diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 3dc7abd..355ed17 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
 CFLAGS=-Wall -Wextra -O0 -g -ggdb -pedantic
 
-all: test-image
-
-%.c: %.h
+all: *.o
 
 %.o: %.c
 	gcc -O0 -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -ggdb $< -o $@
 
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o
-	rm -f test-image
-
-test-image: image.c test-image.c
-	gcc $(CFLAGS) -lmagic -lgd image.c test-image.c -o $@
diff --git a/src/database.c b/src/database.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4414c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/database.c
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+/*
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor Boston, MA 02110-1301,  USA
+ */
+
+#include "main.h"
+#include "database.h"
+
+#define DB_SEEK(db, offset) \
+  errno = 0; \
+  if (lseek((db)->fd, (offset), SEEK_SET) == -1) { \
+    (db)->errstr = strerror(errno); \
+    return -1; \
+  }
+
+#define DB_READ(db, buf, len) \
+  errno = 0; \
+  memset((buf), 0x0, (len)); \
+  bytes = read((db)->fd, (buf), (len)); \
+  if (errno) { \
+    (db)->errstr = strerror(errno); \
+    return -1; \
+  }
+
+#define DB_WRITE(db, buf, len) \
+  errno = 0; \
+  bytes = write((db)->fd, (buf), (len)); \
+  if (errno) { \
+    (db)->errstr = strerror(errno); \
+    return -1; \
+  }
+
+int db_open(db_t *db, const char *path)
+{
+  int init = 0;
+  ssize_t bytes = 0;
+  struct stat st;
+  char buf[REC_LEN] = "\0";
+
+  assert(db   != NULL);
+  assert(path != NULL);
+
+  memset(db, 0x0, sizeof(db_t));
+  db->fd = -1;
+
+  errno = 0;
+  if (stat(path, &st) == -1 && errno == ENOENT) {
+    init = 1;
+  }
+
+  errno = 0;
+  if ((db->fd = open(path, OPEN_FLAGS, 0644)) == -1) {
+    db->errstr = strerror(errno);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  db->path = path;
+
+  if (init) {
+    memset(buf, 0x0, REC_LEN);
+    snprintf((char *) buf, REC_LEN, "DB of image fingerprints (vers %d)", DB_VERSION);
+    DB_SEEK(db, 0);
+    DB_WRITE(db, buf, REC_LEN);
+
+    return bytes / REC_LEN;
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+int db_close(db_t *db)
+{
+  assert(db != NULL);
+
+  errno = 0;
+  if (close(db->fd) != 0) {
+    db->errstr = strerror(errno);
+    return -1;
+  }
+  db->fd = -1;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+int db_rd_rec(db_t *db, rec_t *rec)
+{
+  ssize_t bytes = 0;
+
+  assert(db  != NULL);
+  assert(rec != NULL);
+  assert(rec->num > 0);
+
+  DB_SEEK(db, rec->num * REC_LEN);
+  DB_READ(db, rec->data, REC_LEN);
+
+  return bytes / REC_LEN;
+}
+
+int db_wr_rec(db_t *db, rec_t *rec)
+{
+  ssize_t bytes = 0;
+
+  assert(db  != NULL);
+  assert(rec != NULL);
+  assert(rec->num > 0);
+
+  DB_SEEK(db, rec->num * REC_LEN);
+  DB_WRITE(db, rec->data, REC_LEN);
+
+  return bytes / REC_LEN;
+}
+
+int db_rd_blk(db_t *db, uint64_t start, size_t len, rec_t *list)
+{ 
+  rec_t *r = NULL;
+  ssize_t bytes = 0;
+  unsigned int i = 0;
+  unsigned char *buf;
+  unsigned char *p = NULL;
+
+  assert(db   != NULL);
+  assert(list != NULL);
+  assert(len > 0);
+
+  CALLOC(buf, len, REC_LEN);
+  DB_SEEK(db, start * REC_LEN);
+  DB_READ(db, buf, len * REC_LEN);
+
+  p = buf;
+  r = list;
+  len = bytes / REC_LEN;
+  for (i = 0; i < len; i++, r++, p += REC_LEN) {
+    r->num = start + i;
+    memcpy(r->data, p, REC_LEN);
+  }
+
+  FREE(buf);
+
+  return len;
+}
+
+int db_rd_list(db_t *db, rec_t *list, size_t list_len)
+{
+  rec_t *r = NULL;
+  ssize_t bytes;
+  unsigned int i = 0;
+  unsigned int processed = 0;
+
+  assert(db   != NULL);
+  assert(list != NULL);
+  assert(list_len > 0);
+
+  r = list;
+  for (i = 0; i < list_len; i++, r++) {
+    DB_SEEK(db, r->num * REC_LEN);
+    DB_READ(db, r->data, REC_LEN);
+    if (bytes == REC_LEN) { processed++; }
+  }
+
+  return processed;
+}
+
+int db_wr_list(db_t *db, rec_t *list, size_t list_len)
+{
+  rec_t *r = NULL;
+  ssize_t bytes;
+  unsigned int i = 0;
+  unsigned int processed = 0;
+
+  assert(db   != NULL);
+  assert(list != NULL);
+  assert(list_len > 0);
+
+  r = list;
+  for (i = 0; i < list_len; i++, r++) {
+    DB_SEEK(db, r->num * REC_LEN);
+    DB_WRITE(db, r->data, REC_LEN);
+    if (bytes == REC_LEN) { processed++; }
+  }
+
+  return processed;
+}
diff --git a/src/database.h b/src/database.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70f2ec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/database.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#ifndef HAS_DATABASE_H
+
+#define REC_LEN 48
+#define DB_VERSION 1
+#define OPEN_FLAGS O_CREAT | O_RDWR
+
+typedef struct {
+  int fd;
+  const char *path;
+  const char *errstr;
+} db_t;
+
+typedef struct {
+  uint64_t num;
+  unsigned char data[REC_LEN];
+} rec_t;
+
+extern int db_open(db_t *db, const char *path);
+extern int db_close(db_t *db);
+
+extern int db_rd_rec(db_t *db, rec_t *rec);
+extern int db_wr_rec(db_t *db, rec_t *rec);
+
+extern int db_rd_blk(db_t *db, uint64_t start, size_t len, rec_t *list);
+extern int db_wr_blk(db_t *db, uint64_t start, size_t len, rec_t *list);
+
+extern int db_rd_list(db_t *db, rec_t *list, size_t list_len);
+extern int db_wr_list(db_t *db, rec_t *list, size_t list_len);
+
+#endif
+#define HAS_DATABASE_H 1
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 34e2956..0000000
--- a/src/main.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Library General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor Boston, MA 02110-1301,  USA
- */
-
-#include "main.h"
-#include <gdbm.h>
-
-#define DB_BLOCKSIZE 256 * 1024
-
-GDBM_FILE dbf;
-
-int db_open(char *samples, char *files)
-{
-  dbf = gdbm_open(samples, DB_BLOCKSIZE, GDBM_WRCREAT, 0644, 0);
-
-  if (!dbf) {
-    printf("Can't open database: %s\n", gdbm_strerror(gdbm_errno));
-    return 0;
-  }
-
-  return 1;
-}
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index 5f94255..72093b3 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <db.h>
 
 #define FREE(ptr) \
   free((ptr)); (ptr) = NULL;
@@ -21,10 +24,9 @@
 #define STRNDUP(ptr, str, len) \
   assert(((ptr) = strndup((str), (len))) != NULL);
 
-extern int db_open(char *samples, char *files);
-extern int db_close(void);
-
 extern int image_add(uint64_t, char *path);
 extern int image_del(uint64_t);
 extern int image_exists(uint64_t);
-/*extern int image_find(uint64_t, rec_t **data, size_t limit);*/
+/*
+extern int image_search(uint64_t, rec_t **data, size_t limit);
+*/
diff --git a/src/test-image.c b/src/test-image.c
index 365cd7a..8ad9d46 100644
--- a/src/test-image.c
+++ b/src/test-image.c
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 #include "bitmap.h"
 #include "image.h"
 
-int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
   image_t *img = NULL;
   const char *err = NULL;
 
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 78ea1c4..342db17 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-all: test-bitmap
+TESTS=test-bitmap test-database
+
+all: $(TESTS)
 
 CFLAGS=-Wall -Wextra -O0 -g -ggdb -pedantic
 
 %.o: %.c
-	gcc $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@
+	gcc $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $<
 
-SRC=../src/bitmap.c bitmap.c
-test-bitmap:
-	gcc $(CFLAGS) $(SRC) -o $@
+test-%: ../src/%.c %.c
+	gcc $(CFLAGS) $(SRC) -o $@ $^
 
 clean:
-	rm -f test-bitmap
+	rm -f $(TESTS)
diff --git a/tests/database.c b/tests/database.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7f41ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/database.c
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#include "../src/main.h"
+#include "../src/database.h"
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  db_t db;
+  rec_t rec[2];
+  char *path = "test.db";
+
+  unlink(path);
+  assert(db_open(&db, path) == 1);
+
+  rec[0].num = 1;
+  assert(db_rd_rec(&db, rec) == 0);
+
+  memset(rec[0].data, 0xAA, REC_LEN);
+  assert(db_wr_rec(&db, rec) == 1);
+
+  assert(db_rd_rec(&db, rec) == 1);
+
+  assert(db_rd_blk(&db, 1, 1, rec) == 1);
+  assert(db_rd_blk(&db, 1, 2, rec) == 1);
+
+  rec[0].num = 1;
+  rec[1].num = 3;
+  assert(db_rd_list(&db, rec, 2) == 1);
+
+  assert(db_close(&db) == 0);
+
+  return 0;
+}