diff --git a/snippetbox/cmd/web/main.go b/snippetbox/cmd/web/main.go
index bfa4870..818448b 100644
--- a/snippetbox/cmd/web/main.go
+++ b/snippetbox/cmd/web/main.go
@@ -1,25 +1,37 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"database/sql"
 	"flag"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
+
+	"gitea.wagshome.duckdns.org/nathan/golearn/internal/models"
+	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
 )
 
 type application struct {
 	errorLog *log.Logger
 	infoLog  *log.Logger
+	snippets *models.SnippetModel
 }
 
 func main() {
 	addr := flag.String("addr", ":4000", "HTTP network address")
+	dsn := flag.String("dsn", "web:pass@/snippetbox?parseTime=true", "MySQL data source name")
 	flag.Parse()
 	infoLog := log.New(os.Stdout, "INFO\t", log.Ldate|log.Ltime)
 	errorLog := log.New(os.Stderr, "ERROR\t", log.Ldate|log.Ltime|log.Lshortfile)
+	db, err := openDB(*dsn)
+	if err != nil {
+		errorLog.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
 	app := &application{
 		errorLog: errorLog,
 		infoLog:  infoLog,
+		snippets: &models.SnippetModel{DB: db},
 	}
 
 	srv := &http.Server{
@@ -28,6 +40,17 @@ func main() {
 		Handler:  app.routes(),
 	}
 	infoLog.Printf("Starting server on %s", *addr)
-	err := srv.ListenAndServe()
+	err = srv.ListenAndServe()
 	errorLog.Fatal(err)
 }
+
+func openDB(dsn string) (*sql.DB, error) {
+	db, err := sql.Open("mysql", dsn)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if err = db.Ping(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return db, nil
+}
diff --git a/snippetbox/cmd/web/routes.go b/snippetbox/cmd/web/routes.go
index aa89d39..440708a 100644
--- a/snippetbox/cmd/web/routes.go
+++ b/snippetbox/cmd/web/routes.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import "net/http"
 
-func (app *application) routes() *http.ServerMux {
+func (app *application) routes() *http.ServeMux {
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
 	fileServer := http.FileServer(http.Dir("./ui/static/"))
 	mux.Handle("/static", http.StripPrefix("/static", fileServer))
diff --git a/snippetbox/go.mod b/snippetbox/go.mod
index 56729d7..2540843 100644
--- a/snippetbox/go.mod
+++ b/snippetbox/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 module gitea.wagshome.duckdns.org/nathan/golearn
 
 go 1.20
+
+require github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.1 // indirect
diff --git a/snippetbox/go.sum b/snippetbox/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd7ae07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippetbox/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.1 h1:lUIinVbN1DY0xBg0eMOzmmtGoHwWBbvnWubQUrtU8EI=
+github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.1/go.mod h1:OXbVy3sEdcQ2Doequ6Z5BW6fXNQTmx+9S1MCJN5yJMI=
diff --git a/snippetbox/internal/models/snippets.go b/snippetbox/internal/models/snippets.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f1ca71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippetbox/internal/models/snippets.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package models
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type Snippet struct {
+	ID      int
+	Title   string
+	Content string
+	Created time.Time
+	Expires time.Time
+}
+
+type SnippetModel struct {
+	DB *sql.DB
+}
+
+func (m *SnippetModel) Insert(title string, content string, expires int) (int, error) {
+	return 0, nil
+}
+
+func (m *SnippetModel) Get(id int) (*Snippet, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (m *SnippetModel) Latest() ([]*Snippet, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}