diff --git a/db/connector.py b/db/connector.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e262970..0000000
--- a/db/connector.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-import os
-
-from sqlalchemy import create_engine
-
-user = os.environ['DB_USER']
-password = os.environ['DB_PASSWORD']
-host = os.environ['DB_HOST']
-port = os.environ['DB_PORT']
-database = os.environ['DB_DATABASE']
-
-
-def get_connection():
-    return create_engine(
-        url="mysql+pymysql://{0}:{1}@{2}:{3}/{4}".format(
-            user, password, host, port, database
-        )
-    )
diff --git a/db/database.py b/db/database.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0353118
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/database.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import os
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine, Column, Integer, String, DateTime
+from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
+from sqlalchemy.orm import scoped_session, sessionmaker
+
+user = os.environ['DB_USER']
+password = os.environ['DB_PASSWORD']
+host = os.environ['DB_HOST']
+port = os.environ['DB_PORT']
+database = os.environ['DB_DATABASE']
+
+Base = declarative_base()
+
+
+class Image(Base):
+    __tablename__ = "images"
+
+    id = Column('id', Integer(), primary_key=True, autoincrement=True)
+    location = Column('location', String(25), nullable=False)
+    description = Column('copyright', String(), nullable=False)
+    timestamp = Column('date_added', DateTime, default=datetime.now())
+
+    def __init__(self, location, description):
+        self.location = location
+        self.description = description
+
+
+def get_connection():
+    return create_engine(
+        url="mysql+pymysql://{0}:{1}@{2}:{3}/{4}".format(
+            user, password, host, port, database
+        )
+    )
+
+
+engine = create_engine
+Base.metadata.create_all(engine)
+Session = scoped_session(sessionmaker(bind=engine,
+                                      autocommit=False, autoflush=False))
diff --git a/db/model/image_table.py b/db/model/image_table.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a6af713..0000000
--- a/db/model/image_table.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-import sqlalchemy as db
-
-from db import connector
-
-engine = connector.create_engine
-
-metadata_obj = db.MetaData()
-
-profile = db.Table(
-    'images',
-    metadata_obj,
-    db.Column('id', db.Integer, primary_key=True),
-    db.Column('location', db.String),
-    db.Column('copyright', db.String),
-    db.Column('date_added', db.TIMESTAMP),
-)
-
-metadata_obj.create_all(engine)