diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index e69de29..8199bf0 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
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+from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings
+
+class Settings(BaseSettings):
+
+    app_name: str = "DagemarkBackend"
+
+    app_version: str = "0.1"
+
+    database_url: str = "sqlite:///data/app.db"
+
+    debug: bool = True
+
+    class Config:
+        env_file = ".env"
+
+settings = Settings()
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diff --git a/app/database.py b/app/database.py
index e69de29..3bbecde 100644
--- a/app/database.py
+++ b/app/database.py
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+from sqlmodel import SQLModel, create_engine
+
+from app.config import settings
+
+engine = create_engine(
+    settings.database_url,
+    connect_args={"check_same_thread": False},
+)
+
+def create_database():
+    SQLModel.metadata.create_all(engine)
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diff --git a/app/logic/.temp b/app/logic/.temp
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/app/logic/example_logic.py b/app/logic/example_logic.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9f8488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/logic/example_logic.py
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+def get_example_message():
+
+    return {
+        "message": "Hello, this is an example response :]"
+    }
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diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index e69de29..7fad475 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
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+from fastapi import FastAPI
+
+from app.config import settings
+from app.database import create_database
+from app.routers import example_route
+
+app = FastAPI(
+    title=settings.app_name,
+    version=settings.app_version
+)
+
+@app.on_event("startup")
+def startup():
+    create_database()
+
+app.include_router(
+    example_route.router
+)
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diff --git a/app/models/.temp b/app/models/.temp
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/app/models/example_model.py b/app/models/example_model.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ea8f94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/example_model.py
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+from sqlmodel import SQLModel, Field
+
+class ExampleModel(SQLModel, table=True):
+
+    id: int | None = Field(
+        default=None,
+        primary_key=True
+    )
+
+    example_text: str
+
+    example_number: int
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diff --git a/app/models/init.py b/app/models/init.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ff1351
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/init.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from .example_model import ExampleModel
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diff --git a/app/routers/.temp b/app/routers/.temp
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/app/routers/example_route.py b/app/routers/example_route.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c153c17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/routers/example_route.py
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+from fastapi import APIRouter
+
+from app.logic.example_logic import get_example_message
+
+router = APIRouter(
+    prefix="/example",
+    tags=["Example"]
+)
+
+@router.get("/")
+def get_example():
+
+    return( 
+        get_example_message()
+    )
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diff --git a/src/dagemark_backend/__init__.py b/src/dagemark_backend/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f0fbf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dagemark_backend/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+def main() -> None:
+    print("Hello from dagemark-backend!")