+    pub value: String,
+}