diff --git a/node/db.js b/node/db.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b91fd7a79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node/db.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/**
+ * 2011 Peter 'Pita' Martischka
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS-IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+var ueberDB = require("ueberDB");
+var settings = require("./settings");
+
+//set database settings
+var db = new ueberDB.database(settings.dbType, settings.dbSettings);
+
+//set the exported db to null, we will set it in intalize
+exports.db = null;
+
+exports.init = function(callback)
+{
+  //initalize the database async
+  db.init(function(err)
+  {
+    //there was an error while initializing the database, output it and stop 
+    if(err)
+    {
+      console.error("ERROR: Problem while initalizing the database");
+      console.error(err.stack ? err.stack : err);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+    //everything ok
+    else
+    {
+      exports.db = db;  
+      callback(null);
+    }
+  });
+}
diff --git a/node/server.js b/node/server.js
index 731f6b63b..1787cd64b 100644
--- a/node/server.js
+++ b/node/server.js
@@ -17,50 +17,91 @@
 var http = require('http')
   , url = require('url')
   , fs = require('fs')
-  , io = require('socket.io')
+  , socketio = require('socket.io')
   , sys = require('sys')
   , settings = require('./settings')
-  , server;
+  , db = require('./db')
+  , async = require('async');
 
-server = http.createServer(function(req, res){
-  var path = url.parse(req.url).pathname;
+async.waterfall([
+  function (callback)
+  {
+    db.init(callback);
+  },
+  function (callback)
+  {
+    db.db.set("a","test");
+    db.db.get("a", function(err,value){
+      console.error(value);
+    })
   
-  if(path.substring(0,"/static".length) == "/static" || path.substring(0,"/p/".length) == "/p/")
-  {
-    if(path.substring(0,"/p/".length) == "/p/")
-    {
-      if(path.length < 7)
+    var server = http.createServer(function(req, res){
+      var path = url.parse(req.url).pathname;
+      
+      if(path.substring(0,"/static".length) == "/static" || path.substring(0,"/p/".length) == "/p/")
+      {
+        if(path.substring(0,"/p/".length) == "/p/")
+        {
+          if(path.length < 7)
+            send404(res, path);
+        
+          path = "/static/padhtml";
+        }
+        
+        sendFile(res, path, __dirname + "/.." + path);
+      }
+      else if(path == "/")
+      {
+        sendRedirect(res, path, "/p/test");
+      }
+      else if(path == "/newpad")
+      {
+        sendRedirect(res, path, "/p/" + randomPadName());
+      }
+      else if(path == "/ep/pad/reconnect")
+      {
+        if(req.headers.referer != null)
+          sendRedirect(res, path, req.headers.referer);
+        else
+          send404(res, path);
+      }
+      else
+      {
         send404(res, path);
-    
-      path = "/static/padhtml";
-    }
-    
-    sendFile(res, path, __dirname + "/.." + path);
-  }
-  else if(path == "/")
-  {
-    sendRedirect(res, path, "/p/test");
-  }
-  else if(path == "/newpad")
-  {
-    sendRedirect(res, path, "/p/" + randomPadName());
-  }
-  else if(path == "/ep/pad/reconnect")
-  {
-    if(req.headers.referer != null)
-      sendRedirect(res, path, req.headers.referer);
-    else
-      send404(res, path);
-  }
-  else
-  {
-    send404(res, path);
-  }
-});
-server.listen(settings.port);
-console.log("Server is listening at port 9001");
+      }
+    });
 
-function randomPadName() {
+    server.listen(settings.port);
+    console.log("Server is listening at port " + settings.port);
+
+    var io = socketio.listen(server);
+    var messageHandler = require("./MessageHandler");
+    messageHandler.setSocketIO(io);
+
+    io.on('connection', function(client){
+      try{
+        messageHandler.handleConnect(client);
+      }catch(e){errorlog(e);}
+      
+      client.on('message', function(message){
+        try{
+          messageHandler.handleMessage(client, message);
+        }catch(e){errorlog(e);}
+      });
+
+      client.on('disconnect', function(){
+        try{
+          messageHandler.handleDisconnect(client);
+        }catch(e){errorlog(e);}
+      });
+    });
+    
+    callback(null);  
+  }
+]);
+
+function randomPadName() 
+{
 	var chars = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXTZabcdefghiklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
 	var string_length = 10;
 	var randomstring = '';
@@ -117,28 +158,6 @@ function requestLog(code, path, desc)
   console.log(code +", " + path + ", " + desc);
 }
 
-var io = io.listen(server);
-var messageHandler = require("./MessageHandler");
-messageHandler.setSocketIO(io);
-
-io.on('connection', function(client){
-  try{
-    messageHandler.handleConnect(client);
-  }catch(e){errorlog(e);}
-  
-  client.on('message', function(message){
-    try{
-      messageHandler.handleMessage(client, message);
-    }catch(e){errorlog(e);}
-  });
-
-  client.on('disconnect', function(){
-    try{
-      messageHandler.handleDisconnect(client);
-    }catch(e){errorlog(e);}
-  });
-});
-
 function errorlog(e)
 {
   var timeStr = new Date().toUTCString() + ": ";
@@ -156,7 +175,3 @@ function errorlog(e)
     console.error(timeStr + JSON.stringify(e));
   }
 }
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/node/settings.js b/node/settings.js
index 6638941f4..7cee8b6f1 100644
--- a/node/settings.js
+++ b/node/settings.js
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ var fs = require("fs");
 
 //default settings
 exports.port = 9001;
+exports.dbType = "sqlite";
+exports.dbSettings = { "filename" : "../var/sqlite.db" };
 
 //read the settings sync
 var settingsStr = fs.readFileSync("../settings.json");
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 84d22f64e..846ad399b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
   "author"        : "Peter 'Pita' Martischka <petermartischka@googlemail.com>",
   "dependencies"  : {
                       "socket.io"  : ">=0.6.17",
-                      "ueberDB"  : ">=0.0.1"
+                      "ueberDB"    : ">=0.0.1",
+                      "async"      : ">=0.1.9"
                     },
   "version"       : "0.0.1",
   "bin"           : { 
diff --git a/settings.json b/settings.json
index 3d7f6e2ee..9ba17de66 100644
--- a/settings.json
+++ b/settings.json
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "port":9001
+  "port" : 9001,
+  "dbType" : "sqlite",
+  "dbSettings" : {
+                   "filename" : "../var/sqlite.db"
+                 }
 }
diff --git a/var/.gitignore b/var/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ce04197e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sqlite.db
\ No newline at end of file