diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3e11ae5..499b2a3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ ADD apiresponse/ apiresponse/
 ADD cmd/ cmd/
 ADD config/ config/
 ADD dbclient/ dbclient/
+ADD dbschema/ dbschema/
+ADD dbstruct/ dbstruct/
 ADD webcontent/ webcontent/
 ADD webhandler/ webhandler/
 
diff --git a/apihandler/apihandler.go b/apihandler/apihandler.go
index ae97e0f..1339e8e 100644
--- a/apihandler/apihandler.go
+++ b/apihandler/apihandler.go
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 
-	"git.agecem.com/agecem/bottin-ag/apierror"
 	"git.agecem.com/agecem/bottin-ag/apiresponse"
+	"git.agecem.com/agecem/bottin-ag/dbclient"
 	bottindata "git.agecem.com/agecem/bottin/v5/data"
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
 )
@@ -17,8 +17,15 @@ func DeclareRoutes(e *echo.Group, h *APIHandler) {
 	e.GET("/scan/:membre_id/", h.ScanGET)
 }
 
-func New() (handler APIHandler) {
-	return
+/*
+New retourne un nouveau APIHandler contenant des pointers vers les clients
+nécessaires à l'exécution du API server
+*/
+func New(bottinAPIClient *bottindata.ApiClient, dbClient *dbclient.DBClient) APIHandler {
+	return APIHandler{
+		BottinAPIClient: bottinAPIClient,
+		DBClient:        dbClient,
+	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -27,6 +34,7 @@ routes
 */
 type APIHandler struct {
 	BottinAPIClient *bottindata.ApiClient
+	DBClient        *dbclient.DBClient
 }
 
 // HealthGET is the handler for `GET /v:version/health/ http/1.1`
@@ -42,18 +50,6 @@ func (a *APIHandler) HealthGET(c echo.Context) error {
 		r.Data.BottinStatus = bottinStatus
 	}
 
-	// TODO
-	r.Data.DBStatus = "not implemented"
-
-	if r.Data.BottinStatus == "not implemented" || r.Data.DBStatus == "not implemented" {
-		var err apierror.ErrBottinOrDBNotImplemented
-		r.Error = err.Error()
-		r.StatusCode = http.StatusInternalServerError
-		r.Message = "not ok"
-
-		return c.JSON(r.StatusCode, r)
-	}
-
 	return c.JSON(r.StatusCode, r)
 }
 
diff --git a/apiresponse/apiresponse.go b/apiresponse/apiresponse.go
index cdeb9c0..d034916 100644
--- a/apiresponse/apiresponse.go
+++ b/apiresponse/apiresponse.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ type HealthGET struct {
 	Response
 	Data struct {
 		BottinStatus string
-		DBStatus     string
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/api.go b/cmd/api.go
index 26f18ce..d0e5c5b 100644
--- a/cmd/api.go
+++ b/cmd/api.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"git.agecem.com/agecem/bottin-ag/apihandler"
 	"git.agecem.com/agecem/bottin-ag/config"
+	"git.agecem.com/agecem/bottin-ag/dbclient"
 	bottindata "git.agecem.com/agecem/bottin/v5/data"
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4/middleware"
@@ -31,12 +32,18 @@ var apiCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 		v0 := e.Group("/v0")
 
-		handler := apihandler.New()
-		if &handler == nil {
-			log.Fatal("Newly created APIHandler is nil")
+		bottinApiClient := bottindata.NewApiClient("bottin", "localhost", "http", 1312)
+
+		dbClient, err := dbclient.New("db", "bottinag", "bottinag", "bottinag", 5432, false)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
-		handler.BottinAPIClient = bottindata.NewApiClient("bottin", "localhost", "http", 1312)
+		handler := apihandler.New(bottinApiClient, dbClient)
+
+		if err := handler.DBClient.CreateTablesIfNotExist(); err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
 
 		apihandler.DeclareRoutes(v0, &handler)
 
diff --git a/dbclient/dbclient.go b/dbclient/dbclient.go
index 61c4d69..5e763ea 100644
--- a/dbclient/dbclient.go
+++ b/dbclient/dbclient.go
@@ -1,2 +1,46 @@
 // Package dbclient provides the database client used by the API server
 package dbclient
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"git.agecem.com/agecem/bottin-ag/dbschema"
+	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
+)
+
+// DBClient holds a *sqlx.DB and implements methods to manipulate the database
+type DBClient struct {
+	DB *sqlx.DB
+}
+
+func New(host, database, user, password string, port int, useSSL bool) (*DBClient, error) {
+	var SSLMode string
+
+	switch useSSL {
+	case true:
+		SSLMode = "enable"
+	case false:
+		SSLMode = "disable"
+	}
+
+	connectionString := fmt.Sprintf("postgres://%s:%s@%s:%d/%s?sslmode=%s",
+		user,
+		password,
+		host,
+		port,
+		database,
+		SSLMode,
+	)
+
+	db, err := sqlx.Connect("pgx", connectionString)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &DBClient{DB: db}, nil
+}
+
+func (d *DBClient) CreateTablesIfNotExist() error {
+	_, err := d.DB.Exec(dbschema.Schema)
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/dbschema/dbschema.go b/dbschema/dbschema.go
index e18b72d..b1c6030 100644
--- a/dbschema/dbschema.go
+++ b/dbschema/dbschema.go
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ package dbschema
 
 const Schema string = `
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS presences (
-    id VARCHAR(7) PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+    id VARCHAR(7) PRIMARY KEY,
     at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
     name VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
-    programme_id NOT NULL
+    programme_id VARCHAR(6) NOT NULL
 );
 `