diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d966102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# This file is solely used by Diesel
+DATABASE_URL=postgres://hilde:hilde@localhost/hilde
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 267150d..9ec71b8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
  "diesel_derives",
  "pq-sys",
+ "r2d2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -199,6 +200,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "diesel_migrations"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bf3cde8413353dc7f5d72fa8ce0b99a560a359d2c5ef1e5817ca731cd9008f4c"
+dependencies = [
+ "migrations_internals",
+ "migrations_macros",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "discard"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -222,9 +233,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "figment"
-version = "0.10.5"
+version = "0.10.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0ca029e813a72b7526d28273d25f3e4a2f365d1b7a1018a6f93ec9053a119763"
+checksum = "790b4292c72618abbab50f787a477014fe15634f96291de45672ce46afe122df"
 dependencies = [
  "atomic",
  "pear",
@@ -391,9 +402,9 @@ checksum = "d7afe4a420e3fe79967a00898cc1f4db7c8a49a9333a29f8a4bd76a253d5cd04"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
-version = "0.1.18"
+version = "0.1.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "322f4de77956e22ed0e5032c359a0f1273f1f7f0d79bfa3b8ffbc730d7fbcc5c"
+checksum = "62b467343b94ba476dcb2500d242dadbb39557df889310ac77c5d99100aaac33"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
@@ -403,7 +414,9 @@ name = "hilde"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "diesel",
+ "diesel_migrations",
  "rocket",
+ "rocket_sync_db_pools",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -545,6 +558,27 @@ version = "2.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b16bd47d9e329435e309c58469fe0791c2d0d1ba96ec0954152a5ae2b04387dc"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "migrations_internals"
+version = "1.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b4fc84e4af020b837029e017966f86a1c2d5e83e64b589963d5047525995860"
+dependencies = [
+ "diesel",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "migrations_macros"
+version = "1.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9753f12909fd8d923f75ae5c3258cae1ed3c8ec052e1b38c93c21a6d157f789c"
+dependencies = [
+ "migrations_internals",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mime"
 version = "0.3.16"
@@ -675,9 +709,9 @@ checksum = "d4fd5641d01c8f18a23da7b6fe29298ff4b55afcccdf78973b24cf3175fee32e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
-version = "0.2.6"
+version = "0.2.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dc0e1f259c92177c30a4c9d177246edd0a3568b25756a977d0632cf8fa37e905"
+checksum = "8d31d11c69a6b52a174b42bdc0c30e5e11670f90788b2c471c31c1d17d449443"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-utils"
@@ -743,6 +777,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "r2d2"
+version = "0.8.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "545c5bc2b880973c9c10e4067418407a0ccaa3091781d1671d46eb35107cb26f"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "scheduled-thread-pool",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -785,9 +830,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
-version = "0.2.8"
+version = "0.2.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "742739e41cd49414de871ea5e549afb7e2a3ac77b589bcbebe8c82fab37147fc"
+checksum = "5ab49abadf3f9e1c4bc499e8845e152ad87d2ad2d30371841171169e9d75feee"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
@@ -903,6 +948,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "uncased",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rocket_sync_db_pools"
+version = "0.1.0-rc.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "38cfdfebd552d075c368e641c88a5cd6ce1c58c5c710548aeb777abb48830f4b"
+dependencies = [
+ "diesel",
+ "r2d2",
+ "rocket",
+ "rocket_sync_db_pools_codegen",
+ "serde",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rocket_sync_db_pools_codegen"
+version = "0.1.0-rc.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5267808c094db5366e1d8925aaf9f2ce05ff9b3bd92cb18c7040a1fe219c2e25"
+dependencies = [
+ "devise",
+ "quote",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc_version"
 version = "0.2.3"
@@ -924,6 +993,15 @@ version = "1.0.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "71d301d4193d031abdd79ff7e3dd721168a9572ef3fe51a1517aba235bd8f86e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "scheduled-thread-pool"
+version = "0.2.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dc6f74fd1204073fa02d5d5d68bec8021be4c38690b61264b2fdb48083d0e7d7"
+dependencies = [
+ "parking_lot",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "scoped-tls"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -1021,9 +1099,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "spin"
-version = "0.9.0"
+version = "0.9.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b87bbf98cb81332a56c1ee8929845836f85e8ddd693157c30d76660196014478"
+checksum = "f5fdd7196b4ae35a111c6dc97f9cc152ca3ea8ad744f7cb46a9f27b3ef8f2f54"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stable-pattern"
@@ -1045,9 +1123,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "state"
-version = "0.5.1"
+version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0b54c22963194db84a59ee48e1fa9ed6c1fa9909ad5db92a700aa6fe956d632b"
+checksum = "87cf4f5369e6d3044b5e365c9690f451516ac8f0954084622b49ea3fde2f6de5"
 dependencies = [
  "loom",
 ]
@@ -1166,9 +1244,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.7.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c79ba603c337335df6ba6dd6afc38c38a7d5e1b0c871678439ea973cd62a118e"
+checksum = "5fb2ed024293bb19f7a5dc54fe83bf86532a44c12a2bb8ba40d64a4509395ca2"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
  "bytes",
@@ -1303,9 +1381,9 @@ checksum = "8ccb82d61f80a663efe1f787a51b16b5a51e3314d6ac365b08639f52387b33f3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vcpkg"
-version = "0.2.14"
+version = "0.2.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "70455df2fdf4e9bf580a92e443f1eb0303c390d682e2ea817312c9e81f8c3399"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 906e147..6e66641 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,3 +9,9 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 rocket = "0.5.0-rc.1"
 diesel = { version = "1.4.7", features = ["postgres"] }
+diesel_migrations = "1.4.0"
+
+[dependencies.rocket_sync_db_pools]
+version = "0.1.0-rc.1"
+default_features = false
+features = ["diesel_postgres_pool"]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index be507fd..ffd9238 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ lint:
 	@ cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings
 .PHONY: lint
 
+format:
+	@ cargo fmt
+.PHONY: format
+
 
 # =====DATABASE STUFF=====
 db:
@@ -32,6 +36,7 @@ db:
 		-v hilde_db-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data \
 		-e POSTGRES_USER=hilde \
 		-e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=hilde \
+		-e POSTGRES_DB=hilde \
 		--name hilde_db \
 		-p 5432:5432 \
 		postgres:13-alpine
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7753b10..7491eaa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
 # hilde
 
-A server implementation of a Debian repository.
\ No newline at end of file
+A server implementation of a Debian repository.
+
+## Development
+
+To develop this project, you'll need a few things:
+
+* Docker (for setting up the database)
+* Cargo & Rust stable (all hail Rocket v0.5)
+* The PostgreSQL dev libraries (to compile Diesel)
+
+That's the ones I can think of right now. If I think of any others, I'll be
+sure to add them to the list.
+
+For ease of development, there's a Makefile wrapper that can do everything you
+need to do to work on Hilde. I recommend reading through it (it's not long),
+but the important ones are `make` & `make run`, which are just Cargo aliases,
+and `make db`, which starts a local PostgreSQL database using Docker.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Rocket.toml b/Rocket.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9390626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Rocket.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[debug.databases]
+postgres_hilde = { url = "postgres://hilde:hilde@localhost/hilde" }
diff --git a/diesel.toml b/diesel.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92267c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diesel.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# For documentation on how to configure this file,
+# see diesel.rs/guides/configuring-diesel-cli
+
+[print_schema]
+file = "src/schema.rs"
diff --git a/migrations/.gitkeep b/migrations/.gitkeep
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/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e7a11a9..5db0513 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,34 @@
-fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate rocket;
+
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate diesel_migrations;
+
+use rocket::{fairing::AdHoc, Build, Rocket};
+use rocket_sync_db_pools::{database, diesel};
+
+embed_migrations!();
+
+#[database("postgres_hilde")]
+struct HildeDbConn(diesel::PgConnection);
+
+async fn run_db_migrations(rocket: Rocket<Build>) -> Result<Rocket<Build>, Rocket<Build>> {
+    let conn = HildeDbConn::get_one(&rocket)
+        .await
+        .expect("database connection");
+    conn.run(|c| match embedded_migrations::run(c) {
+        Ok(()) => Ok(rocket),
+        Err(_) => Err(rocket),
+    })
+    .await
+}
+
+#[launch]
+fn rocket() -> _ {
+    rocket::build()
+        .attach(HildeDbConn::fairing())
+        .attach(AdHoc::try_on_ignite(
+            "Run database migrations",
+            run_db_migrations,
+        ))
 }