diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 57fb1434879e743256de069ce00e844c2c4dc68f..e83ee87cd07bbf09236557a4c3206aeb8001bc6f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ dependencies {
 	annotationProcessor 'org.projectlombok:lombok'
 	testImplementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test'
 	implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation'
-//	implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jdbc'
-//	implementation 'org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:2.1.2'
+	implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jdbc'
+	implementation 'org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:2.1.2'
 }
 
 tasks.named('bootBuildImage') {
diff --git a/clientUsers.db b/clientUsers.db
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0310bc11880ed24271bf932342496a0213c4e889
Binary files /dev/null and b/clientUsers.db differ
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 8b137891791fe96927ad78e64b0aad7bded08bdc..d7f55564959ed4314950c6ee0bc5de780fb84068 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mariadb://localhost:3306/rhys
+spring.datasource.username=root
+spring.datasource.password=comsc
+spring.sql.init.mode=always
diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/data.sql b/src/main/resources/templates/data.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6b7393c40a7270b6fe77a268b58ca0d44c4b4d66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/data.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+delete from rhys;
+insert into rhys (name, tel_number) values ( 'Ian', '111');
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/schema.sql b/src/main/resources/templates/schema.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0338f622247fb789c12ccb624befafb26f775181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/schema.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+drop table if exists rhys;
+create table if not exists rhys (
+    id bigint auto_increment primary key,
+    name varchar(128),
+    tel_number varchar(128)
+) engine=InnoDB;
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