diff --git a/server/db/index.js b/server/db/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f832997
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/db/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+const { Pool } = require("pg");
+require('dotenv').config();
+
+const constring = process.env.constring;
+
+function main() {
+    if (!constring) {
+        throw new Error("Did not find connection string for database");
+    }
+
+    return new Pool({ connectionString: constring })
+}
+
+module.exports = main();
diff --git a/server/db/pgSessionStore.js b/server/db/pgSessionStore.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b9472f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/db/pgSessionStore.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+const connectPgSimple = require('connect-pg-simple');
+const pool = require('.');
+
+function pgSessionStore(s) {
+    const pgSession = connectPgSimple(s)
+
+    return new pgSession({
+        pool: pool,
+        tableName: "pgsessions",
+        createTableIfMissing: true
+    })
+}
+
+module.exports = pgSessionStore;
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diff --git a/server/db/seed.js b/server/db/seed.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62e6fcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/db/seed.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+const pool = require('.');
+
+require('dotenv').config();
+
+const root = path.resolve(__dirname);
+
+async function seed() {
+    console.clear();
+
+    const createUserTable = fs.readFileSync(root + "/sql/create/createUserTable.sql").toString();
+    const createItemTable = fs.readFileSync(root + "/sql/create/createItemTable.sql").toString();
+    const populateItemTable = fs.readFileSync(root + "/sql/populate/populateItemTable.sql").toString();
+
+    try {
+        for (let statement of [createUserTable, createItemTable, populateItemTable]) {
+            await pool.query(statement);
+        }
+    } catch(error) {
+        console.log(error);
+        process.exit(0);
+    }
+
+    console.log("Database seed successful.");
+    process.exit(1);
+}
+
+seed();
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diff --git a/server/db/sql/create/createItemTable.sql b/server/db/sql/create/createItemTable.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02562c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/db/sql/create/createItemTable.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS item (
+    id INT GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,
+    name VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+    description VARCHAR
+);
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diff --git a/server/db/sql/create/createUserTable.sql b/server/db/sql/create/createUserTable.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bc6099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/db/sql/create/createUserTable.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS appuser (
+    id INT GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,
+    username VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+    email VARCHAR UNIQUE,
+    password VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+    created VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+    modified VARCHAR NOT NULL
+);
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diff --git a/server/db/sql/populate/populateItemTable.sql b/server/db/sql/populate/populateItemTable.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..321b374
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/db/sql/populate/populateItemTable.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+INSERT INTO item (name, description) VALUES
+    ('computer', 'fancy rocks with electricity'),
+    ('coffee', 'caffeinated beverage'),
+    ('book', 'thing that holds information'),
+    ('cell phone', 'telecommunications device')
+;
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diff --git a/server/index.js b/server/index.js
index e69de29..b3643d7 100644
--- a/server/index.js
+++ b/server/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+const express = require("express");
+const loaders = require("./loaders");
+const dotenv = require('dotenv');
+
+dotenv.config();
+
+const PORT = process.env.PORT || 8080;
+const app = express();
+
+async function main() {
+    try {
+        await loaders(app);
+        app.listen(PORT, () => {
+            console.log("Listening on port " + PORT);
+        })
+    } catch(err) {
+        console.log(err);
+        process.exit(0);
+    }
+}
+
+main();
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diff --git a/server/loaders/express.js b/server/loaders/express.js
index e69de29..49966e8 100644
--- a/server/loaders/express.js
+++ b/server/loaders/express.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+const session = require('express-session');
+const express = require('express');
+const pgSessionStore = require('../db/pgSessionStore');
+const cors = require('cors');
+
+require('dotenv').config();
+
+const secret = process.env.SECRET;
+
+async function expressLoader(app) {
+    app.use(cors());
+    app.use(express.json());
+    app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
+
+    if (!secret) {
+        throw new Error("Express secret is undefined");
+    }
+
+    app.use(session({
+        secret: secret,
+        cookie: {
+            maxAge: 8 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
+            secure: false
+        },
+        resave: false,
+        saveUninitialized: false,
+        store: pgSessionStore(session)
+    }))
+
+    return app;
+}
+
+module.exports = expressLoader;
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diff --git a/server/loaders/index.js b/server/loaders/index.js
index e69de29..4941da4 100644
--- a/server/loaders/index.js
+++ b/server/loaders/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+const routesLoader = require("../routes");
+const expressLoader = require("./express");
+const passportLoader = require("./passport");
+
+async function loaders(app) {
+    const expressApp = await expressLoader(app);
+    const passportApp = await passportLoader(expressApp);
+    await routesLoader(expressApp, passportApp);
+}
+
+module.exports = loaders;
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diff --git a/server/loaders/passport.js b/server/loaders/passport.js
index e69de29..f942f3f 100644
--- a/server/loaders/passport.js
+++ b/server/loaders/passport.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+const passport = require('passport');
+const { Strategy } = require('passport-local');
+
+async function passportLoader(app) {
+    app.use(passport.initialize());
+    app.use(passport.session());
+
+    passport.serializeUser((user, done) => {
+        done(null, user);
+    })
+
+    passport.deserializeUser((user, done) => {
+        done(null, user);
+    })
+
+    passport.use(new Strategy(async (email, password, done) => {
+        try {
+            console.log(email, password);
+        } catch (error) {
+            return done(error);
+        }
+    }))
+}
+
+module.exports = passportLoader;
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diff --git a/server/models/Item.js b/server/models/Item.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7f9587
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/models/Item.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+class Item {
+    name;
+    description;
+    created;
+    modified;
+
+    constructor(name, description) {
+        this.name = name;
+        this.description = description;
+
+        this.created = new Date(Date.now()).toDateString();
+        this.modified = new Date(Date.now()).toDateString();
+    }
+
+    async getAll() {
+
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/server/models/User.js b/server/models/User.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b305f4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/models/User.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+module.exports = class User {
+    username;
+    email;
+    password;
+    created;
+    modified;
+
+    constructor(username, email, password) {
+        this.username = username;
+        this.email = email;
+        this.password = password;
+        this.created = new Date(Date.now()).toDateString();
+        this.modified = new Date(Date.now()).toDateString();
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/server/package.json b/server/package.json
index 0bf7f87..33760e1 100644
--- a/server/package.json
+++ b/server/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
   "description": "",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
+    "dev": "nodemon .",
+    "seed": "node db/seed.js"
   },
   "keywords": [],
   "author": "",
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@
     "bcrypt": "^5.1.0",
     "connect-pg-simple": "^8.0.0",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
+    "dotenv": "^16.0.3",
     "express": "^4.18.2",
     "express-session": "^1.17.3",
     "passport": "^0.6.0",
diff --git a/server/routes/auth.js b/server/routes/auth.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6a91b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/routes/auth.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+function authRoute(app, passport) {
+
+}
+
+module.exports = authRoute;
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diff --git a/server/routes/index.js b/server/routes/index.js
index e69de29..2872907 100644
--- a/server/routes/index.js
+++ b/server/routes/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+async function routesLoader(app, passport) {
+
+}
+
+module.exports = routesLoader;
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diff --git a/server/routes/item.js b/server/routes/item.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77b9346
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/routes/item.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+const router = require('express').Router();
+
+function itemRoute(app, passport) {
+    app.use('/app/items', router);
+
+    router.get('/', (req, res) => {
+        res.status(200).send('items');
+    })
+}
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