diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea8c4bf..4c8088d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /target
+ttc_test*
diff --git a/.sqlx/query-f17495d023bac377869af665478b21bb962599df4bf7f59dd8336dc538f5a8fb.json b/.sqlx/query-f17495d023bac377869af665478b21bb962599df4bf7f59dd8336dc538f5a8fb.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9fbd99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.sqlx/query-f17495d023bac377869af665478b21bb962599df4bf7f59dd8336dc538f5a8fb.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "SQLite",
+  "query": "SELECT pronouns \n                            FROM pronouns \n                            WHERE username == ?",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [
+      {
+        "name": "pronouns",
+        "ordinal": 0,
+        "type_info": "Text"
+      }
+    ],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Right": 1
+    },
+    "nullable": [
+      false
+    ]
+  },
+  "hash": "f17495d023bac377869af665478b21bb962599df4bf7f59dd8336dc538f5a8fb"
+}
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 39d17bd..5eb7b87 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ checksum = "f8175979259124331c1d7bf6586ee7e0da434155e4b2d48ec2c8386281d8df39"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "axum-core",
+ "axum-macros",
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
@@ -110,6 +111,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower-service",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "axum-macros"
+version = "0.3.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cdca6a10ecad987bda04e95606ef85a5417dcaac1a78455242d72e031e2b6b62"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.23",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "backtrace"
 version = "0.3.68"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7106258..8bc851f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-axum = "0.6.18"
+axum ={ version = "0.6.18", features = ["macros"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.29.1", features = ["full"] }
 rand = { version = "0.8.5", features = ["std"] }
 sqlx = { version = "0.7.1", features = ["runtime-tokio", "sqlite"] }
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7609593
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// generated by `sqlx migrate build-script`
+fn main() {
+    // trigger recompilation when a new migration is added
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=migrations");
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/migrations/0001_ttc_db.sql b/migrations/0001_ttc_db.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe47659
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/0001_ttc_db.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+CREATE TABLE pronouns (
+  id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+  username TEXT NOT NULL,
+  pronouns TEXT NOT NULL
+);
+
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 11bfe0a..af6fdb5 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,36 +1,51 @@
-use std::{sync::Arc, env};
+use std::env;
 
 use axum::{
     routing::get,
     Router,
-    extract::Path,
+    extract::{Path, State}, http::StatusCode,
 };
+use rand::{ thread_rng, seq::IteratorRandom };
 use sqlx::{SqlitePool, sqlite::SqlitePoolOptions};
 
-struct AppState {
-    pub db_pool: SqlitePool,
-}
 
 async fn user_pronouns(
+        State(pool): State<SqlitePool>,
         Path(user): Path<String>,
-    ) -> String {
-    user
+    ) -> Result<String, StatusCode> {
+    let res = sqlx::query!("SELECT pronouns 
+                            FROM pronouns 
+                            WHERE username == ?", 
+                            user)
+                           .fetch_one(&pool)
+                           .await
+                           .map_err(|err| match err {
+                               sqlx::Error::RowNotFound => StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,
+                               _ => StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
+                           })?;
+    res.pronouns
+       .split(';')
+       .choose(&mut thread_rng())
+       .map(ToOwned::to_owned)
+       .ok_or(StatusCode::NOT_FOUND)
 }
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
+    let pool = SqlitePoolOptions::new()
+              .max_connections(5)
+              .connect(env::var("TTC_DATABASE_URL")
+                      .unwrap_or("sqlite:ttc.db".into())
+                      .as_ref())
+              .await
+              .unwrap();
+
+    sqlx::migrate!("./migrations").run(&pool).await.unwrap();
+
     let app = Router::new()
         .route("/api/ttc/hello", get(|| async { "hello world!" }))
         .route("/api/ttc/pronouns/:user", get(user_pronouns))
-        .with_state(Arc::new(AppState { 
-            db_pool: SqlitePoolOptions::new()
-                .max_connections(5)
-                .connect(env::var("TTC_DATABASE_URL")
-                         .unwrap_or("sqlite:ttc.db".into())
-                         .as_ref())
-                .await
-                .unwrap() 
-        }));
+        .with_state(pool);
 
     axum::Server::bind(&"0.0.0.0:3000".parse().unwrap())
         .serve(app.into_make_service())