diff --git a/tiledb/logger.go b/tiledb/logger.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f24934
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tiledb/logger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package tiledb
+
+import (
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+var log *logrus.Entry
+
+func init() {
+	log = logrus.WithFields(logrus.Fields{"prefix": "tiledb"})
+}
diff --git a/tiledb/sqlite.go b/tiledb/sqlite.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab6b3da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tiledb/sqlite.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package tiledb
+
+import (
+  "database/sql"
+  _ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
+  "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+  "mapserver/coords"
+  "time"
+)
+
+const migrateScript = `
+create table if not exists tiles(
+  data blob,
+  mtime bigint,
+  layer int,
+  x int,
+  y int,
+  zoom int,
+  primary key(x,y,zoom,layer)
+);
+`
+
+type Sqlite3Accessor struct {
+	db       *sql.DB
+	filename string
+}
+
+func (db *Sqlite3Accessor) Migrate() error {
+		log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{"filename": db.filename}).Info("Migrating database")
+		start := time.Now()
+		_, err := db.db.Exec(migrateScript)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		t := time.Now()
+		elapsed := t.Sub(start)
+		log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{"elapsed": elapsed}).Info("Migration completed")
+
+  	return nil
+}
+
+func (db *Sqlite3Accessor) GetTile(pos coords.TileCoords) (*Tile, error) {
+  return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (db *Sqlite3Accessor) SetTile(pos coords.TileCoords, tile *Tile) error {
+  return nil
+}
+
+func NewSqliteAccessor(filename string) (*Sqlite3Accessor, error) {
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	sq := &Sqlite3Accessor{db: db, filename: filename}
+	return sq, nil
+}
diff --git a/tiledb/sqlite_test.go b/tiledb/sqlite_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b60ef5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tiledb/sqlite_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package tiledb
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestMigrate(t *testing.T) {
+	tmpfile, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "TestMigrateEmpty.*.sqlite")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	defer os.Remove(tmpfile.Name())
+
+	db, err := NewSqliteAccessor(tmpfile.Name())
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	err = db.Migrate()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}