diff --git a/src/rust/utils.rs b/src/rust/utils.rs
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+mod db {
+    use diesel::{Connection, SqliteConnection};
+    use dirs::data_local_dir;
+    use sqlx::Connection;
+
+    fn get_db() -> SqliteConnection {
+        let mut data = data_local_dir().unwrap();
+        data.push("lumina");
+        data.push("library-db.sqlite3");
+        let mut db_url = String::from("sqlite://");
+        db_url.push_str(data.to_str().unwrap());
+        println!("DB: {:?}", db_url);
+
+        SqliteConnection::establish(&db_url).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
+            panic!("error connecting to {}", db_url)
+        })
+    }
+
+    async fn get_items(items: &str) -> String {
+        let conn = sqlx::SqliteConnection::connect(
+            "/home/chris/.local/share/lumina/library-db.sqlite3",
+        );
+        let select = sqlx::query_as("SELECT $1")
+            .bind(items)
+            .fetch_all(&mut conn).await?;
+    }
+}