diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 705e980..f462b3b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,41 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-project(storage)
+project(storage VERSION 0.0.1 LANGUAGES CXX)
 
-add_executable(storage main.cpp)
+cmake_policy(SET CMP0076 NEW)
+cmake_policy(SET CMP0079 NEW)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
+
+if (NOT DEFINED QT_VERSION_MAJOR)
+  find_package(QT NAMES Qt6 Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core)
+endif()
+find_package(Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR} REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core)
+
+qt_standard_project_setup()
+
+find_package(LMDB REQUIRED)
+
+# Build type
+if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+  set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug)
+endif ()
+
+add_executable(storage
+    main.cpp
+    exception.cpp
+)
+
+
+target_include_directories(storage PRIVATE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
+target_include_directories(storage PRIVATE ${Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+target_include_directories(storage PRIVATE ${Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}Core_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
+target_link_libraries(storage
+  PRIVATE
+  Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Core
+)
+target_link_libraries(storage PRIVATE lmdb)
 
 install(TARGETS storage RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
diff --git a/cmake/FindLMDB.cmake b/cmake/FindLMDB.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6f2cd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FindLMDB.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#This file is taken from here https://gitlab.ralph.or.at/causal-rt/causal-cpp/, it was GPLv3 license
+#Thank you so much, mr. Ralph Alexander Bariz, I hope you don't mind me using your code
+
+# Try to find LMDB headers and library.
+#
+# Usage of this module as follows:
+#
+#     find_package(LMDB)
+#
+# Variables used by this module, they can change the default behaviour and need
+# to be set before calling find_package:
+#
+#  LMDB_ROOT_DIR          Set this variable to the root installation of
+#                            LMDB if the module has problems finding the
+#                            proper installation path.
+#
+# Variables defined by this module:
+#
+#  LMDB_FOUND               System has LMDB library/headers.
+#  LMDB_LIBRARIES           The LMDB library.
+#  LMDB_INCLUDE_DIRS        The location of LMDB headers.
+
+find_path(LMDB_ROOT_DIR
+  NAMES include/lmdb.h
+  )
+
+find_library(LMDB_LIBRARIES
+  NAMES liblmdb.a liblmdb.so liblmdb.so.a liblmdb.dll.a # We want lmdb to be static, if possible
+  HINTS ${LMDB_ROOT_DIR}/lib
+  )
+
+add_library(lmdb UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
+set_target_properties(lmdb PROPERTIES
+    IMPORTED_LOCATION ${LMDB_LIBRARIES}
+    )
+
+find_path(LMDB_INCLUDE_DIRS
+  NAMES lmdb.h
+  HINTS ${LMDB_ROOT_DIR}/include
+  )
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(LMDB DEFAULT_MSG
+  LMDB_LIBRARIES
+  LMDB_INCLUDE_DIRS
+  )
+
+mark_as_advanced(
+  LMDB_ROOT_DIR
+  LMDB_LIBRARIES
+  LMDB_INCLUDE_DIRS
+)
diff --git a/exception.cpp b/exception.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3dee9b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exception.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Squawk messenger. 
+ * Copyright (C) 2019  Yury Gubich <blue@macaw.me>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "exception.h"
+
+Utils::Exception::Exception()
+{
+}
+
+Utils::Exception::~Exception()
+{
+}
+
+const char* Utils::Exception::what() const noexcept( true )
+{
+    std::string* msg = new std::string(getMessage());
+    return msg->c_str();
+}
diff --git a/exception.h b/exception.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c66c2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exception.h
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * Squawk messenger. 
+ * Copyright (C) 2019  Yury Gubich <blue@macaw.me>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef EXCEPTION_H
+#define EXCEPTION_H
+
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace Utils 
+{
+    class Exception:
+        public std::exception
+    {
+    public:
+        Exception();
+        virtual ~Exception();
+
+        virtual std::string getMessage() const = 0;
+
+        const char* what() const noexcept( true );
+    };
+}
+
+#endif // EXCEPTION_H
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 8bb47f1..5d0f628 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 
+#include <storage.h>
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     std::cout << "Hello, world!" << std::endl;
     return 0;
diff --git a/storage.h b/storage.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6670f6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storage.h
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+/*
+ * Squawk messenger. 
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Yury Gubich <blue@macaw.me>
+ * 
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ * 
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef CORE_STORAGE_H
+#define CORE_STORAGE_H
+
+#include <QString>
+#include <lmdb.h>
+
+
+#include "exception.h"
+
+namespace Core {
+
+/**
+ * @todo write docs
+ */
+template <class K, class V>
+class Storage
+{
+public:
+    Storage(const QString& name);
+    ~Storage();
+    
+    void open();
+    void close();
+    
+    void addRecord(const K& key, const V& value);
+    void changeRecord(const K& key, const V& value);
+    void removeRecord(const K& key);
+    V getRecord(const K& key) const;
+    QString getName() const;
+    
+    
+private:
+    QString name;
+    bool opened;
+    MDB_env* environment;
+    MDB_dbi base;
+
+public:
+    class Directory:
+    public Utils::Exception
+    {
+    public:
+        Directory(const std::string& p_path):Exception(), path(p_path){}
+
+        std::string getMessage() const{return "Can't create directory for database at " + path;}
+    private:
+        std::string path;
+    };
+
+    class Closed:
+    public Utils::Exception
+    {
+    public:
+        Closed(const std::string& op, const std::string& acc):Exception(), operation(op), account(acc){}
+
+        std::string getMessage() const{return "An attempt to perform operation " + operation + " on closed archive for " + account;}
+    private:
+        std::string operation;
+        std::string account;
+    };
+
+    class NotFound:
+    public Utils::Exception
+    {
+    public:
+        NotFound(const std::string& k, const std::string& acc):Exception(), key(k), account(acc){}
+
+        std::string getMessage() const{return "Element for id " + key + " wasn't found in database " + account;}
+    private:
+        std::string key;
+        std::string account;
+    };
+
+    class Empty:
+    public Utils::Exception
+    {
+    public:
+        Empty(const std::string& acc):Exception(), account(acc){}
+
+        std::string getMessage() const{return "An attempt to read ordered elements from database " + account + " but it's empty";}
+    private:
+        std::string account;
+    };
+
+    class Exist:
+    public Utils::Exception
+    {
+    public:
+        Exist(const std::string& acc, const std::string& p_key):Exception(), account(acc), key(p_key){}
+
+        std::string getMessage() const{return "An attempt to insert element " + key + " to database " + account + " but it already has an element with given id";}
+    private:
+        std::string account;
+        std::string key;
+    };
+
+    class NoAvatar:
+    public Utils::Exception
+    {
+    public:
+        NoAvatar(const std::string& el, const std::string& res):Exception(), element(el), resource(res){
+            if (resource.size() == 0) {
+                resource = "for himself";
+            }
+        }
+
+        std::string getMessage() const{return "Element " + element + " has no avatar for " + resource ;}
+    private:
+        std::string element;
+        std::string resource;
+    };
+
+    class Unknown:
+    public Utils::Exception
+    {
+    public:
+        Unknown(const std::string& acc, const std::string& message):Exception(), account(acc), msg(message){}
+
+        std::string getMessage() const{return "Unknown error on database " + account + ": " + msg;}
+    private:
+        std::string account;
+        std::string msg;
+    };
+};
+
+}
+
+MDB_val& operator << (MDB_val& data, QString& value);
+MDB_val& operator >> (MDB_val& data, QString& value);
+
+MDB_val& operator << (MDB_val& data, uint32_t& value);
+MDB_val& operator >> (MDB_val& data, uint32_t& value);
+
+namespace std {
+    std::string to_string(const QString& str);
+}
+
+#include "storage.hpp"
+
+#endif // CORE_STORAGE_H
diff --git a/storage.hpp b/storage.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..477d70e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storage.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+/*
+ * Squawk messenger. 
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Yury Gubich <blue@macaw.me>
+ * 
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ * 
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+#ifndef CORE_STORAGE_HPP
+#define CORE_STORAGE_HPP
+
+#include <QStandardPaths>
+#include <QDir>
+
+#include "storage.h"
+#include <cstring>
+
+template <class K, class V>
+Core::Storage<K, V>::Storage(const QString& p_name):
+    name(p_name),
+    opened(false),
+    environment(),
+    base()
+{
+}
+
+template <class K, class V>
+Core::Storage<K, V>::~Storage()
+{
+    close();
+}
+
+template <class K, class V>
+void Core::Storage<K, V>::open()
+{
+    if (!opened) {
+        mdb_env_create(&environment);
+        QString path(QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::CacheLocation));
+        path += "/" + name;
+        QDir cache(path);
+        
+        if (!cache.exists()) {
+            bool res = cache.mkpath(path);
+            if (!res) {
+                throw Directory(path.toStdString());
+            }
+        }
+        
+        mdb_env_set_maxdbs(environment, 1);
+        mdb_env_set_mapsize(environment, 10UL * 1024UL * 1024UL);
+        mdb_env_open(environment, path.toStdString().c_str(), 0, 0664);
+        
+        MDB_txn *txn;
+        mdb_txn_begin(environment, NULL, 0, &txn);
+        mdb_dbi_open(txn, "base", MDB_CREATE, &base);
+        mdb_txn_commit(txn);
+        opened = true;
+    }
+}
+
+template <class K, class V>
+void Core::Storage<K, V>::close()
+{
+    if (opened) {
+        mdb_dbi_close(environment, base);
+        mdb_env_close(environment);
+        opened = false;
+    }
+}
+
+template <class K, class V>
+void Core::Storage<K, V>::addRecord(const K& key, const V& value)
+{
+    if (!opened) {
+        throw Closed("addRecord", name.toStdString());
+    }
+    QByteArray ba;
+    QDataStream ds(&ba, QIODevice::WriteOnly);
+    ds << value;
+    
+    MDB_val lmdbKey, lmdbData;
+    lmdbKey << key;
+
+    lmdbData.mv_size = ba.size();
+    lmdbData.mv_data = (uint8_t*)ba.data();
+    MDB_txn *txn;
+    mdb_txn_begin(environment, NULL, 0, &txn);
+    int rc;
+    rc = mdb_put(txn, base, &lmdbKey, &lmdbData, MDB_NOOVERWRITE);
+    if (rc != 0) {
+        mdb_txn_abort(txn);
+        if (rc == MDB_KEYEXIST) {
+            throw Exist(name.toStdString(), std::to_string(key));
+        } else {
+            throw Unknown(name.toStdString(), mdb_strerror(rc));
+        }
+    } else {
+        mdb_txn_commit(txn);
+    }
+}
+
+template <class K, class V>
+void Core::Storage<K, V>::changeRecord(const K& key, const V& value)
+{
+    if (!opened) {
+        throw Closed("changeRecord", name.toStdString());
+    }
+
+    QByteArray ba;
+    QDataStream ds(&ba, QIODevice::WriteOnly);
+    ds << value;
+    
+    MDB_val lmdbKey, lmdbData;
+    lmdbKey << key;
+    lmdbData.mv_size = ba.size();
+    lmdbData.mv_data = (uint8_t*)ba.data();
+    MDB_txn *txn;
+    mdb_txn_begin(environment, NULL, 0, &txn);
+    int rc;
+    rc = mdb_put(txn, base, &lmdbKey, &lmdbData, 0);
+    if (rc != 0) {
+        mdb_txn_abort(txn);
+        if (rc) {
+            throw Unknown(name.toStdString(), mdb_strerror(rc));
+        }
+    } else {
+        mdb_txn_commit(txn);
+    }
+}
+
+template <class K, class V>
+V Core::Storage<K, V>::getRecord(const K& key) const
+{
+    if (!opened) {
+        throw Closed("addElement", name.toStdString());
+    }
+    
+    MDB_val lmdbKey, lmdbData;
+    lmdbKey << key;
+    
+    MDB_txn *txn;
+    int rc;
+    mdb_txn_begin(environment, NULL, MDB_RDONLY, &txn);
+    rc = mdb_get(txn, base, &lmdbKey, &lmdbData);
+    if (rc) {
+        mdb_txn_abort(txn);
+        if (rc == MDB_NOTFOUND) {
+            throw NotFound(std::to_string(key), name.toStdString());
+        } else {
+            throw Unknown(name.toStdString(), mdb_strerror(rc));
+        }
+    } else {
+        QByteArray ba((char*)lmdbData.mv_data, lmdbData.mv_size);
+        QDataStream ds(&ba, QIODevice::ReadOnly);
+        V value;
+        ds >> value;
+        mdb_txn_abort(txn);
+
+        return value;
+    }
+}
+
+template <class K, class V>
+void Core::Storage<K, V>::removeRecord(const K& key)
+{
+    if (!opened) {
+        throw Closed("addElement", name.toStdString());
+    }
+    
+    MDB_val lmdbKey;
+    lmdbKey << key;
+    
+    MDB_txn *txn;
+    int rc;
+    mdb_txn_begin(environment, NULL, 0, &txn);
+    rc = mdb_del(txn, base, &lmdbKey, NULL);
+    if (rc) {
+        mdb_txn_abort(txn);
+        if (rc == MDB_NOTFOUND) {
+            throw NotFound(std::to_string(key), name.toStdString());
+        } else {
+            throw Unknown(name.toStdString(), mdb_strerror(rc));
+        }
+    } else {
+        mdb_txn_commit(txn);
+    }
+}
+
+template <class K, class V>
+QString Core::Storage<K, V>::getName() const {
+    return name;}
+
+MDB_val& operator << (MDB_val& data, const QString& value) {
+    QByteArray ba = value.toUtf8();
+    data.mv_size = ba.size();
+    data.mv_data = ba.data();
+    return data;
+}
+MDB_val& operator >> (MDB_val& data, QString& value) {
+    value = QString::fromUtf8((const char*)data.mv_data, data.mv_size);
+    return data;
+}
+
+MDB_val& operator << (MDB_val& data, uint32_t& value) {
+    data.mv_size = 4;
+    data.mv_data = &value;
+    return data;
+}
+MDB_val& operator >> (MDB_val& data, uint32_t& value) {
+    std::memcpy(&value, data.mv_data, data.mv_size);
+    return data;
+}
+
+std::string std::to_string(const QString& str) {
+    return str.toStdString();
+}
+#endif //CORE_STORAGE_HPP