diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e941da68..88d11e1c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+*.swp
+*.swo
+.DS_Store
 .bundle
 vendor/bundle
-.DS_Store
diff --git a/.rspec b/.rspec
deleted file mode 100644
index 660778bd..00000000
--- a/.rspec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
---colour --format documentation
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 1f478929..337e89d6 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-source 'https://rubygems.org'
-ruby '2.0.0'
+source "https://rubygems.org"
 
-gem 'rspec', '~> 2.14.1'
-gem 'pry-byebug'
+gem 'pg'
+gem 'activerecord', '~> 4.1.0'
+gem 'active_record_tasks', '~> 1.1.0'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index a885a8c7..5fa409d9 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,35 +1,39 @@
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    byebug (3.5.1)
-      columnize (~> 0.8)
-      debugger-linecache (~> 1.2)
-      slop (~> 3.6)
-    coderay (1.1.0)
-    columnize (0.8.9)
-    debugger-linecache (1.2.0)
-    diff-lcs (1.2.5)
-    method_source (0.8.2)
-    pry (0.10.1)
-      coderay (~> 1.1.0)
-      method_source (~> 0.8.1)
-      slop (~> 3.4)
-    pry-byebug (2.0.0)
-      byebug (~> 3.4)
-      pry (~> 0.10)
-    rspec (2.14.1)
-      rspec-core (~> 2.14.0)
-      rspec-expectations (~> 2.14.0)
-      rspec-mocks (~> 2.14.0)
-    rspec-core (2.14.7)
-    rspec-expectations (2.14.5)
-      diff-lcs (>= 1.1.3, < 2.0)
-    rspec-mocks (2.14.5)
-    slop (3.6.0)
+    active_record_tasks (1.1.0)
+      activerecord (>= 4.0)
+      rainbow
+      rake
+    activemodel (4.1.8)
+      activesupport (= 4.1.8)
+      builder (~> 3.1)
+    activerecord (4.1.8)
+      activemodel (= 4.1.8)
+      activesupport (= 4.1.8)
+      arel (~> 5.0.0)
+    activesupport (4.1.8)
+      i18n (~> 0.6, >= 0.6.9)
+      json (~> 1.7, >= 1.7.7)
+      minitest (~> 5.1)
+      thread_safe (~> 0.1)
+      tzinfo (~> 1.1)
+    arel (5.0.1.20140414130214)
+    builder (3.2.2)
+    i18n (0.7.0)
+    json (1.8.1)
+    minitest (5.5.0)
+    pg (0.18.0)
+    rainbow (2.0.0)
+    rake (10.4.2)
+    thread_safe (0.3.4)
+    tzinfo (1.2.2)
+      thread_safe (~> 0.1)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
 
 DEPENDENCIES
-  pry-byebug
-  rspec (~> 2.14.1)
+  active_record_tasks (~> 1.1.0)
+  activerecord (~> 4.1.0)
+  pg
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..488a5913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+require 'active_record_tasks'
+
+ActiveRecordTasks.configure do |config|
+  # These are all the default values
+  config.db_dir = 'db'
+  config.db_config_path = 'db/config.yml'
+  config.env = 'development'
+end
+
+# Run this AFTER you've configured
+ActiveRecordTasks.load_tasks
diff --git a/db/config.yml b/db/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a90f368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+development:
+  adapter: postgresql
+  database: migrations_dev
+  pool: 5
+  timeout: 5000
+
+test:
+  adapter: postgresql
+  database: migrations_test
+  pool: 5
+  timeout: 5000
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..acd5b07c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# encoding: UTF-8
+# This file is auto-generated from the current state of the database. Instead
+# of editing this file, please use the migrations feature of Active Record to
+# incrementally modify your database, and then regenerate this schema definition.
+#
+# Note that this schema.rb definition is the authoritative source for your
+# database schema. If you need to create the application database on another
+# system, you should be using db:schema:load, not running all the migrations
+# from scratch. The latter is a flawed and unsustainable approach (the more migrations
+# you'll amass, the slower it'll run and the greater likelihood for issues).
+#
+# It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
+
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20150105104003) do
+
+  # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
+  enable_extension "plpgsql"
+
+  create_table "test", force: true do |t|
+    t.string "name"
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/spec/.gitkeep b/spec/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000