diff --git a/server/.env b/server/.env
index bedd69f..090904b 100644
--- a/server/.env
+++ b/server/.env
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-GREPFOOD_SYNCSERVER_PORT=8080
-GREPFOOD_JWT_SECRET=9v8bnz7560983n765098z7nb30945
+GREPFOOD_SYNCSERVER_PORT=:8080
+GREPFOOD_DATABASE_CONNECTION=postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/grepfood?sslmode=disable
diff --git a/server/docker-compose.yml b/server/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..052c65f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+version: '3.3'
+services:
+  database:
+    image: postgres:14-alpine
+    container_name: postgres
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: "user"
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "password"
+      POSTGRES_DB: "grepfood"
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+    volumes:
+      - db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+
+volumes:
+  db:
diff --git a/server/go.mod b/server/go.mod
index a057f25..57eb284 100644
--- a/server/go.mod
+++ b/server/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@ module git.montehaselino.de/grepfood-server-demo
 
 go 1.23.2
 
-require github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.2+incompatible // indirect
+require (
+	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.2+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/server/go.sum b/server/go.sum
index efdb2a9..f568cf3 100644
--- a/server/go.sum
+++ b/server/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.2+incompatible h1:IfV12K8xAKAnZqdXVzCZ+TOjboZ2keLg81eXfW3O+oY=
 github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:8pz2t5EyA70fFQQSrl6XZXzqecmYZeUEB8OUGHkxJ+I=
+github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9 h1:YXG7RB+JIjhP29X+OtkiDnYaXQwpS4JEWq7dtCCRUEw=
+github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9/go.mod h1:AlVN5x4E4T544tWzH6hKfbfQvm3HdbOxrmggDNAPY9o=
diff --git a/server/main.go b/server/main.go
index 4bbaf98..ed8ac37 100644
--- a/server/main.go
+++ b/server/main.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"github.com/golang-jwt/jwt"
 	"time"
+	"database/sql"
+	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
 )
 
 func GenerateJwt(username string) (string, error) {
@@ -45,10 +47,97 @@ func handleVersion(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	WriteJson(w, version)
 }
 
+func InitDatabase(db *sql.DB) {
+	_, err := db.Exec(
+`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ingredient (
+	id SERIAL,
+	name VARCHAR(64) UNIQUE NOT NULL,
+	icon VARCHAR(64),
+	price INT,
+	PRIMARY KEY(id)
+)`)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	log.Print("created table for ingredients")
+
+	_, err = db.Exec(
+`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS recipe (
+	id SERIAL,
+	name VARCHAR(64) UNIQUE NOT NULL,
+	icon VARCHAR(64),
+	PRIMARY KEY(id)
+)`)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	log.Print("created table for receipts")
+
+	_, err = db.Exec(
+`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS recipe_ingredient (
+	recipe_id INT NOT NULL,
+	ingredient_d INT NOT NULL,
+	amount INT,
+	FOREIGN KEY (recipe_id) REFERENCES recipe(id),
+	FOREIGN KEY (ingredient_d) REFERENCES ingredient(id)
+)`)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	log.Print("created table for recipe ingredients")
+}
+
+type Ingredient struct {
+	Name string `json:name`
+	Icon string `json:icon`
+	Price int `json:price`
+}
+
+type Recipe struct {
+	Name string `json:name`
+	Icon string `json:icon`
+}
+
+type RecipeIngredient struct {
+	Recipe int `json:recipe`
+	Ingredient int `json:ingredient`
+	Amount int `json:amount`
+}
+
 func main() {
+	dbconn := os.Getenv("GREPFOOD_DATABASE_CONNECTION")
+
+	db, err := sql.Open("postgres", dbconn)
+	if err != nil {
+	    log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	log.Print("connected to database: ", dbconn)
+
+	InitDatabase(db)
 
 	http.HandleFunc("/version", handleVersion)
-	http.Handle("/", http.FileServer(http.Dir("./static")))
+	http.HandleFunc("/api/recipes", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		rows, err := db.Query("SELECT name, icon FROM recipe")
+		if err != nil {
+			http.Error(w, "Internal server error", http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+
+		recipes := struct { Recipes []Recipe `json:recipes`} {
+			Recipes: []Recipe{},
+		}
+
+		for rows.Next() {
+			recipe := Recipe{}
+			rows.Scan(&recipe.Name, &recipe.Icon)
+			recipes.Recipes = append(recipes.Recipes, recipe)
+		}
+
+		WriteJson(w, recipes)
+	})
 
 	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(os.Getenv("GREPFOOD_SYNCSERVER_PORT"), nil))
 }