diff --git a/src/org/hwo/pulscounter/PulsCounterApplication.java b/src/org/hwo/pulscounter/PulsCounterApplication.java
index 1c23101..4625930 100644
--- a/src/org/hwo/pulscounter/PulsCounterApplication.java
+++ b/src/org/hwo/pulscounter/PulsCounterApplication.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.hwo.io.NewSerialPort.NewSerialPort;
 import org.hwo.platform.Platform;
 import org.hwo.servicelink.ServiceLink;
 import org.hwo.servicelink.ServiceLinkListener;
+import org.hwo.pulscounter.db.PulsCounterDatabase;
 import org.hwo.pulscounter.device.IDeviceConnector;
 import org.hwo.pulscounter.device.ServiceLinkDeviceConnector;
 import org.hwo.pulscounter.device.SimulatedCounter;
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ public class PulsCounterApplication implements ServiceLinkListener{
 									interfaceClasses;
 	private List<IDeviceConnector>	interfaces;
 	
+	private PulsCounterDatabase		database;
 	
 	
 	
@@ -248,6 +250,10 @@ public class PulsCounterApplication implements ServiceLinkListener{
 			Class<IDeviceConnector> clazz = getInterfaceClass(applicationConfiguration.getProperty(String.format("interfaces.%d.class",n)));
 			addInterface(clazz, applicationConfiguration.getProperty(String.format("interfaces.%d.settings",n)));
 		}
+	
+		database = new PulsCounterDatabase();
+		log(INFO,"Database Schema Version: %s", database.getSchemaVersion());
+		
 		
 	}
 
@@ -261,6 +267,9 @@ public class PulsCounterApplication implements ServiceLinkListener{
 			frame.dispose();
 		}
 		
+		database.close();
+		
+		
 		if (shouldSaveConfiguration){
 
 			applicationConfiguration.setProperty("interfaces.n", Integer.toString(interfaces.size()));			
@@ -370,7 +379,9 @@ public class PulsCounterApplication implements ServiceLinkListener{
 		}
 	}
 	
-	
+	public PulsCounterDatabase getDatabase() {
+		return database;
+	}
 	
 	
 /* ToDO: Upgrade the old stuff ... */
diff --git a/src/org/hwo/pulscounter/db/PulsCounterDatabase.java b/src/org/hwo/pulscounter/db/PulsCounterDatabase.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cde638
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/org/hwo/pulscounter/db/PulsCounterDatabase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package org.hwo.pulscounter.db;
+
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.DriverManager;
+import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+
+import org.hwo.pulscounter.SnapShot;
+
+import static org.hwo.logging.Logging.*;
+import static org.hwo.logging.LogLevel.*;
+
+public class PulsCounterDatabase {
+
+	private Connection	dbConnection;
+	
+	public PulsCounterDatabase(){
+		
+		try {
+			getClass().getClassLoader().loadClass("org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver");
+			dbConnection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:hsqldb:file:synololog-hsql", "SA", "");
+			
+			
+			
+		} catch (SQLException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+			log(ERROR,"HyperSQL Driver could not be loaded. [%s]",e.toString());
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	public void close(){
+		try {
+			dbConnection.close();
+		} catch (SQLException e) {
+			log(ERROR,"Exception while closing database: %s",e.toString());
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private ResultSet executeSimpleSQL(String query,Object... args){
+		
+		try {
+			PreparedStatement stmt = dbConnection.prepareStatement(query);
+			
+			for (int i=0;i<args.length;i++){
+				stmt.setObject(i+1, args[i]);
+			}
+			
+			stmt.execute();
+			
+			ResultSet result = stmt.getResultSet();
+			
+			stmt.closeOnCompletion();
+			
+			return result;
+			
+		} catch (SQLException e) {
+			log(ERROR,"SQL Statement failed: %s",query);
+			log(ERROR,"Exception: %s", e.toString());
+		}
+		
+		return null;
+	}
+	
+	private String executeVerySimpleQuery(String query,Object... args){
+		ResultSet result = executeSimpleSQL(query,args);
+		if (result != null){
+			try {
+				if (result.next()){
+					return result.getString(1);
+				}
+			} catch (SQLException e) {
+				log(ERROR,"SQL Statement failed: %s",query);
+				log(ERROR,"Exception: %s", e.toString());
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+	
+	public String getProperty(String name){
+		return executeVerySimpleQuery("SELECT value FROM properties WHERE name=?", name);
+	}
+	public void setProperty(String name,String value){
+		executeSimpleSQL("MERGE INTO properties USING (VALUES(?,?)) as p(name,value) ON properties.name = p.name WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE SET properties.value = p.value WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT VALUES uuid(), p.name, p.value", name,value);
+	}
+	public void removeProperty(String name){
+		executeSimpleSQL("DELETE FROM properties WHERE properties.name = ?", name);
+	}
+	
+	public String getSchemaVersion(){
+		return getProperty("db.schema.version");
+	}
+	
+	public void storeSnapshots(SnapShot[] snapShots){
+		
+	}
+	
+	
+}
diff --git a/src/org/hwo/pulscounter/db/schema/schema-full.sql b/src/org/hwo/pulscounter/db/schema/schema-full.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a103da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/org/hwo/pulscounter/db/schema/schema-full.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* 
+	synololog sql database schema
+	
+	Version: 0 
+
+*/
+
+create table properties (id uuid primary key,name varchar(255) unique,value varchar(255));
+create table devices (id uuid,serial varchar(12));
+create table snapshots (id uuid,device uuid,timestamp integer,counters int array[32],analogs int array[8],inputs int,outputs int,pullups int,inverts int); 
+
+insert into properties (id,name,value) values(uuid(),'db.schema.version','0');
+