diff --git a/slaeforms/app.py b/slaeforms/app.py
index 987dcfb..bba8b89 100644
--- a/slaeforms/app.py
+++ b/slaeforms/app.py
@@ -5,27 +5,29 @@ from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
 from sqlalchemy.orm import DeclarativeBase
 from sqlalchemy import Integer, String
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Mapped, mapped_column
+from datetime import datetime
 
-
+#create the app
 app = Flask(__name__)
-# configure the SQLite database, relative to the app instance folder
+# configure the database, give it a path (it will be in the instances folder)
 app.config["SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI"] = "sqlite:///database.db"
-# initialize the app with the extension
-db.init_app(app)
-data = {}
+db = SQLAlchemy(app)
 
-class Base(DeclarativeBase):
-  pass
+# create the model for the response table
+class Response(db.Model):
+    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
+    likert_result = db.Column(db.Integer, nullable=False)
+    notes = db.Column(db.String(200))
+    date_created = db.Column(db.DateTime, default=datetime.utcnow)
 
-class User(db.Model):
-    id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(primary_key=True)
-    username: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(unique=True)
-    email: Mapped[str]
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        return "<Task %r>" % self.id
 
+# create the table (existing tables are not overwritten)
 with app.app_context():
     db.create_all()
+    print("Table created")
 
-db = SQLAlchemy(model_class=Base)
 
 @app.route("/", methods=["GET", "POST"])
 def testpage():
diff --git a/slaeforms/database.db b/slaeforms/database.db
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diff --git a/slaeforms/db.py b/slaeforms/db.py
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index ed0fdf3..0000000
--- a/slaeforms/db.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-import click
-from flask import current_app, g
-from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
-from sqlalchemy.orm import DeclarativeBase
-
-class Base(DeclarativeBase):
-  pass
-
-db = SQLAlchemy(model_class=Base)
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