diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 785239a..611da17 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "actix-service",
  "actix-utils",
  "ahash",
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.21.0",
  "bitflags",
  "brotli",
  "bytes",
@@ -224,12 +224,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "alloc-no-stdlib",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-trait"
+version = "0.1.63"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eff18d764974428cf3a9328e23fc5c986f5fbed46e6cd4cdf42544df5d297ec1"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.13.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9e1b586273c5702936fe7b7d6896644d8be71e6314cfe09d3167c95f712589e8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.21.0"
@@ -272,6 +289,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "alloc-stdlib",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "byteorder"
+version = "1.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "14c189c53d098945499cdfa7ecc63567cf3886b3332b312a5b4585d8d3a6a610"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -347,6 +370,40 @@ dependencies = [
  "typenum",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "deadpool"
+version = "0.9.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "421fe0f90f2ab22016f32a9881be5134fdd71c65298917084b0c7477cbc3856e"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "deadpool-runtime",
+ "num_cpus",
+ "retain_mut",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "deadpool-postgres"
+version = "0.10.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "836a24a9d49deefe610b8b60c767a7412e9a931d79a89415cd2d2d71630ca8d7"
+dependencies = [
+ "deadpool",
+ "log",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-postgres",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "deadpool-runtime"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eaa37046cc0f6c3cc6090fbdbf73ef0b8ef4cfcc37f6befc0020f63e8cf121e1"
+dependencies = [
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "derive_more"
 version = "0.99.17"
@@ -368,6 +425,7 @@ checksum = "8168378f4e5023e7218c89c891c0fd8ecdb5e5e4f18cb78f38cf245dd021e76f"
 dependencies = [
  "block-buffer",
  "crypto-common",
+ "subtle",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -413,6 +471,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fallible-iterator"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4443176a9f2c162692bd3d352d745ef9413eec5782a80d8fd6f8a1ac692a07f7"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "flate2"
 version = "1.0.25"
@@ -438,12 +502,33 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-channel"
+version = "0.3.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "52ba265a92256105f45b719605a571ffe2d1f0fea3807304b522c1d778f79eed"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-core"
 version = "0.3.25"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "04909a7a7e4633ae6c4a9ab280aeb86da1236243a77b694a49eacd659a4bd3ac"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-macro"
+version = "0.3.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bdfb8ce053d86b91919aad980c220b1fb8401a9394410e1c289ed7e66b61835d"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-sink"
 version = "0.3.25"
@@ -463,9 +548,12 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "197676987abd2f9cadff84926f410af1c183608d36641465df73ae8211dc65d6"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
+ "futures-macro",
+ "futures-sink",
  "futures-task",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "pin-utils",
+ "slab",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -523,6 +611,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hmac"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c49c37c09c17a53d937dfbb742eb3a961d65a994e6bcdcf37e7399d0cc8ab5e"
+dependencies = [
+ "digest",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "0.2.8"
@@ -620,8 +717,10 @@ name = "leqsikoni-backend"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-web",
+ "deadpool-postgres",
  "env_logger",
  "log",
+ "tokio-postgres",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -673,6 +772,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "md-5"
+version = "0.10.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6365506850d44bff6e2fbcb5176cf63650e48bd45ef2fe2665ae1570e0f4b9ca"
+dependencies = [
+ "digest",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.5.0"
@@ -757,6 +865,24 @@ version = "2.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "478c572c3d73181ff3c2539045f6eb99e5491218eae919370993b890cdbdd98e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "phf"
+version = "0.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "928c6535de93548188ef63bb7c4036bd415cd8f36ad25af44b9789b2ee72a48c"
+dependencies = [
+ "phf_shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "phf_shared"
+version = "0.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e1fb5f6f826b772a8d4c0394209441e7d37cbbb967ae9c7e0e8134365c9ee676"
+dependencies = [
+ "siphasher",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
 version = "0.2.9"
@@ -775,6 +901,35 @@ version = "0.3.26"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6ac9a59f73473f1b8d852421e59e64809f025994837ef743615c6d0c5b305160"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "postgres-protocol"
+version = "0.6.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "878c6cbf956e03af9aa8204b407b9cbf47c072164800aa918c516cd4b056c50c"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.13.1",
+ "byteorder",
+ "bytes",
+ "fallible-iterator",
+ "hmac",
+ "md-5",
+ "memchr",
+ "rand",
+ "sha2",
+ "stringprep",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "postgres-types"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "73d946ec7d256b04dfadc4e6a3292324e6f417124750fc5c0950f981b703a0f1"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "fallible-iterator",
+ "postgres-protocol",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ppv-lite86"
 version = "0.2.17"
@@ -855,6 +1010,12 @@ version = "0.6.28"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "456c603be3e8d448b072f410900c09faf164fbce2d480456f50eea6e25f9c848"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "retain_mut"
+version = "0.1.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4389f1d5789befaf6029ebd9f7dac4af7f7e3d61b69d4f30e2ac02b57e7712b0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc_version"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -936,6 +1097,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sha2"
+version = "0.10.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "82e6b795fe2e3b1e845bafcb27aa35405c4d47cdfc92af5fc8d3002f76cebdc0"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures",
+ "digest",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook-registry"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -945,6 +1117,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "siphasher"
+version = "0.3.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7bd3e3206899af3f8b12af284fafc038cc1dc2b41d1b89dd17297221c5d225de"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.7"
@@ -970,6 +1148,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "stringprep"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8ee348cb74b87454fff4b551cbf727025810a004f88aeacae7f85b87f4e9a1c1"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-bidi",
+ "unicode-normalization",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "subtle"
+version = "2.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6bdef32e8150c2a081110b42772ffe7d7c9032b606bc226c8260fd97e0976601"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.107"
@@ -1050,6 +1244,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-postgres"
+version = "0.7.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "29a12c1b3e0704ae7dfc25562629798b29c72e6b1d0a681b6f29ab4ae5e7f7bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "byteorder",
+ "bytes",
+ "fallible-iterator",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-util",
+ "log",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "phf",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "postgres-protocol",
+ "postgres-types",
+ "socket2",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-util"
 version = "0.7.4"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3580d00..e1dd374 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,5 +12,7 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 actix-web = "4.3.0"
+deadpool-postgres = "0.10.5"
 env_logger = "0.10.0"
 log = "0.4.17"
+tokio-postgres = "0.7.7"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 71aca2c..50f3f0f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,47 @@ async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
         .target(env_logger::Target::Stderr)
         .init();
 
+    let pool = {
+        let mut config = deadpool_postgres::Config::new();
+        config.host = Some("localhost".to_string());
+        config.user = Some("leqsikoni".to_string());
+        config.password = Some("password".to_string());
+        config.dbname = Some("leqsikoni".to_string());
+        config.manager = Some(deadpool_postgres::ManagerConfig {
+            recycling_method: deadpool_postgres::RecyclingMethod::Fast,
+        });
+
+        config
+            .create_pool(
+                Some(deadpool_postgres::Runtime::Tokio1),
+                tokio_postgres::NoTls,
+            )
+            .unwrap()
+    };
+
+    {
+        let conn = pool.get().await.unwrap();
+        let stmt = conn
+            .prepare_cached(
+                "SELECT id, code, english_name, self_name FROM languages;",
+            )
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let rows = conn.query(&stmt, &[]).await.unwrap();
+
+        for row in rows {
+            let id: i64 = row.get(0);
+            let code: &str = row.get(1);
+            let english_name: &str = row.get(2);
+            let self_name: &str = row.get(3);
+
+            println!(
+                "{:#?} {:#?} {:#?} {:#?}",
+                id, code, english_name, self_name,
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
     actix_web::HttpServer::new(|| {
         actix_web::App::new()
             .wrap(actix_web::middleware::Logger::default())