diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 511f5e8..7b6708a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 [project]
 name="chore-manager"
 dynamic = ["version"]
-dependencies = []
+dependencies = ["textual"]
 requires-python = ">=3.13"
 readme = "README.md"
 
diff --git a/src/chore_manager/database.py b/src/chore_manager/database.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53d07a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/chore_manager/database.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import sqlite3
+from pathlib import Path
+import os
+from dataclasses import dataclass, fields
+
+@dataclass
+class Task:
+    title: str
+    is_done: bool
+    def __post_init__(self):
+        for field in fields(self):
+            if field.type is bool:
+                value = getattr(self, field.name)
+                setattr(self, field.name, bool(value))
+
+class Database:
+    def __init__(self, filepath: Path|str):
+        is_new_database = not Path(filepath).exists()
+        self.con = sqlite3.connect(filepath)
+        self.cur = self.con.cursor()
+        if is_new_database:
+            self.initialize_table()
+
+        for i in range(0, 15):
+            self.create_task(f"task{i}", bool(i%2))
+    def initialize_table(self):
+        self.cur.execute("CREATE TABLE tasks(title TEXT, is_done INTEGER)")
+
+
+    def create_task(self, title: str, done:bool=False) -> None:
+        converted_done = ""
+        if done:
+            converted_done = "TRUE"
+        else:
+            converted_done = "FALSE"
+
+        self.cur.execute(f"""INSERT INTO tasks VALUES ("{title}", {converted_done});""") 
+        self.con.commit()
+
+    def get_all_tasks(self) -> list[Task]:
+        self.cur.execute("SELECT * FROM tasks")
+        raw_data = self.cur.fetchall()
+        return [Task(*task) for task in raw_data]
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    try:
+        os.remove("DEBUG.db")
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        pass
+    database = Database("DEBUG.db")
+    database.create_task("test")
+    print(database.get_all_tasks())
diff --git a/src/chore_manager/main.py b/src/chore_manager/main.py
index 74106cf..ced5536 100644
--- a/src/chore_manager/main.py
+++ b/src/chore_manager/main.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-
+from .tui import ChoreManagerTui
 def main_tui() -> None:
-    print("Hello World")
+    app = ChoreManagerTui()
+    app.run()
+
diff --git a/src/chore_manager/tui.py b/src/chore_manager/tui.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06f0987
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/chore_manager/tui.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from textual.app import App, ComposeResult
+from textual.widgets import Header, Checkbox
+from textual.containers import VerticalScroll
+from .database import Database
+
+class ChoreManagerTui(App):
+    
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.database = Database("DEBUG")
+
+    def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
+        yield Header()
+        tasks = self.database.get_all_tasks() 
+        with VerticalScroll():
+            for task in tasks:
+                yield Checkbox(task.title, task.is_done)
+
+