diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index ab8236d..5397fa5 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
 	"freed/internal/database"
 	"os"
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ type Config struct {
 
 type AppContext struct {
 	Config Config
-	DB     *sql.DB
 }
 
 var (
@@ -54,32 +52,19 @@ Where f[r]eed is different to other feed aggregators or bookmarking services is
 
 The application also includes a set of recommended "Small Web" and topic-specific curated feeds. These are also available through the configuration.
 	`,
-		PersistentPreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			db, err := database.Connect(appContext.Config.DB.Path)
-
-			if err != nil {
-				fmt.Printf("Could not connect to the database: %s", err)
-			}
-
-			appContext.DB = db
-		},
-		PersistentPostRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			if appContext.DB != nil {
-				appContext.DB.Close()
-			}
-		},
 	}
 )
 
 func Execute() {
 	err := rootCmd.Execute()
+
 	if err != nil {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
 
 func init() {
-	cobra.OnInitialize(initConfig)
+	cobra.OnInitialize(initConfig, initDB)
 
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cfgFile, "config", "", "config file (default: ~/.config/freed/config.toml)")
 }
@@ -115,3 +100,11 @@ func initConfig() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
+
+func initDB() {
+	err := database.Open(appContext.Config.DB.Path)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Could not connect to the database: %s", err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/database/database.go b/internal/database/database.go
index 25f2740..1b8a1aa 100644
--- a/internal/database/database.go
+++ b/internal/database/database.go
@@ -8,15 +8,18 @@ import (
 	migrate "github.com/rubenv/sql-migrate"
 )
 
+var db *sql.DB
+
 //go:embed migrations/*
 var dbMigrations embed.FS
 
-func Connect(path string) (*sql.DB, error) {
+func Open(path string) error {
+	var err error
 	dbOptions := "?_fk=on&_journal=WAL&sync=normal"
-	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", path+dbOptions)
+	db, err = sql.Open("sqlite3", path+dbOptions)
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return err
 	}
 
 	migrations := migrate.EmbedFileSystemMigrationSource{
@@ -24,9 +27,13 @@ func Connect(path string) (*sql.DB, error) {
 		Root:       "migrations",
 	}
 
-	if _, err := migrate.Exec(db, "sqlite3", migrations, migrate.Up); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	if _, migrateErr := migrate.Exec(db, "sqlite3", migrations, migrate.Up); migrateErr != nil {
+		return migrateErr
 	}
 
-	return db, nil
+	if pingErr := db.Ping(); pingErr != nil {
+		return pingErr
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/database/feed.go b/internal/database/feed.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48c74a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/database/feed.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package database
+
+type FeedType string
+
+const (
+	RSS FeedType = "RSS"
+)
+
+type Feed struct {
+	Name     string
+	Url      string
+	FeedType FeedType
+}
+
+func (f Feed) Insert() (int64, error) {
+	result, err := db.Exec("INSERT INTO feed (name, url, type) VALUES (?,?,?)", f.Name, f.Url, f.FeedType)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	id, err := result.LastInsertId()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	return id, nil
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 01c938c..9396a14 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 package main
 
-import "freed/cmd"
+import (
+	"freed/cmd"
+)
 
 func main() {
 	cmd.Execute()