diff --git a/src/daemon-utils/socket-manager.cpp b/src/daemon-utils/socket-manager.cpp
index 026997a..68f9fd6 100644
--- a/src/daemon-utils/socket-manager.cpp
+++ b/src/daemon-utils/socket-manager.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <httplib.h>
 
 namespace socket_manager {
-  void start_daemon(std::uint16_t port){
+  void start_daemon(std::uint16_t port, std::shared_ptr<duckdb::Connection> connection ){
   int server_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
     sockaddr_in server_address;
     server_address.sin_family = AF_INET;
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ namespace socket_manager {
     while(true){
       int client_socket = accept(server_socket, nullptr,nullptr);
       spdlog::info("new socket created");
-      std::thread client_handling_thread = std::thread{handle_client, client_socket};
+      std::thread client_handling_thread = std::thread{handle_client, client_socket, connection};
       client_handling_thread.detach();
       spdlog::debug("new thread spun up, returning to main loop");
   }
 }
 
-void handle_client(int client_socket){
+void handle_client(int client_socket, std::shared_ptr<duckdb::Connection> connection ){
     std::vector buffer = std::vector<char>{};
     serializable::HandshakeConnection prelim_handshake = serializable::HandshakeConnection{.payload = 123};
     nlohmann::json to_dump_handshake = prelim_handshake;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ void handle_client(int client_socket){
     close(client_socket);
     spdlog::debug("Connection closed gracefully {}", client_socket);
 }
-void start_http_server(std::uint16_t port){
+void start_http_server(std::uint16_t port, std::shared_ptr<duckdb::Connection> connection ){
     spdlog::info("Starting HTTP server on {}", port);
     httplib::Server server = httplib::Server{};
     std::vector<char> pixel = other_general_utils::read_file_bytes("1x1.png");
@@ -82,3 +82,9 @@ void start_http_server(std::uint16_t port){
     server.listen("0.0.0.0", port);
 }
 }
+
+namespace database_utils {
+  void initialize_db(std::shared_ptr<duckdb::Connection> connection){
+
+}
+}
diff --git a/src/daemon-utils/socket-manager.hpp b/src/daemon-utils/socket-manager.hpp
index fe6c541..28b449a 100644
--- a/src/daemon-utils/socket-manager.hpp
+++ b/src/daemon-utils/socket-manager.hpp
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <duckdb.hpp>
 
 namespace socket_manager {
-  void handle_client(int client_socket);
-  void start_daemon(std::uint16_t port);
-  void start_http_server(std::uint16_t port);
+  void handle_client(int client_socket, std::shared_ptr<duckdb::Connection> connection );
+  void start_daemon(std::uint16_t port, std::shared_ptr<duckdb::Connection> connection );
+  void start_http_server(std::uint16_t port, std::shared_ptr<duckdb::Connection> connection );
 }
 
+namespace database_utils {
+  void initialize_db(std::shared_ptr<duckdb::Connection> connection);
+}
diff --git a/src/main-daemon.cpp b/src/main-daemon.cpp
index 90675e3..b47048b 100644
--- a/src/main-daemon.cpp
+++ b/src/main-daemon.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
+#include "duckdb/main/connection.hpp"
+#include "duckdb/main/database.hpp"
 #include "spdlog/common.h"
 #include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <memory>
 #include <toml++/toml.hpp>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include "daemon-utils/socket-manager.hpp"
+#include <duckdb.hpp>
 // This is the *daemon* 
 
 int main() {
@@ -25,10 +29,13 @@ int main() {
     spdlog::debug("Path collected: {}", http_server_fqdn);
     spdlog::debug("Port collected for inter-process communication {}", inter_comm_port);
     
-    std::thread socket_management_root = std::thread{socket_manager::start_daemon, inter_comm_port};
+    duckdb::DuckDB duck_in_memory_database = duckdb::DuckDB{nullptr};
+    std::shared_ptr<duckdb::Connection> connection = std::make_shared<duckdb::Connection>(duck_in_memory_database);
+
+    std::thread socket_management_root = std::thread{socket_manager::start_daemon, inter_comm_port, connection};
     socket_management_root.detach();
     spdlog::info("socket management thread started and detached");
-    std::thread http_server_root = std::thread{socket_manager::start_http_server, http_port};
+    std::thread http_server_root = std::thread{socket_manager::start_http_server, http_port, connection};
     http_server_root.detach();
     spdlog::info("http root thread has been started and detached.");
     while (true) {