diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea8c4bf..8766f8c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 /target
+/postgres
+.env
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8a476da..5183a31 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,58 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitflags"
+version = "2.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ed570934406eb16438a4e976b1b4500774099c13b8cb96eec99f620f05090ddf"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "byteorder"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "diesel"
+version = "2.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "62c6fcf842f17f8c78ecf7c81d75c5ce84436b41ee07e03f490fbb5f5a8731d8"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "byteorder",
+ "diesel_derives",
+ "itoa",
+ "pq-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "diesel_derives"
+version = "2.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ef8337737574f55a468005a83499da720f20c65586241ffea339db9ecdfd2b44"
+dependencies = [
+ "diesel_table_macro_syntax",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "diesel_table_macro_syntax"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fc5557efc453706fed5e4fa85006fe9817c224c3f480a34c7e5959fd700921c5"
+dependencies = [
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "dotenvy"
+version = "0.15.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1aaf95b3e5c8f23aa320147307562d361db0ae0d51242340f558153b4eb2439b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.10"
@@ -12,10 +64,21 @@ checksum = "b1a46d1a171d865aa5f83f92695765caa047a9b4cbae2cbf37dbd613a793fd4c"
 name = "nushtyu"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "diesel",
+ "dotenvy",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pq-sys"
+version = "0.4.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "31c0052426df997c0cbd30789eb44ca097e3541717a7b8fa36b1c464ee7edebd"
+dependencies = [
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.78"
@@ -87,3 +150,9 @@ name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3354b9ac3fae1ff6755cb6db53683adb661634f67557942dea4facebec0fee4b"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "vcpkg"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f529015..2abf9b4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
+diesel = { version = "2.1.0", features = ["postgres"] }
+dotenvy = "0.15"
diff --git a/diesel.toml b/diesel.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c028f4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diesel.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# For documentation on how to configure this file,
+# see https://diesel.rs/guides/configuring-diesel-cli
+
+[print_schema]
+file = "src/schema.rs"
+custom_type_derives = ["diesel::query_builder::QueryId"]
+
+[migrations_directory]
+dir = "migrations"
diff --git a/migrations/.keep b/migrations/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/migrations/00000000000000_diesel_initial_setup/down.sql b/migrations/00000000000000_diesel_initial_setup/down.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9f5260
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/00000000000000_diesel_initial_setup/down.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+-- This file was automatically created by Diesel to setup helper functions
+-- and other internal bookkeeping. This file is safe to edit, any future
+-- changes will be added to existing projects as new migrations.
+
+DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS diesel_manage_updated_at(_tbl regclass);
+DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS diesel_set_updated_at();
diff --git a/migrations/00000000000000_diesel_initial_setup/up.sql b/migrations/00000000000000_diesel_initial_setup/up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d68895b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/00000000000000_diesel_initial_setup/up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+-- This file was automatically created by Diesel to setup helper functions
+-- and other internal bookkeeping. This file is safe to edit, any future
+-- changes will be added to existing projects as new migrations.
+
+
+
+
+-- Sets up a trigger for the given table to automatically set a column called
+-- `updated_at` whenever the row is modified (unless `updated_at` was included
+-- in the modified columns)
+--
+-- # Example
+--
+-- ```sql
+-- CREATE TABLE users (id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, updated_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW());
+--
+-- SELECT diesel_manage_updated_at('users');
+-- ```
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION diesel_manage_updated_at(_tbl regclass) RETURNS VOID AS $$
+BEGIN
+    EXECUTE format('CREATE TRIGGER set_updated_at BEFORE UPDATE ON %s
+                    FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE diesel_set_updated_at()', _tbl);
+END;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION diesel_set_updated_at() RETURNS trigger AS $$
+BEGIN
+    IF (
+        NEW IS DISTINCT FROM OLD AND
+        NEW.updated_at IS NOT DISTINCT FROM OLD.updated_at
+    ) THEN
+        NEW.updated_at := current_timestamp;
+    END IF;
+    RETURN NEW;
+END;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
diff --git a/migrations/2024-02-18-103848_create_users/down.sql b/migrations/2024-02-18-103848_create_users/down.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf7e736
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/2024-02-18-103848_create_users/down.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-- This file should undo anything in `up.sql`
+DROP TABLE users
diff --git a/migrations/2024-02-18-103848_create_users/up.sql b/migrations/2024-02-18-103848_create_users/up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e310ed8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/2024-02-18-103848_create_users/up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+-- Your SQL goes here
+CREATE TABLE users (
+    id VARCHAR PRIMARY KEY,
+    name TEXT NOT NULL,
+    preferred_username TEXT NOT NULL,
+    following TEXT NOT NULL,
+    followers TEXT NOT NULL,
+    inbox TEXT NOT NULL,
+    outbox TEXT NOT NULL,
+    is_local boolean NOT NULL,
+    summary TEXT
+)
diff --git a/src/ap/mod.rs b/src/ap/mod.rs
index 9d255aa..c086e41 100644
--- a/src/ap/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ap/mod.rs
@@ -71,12 +71,10 @@ pub fn parse_activity(input: &String) -> Result<Object, String> {
                 Ok(successful_actor) => Ok(Object::Person(successful_actor)),
                 Err(error) => Err(format!("Error while trying to parse actor {}", error)),
             },
-            _ => {
-                return Err(format!(
-                    "Activity type {} not implemented",
-                    json_input.unwrap().activity_type
-                ));
-            }
+            _ => Err(format!(
+                "Activity type {} not implemented",
+                json_input.unwrap().activity_type
+            )),
         }
     } else {
         Err("Failed to parse json data".to_string())
diff --git a/src/db/helpers.rs b/src/db/helpers.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbd2c5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/helpers.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// use crate::schema::local_users;
+use crate::schema::users;
+use diesel::RunQueryDsl;
+use diesel::{self, Insertable, SelectableHelper};
+
+#[derive(Insertable)]
+#[diesel(table_name = users)]
+pub struct NewUser {
+    pub id: String,
+    pub name: String,
+    pub preferred_username: String,
+    pub following: String,
+    pub followers: String,
+    pub inbox: String,
+    pub outbox: String,
+    pub is_local: bool,
+    pub summary: Option<String>,
+}
+
+pub fn create_local_user(conn: &mut diesel::PgConnection, user: NewUser) {
+    diesel::insert_into(crate::schema::users::table)
+        .values(&user)
+        .returning(crate::db::User::as_returning())
+        .get_result(conn)
+        .expect("Error saving new post");
+}
diff --git a/src/db/mod.rs b/src/db/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9200429
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+use diesel::pg::PgConnection;
+use diesel::prelude::*;
+use dotenvy::dotenv;
+use std::env;
+pub mod helpers;
+
+pub fn establish_connection() -> PgConnection {
+    dotenv().ok();
+
+    let database_url = env::var("DATABASE_URL").expect("DATABASE_URL must be set");
+    PgConnection::establish(&database_url)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("Error connecting to {}", database_url))
+}
+
+#[derive(Queryable, Selectable)]
+#[diesel(table_name = crate::schema::users)]
+#[diesel(check_for_backend(diesel::pg::Pg))]
+pub struct User {
+    pub id: String,
+    pub name: String,
+    pub preferred_username: String,
+    pub following: String,
+    pub followers: String,
+    pub inbox: String,
+    pub outbox: String,
+    pub is_local: bool,
+    pub summary: Option<String>,
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6168b96..c945941 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
+use crate::db::helpers::{create_local_user, NewUser};
+
 mod ap;
+mod db;
+mod schema;
+
 fn main() {
-    println!("This does nothing look at ap/mod.rs and run cargo test to see it in action");
+    // println!("This does nothing look at ap/mod.rs and run cargo test to see it in action");
+
+    let connection = &mut db::establish_connection();
 }
diff --git a/src/schema.rs b/src/schema.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e3cb3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/schema.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// @generated automatically by Diesel CLI.
+
+diesel::table! {
+    users (id) {
+        id -> Varchar,
+        name -> Text,
+        preferred_username -> Text,
+        following -> Text,
+        followers -> Text,
+        inbox -> Text,
+        outbox -> Text,
+        is_local -> Bool,
+        summary -> Nullable<Text>,
+    }
+}