diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e251275..a4258ad 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.30)
 project(hardwareDB VERSION 0.0.1)
 # set(SOURCE_FILES main.cpp)
 
+# find_package(SQLite3) # This is used when building against the system library target_link_libraries below
+
 include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lists)
 
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} src/main.cpp)
+# target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} SQLite::SQLite3) # This targets the system sqlite3
 
-add_subdirectory(lib)
+add_subdirectory(lib) #This will build the sqlite3 lib from source
 
 
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 452a062..ec532f1 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -10,17 +10,17 @@
 #include <sqlite3.h>
 
 // Begin testing of SQLite3
-// static int createDB(const char* s);
-// static int createTable(const char* s);
+static int createDB(const char* s);
+static int createTable(const char* s);
 
 
 int main() {
 
-  // const char* dbfile = "hardware.db";
-  // sqlite3* hardwareDB;
+  const char* dir = "hardware.db";
+  sqlite3* hardwareDB;
 
-  // createDB(dbfile);
-  // createTable(dbfile);
+  createDB(dir);
+  // createTable(dir);
  
   
 
@@ -50,3 +50,16 @@ int main() {
   system("sleep 1s");
   return 0;
 }
+
+static int createDB(const char* s) {
+  
+  sqlite3* hardwareDB;
+  int exit = 0;
+
+  exit = sqlite3_open(s, &hardwareDB);
+
+  sqlite3_close(hardwareDB);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+