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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+aiohttp==3.9.1
+aiosignal==1.3.1
+aiosqlite==0.19.0
+attrs==23.1.0
+discord.py==2.3.2
+frozenlist==1.4.0
+greenlet==3.0.2
+idna==3.6
+multidict==6.0.4
+psycopg2==2.9.9
+python-dotenv==1.0.0
+SQLAlchemy==2.0.23
+typing_extensions==4.9.0
+yarl==1.9.4
diff --git a/src/db/__init__.py b/src/db/__init__.py
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+++ b/src/db/__init__.py
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+"""
+Initialize the database modules, create the database tables and default data.
+"""
+
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
+
+from .models import Base, AuditModel
+from .db import DatabaseManager
+
+# Initialise a database session
+engine = create_engine(DatabaseManager.get_database_url(use_async=False))
+session = sessionmaker(bind=engine)()
+
+# Create tables if not exists
+Base.metadata.create_all(engine)
+
+session.commit()
+session.close()
+
diff --git a/src/db/db.py b/src/db/db.py
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+"""
+Database Manager
+"""
+
+import logging
+from os import getenv
+
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession, create_async_engine
+from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
+
+DB_TYPE = getenv("DB_TYPE", default="sqlite")
+DB_HOST = getenv("DB_HOST", default="db.sqlite")
+DB_PORT = getenv("DB_PORT")
+DB_USERNAME = getenv("DB_USERNAME")
+DB_PASSWORD = getenv("DB_PASSWORD")
+DB_DATABASE = getenv("DB_DATABASE")
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class DatabaseManager:
+    """
+    Asynchronous database context manager.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        database_url = self.get_database_url()
+        self.engine = create_async_engine(database_url, future=True)
+        self.session_maker = sessionmaker(self.engine, class_=AsyncSession)
+        self.session = None
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_database_url(use_async=True):
+        """
+        Returns a connection string for the database.
+        """
+
+        if DB_TYPE not in ("sqlite", "mariadb", "mysql", "postgresql"):
+            raise ValueError(f"Unknown Database Type: {DB_TYPE}")
+
+        is_sqlite = DB_TYPE == "sqlite"
+
+        url = f"sqlite:///{DB_HOST}" if is_sqlite else f"{DB_TYPE}://{DB_USERNAME}:{DB_PASSWORD}@{DB_HOST}:{DB_PORT}/{DB_DATABASE}"
+        url = url.replace(":/", "+aiosqlite:/" if is_sqlite else "+asyncpg:/") if use_async else url
+
+        return url
+
+
+    async def __aenter__(self):
+        self.session = self.session_maker()
+        log.debug("Database connection open")
+        return self
+
+    async def __aexit__(self, *_):
+        await self.session.commit()
+        await self.session.close()
+        self.session = None
+        await self.engine.dispose()
+        log.debug("Database connection closed")
diff --git a/src/db/models.py b/src/db/models.py
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+++ b/src/db/models.py
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+"""
+Models and Enums for the database.
+All table classes should be suffixed with `Model`.
+"""
+
+from enum import Enum, auto
+
+from sqlalchemy import Column, Integer, String, DateTime, BigInteger
+from sqlalchemy.sql import func
+from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
+from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
+
+Base = declarative_base()
+
+
+class AuditModel(Base):
+    """
+    Table for taking audits.
+    """
+
+    __tablename__ = "audit"
+
+    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True, autoincrement=True)
+    discord_user_id = Column(BigInteger, nullable=False)
+    message = Column(String, nullable=False)
+    created = Column(DateTime(timezone=True), server_default=func.now(), nullable=False)
+    active = Column(Integer, default=True, nullable=False)
diff --git a/src/extensions/test.py b/src/extensions/test.py
index 94d5c21..95fb2e7 100644
--- a/src/extensions/test.py
+++ b/src/extensions/test.py
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ import logging
 
 from discord import app_commands, Interaction
 from discord.ext import commands, tasks
+from sqlalchemy import insert, select
+
+from db import DatabaseManager, AuditModel
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -27,7 +30,13 @@ class Test(commands.Cog):
 
     @app_commands.command(name="test-command")
     async def test_command(self, inter: Interaction):
-        await inter.response.send_message("test")
+
+        async with DatabaseManager() as database:
+            message = f"Test command has been invoked successfully!"
+            query = insert(AuditModel).values(discord_user_id=inter.user.id, message=message)
+            await database.session.execute(query)
+
+        await inter.response.send_message("the audit log test was successful")
 
 
 async def setup(bot):