diff --git a/app/crud.py b/app/crud.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b40f41a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/crud.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import bcrypt, time
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+from . import models, schemas
+
+
+def get_user(db: Session, user_id: int):
+	return db.query(models.User).filter(models.User.id == user_id).first()
+
+def del_user(db: Session, user_id: int):
+	db.query(models.User).filter(models.User.id == user_id).delete()
+	db.commit()
+	return
+
+def get_user_by_username(db: Session, name: str):
+	return db.query(models.User).filter(models.User.name == name).first()
+
+
+def get_users(db: Session, skip: int = 0, limit: int = 100):
+	return db.query(models.User).offset(skip).limit(limit).all()
+
+
+def create_user(db: Session, user: schemas.UserCreate):
+	h_et_s = bcrypt.hashpw(user.password.encode(), bcrypt.gensalt())
+	db_user = models.User(**user.dict())
+	db_user.name=user.name
+	db_user.password=h_et_s
+	db_user.created_unix = time.time()
+	db.add(db_user)
+	db.commit()
+	db.refresh(db_user)
+	return db_user
+
+
+def get_services(db: Session, skip: int = 0, limit: int = 100):
+	return db.query(models.Service).offset(skip).limit(limit).all()
+
+def create_service(db: Session, service: schemas.ServiceCreate):
+	db_item = models.Service(**service.dict())
+	""" inject updated+created times here """
+	db_item.updated_unix = time.time()
+	db_item.created_unix = time.time()
+	db.add(db_item)
+	db.commit()
+	db.refresh(db_item)
+	return db_item
+
diff --git a/app/database.py b/app/database.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e32fc2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/database.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
+from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
+
+SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = "sqlite:///./sql_app.db"
+
+engine = create_engine(
+	SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL, connect_args={"check_same_thread": False}
+)
+SessionLocal = sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)
+
+Base = declarative_base()
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index ea8e2d8..f4c7863 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -1,12 +1,67 @@
 # vim:fileencoding=utf-8:ft=python:foldmethod=marker
 # statuspage/app/main.py
 
-from fastapi import FastAPI
+from typing import List
 
+from fastapi import FastAPI, Depends, HTTPException
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+
+from . import crud, models, schemas
+from .database import SessionLocal, engine
+
+
+models.Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)
 
 app = FastAPI()
 
+def get_db():
+	db = SessionLocal()
+	try:
+		yield db
+	finally:
+		db.close()
+
+
+
 
 @app.get("/api/v1/ping")
 def pong():
 	return {"ping": "pong!"}
+
+@app.get("/api/v1/service/")
+async def read_services(skip: int = 0, limit: int = 100, db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
+	return crud.get_services(db, skip=skip, limit=limit)
+
+@app.post("/api/v1/service", response_model=schemas.Service)
+async def create_service(service: schemas.ServiceCreate, db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
+	return crud.create_service(db=db, service=service)
+
+
+@app.post("/api/v1/users", response_model=schemas.User)
+async def create_user(user: schemas.UserCreate, db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
+	db_user = crud.get_user_by_username(db, name=user.name)
+	if db_user:
+		raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="username already registered")
+	return crud.create_user(db=db, user=user)
+
+#  @app.get("/api/v1/users", response_model=List[schemas.User])
+@app.get("/api/v1/users")
+async def read_users(skip: int = 0, limit: int = 100, db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
+	return crud.get_users(db=db, skip=skip, limit=limit)
+
+@app.get("/api/v1/users/{user_id}", response_model=schemas.User)
+def read_user(user_id: int, db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
+	db_user = crud.get_user(db=db, user_id=user_id)
+	if db_user is None:
+		raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="User not found")
+	return db_user
+
+@app.delete("/api/v1/users/{user_id}")
+async def read_user(user_id: int, db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
+	db_user = crud.get_user(db=db, user_id=user_id)
+	if db_user is None:
+		raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="User not found")
+	crud.del_user(db=db, user_id=user_id)
+	return {"deletion":"successful"}
+
diff --git a/app/models.py b/app/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..367ca4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+from sqlalchemy import Boolean, Column, ForeignKey, Integer, String, Float
+from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
+
+from .database import Base
+
+class Service(Base):
+	__tablename__ = "service"
+
+	id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True, index=True)
+	name = Column(String, index=True)
+	is_private = Column(Boolean, default=True)
+	description = Column(String)
+	service_type = Column(Integer)
+	url = Column(String)
+	owner_id = Column(Integer, ForeignKey("user.id"), index=True)
+	is_active = Column(Boolean, default=True, index=True)
+	created_unix = Column(Float)
+	updated_unix = Column(Float)
+
+	user = relationship("User", back_populates="service")
+
+
+class User(Base):
+	__tablename__ = "user"
+
+	id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True, index=True)
+	name = Column(String, unique=True, index=True)
+	full_name = Column(String, index=True)
+	password = Column(String)
+	is_active = Column(Boolean, default=True, index=True)
+	created_unix = Column(Float)
+	last_login_unix = Column(Float)
+
+	service = relationship("Service", back_populates="user")
+
diff --git a/app/schemas.py b/app/schemas.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9dbcff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/schemas.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import time
+from typing import List, Optional
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+
+class ServiceBase(BaseModel):
+	name: str
+	is_private: bool = True
+	description: Optional[str] = None
+	service_type: int
+	url: str
+	owner_id: Optional[int] = None
+	is_active: bool = True
+	updated_unix: float
+
+class Service(BaseModel):
+	name: str
+	owner_id: int
+	is_active: bool = True
+	created_unix: float
+
+class ServiceCreate(ServiceBase):
+	pass
+
+class Service(ServiceBase):
+	owner_id: int
+
+	class Config:
+		orm_mode = True
+
+
+class UserBase(BaseModel):
+	name: str
+	full_name: Optional[str] = None
+	is_active: bool = True
+
+class User(BaseModel):
+	name: str
+	full_name: Optional[str] = None
+	is_active: bool = True
+	last_login_unix: float
+	created_unix: float
+
+class UserCreate(UserBase):
+	password: str
+
+class User(UserBase):
+	pass
+
+	class Config:
+		orm_mode = True
+
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 97dc7cd..434328f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 fastapi
 uvicorn
+pydantic
+sqlalchemy
+bcrypt