diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 827d510..f80387f 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-const express = require('express');
+const express = require('express'); //TODO: make use of httpd istad of express
 // A genareted db with all the pages
 const siteMap = require('./siteMap');
 // All compilers for all page source types
 const compile = require('./compile');
 const settings = require('./settings');
+const db = require('./db')
+db.init()
 
 console.log("siteMap:", siteMap) //DEBUG
 
@@ -13,6 +15,27 @@ app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
 app.set('views', __dirname + '/views')
 
 // routing
+app.get('/db/:collection/:file', function(req, res, next){
+  db.get(req.params.collecion, req.params.file, function(err, data){
+    if(err){
+      res.status(404)
+      res.send('FAIL')
+      return
+    }
+    res.type('json')
+    res.send(data)
+  })
+})
+app.post('/db/:collection/:file', function(req, res, next){
+  db.write(req.params.collecion, req.params.file, req.body, function(err){
+    if(err){
+      res.status(500)
+      res.send('FAIL')
+      return
+    }
+    res.send('OK')
+  })
+})
 app.use(renderPage)
 app.use(render404)
 
diff --git a/db.js b/db.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa1fc88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db.js
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+const fs = require('fs').promises
+const settings = require('./settings')
+
+//TODO: use a propper file type and search method
+//TODO: allow encryption
+
+const Path = __dirname + settings.dbDir + '/'
+
+module.exports = {}
+
+function checkCollection(path, callback, args){
+  const files = fs.readdir(path)
+
+  function fn(files){
+    callback(files, args)
+  }
+
+  files.catch(function(err){
+    console.log('catch')
+    if(err.toString().substr(0, notFount.length) == notFount){
+      p = fs.mkdir(path)
+      p.catch((err) => { throw err })
+      p.then(() => { checkCollection(path, callback, args) })
+    }else{
+      throw err
+    }
+  })
+  files.then(fn)
+}
+
+
+
+module.exports.get = function(coll, file, fn){
+  const path = Path + '/' + coll
+
+  checkCollection(path, get, [path, file, fn])
+}
+
+function get(files, args){
+  const path = args[0], file = args[1], fn = args[2]
+  delete args
+
+  if(files.indexOf(file) == -1){
+    return fn('file not found', null)
+  }
+
+  data = fs.readFile(path + '/' + file)
+  data.catch((err) => {
+    fn('error reading file', null)
+  })
+  data.then((content) => {
+    fn(false, content)
+  })
+}
+
+
+
+module.exports.write = function(coll, file, data, fn){
+  const path = Path + '/' + coll
+
+  checkCollection(path, write, [path, file, data, fn])
+}
+
+function write(files, args){
+  const path = args[0], file = args[1], data = args[2], fn = args[3]
+  delete args
+
+  data = fs.writeFile(path + '/' + file, data)
+  data.catch((err) => {
+    fn('error write file')
+  })
+  data.then(() => {
+    fn(false)
+  })
+}
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