diff --git a/dakiny_bot/database/db.py b/dakiny_bot/database/db.py
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+"""Simple file to set up the sqlmodel connection to database."""
+
+from sqlmodel import SQLModel, create_engine
+
+from dakiny_bot.logger import dakiny_logger
+
+from . import models  # noqa: F401 - Need this import for creating the models.
+
+url = "sqlite:///database/dakiny.db"
+dakiny_logger.info("Connected to local dev database.")
+engine = create_engine(url)
+
+# Don't need to create all when connected to prod.
+SQLModel.metadata.create_all(engine)