diff --git a/src/db.c b/src/db.c
index 092f319..0ee076e 100644
--- a/src/db.c
+++ b/src/db.c
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sqlite3.h>
+
 #include "include/db.h"
 
+void setup_db(sqlite3* db)
+{
+	int err;
+	char* err_buf = 0;
 
+	err = sqlite3_exec(db,
+			"CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS books (id UNSIGNED INT PRIMARY KEY, \
+			title TEXT, subtitle TEXT, isbn TEXT, authors TEXT, subjects TEXT, \
+			langs TEXT, date_added TEXT, date_completed TEXT, pub_date TEXT, \
+			image_code TEXT, year_of_pub YEAR, page_len UNSIGNED INT);",
+			0, 0, &err_buf);
+	if (err != SQLITE_OK) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "sqlite3_exec: %s\n", err_buf);
+		sqlite3_free(err_buf);
+		sqlite3_close(db);
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/include/db.h b/src/include/db.h
index 75a2196..c9d7ab3 100644
--- a/src/include/db.h
+++ b/src/include/db.h
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#include <sqlite3.h>
+
 #ifndef DB_H
 #define DB_H
 
@@ -5,9 +7,11 @@ typedef struct {
 	char *title, *subtitle, *isbn;
 	char *authors, *subjects, *langs;
 	char *date_added, *pub_date;
-	char *image_url;
+	char *image_code;
 
 	int year_of_pub, page_len;
 } book_t;
 
+void setup_db(sqlite3* db);
+
 #endif