diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3323b34..ece1ba6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 .env
 .DS_Store
+app/database.db
diff --git a/app/modules/Database.php b/app/modules/Database.php
index ffaf4eb..4f62d20 100755
--- a/app/modules/Database.php
+++ b/app/modules/Database.php
@@ -20,8 +20,12 @@ class Database
             PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC,
         ];
 
+		// Check to see if the database exists; if not, we have to build the tables
+		$new = !file_exists($path);
+
         try {
             self::$c = new PDO("sqlite:$path", null, null, $opts);
+			if ($new) { self::build(); }
         } catch (PDOException $e) {
             throw $e;
         }
@@ -50,10 +54,82 @@ class Database
 		return $selectQuery;
 	}
 
-	public function count(string $from, string $condition = ''): mixed
+	public static function count(string $from, string $condition = ''): mixed
 	{
 		$query = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $from";
 		if (!empty($condition)) { $query .= " $condition"; }
 		return self::$c->query($query)->fetch();
 	}
+
+	private static function build()
+	{
+		// Create the users table
+		self::$c->exec("CREATE TABLE users (
+			id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+			username TEXT NOT NULL,
+			password TEXT NOT NULL,
+			email TEXT NOT NULL,
+			title TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'Newbie',
+			gender INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+			badges TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+			blurb TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+			status TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+			bday DATE NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00',
+			posts INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+			avatar TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+			reputation INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+			mlevel INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+			joindate DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+		);");
+
+		// Create the articles table
+		self::$c->exec("CREATE TABLE articles (
+			id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+			articleName TEXT NOT NULL,
+			articleCover TEXT NOT NULL,
+			articleAuthor INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
+			articleContent TEXT NOT NULL,
+			articleDate DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+			articleComments INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+			articleDescription TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT ''
+		);");
+
+		// Create the article comments table
+		self::$c->exec("CREATE TABLE articlecomments (
+			id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+			commentAuthor INTEGER NOT NULL,
+			commentContent TEXT NOT NULL,
+			commentDate DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+			articleID INTEGER NOT NULL
+		);");
+
+		// Create the episode comments table
+		self::$c->exec("CREATE TABLE episodecomments (
+			id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+			commentAuthor INTEGER NOT NULL,
+			commentContent TEXT NOT NULL,
+			commentDate DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+			showID INTEGER NOT NULL
+		);");
+
+		// Create the projects table
+		self::$c->exec("CREATE TABLE projects (
+			id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+			type TEXT NOT NULL,
+			desc TEXT NOT NULL,
+			title TEXT NOT NULL,
+			cover TEXT NOT NULL,
+			lastUpdate DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+		);");
+
+		// Create the shows table
+		self::$c->exec("CREATE TABLE shows (
+			id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+			title TEXT NOT NULL,
+			thumbnail TEXT NOT NULL,
+			desc TEXT NOT NULL,
+			showid INTEGER NOT NULL,
+			lastUpdate DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+		);");
+	}
 }