diff --git a/cmd/add.go b/cmd/add.go
index f1f44c6..dfed21a 100644
--- a/cmd/add.go
+++ b/cmd/add.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"errors"
 
-	"github.com/gookit/goutil/dump"
+	db "github.com/lewissteele/dbat/internal"
 	"github.com/manifoldco/promptui"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ func run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		results = append(results, result)
 	}
 
-	dump.P(results)
+	host, username, password := results[0], results[1], results[2]
+
+	db.SaveConnection(host, username, password)
 }
 
 func isNotBlank(val string) error {
diff --git a/internal/db.go b/internal/db.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2968a83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/db.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package db
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/lewissteele/dbat/internal/model"
+	"gorm.io/driver/sqlite"
+	"gorm.io/gorm"
+	"gorm.io/gorm/logger"
+)
+
+var localDB *gorm.DB
+
+func SaveConnection(host string, username string, password string) {
+	localDB.Create(&model.Database{Host: "localhost", Username: "root", Password: ""})
+}
+
+func init() {
+	configHome := os.Getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")
+
+	if len(configHome) == 0 {
+		configHome = filepath.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), ".config")
+	}
+
+	path := filepath.Join(configHome, "dbat/dbat.db")
+	conn, err := gorm.Open(sqlite.Open(path), &gorm.Config{
+		Logger: logger.Default.LogMode(logger.Silent),
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("could not connect to sqlite db")
+	}
+
+	conn.AutoMigrate(&model.Database{})
+
+	localDB = conn
+}
diff --git a/internal/model/database.go b/internal/model/database.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79b8df5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/model/database.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package model
+
+import "gorm.io/gorm"
+
+type Database struct {
+	gorm.Model
+	Host string
+	Username string
+	Password string
+}