diff --git a/server/environment.ts b/server/environment.ts
index b0f560d7..ccfdc146 100644
--- a/server/environment.ts
+++ b/server/environment.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const environmentSchema = z.object({
     SAVE_LOGS: z.string().transform((val) => val === "true"),
     PORT: z.string(),
     CONFIG_PATH: z.string(),
+    API_VERSION: z.string(),
 });
 
 const environment = {
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ const environment = {
     SAVE_LOGS: (process.env.SAVE_LOGS as string) || "false",
     PORT: (process.env.PORT as string) || "3000",
     CONFIG_PATH: process.env.CONFIG_PATH as string,
+    API_VERSION: process.env.API_VERSION as string,
 };
 
 const parsedConfig = environmentSchema.safeParse(environment);
diff --git a/server/index.ts b/server/index.ts
index 39288fcc..826551fc 100644
--- a/server/index.ts
+++ b/server/index.ts
@@ -6,20 +6,31 @@ import logger from "@server/logger";
 import helmet from "helmet";
 import cors from "cors";
 import unauth from "@server/routers/unauth";
+import Database from 'better-sqlite3';
 
 const dev = environment.ENVIRONMENT !== "prod";
 const app = next({ dev });
 const handle = app.getRequestHandler();
-
 const port = environment.PORT;
 
-app.prepare().then(() => {
-    const server = express();
+let db: Database.Database;
 
+app.prepare().then(() => {
+    // Open the SQLite database connection
+    db = new Database(`${environment.CONFIG_PATH}/db/db.sqlite`, { verbose: console.log });
+
+    const server = express();
     server.use(helmet());
     server.use(cors());
 
-    const prefix = `/api`;
+    const prefix = `/api/${environment.API_VERSION}`;
+
+    // Middleware to attach db to req object
+    server.use((req: Request & { db?: Database.Database }, res: Response, next) => {
+        req.db = db;
+        next();
+    });
+
     server.use(prefix, express.json(), unauth);
 
     server.all("*", (req: Request, res: Response) => {
@@ -34,3 +45,8 @@ app.prepare().then(() => {
         logger.info(`Server is running on http://localhost:${port}`);
     });
 });
+
+process.on('SIGINT', () => {
+    db.close();
+    process.exit(0);
+});
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