diff --git a/src/create.js b/src/create.js
index 5a2e669..9a10909 100644
--- a/src/create.js
+++ b/src/create.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { nanoid } from "nanoid";
 import { BASE_URL } from "./constants.js";
+import { createGist } from "./database.js";
 // keep these vars on frontend as its needed to decrypt
 import { ALGORITHM, ALGORITHM_PARAMS, KEY_USAGE } from "../static/subtle.mjs";
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export const encrypt = async (decrypted) => {
 
 export const create = async (buffer) => {
   const { iv, k, encrypted } = await encrypt(buffer);
-  const uuid = nanoid(22);
+  const uuid = createGist(iv, encrypted);
 
   return `${BASE_URL}/${uuid}#${k}`;
 };
diff --git a/src/database.js b/src/database.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ede924
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/database.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { DatabaseSync } from "node:sqlite";
+import { nanoid } from "nanoid";
+
+const db = new DatabaseSync(":memory:");
+
+db.exec(`
+  CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS gists (
+    uuid TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    iv TEXT NOT NULL,
+    data BLOB NOT NULL,
+    createAt DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+  );
+`);
+
+export const createGist = (iv, data) => {
+  const uuid = nanoid(22);
+
+  const query = db.prepare(
+    "INSERT INTO gists (uuid, iv, data) VALUES (?, ?, ?)"
+  );
+  query.run(uuid, iv.toString(), Buffer.from(data));
+
+  return uuid;
+};
+
+export const getGists = () => {
+  const query = db.prepare("SELECT * FROM gists");
+  return query.all();
+};
diff --git a/src/routes.js b/src/routes.js
index 8e82f21..e37a7a8 100644
--- a/src/routes.js
+++ b/src/routes.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import Router from "@koa/router";
 import { create } from "./create.js";
+import { getGists } from "./database.js";
 
 export const router = new Router();
 
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ router.post("/", async (ctx, next) => {
 });
 
 router.get("/", async (ctx, next) => {
+  const gists = getGists();
+  console.log(gists);
   await ctx.render("home");
 });