diff --git a/database.py b/database.py
index e69de29..267c87a 100644
--- a/database.py
+++ b/database.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import os
+import psycopg2
+
+DB_ADDRESS = os.environ['DB_ADDRESS']
+DB_USER = os.environ['DB_USER']
+DB_PASSWORD = os.environ['DB_PASSWORD']
+DB_NAME = os.environ['DB_NAME']
+
+
+class DBConnector:
+    """Context managed database class. Use with statements to automatically open and close the database connection, like
+    so:
+
+    .. code-block:: python
+       with DBConnector() as db:
+           db.read()
+    """
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self.conn = psycopg2.connect()
+        self.cur = self.conn.cursor()
+
+    def __exit__(self):
+        self.cur.close()
+        self.conn.close()
+
+    def _query(self, sql):
+        self.cur.execute(sql)
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 59c1021..10dce06 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ opencv-python
 pypdf2==2.12.1
 alive-progress
 requests
+psycopg2
 
 # Development
 matplotlib
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