diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 24f07a9..e424926 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -76,7 +76,16 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
         .optimize = optimize,
     });
     const aws_signing_module = aws_dep.module("aws-signing");
+    const sqlite_dep = b.dependency("sqlite", .{
+        .target = target,
+        .optimize = optimize,
+        .use_bundled = true,
+    });
+    const sqlite_module = sqlite_dep.module("sqlite");
     for (&[_]*std.Build.Step.Compile{ exe, unit_tests }) |cs| {
         cs.addModule("aws-signing", aws_signing_module);
+        cs.addModule("sqlite", sqlite_module);
+        cs.addIncludePath(.{ .path = "c" });
+        cs.linkLibrary(sqlite_dep.artifact("sqlite"));
     }
 }
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index 98b1a66..fbe94b6 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
             .url = "https://git.lerch.org/lobo/aws-sdk-for-zig/archive/825d93720a92bcaedb3d00cd04764469fdec0c86.tar.gz",
             .hash = "122038e86ca453cbb0b4d5534380470eeb0656fdbab9aca2b7d2dc77756ab659204a",
         },
+        .sqlite = .{
+            .url = "https://github.com/vrischmann/zig-sqlite/archive/19535aab5760eeaf2979a9dadfca3bb21d1594b9.tar.gz",
+            .hash = "12208c654deea149cee27eaa45d0e6515c3d8f97d775a4156cbcce0ff424b5d26ea3",
+        },
         .universal_lambda_build = .{
             .url = "https://git.lerch.org/lobo/universal-lambda-zig/archive/d8b536651531ee95ceb4fae65ca5f29c5ed6ef29.tar.gz",
             .hash = "1220de5b5f23fddb794e2e735ee8312b9cd0d1302d5b8e3902f785e904f515506ccf",
diff --git a/src/createtable.zig b/src/createtable.zig
index a7c97fa..26d4d9f 100644
--- a/src/createtable.zig
+++ b/src/createtable.zig
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
 const std = @import("std");
+const sqlite = @import("sqlite");
 
 pub fn handler(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, event_data: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
     _ = event_data;
+    var db = try sqlite.Db.init(.{
+        .mode = sqlite.Db.Mode{ .File = "donotuse.db" },
+        .open_flags = .{
+            .write = true,
+            .create = true,
+        },
+        .threading_mode = .MultiThread,
+    });
+    try db.exec("CREATE TABLE user(id integer primary key, age integer, name text)", .{}, .{});
     var al = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
     var writer = al.writer();
-    try writer.print("hello\n", .{});
+    try writer.print("table created\n", .{});
     return al.items;
 }