diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index aaabde3..8814592 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -3,56 +3,43 @@
 
 # TODO Hacking around the Qt problems
 # TODO PyPI package not in nixpkgs
-
-
 {
   description = "Python development environment";
-
   inputs = {
-
-    # Version pinning is managed in flake.lock. Upgrading can be done with
-    # something like
-    #
-    #    nix flake lock --update-input nixpkgs
-
     nixpkgs     .url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-22.05";
     flake-utils .url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
     flake-compat = {
       url = "github:edolstra/flake-compat";
       flake = false;
     };
-
   };
 
   outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils, ... }:
-
     # Option 1: try to support each default system
     flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem # NB Some packages in nixpkgs are not supported on some systems
-
       # Option 2: try to support selected systems
       # flake-utils.lib.eachSystem ["x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" "aarch64-linux" "x86_64-darwin"]
       (system:
-
         let
           pkgs = import nixpkgs {
             inherit system;
             # Any overlays you need can go here
             overlays = [ ];
           };
-
           # ----- A Python interpreter with the packages that interest us -------
           python-with-all-my-packages = (python:
-            (python.withPackages (ps: [
-              ps.pytest
-              ps.fastapi
+            (python.withPackages (ps: with ps; [
+              pytest
+              fastapi
+              uvicorn
+              sqlalchemy
+              psycopg2
             ])));
-
         in
         rec {
 
           #devShell = self.devShells.${ system }.python310; # does not need `rec`
           devShell = devShells.python310;
-
           devShells =
             builtins.listToAttrs (
               builtins.map
@@ -62,24 +49,23 @@
                     value = pkgs.mkShell {
                       buildInputs = [
                         (python-with-all-my-packages pkgs.${ pythonVersion })
-                        pkgs.just
-                        pkgs.cowsay
                       ];
                       packages = [
                         pkgs.python3Packages.python-lsp-server
-                        pkgs.lolcat
-                        pkgs.exa
+                        pkgs.postgresql
                       ];
                       shellHook =
                         ''
-                          export PS1="${pythonVersion} devshell> "
-                          alias foo='cowsay Foo'
-                          alias bar='exa -l | lolcat'
-                          alias baz='cowsay What is the difference between buildIntputs and packages? | lolcat'
+                          export PGDATA=$PWD/postgres_data
+                          export PGHOST=$PWD/postgres
+                          export LOG_PATH=$PWD/postgres/LOG
+                          export PGDATABASE=dustforce
+                          export DATABASE_URL="postgresql:///postgres?host=$PGHOST"
+                          ./start.sh
                         '';
                     };
                   }
-                ) [ "python37" "python38" "python39" "python310" ]
+                ) [ "python310" ]
             );
         }
       );
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23a129d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+from typing import List
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+app = FastAPI()
+engine = create_engine('postgresql://postgres?host=/home/anish/usr/df-web/postgres/')
+conn = engine.connect()
+
+
+class Vector3(BaseModel):
+    x: float
+    y: float
+    z: float
+
+
+class Route(BaseModel):
+    id: str
+    creatorName: str
+    # dustPoints: List[Vector3]
+    checkpoints: List[Vector3]
+    startLocation: Vector3
+    # endLocation: Vector3
+    # creationDate: str
+
+
+@app.get("/route")
+async def get_route():
+    select = "SELECT * FROM routes"
+    result = engine.execute(select)
+    for route in result:
+        print(route)
+    return {'message': "Woodley's world"}
+
+
+@app.post("/route")
+async def post_route(route: Route):
+    as_dict = route.dict()
+    columns = ", ".join(list(as_dict.keys()))
+    # TODO this is fucked lol
+    # was trying to turn it into a string i could use to insert
+    # but that's not going so great because we have nested arrays
+    # but it basically means I need to add "ARRAY" before array values
+    # or use the ORM as god intended...
+    # Ugh, oop strikes again lol
+    rows = str(list(as_dict.values()))[1:-1]
+    insert = f"INSERT INTO routes ({columns}) VALUES ({rows}))"
+    engine.execute(insert)
+    return
diff --git a/setup-postgres.sh b/setup-postgres.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1c7278e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup-postgres.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+# Run on the first time configuring database
+if [ ! -d $PGHOST ]; then
+      mkdir -p $PGHOST
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d $PGDATA ]; then
+      echo 'Initializing postgresql database...'
+      initdb $PGDATA --auth=trust >/dev/null
+fi
+
+pg_ctl start -l $LOG_PATH -o "-c listen_addresses= -c unix_socket_directories=$PGHOST"
+
+# TODO move to alembic migrations
+psql $PGDATABASE << EOF
+CREATE TABLE routes ( \
+	creatorName text,
+	dustPoints float[],
+	checkPoints float[],
+	startLocation float,
+	endLocation float,
+	createDate text
+);
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9c13419
--- /dev/null
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+if [ ! -f "$PGHOST/.s.PGSQL.*" ]; then
+  pg_ctl start -l $LOG_PATH -o "-c listen_addresses= -c unix_socket_directories=$PGHOST"
+fi
+if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+  echo 'You need to run ./setup-postgres.sh'
+fi
+
+# uvicorn main:app --reload --host 0.0.0.0 &