diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 78953a9..a150e9d 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -1,8 +1,35 @@
-from flask import Flask, render_template
+from flask import Flask, render_template, g
+import sqlite3
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
+DATABASE = 'workout.db'
+
+
+def get_db():
+    db = getattr(g, '_database', None)
+    if db is None:
+        db = g._database = sqlite3.connect(DATABASE)
+    db.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
+    return db
+
+
+def query_db(query, args=(), one=False):
+    cur = get_db().execute(query, args)
+    rv = cur.fetchall()
+    cur.close()
+    return (rv[0] if rv else None) if one else rv
+
 
 @app.route("/")
 def hello_world():
+    rows = query_db('select * from TopSet')
+    print(rows[0]['TopSetId'])
     return render_template('index.html', name='peter')
+
+
+@app.teardown_appcontext
+def close_connection(exception):
+    db = getattr(g, '_database', None)
+    if db is not None:
+        db.close()