diff --git a/fablib.py b/fablib.py
index eac50e7..5fecc9e 100644
--- a/fablib.py
+++ b/fablib.py
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@ import os
 import hashlib
 
 import boto
+from markdown import markdown
 from flask import Flask, request, abort, redirect
 from flask.ext.restful import Resource, Api, reqparse
-from markdown import markdown
+from flask.ext.sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
+from werkzeug.security import generate_password_hash, check_password_hash
+
 
 BUCKET_NAME = os.environ['BUCKET_NAME']
 DATABASE_URL = os.environ['DATABASE_URL']
@@ -40,9 +43,11 @@ class Trunk(object):
         return text
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
-app.debug=True
+app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = DATABASE_URL
+app.debug = True
 api = Api(app)
 trunk = Trunk(BUCKET_NAME)
+db = SQLAlchemy(app)
 
 @app.route('/')
 def hello():
@@ -52,19 +57,60 @@ todos = {}
 todos['1'] = 'yo'
 
 
-_user = {
-    'name': 'kennethreitz',
-    'email': 'me@kennethreitz.com',
-    'password': 'xxxxx'
-}
+class BaseModel(object):
+    def save(self):
+        db.session.add(self)
+        return db.session.commit()
 
-_document = {
-    'name': 'kennethreitz',
-    'slug': 'emulators',
-    'text': '# Emulators\n\nGames are fun.',
-    'owner': 'kennethreitz'
-}
+class UserModel(db.Model, BaseModel):
+    __tablename__ = 'users'
+    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
+    email = db.Column(db.String(120), unique=True)
+    username = db.Column(db.String(80), unique=True)
+    password = db.Column(db.String(120), unique=False)
 
+    def __init__(self, username, email, password):
+        self.username = username
+        self.email = email
+        self.set_password(password)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return '<User %r>' % self.username
+
+    def set_password(self, password):
+        self.password = generate_password_hash(password)
+
+    def check_password(self, password):
+        return check_password_hash(self.password, password)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_username(username):
+        return UserModel.query.filter_by(username=username).first()
+
+class DocumentModel(db.Model, BaseModel):
+    __tablename__ = 'documents'
+    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
+    slug = db.Column(db.String(120))
+    content = db.Column(db.String(80), unique=False)
+    private = db.Column(db.Boolean, default=False)
+    owner_id = db.Column(db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('users.id'))
+    fork_of = db.Column(db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('documents.id'))
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return '<Document %r>' % self.id
+
+    @property
+    def forks(self):
+        return DocumentModel.query.filter_by(fork_of=self).all()
+
+    def set_content(self, data):
+        key = trunk.set(data)
+        self.content = key
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_keys(username, slug):
+        user = UserModel.from_username(username)
+        return DocumentModel.query.filter_by(owner_id=user.id, slug=slug).first()
 
 
 class UserProfile(Resource):
@@ -83,7 +129,15 @@ api.add_resource(UserProfile, '/<string:profile>')
 
 class Document(Resource):
     def get(self, profile, document):
-        return {'user': _user, 'document': _document}
+        u = UserModel.from_username(profile)
+        # d = UserModel.from_username(profile)
+        d = DocumentModel.from_keys(profile, document)
+        content = trunk.get(d.content)
+
+        user = {'username': u.username, 'email': u.email}
+        doc = {'text': content}
+
+        return {'user': user, 'document': doc}
 
     def put(self, profile, document):
         todos[profile] = request.form['data']
diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0ff18b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from flask.ext.script import Manager
+
+from fablib import app, db
+
+
+manager = Manager(app)
+
+@manager.command
+def syncdb():
+    """Initializes the database."""
+    db.create_all()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    manager.run()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 59833ef..863fc69 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Flask==0.10.1
 Flask-RESTful==0.2.5
 Flask-SQLAlchemy==1.0
+Flask-Script==0.6.2
 Jinja2==2.7.1
 Markdown==2.3.1
 MarkupSafe==0.18