diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7e8d1ea..1d88687 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ python-dotenv = "*"
 rich = "*"
 typer = "*"
 flask = "*"
+flask-sqlalchemy = "^3.1.1"
+flask-migrate = "^4.1.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 pytest = "*"
@@ -25,7 +27,8 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 
 [tool.poetry.scripts]
-ttfrog = "ttfrog.cli:app"
+ttfrog = "ttfrog.cli:main"
+web = "ttfrog.web:main"
 
 
 ### SLAM
diff --git a/src/ttfrog/app.py b/src/ttfrog/app.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be8d347
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ttfrog/app.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import importlib
+import os
+
+from flask import Flask
+from flask_migrate import Migrate
+from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
+
+_context = None
+
+
+class ApplicationContext:
+    """
+    Interface for the flask application
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, schema_module_name: str):
+        self.schema_module = importlib.import_module(schema_module_name)
+        self.db = SQLAlchemy()
+        self.migrate = Migrate()
+        self._app = Flask("flask")
+
+        self._initialized = False
+        self._enable_migrations = False
+
+        self._app.config["SECRET_KEY"] = os.getenv("SECRET_KEY", "secret string")
+        self._app.config["SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI"] = os.getenv(
+            "DATABASE_URL", "sqlite:////" + os.path.join(self._app.root_path, "data.db")
+        )
+        self._app.config["SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS"] = False
+
+    @property
+    def flask(self):
+        if not self._initialized:
+            raise RuntimeError("You must initialize first.")
+        return self._app
+
+    def initialize(self):
+        self.db.init_app(self._app)
+        if self._enable_migrations:
+            self.migrate.init_app(self._app, self.db)
+        self._initialized = True
+        return self.flask
+
+
+def initialize(schema_module_name: str = "ttfrog.schema"):
+    global _context
+    if not _context:
+        _context = ApplicationContext(schema_module_name)
+        _context.initialize()
+    return _context
diff --git a/src/ttfrog/cli.py b/src/ttfrog/cli.py
index 954c0c4..91455fa 100644
--- a/src/ttfrog/cli.py
+++ b/src/ttfrog/cli.py
@@ -3,17 +3,25 @@ import logging
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional
 
+import click
 import typer
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from flask.cli import FlaskGroup
 from rich.logging import RichHandler
 
+import ttfrog.app
+
 CONFIG_DEFAULTS = """
 # ttfrog Defaults
 
 LOG_LEVEL=INFO
 """
 
-app = typer.Typer()
+main_app = typer.Typer()
+
+_context = ttfrog.app.initialize()
+flask_app = _context.flask
+
 app_state = dict(
     config_file=Path("~/.config/ttfrog.conf").expanduser(),
 )
@@ -21,8 +29,8 @@ app_state = dict(
 logger = logging.getLogger("ttfrog.cli")
 
 
-@app.callback(invoke_without_command=True)
-def main(
+@main_app.callback(invoke_without_command=True)
+def callback(
     context: typer.Context,
     verbose: bool = typer.Option(False, help="Enable verbose output."),
     log_level: str = typer.Option("error", help=" Set the log level."),
@@ -54,4 +62,33 @@ def run(context: typer.Context):
     """
     The default CLI entrypoint is ttfrog.cli.run().
     """
-    raise NotImplementedError("Please define ttfrog.cli.run().")
+    flask_app.run()
+
+
+@flask_app.shell_context_processor
+def make_shell_context():
+    return {"db": flask_app.db, "app": flask_app._app}
+
+
+@flask_app.cli.command()
+@click.option("--drop", is_flag=True, help="Create after drop.")
+@click.pass_context
+def setup(ctx, drop: bool):
+    """
+    (Re)create the database.
+    """
+    if drop:
+        ctx.db.drop_all()
+    ctx.db.create_all()
+
+
+@click.group(cls=FlaskGroup, create_app=lambda: flask_app)
+@click.pass_context
+def app(ctx):
+    """
+    Application management functions
+    """
+
+
+main = typer.main.get_command(main_app)
+main.add_command(app, "app")
diff --git a/src/ttfrog/db.py b/src/ttfrog/db.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/ttfrog/schema.ph b/src/ttfrog/schema.ph
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b540bc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ttfrog/schema.ph
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# schema goes here
diff --git a/src/ttfrog/schema.py b/src/ttfrog/schema.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/ttfrog/web.py b/src/ttfrog/web.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..745c643
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ttfrog/web.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from ttfrog.app import initialize
+
+_context = initialize()
+app = _context.flask
+
+
+@app.route("/", defaults={"path": ""})
+def serve(path):
+    return "HELLO"