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index 175045c..7f5fe3f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
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+				},
+				"@mongodb-js/zstd": {
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+				},
+				"kerberos": {
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+				},
+				"mongodb-client-encryption": {
+					"optional": true
+				},
+				"snappy": {
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@@ -3261,6 +3344,18 @@
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 			}
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@@ -3332,6 +3427,28 @@
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 			}
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+			},
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+				"node": ">= 10.13.0",
+				"npm": ">= 3.0.0"
+			}
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@@ -3356,6 +3473,15 @@
 				"node": ">=0.10.0"
 			}
 		},
+		"node_modules/sparse-bitfield": {
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 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/stackback/-/stackback-0.0.2.tgz",
@@ -3684,6 +3810,17 @@
 				"node": ">=6"
 			}
 		},
+		"node_modules/tr46": {
+			"version": "3.0.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tr46/-/tr46-3.0.0.tgz",
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+			},
+			"engines": {
+				"node": ">=12"
+			}
+		},
 		"node_modules/tslib": {
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 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tslib/-/tslib-2.6.1.tgz",
@@ -3986,6 +4123,26 @@
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 			}
 		},
+		"node_modules/webidl-conversions": {
+			"version": "7.0.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webidl-conversions/-/webidl-conversions-7.0.0.tgz",
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+			}
+		},
+		"node_modules/whatwg-url": {
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+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/whatwg-url/-/whatwg-url-11.0.0.tgz",
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+			},
+			"engines": {
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+			}
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2c84eb0..2fe8e3e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,5 +34,8 @@
 		"vite": "^4.4.2",
 		"vitest": "^0.32.2"
 	},
-	"type": "module"
+	"type": "module",
+	"dependencies": {
+		"mongodb": "^5.7.0"
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/hook.server.ts b/src/hook.server.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f21c47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hook.server.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { initMongo } from "$lib/database";
+
+initMongo().then(() => {
+	console.log('Mongo started');
+}).catch(e => {console.error(e)})
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lib/database.ts b/src/lib/database.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..886b7ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/database.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { MongoClient } from "mongodb";
+
+const MongoUri = ""
+const MongoDatabase = ""
+
+const Client = new MongoClient(MongoUri)
+
+export async function initMongo() {
+    Client.connect()
+}
+
+export default Client.db(MongoDatabase)
\ No newline at end of file