diff --git a/db_connection.py b/db_connection.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4eae65c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db_connection.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+import sqlite3
+import logging as log
+
+database = "bbbbs.sqlite"
+log.basicConfig(level=log.INFO, encoding="utf-8") # set level to log.DEBUG when debugging
+
+try:
+    sqliteConnection = sqlite3.connect(database)
+    cursor = sqliteConnection.cursor()
+
+    cursor.execute('select sqlite_version();')
+    log.debug("Sqlite version is %s" % cursor.fetchall())
+    log.info("connected to %s" % database)
+except sqlite3.Error as error:
+    log.critical('Error occured: ', error)
+
+
+def create_transmissions_table():
+    # timeslots is stored as a 10 bit number with each bit representing a specific timeslot.
+    scheme = """
+    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS transmissions (
+    date TEXT NOT NULL,
+    author TEXT NOT NULL,
+    title TEXT NOT NULL,
+    tranmission_text TEXT NOT NULL,
+    timeslots INT NOT NULL,
+    transmission_order INT NOT NULL,
+    play BOOLEAN NOT NULL
+    );
+    """
+    if cursor.execute("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='transmissions';").fetchall() == []:
+        try:
+            cursor.execute(scheme)
+            log.info("Successfully created database transmissions")
+        except sqlite3.Error as error:
+            log.critical("Couldn't create transmissions table: ", error)
+            exit(1)
+    else:
+        log.debug('DB transmissions exists, not creating.')
+
+def create_timeslots_table():
+    scheme = """
+    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS timeslots (
+    timeslot INT NOT NULL,
+    time TEXT NOT NULL,
+    active BOOLEAN NOT NULL
+    );
+    """
+    if cursor.execute("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='timeslots';").fetchall() == []:
+        try:
+            cursor.execute(scheme)
+            log.info("Successfully created database transmissions")
+        except sqlite3.Error as error:
+            log.critical("Couldn't create timeslots table: ", error)
+            exit(1)
+
+create_transmissions_table()
+create_timeslots_table()
+sqliteConnection.close()
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 0f8ae1a..97dab3c 100755
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ class MainWindow(Gtk.Window):
 
         self.timeslots = Gtk.ListBox()
         for slot in ["09:00", "15:00", "21:00"]:
-            print(slot)
             row = Gtk.ListBoxRow()
             hbox = Gtk.Box(orientation=Gtk.Orientation.HORIZONTAL, spacing=50)
             row.add(hbox)