diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f8b73e7..5dbde78 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-# ---> Python
+*.db
+*.swp
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/counter_bot.py b/counter_bot.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd90f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/counter_bot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import sqlite3
+from typing import List, Tuple
+
+
+class CounterBot:
+    def __init__(self, db_name: str) -> None:
+        self.con = sqlite3.connect(db_name)
+        self.con.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
+        self.try_create_tables()
+
+    def try_create_tables(self) -> bool:
+        try:
+            with self.con:
+                self.con.execute(
+                    "CREATE TABLE presence (ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, NAME VARCHAR UNIQUE, IS_PRESENT BOOL)"
+                )
+                print("Creating new table")
+        except sqlite3.OperationalError:
+            print("Table already exists in database, nothing to create.")
+        return True
+
+    def update_presence(self, name: str, is_present: bool) -> bool:
+        present_int = 1 if is_present else 0
+        with self.con:
+            self.con.execute(
+                f"INSERT INTO presence (NAME, IS_PRESENT) VALUES ('{name}', '{present_int}') ON CONFLICT(name) DO UPDATE SET is_present=excluded.is_present"
+            )
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    def get_full_entries(self) -> List[Tuple]:
+        with self.con:
+            return [
+                (x["name"], x["is_present"])
+                for x in self.con.execute(
+                    "SELECT name, is_present FROM presence ORDER BY name"
+                )
+            ]
+
+    def get_present_names(self) -> List[str]:
+        with self.con:
+            return [
+                x["name"]
+                for x in self.con.execute(
+                    "SELECT name FROM presence WHERE is_present ORDER BY name"
+                )
+            ]
+
+    def get_present_count(self) -> int:
+        with self.con:
+            return self.con.execute(
+                "SELECT COUNT(name) FROM presence WHERE is_present"
+            ).fetchone()[0]
+
+    def clear_rows(self) -> None:
+        with self.con:
+            self.con.execute("DELETE FROM presence")
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    counter_bot = CounterBot("counter.db")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/test_counter_bot.py b/test_counter_bot.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fd73bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_counter_bot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import sqlite3
+from .counter_bot import CounterBot
+
+TEST_DB_NAME = "test.db"
+
+counter_bot = CounterBot(TEST_DB_NAME)
+counter_bot.clear_rows()
+
+def test_get_present_count() -> None:
+    counter_bot.update_presence("Alice", True)
+    counter_bot.update_presence("Bob", True)
+    counter_bot.update_presence("Bob", False)
+    counter_bot.update_presence("Bob", True)
+    assert counter_bot.get_present_count() == 2
+
+def test_present_names() -> None:
+    assert counter_bot.get_present_names() == ["Alice", "Bob"]