diff --git a/db/database.py b/db/database.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84f8168
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/database.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import os
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
+from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
+
+from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
+
+ENV = os.getenv("ENV", "LOCAL")
+
+if ENV == "LOCAL":
+    load_dotenv("src/.env.local")
+else:
+    load_dotenv()
+
+DATABASE_URL = os.environ.get("INST_CONN")
+
+engine = create_engine(DATABASE_URL)
+SessionLocal = sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)
+
+Base = declarative_base()
+
+def init_db():
+    Base.metadata.create_all(engine)
+
+def get_db():
+    db = SessionLocal()
+    try:
+        yield db
+    except:
+        db.close()
diff --git a/db/models.py b/db/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed3596d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+
+from sqlalchemy import Column, DateTime, ForeignKeyConstraint, Index, PrimaryKeyConstraint, String
+from sqlalchemy.sql import func
+from db.database import Base
+
+class Financial_Institutions(Base):
+    __tablename__ = 'financial_institutions'
+    lei = Column(String, nullable=False)
+    name = Column(String, nullable=False)
+    event_time  = Column(DateTime(timezone=True), server_default=func.now())
+    __table_args__ = (
+       PrimaryKeyConstraint("lei", name="financial_institutions_pkey"),
+       Index('ix_financial_institutions_lei', "lei", postgresql_using='gin', unique=True),
+       Index('ix_financial_institutions_name', "name", postgresql_using='gin'),
+       {"schema": "fi"}
+       )
+    
+class Financial_Institutions_Domains(Base):
+    __tablename__ = 'financial_institutions_domains'
+    domain = Column(String, nullable=False)
+    lei = Column(String, nullable=False)
+    event_time  = Column(DateTime(timezone=True), server_default=func.now())
+    __table_args__ = (
+       PrimaryKeyConstraint("domain", "lei", name="financial_institution_domains_pkey"),
+       Index('ix_financial_institution_domains_domain', "domain", postgresql_using='gin'),
+       Index('ix_financial_institution_domains_lei', "lei", postgresql_using='gin'),
+       ForeignKeyConstraint(["lei"], ["financial_institutions.lei"]),
+       {"schema": "fi"}
+       )
+    
+class Denied_Domains(Base):
+    __tablename__ = 'denied_domains'
+    domain = Column(String, nullable=False)
+    event_time  = Column(DateTime(timezone=True), server_default=func.now())
+    __table_args__ = (
+       PrimaryKeyConstraint("domain", name="denied_domains_pkey"),
+       Index('ix_denied_domains_domain', "domain", postgresql_using='gin', unique=True),
+       {"schema": "fi"}
+       )
+
+    
+    
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diff --git a/db_revisions/env.py b/db_revisions/env.py
index 4ddfad5..e76784b 100644
--- a/db_revisions/env.py
+++ b/db_revisions/env.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 # add your model's MetaData object here
 # for 'autogenerate' support
 # from myapp import mymodel
+import db.models as models
 # target_metadata = mymodel.Base.metadata
 target_metadata = models.Base.metadata
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a83014b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  pg_user_fi:
+    image: postgres
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: fi
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: fi
+      POSTGRES_DB: financial_institutions
+    volumes:
+      - db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+      
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diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index 1111860..b9ac815 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import logging
+from db.database import init_db
 import env  # noqa: F401
 from http import HTTPStatus
 from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Request
@@ -16,6 +17,10 @@
 
 app = FastAPI()
 
+@app.on_event("startup")
+def on_startup():
+    init_db()
+
 
 @app.exception_handler(HTTPException)
 async def http_exception_handler(request: Request, exception: HTTPException) -> JSONResponse: