diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 96851da..7324e24 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8,6 +8,18 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "aae1277d39aeec15cb388266ecc24b11c80469deae6067e17a1a7aa9e5c1f234"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ahash"
+version = "0.8.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a15f179cd60c4584b8a8c596927aadc462e27f2ca70c04e0071964a73ba7a75"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+ "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "alloc-no-stdlib"
 version = "2.0.4"
@@ -181,6 +193,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fallible-iterator"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2acce4a10f12dc2fb14a218589d4f1f62ef011b2d0cc4b3cb1bba8e94da14649"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fallible-streaming-iterator"
+version = "0.1.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7360491ce676a36bf9bb3c56c1aa791658183a54d2744120f27285738d90465a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fastrand"
 version = "2.3.0"
@@ -245,6 +269,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "crc32fast",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.14.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e5274423e17b7c9fc20b6e7e208532f9b19825d82dfd615708b70edd83df41f1"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hashlink"
+version = "0.9.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6ba4ff7128dee98c7dc9794b6a411377e1404dba1c97deb8d1a55297bd25d8af"
+dependencies = [
+ "hashbrown",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.5.2"
@@ -422,6 +464,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "redox_syscall",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libsqlite3-sys"
+version = "0.30.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2e99fb7a497b1e3339bc746195567ed8d3e24945ecd636e3619d20b9de9e9149"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
 version = "0.11.0"
@@ -445,6 +498,7 @@ name = "makeprogress"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "rouille",
+ "rusqlite",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -533,6 +587,12 @@ version = "2.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9b4f627cb1b25917193a259e49bdad08f671f8d9708acfd5fe0a8c1455d87220"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pkg-config"
+version = "0.3.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7edddbd0b52d732b21ad9a5fab5c704c14cd949e5e9a1ec5929a24fded1b904c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "potential_utf"
 version = "0.1.4"
@@ -650,6 +710,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "url",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rusqlite"
+version = "0.32.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7753b721174eb8ff87a9a0e799e2d7bc3749323e773db92e0984debb00019d6e"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "fallible-iterator",
+ "fallible-streaming-iterator",
+ "hashlink",
+ "libsqlite3-sys",
+ "smallvec",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
 version = "1.1.3"
@@ -867,6 +941,18 @@ version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b6c140620e7ffbb22c2dee59cafe6084a59b5ffc27a8859a5f0d494b5d52b6be"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vcpkg"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "version_check"
+version = "0.9.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0b928f33d975fc6ad9f86c8f283853ad26bdd5b10b7f1542aa2fa15e2289105a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.1+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7477cf1..75ffccb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
 rouille = "3.6"
+rusqlite = { version = "0.32", features = ["bundled"] }
diff --git a/src/schema.sql b/src/schema.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47c0488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/schema.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS projects (
+    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+    title TEXT NOT NULL,
+    created_time INTEGER NOT NULL,
+    last_modified_time INTEGER NOT NULL,
+    percentage_completed INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    archived INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
+);
diff --git a/todo.md b/todo.md
index 7203468..63a671a 100644
--- a/todo.md
+++ b/todo.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Todo
 
 [x] Template a Rouille server that always returns an empty 404.
-[ ] Create a database schema. There should just be one table for now: `projects`. The Projects table contains info about each project in the board. The table should have columns for title, created time, last modified time, percentage completed (integer), and a flag for archived. Since this is a single-user server, there doesn't need to be an metadata about whose project it is.
+[x] Create a database schema. There should just be one table for now: `projects`. The Projects table contains info about each project in the board. The table should have columns for title, created time, last modified time, percentage completed (integer), and a flag for archived. Since this is a single-user server, there doesn't need to be an metadata about whose project it is.
 [ ] Create a `Project` struct that corresponds to the schema definition. 
 [ ] Create a module or struct at your discretion for interfacing with the database. Create functions for the following: create a project, update a project's progress, archive a project, unarchive a project, and list of all projects.
 [ ] Create a `main.css` file in src. Use mvp.css as a starting point.