diff --git a/atom b/atom
index b1aa548..a122d94 100755
--- a/atom
+++ b/atom
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ declare -A			\
 }
 
 DOCDIR=./doc
+SHAREDIR=./share
 exampleconf=$DOCDIR/example.cfg
+schema=$SHAREDIR/schema.sql
 
 #parse arguments
 #parse config
@@ -59,6 +61,9 @@ getConfigGeneral() {
 		'temporary-directory')
 			tempdir="$value"
 		;;
+		'database')
+			database="$value"
+		;;
 		debug)
 			#unimplemented
 		;;
@@ -197,6 +202,33 @@ getConfig() {
 
 #check sanity
 
+openDatabase() {
+	if [ ! -d "$tempdir" ]
+	then
+		mkdir -p "$tempdir"
+	fi
+	mkfifo "$tempdir"/sqlite.{in,out}
+	if [ ! -f "$database" ]
+	then
+		if [ ! -d "${database%/*}" ]
+		then
+			mkdir -p "${database%/*}"
+		fi
+		sqlite3 "$database" < $schema
+	fi
+	sqlite3 -line "$database"	\
+		< "$tempdir/sqlite.in"	\
+		> "$tempdir/sqlite.out"	&
+	exec 3> "$tempdir"/sqlite.in
+	exec 4< "$tempdir"/sqlite.out
+}
+
+closeDatabase() {
+	exec 3>&-
+	exec 4<&-
+	rm "$tempdir"/sqlite.{in,out}
+}
+
 getFiles() {
 	:
 }
@@ -328,4 +360,8 @@ echo "|Copied mime-type|${destinationcopymime[$destination]//\|/
 done
 }|column -t -s'|' -n
 
+openDatabase
+
+closeDatabase
+
 # vim:set ts=8 sw=8: