diff --git a/Program.cs b/Program.cs
index d0873c6..4f3ba64 100644
--- a/Program.cs
+++ b/Program.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-public class Program {
+public class Program {
     static void Main(string[] args) {
 
         Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
             return;
         }
 
+        Chksum.getBaseDir();
+
         Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
         switch (args[0]) {
             case "checksum":
@@ -46,6 +48,9 @@
 
                 Chksum.compareChecksums();
                 break;
+            case "createDB":
+                Chksum.initializeDB();
+                break;
             case "help":
                 PrintAvailableOptions();
                 break;
@@ -63,6 +68,7 @@
             "countmd5",
             "deletemd5",
             "compareChecksums",
+            "createDB",
             "help"
         };
 
diff --git a/chksum.cs b/chksum.cs
index 06af796..7cb4265 100644
--- a/chksum.cs
+++ b/chksum.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+using Microsoft.Data.Sqlite;
+
 // Go into folder
 // Check if any file is in there
 // If there is a file. Calculate md5sum > filename.md5
 // If there is no file. Repeat
+
 public class Chksum {
     
     // int getDirectoryCount() {
@@ -19,6 +22,30 @@ public class Chksum {
     //     return parentFolder;
     // }
 
+    public static string DatabaseRoot { get; set; }
+    public static void getBaseDir() {
+        DatabaseRoot = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
+    }
+    
+    public static void initializeDB() {
+        using (var connection = new SqliteConnection("Data Source=chksum.db")) {
+            connection.Open();
+
+            var command = connection.CreateCommand();
+            command.CommandText =
+            @"
+                CREATE TABLE file (
+                    filehash TEXT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+                    filename TEXT NOT NULL,
+                    pathtofile TEXT NOT NULL,
+                    artist TEXT,
+                    playbacklength INTEGER
+                );
+            ";
+            command.ExecuteNonQuery();
+        }
+    }
+
     private static string CalculateMD5(string filename) {
         using (var md5 = System.Security.Cryptography.MD5.Create()) {
             using (var stream = File.OpenRead(filename)) {
@@ -36,10 +63,24 @@ public class Chksum {
                 FileInfo[] files = dir.GetFiles();
                 foreach (FileInfo file in files) {
                     string fileName = file.Name;
-                    string fileNameWithoutExtension = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fileName);
-                    string checksumFile = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + "/" + fileNameWithoutExtension + ".md5";
-                    File.AppendAllText(checksumFile, CalculateMD5(fileName) + "  " + fileName);
-                    Console.WriteLine(checksumFile);
+                    string absolutePathToFile = Path.GetFullPath(fileName);
+                    string pathToFile = Path.GetRelativePath(DatabaseRoot, absolutePathToFile);
+                    string fileHash = CalculateMD5(fileName);
+
+                    using (var connection = new SqliteConnection("Data Source=" + DatabaseRoot + "chksum.db;Mode=ReadWrite")) {
+                        connection.Open();
+
+                        var command = connection.CreateCommand();
+                        command.CommandText =
+                        @"
+                            INSERT INTO file (filehash, filename, pathtofile)
+                            VALUES ($filehash, $filename, $pathtofile)
+                        ";
+                        command.Parameters.AddWithValue("$filehash", fileHash);
+                        command.Parameters.AddWithValue("$filename", fileName);
+                        command.Parameters.AddWithValue("$pathtofile", pathToFile);
+                        command.ExecuteNonQuery();
+                    }
                 }
             }
             doTheThing();
diff --git a/chksum.csproj b/chksum.csproj
index b19ce67..8090b43 100644
--- a/chksum.csproj
+++ b/chksum.csproj
@@ -11,4 +11,8 @@
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="7.0.8" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>