diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 313e749..2e32105 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ENV GOCACHE=/root/.cache/go-build
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target="/root/.cache/go-build" CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -o rapid-go .
 
 # Stage 2: Final stage
-FROM alpine:edge
+FROM alpine:edge as server
 
 # Set the working directory
 WORKDIR /app
diff --git a/Tiltfile b/Tiltfile
index f7c612d..2926214 100644
--- a/Tiltfile
+++ b/Tiltfile
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+load('ext://helm_resource', 'helm_resource', 'helm_repo')
+
 deployment = local("cue export deploy/kube.cue -e deployment --out yaml")
 service = local("cue export deploy/kube.cue -e service --out yaml")
+migration = local("cue export deploy/kube.cue -T -e migration --out yaml")
 
 docker_build(
     'rapid-go',
@@ -7,5 +10,9 @@ docker_build(
     dockerfile='./Dockerfile',
 )
 
-k8s_yaml([deployment, service])
-k8s_resource(workload='api', port_forwards=32400)
\ No newline at end of file
+k8s_yaml([deployment, service, migration])
+k8s_resource(workload='api', port_forwards=32400)
+
+helm_repo('bitnami', 'https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami')
+helm_resource('postgresql', 'bitnami/postgresql', resource_deps=['bitnami'], flags=['--set=global.postgresql.auth.password=password'])
+k8s_resource(workload='postgresql', port_forwards=5432)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index e3bfbc5..e07daa1 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -16,14 +16,16 @@ limitations under the License.
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/bristolgolang/rapid-go/internal/server"
+	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
@@ -36,8 +38,25 @@ var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	// Uncomment the following line if your bare application
 	// has an action associated with it:
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		connStr := viper.GetString("postgres_connection_string")
+		slog.Info("connecting to database", slog.String("connection_string", connStr))
+		db, err := sql.Open("postgres", connStr)
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.Error("failed to connect to database", slog.String("error", err.Error()))
+			return err
+		}
+		defer db.Close()
+
+		err = db.PingContext(cmd.Context())
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.Error("failed to ping database", slog.String("error", err.Error()))
+			return err
+		}
+
+		s := server.NewServer(db)
+
 		router := http.NewServeMux()
-		router.Handle("GET /greet/{name}", loggingMiddleware(http.HandlerFunc(helloUser)))
+		router.Handle("GET /greet/{name}", loggingMiddleware(http.HandlerFunc(s.Greet)))
 		router.HandleFunc("GET /ready", ready)
 
 		server := &http.Server{
@@ -59,12 +78,6 @@ func loggingMiddleware(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	})
 }
 
-func helloUser(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	name := r.PathValue("name")
-	msg := fmt.Sprintf("Hello, %s!", name)
-	w.Write([]byte(msg))
-}
-
 func ready(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 }
@@ -88,7 +101,10 @@ func init() {
 	// when this action is called directly.
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolP("toggle", "t", false, "Help message for toggle")
 
+	viper.SetEnvPrefix("rapid_go")
 	viper.SetDefault("port", "32400")
+	viper.BindEnv("port")
+	viper.BindEnv("postgres_connection_string")
 }
 
 // initConfig reads in config file and ENV variables if set.
@@ -107,7 +123,8 @@ func initConfig() {
 		viper.SetConfigName(".rapid-go")
 	}
 
-	viper.AutomaticEnv() // read in environment variables that match
+	viper.SetEnvPrefix("rapid_go") // set environment variable prefix
+	viper.AutomaticEnv()           // read in environment variables that match
 
 	// If a config file is found, read it in.
 	if err := viper.ReadInConfig(); err == nil {
diff --git a/deploy/kube.cue b/deploy/kube.cue
index fc76303..2cee4e0 100644
--- a/deploy/kube.cue
+++ b/deploy/kube.cue
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ deployment: {
 				image: "rapid-go"
 				imagePullPolicy: "Never"
 				env: [{
-					name:  "PORT"
+					name:  "RAPID_GO_PORT"
 					value: #port
+				}, {
+					name:  "RAPID_GO_POSTGRES_CONNECTION_STRING"
+					value: "host=postgresql port=5432 user=postgres password=password dbname=postgres sslmode=disable"
 				}]
 				ports: [{
 					containerPort: strconv.Atoi(#port)
@@ -52,3 +55,43 @@ service: {
 		}]
 	}
 }
+
+#migration_labels: {
+	app: "rapid-go-migration"
+}
+
+#current_directory: string @tag(dir,var=cwd)
+
+migration: {
+	apiVersion: "batch/v1"
+	kind:       "Job"
+	metadata: {
+		name: "migration"
+		labels: #migration_labels
+	}
+	spec: {
+		template: {
+			metadata: labels: #migration_labels
+			spec: {
+				containers: [{
+					name:  "migrations"
+					image: "migrate/migrate"
+					imagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent"
+					args: ["-path=/migrations/", "-database", "postgres://postgres:password@postgresql:5432/postgres?sslmode=disable", "up"]
+					volumeMounts: [{
+						name: "migrations"
+						mountPath: "/migrations"
+					}]
+				}]
+				restartPolicy: "Never"
+				volumes: [{
+					name: "migrations"
+					hostPath: {
+						path: #current_directory + "/migrations"
+						type: "Directory"
+					}
+				}]
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 02f1b17..42fe11e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module github.com/bristolgolang/rapid-go
 go 1.22
 
 require (
+	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.2
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b6a7dcc..125fa41 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
+github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9 h1:YXG7RB+JIjhP29X+OtkiDnYaXQwpS4JEWq7dtCCRUEw=
+github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9/go.mod h1:AlVN5x4E4T544tWzH6hKfbfQvm3HdbOxrmggDNAPY9o=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7 h1:IeQXZAiQcpL9mgcAe1Nu6cX9LLw6ExEHKjN0VQdvPDY=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7/go.mod h1:Dhd985XPs7jluiymwWYZ0G4Z61jb3vdS329zhj2hYo0=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 h1:jeMsZIYE/09sWLaz43PL7Gy6RuMjD2eJVyuac5Z2hdY=
diff --git a/internal/server/server.go b/internal/server/server.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bc642e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/server/server.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+type server struct {
+	dbConn *sql.DB
+}
+
+func NewServer(dbConn *sql.DB) *server {
+	return &server{
+		dbConn: dbConn,
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *server) Greet(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	name := r.PathValue("name")
+
+	_, err := s.dbConn.ExecContext(r.Context(), "INSERT INTO users (name) VALUES ($1)", name)
+	if err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
+	}
+
+	msg := fmt.Sprintf("Hello, %s!", name)
+	w.Write([]byte(msg))
+}
diff --git a/migrations/000001_create_users_table.down.sql b/migrations/000001_create_users_table.down.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc1f647
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/000001_create_users_table.down.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DROP TABLE users;
diff --git a/migrations/000001_create_users_table.up.sql b/migrations/000001_create_users_table.up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c775404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/000001_create_users_table.up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+CREATE TABLE users (
+    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+    name TEXT NOT NULL
+);