diff --git a/.sequelizerc b/.sequelizerc
index e69de29b..ff92fa43 100644
--- a/.sequelizerc
+++ b/.sequelizerc
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+var path = require('path');
+
+module.exports = {
+  config: path.resolve('src', 'config', 'database.json'),
+  'migrations-path': path.resolve('migrations'),
+  'models-path': path.resolve('src', 'models'),
+  'seeders-path': path.resolve('seeders'),
+};
diff --git a/migrations/20211207145446-staging.js b/migrations/20211207145446-staging.js
index d4657c5c..3e0c359f 100644
--- a/migrations/20211207145446-staging.js
+++ b/migrations/20211207145446-staging.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 module.exports = {
   up: async (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
-    await queryInterface.createTable('Staging', {
+    await queryInterface.createTable('Stagings', {
       id: {
         allowNull: false,
         autoIncrement: true,
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ module.exports = {
         type: Sequelize.STRING,
       },
       data: {
-        type: Sequelize.STRING,
+        type: Sequelize.STRING(10000),
       },
     });
   },
 
   down: async (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
-    await queryInterface.dropTable('Staging');
+    await queryInterface.dropTable('Stagings');
   },
 };
diff --git a/src/config/database.json b/src/config/database.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d2b6199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config/database.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "development": {
+    "dialect": "sqlite",
+    "storage": "./data.sqlite3"
+  },
+  "test": {
+    "username": "root",
+    "password": null,
+    "database": "database_test",
+    "host": "127.0.0.1",
+    "dialect": "mysql"
+  },
+  "production": {
+    "username": "root",
+    "password": null,
+    "database": "database_production",
+    "host": "127.0.0.1",
+    "dialect": "mysql"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/models/database.js b/src/models/database.js
index a03c31d9..af4b6fbf 100644
--- a/src/models/database.js
+++ b/src/models/database.js
@@ -1,2 +1,11 @@
 import { Sequelize } from 'sequelize';
-export const sequelize = new Sequelize('sqlite::memory:');
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+import { dirname, resolve } from 'path';
+
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
+
+export const sequelize = new Sequelize({
+  dialect: 'sqlite',
+  storage: resolve(`${__dirname}../../../data.sqlite3`),
+});
diff --git a/src/routes/index.js b/src/routes/index.js
index 14e8913f..e090fe11 100644
--- a/src/routes/index.js
+++ b/src/routes/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import express from 'express';
 import bodyParser from 'body-parser';
 import { V1Router } from './v1';
+import { sequelize } from '../models/database';
+
 const app = express();
 
 app.use(express.json());
@@ -10,4 +12,6 @@ app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
 
 app.use('/v1', V1Router);
 
+sequelize.authenticate().then(() => console.log('Connected to database'));
+
 export default app;