diff --git a/config/default.json b/config/default.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d70d76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/default.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "database": {
+    "driver": "sqlite",
+    "connection_string": "data/overseer.db"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/data/.gitkeep b/data/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index de4a594..f904326 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
       "version": "0.1.0",
       "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
       "dependencies": {
+        "config": "^3.3.8",
         "express": "^4.18.2",
         "sequelize": "^6.25.3",
         "sqlite3": "^5.1.2",
@@ -1041,6 +1042,17 @@
         "typedarray": "^0.0.6"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/config": {
+      "version": "3.3.8",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/config/-/config-3.3.8.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-rFzF6VESOdp7wAXFlB9IOZI4ouL05g3A03v2eRcTHj2JBQaTNJ40zhAUl5wRbWHqLZ+uqp/7OE0BWWtAVgrong==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "json5": "^2.2.1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 10.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/console-control-strings": {
       "version": "1.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/console-control-strings/-/console-control-strings-1.1.0.tgz",
@@ -2745,6 +2757,17 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "node_modules/json5": {
+      "version": "2.2.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json5/-/json5-2.2.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1hqLFMSrGHRHxav9q9gNjJ5EXznIxGVO09xQRrwplcS8qs28pZ8s8hupZAmqDwZUmVZ2Qb2jnyPOWcDH8m8dlA==",
+      "bin": {
+        "json5": "lib/cli.js"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=6"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/just-debounce": {
       "version": "1.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/just-debounce/-/just-debounce-1.1.0.tgz",
@@ -7022,6 +7045,14 @@
         "typedarray": "^0.0.6"
       }
     },
+    "config": {
+      "version": "3.3.8",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/config/-/config-3.3.8.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-rFzF6VESOdp7wAXFlB9IOZI4ouL05g3A03v2eRcTHj2JBQaTNJ40zhAUl5wRbWHqLZ+uqp/7OE0BWWtAVgrong==",
+      "requires": {
+        "json5": "^2.2.1"
+      }
+    },
     "console-control-strings": {
       "version": "1.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/console-control-strings/-/console-control-strings-1.1.0.tgz",
@@ -8389,6 +8420,11 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "json5": {
+      "version": "2.2.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json5/-/json5-2.2.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1hqLFMSrGHRHxav9q9gNjJ5EXznIxGVO09xQRrwplcS8qs28pZ8s8hupZAmqDwZUmVZ2Qb2jnyPOWcDH8m8dlA=="
+    },
     "just-debounce": {
       "version": "1.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/just-debounce/-/just-debounce-1.1.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d61b95a..e8f3d6a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     "sass": "^1.55.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "config": "^3.3.8",
     "express": "^4.18.2",
     "sequelize": "^6.25.3",
     "sqlite3": "^5.1.2",
diff --git a/src/models/index.js b/src/models/index.js
index 41468ee..8db56ce 100644
--- a/src/models/index.js
+++ b/src/models/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+const dbConfig = require('config').get('database');
 const Sequelize = require("sequelize");
-const sequelize = new Sequelize('sqlite::memory:');
+
+const sequelize = new Sequelize({
+  dialect: dbConfig.get('driver'),
+  storage: dbConfig.get('connection_string')
+});
 
 const db = {};