diff --git a/cmd/gime/.gitignore b/cmd/gime/.gitignore
index 4dfebc1..1fdcae5 100644
--- a/cmd/gime/.gitignore
+++ b/cmd/gime/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 gime
+*.db
diff --git a/cmd/gime/README.md b/cmd/gime/README.md
index 9f465fc..327f2eb 100644
--- a/cmd/gime/README.md
+++ b/cmd/gime/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 gime
 ====
 
-This folder contains the cli utility for gime
+This folder contains the cli application for gime
diff --git a/cmd/gime/main.go b/cmd/gime/main.go
index 15740bf..a5b7282 100644
--- a/cmd/gime/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gime/main.go
@@ -15,10 +15,13 @@ const (
 
 var validOperations map[string][]string
 var activeTimeEntry *gime.TimeEntry
+var gdb *gime.GimeDB
 
 func main() {
+	var ret int
 	initialize()
 	var parms []string
+
 	if len(os.Args) > 1 {
 		parms = os.Args[1:]
 		parms[0] = matchParameter(parms[0])
@@ -29,17 +32,21 @@ func main() {
 
 	switch parms[0] {
 	case "help":
-		printHelp()
+		ret = printHelp()
 	case "status":
-		printStatus()
+		ret = printStatus()
 	case "start":
-		startTimer(parms[1:])
+		ret = startTimer(parms[1:])
 	case "end", "stop":
-		stopTimer(parms[1:])
+		ret = stopTimer(parms[1:])
+	default:
+		fmt.Println("Unknown command")
+		ret = 1
 	}
+	os.Exit(ret)
 }
 
-func printHelp() {
+func printHelp() int {
 	fmt.Println("gime - A simple timekeeping application\n")
 	for _, v := range validOperations {
 		for vi := range v {
@@ -47,9 +54,10 @@ func printHelp() {
 		}
 		fmt.Println("")
 	}
+	return 0
 }
 
-func printStatus() {
+func printStatus() int {
 	if activeTimeEntry == nil {
 		fmt.Println("No timer running")
 	} else {
@@ -62,12 +70,19 @@ func printStatus() {
 		}
 		fmt.Println(time.Since(activeTimeEntry.GetStart()).String())
 	}
+	return 0
 }
 
-func startTimer(args []string) {
+// startTimer takes a list of arguments and returns the return code
+// to be passed along to os.Exit
+func startTimer(args []string) int {
 	var err error
-	var tm time.Time
-	st := time.Now()
+	tm := time.Now()
+	curr := gdb.LoadTimeEntryCollection(gime.TypeCurrent)
+	if curr.Length() > 0 {
+		// TODO: Stop all Timers in curr
+	}
+	tagStart := 0
 	if len(args) > 0 {
 		// Check if the first argument looks like a date/time
 		tm, err = time.Parse("15:04", args[0])
@@ -77,11 +92,29 @@ func startTimer(args []string) {
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		// Just start it now
+		tm = time.Now()
+	} else {
+		tagStart = 1
 	}
-	_, _ = tm, st
+	var entry *gime.TimeEntry
+
+	var timerArgs []string
+	if tagStart < len(args) {
+		timerArgs = args[tagStart:]
+	}
+	fmt.Println(tm)
+	if entry, err = gime.CreateTimeEntry(tm, time.Time{}, timerArgs); err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		return 1
+	}
+	if err = gdb.SaveTimeEntry(entry); err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		return 1
+	}
+	return 0
 }
 
-func stopTimer(args []string) {
+func stopTimer(args []string) int {
 	var err error
 	var tm time.Time
 	st := time.Now()
@@ -94,9 +127,16 @@ func stopTimer(args []string) {
 
 	}
 	_, _ = tm, st
+	return 0
 }
 
 func initialize() {
+	var err error
+	if gdb, err = gime.LoadDatabase("./", "gime.db", "gimearch.db"); err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error loading the database")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
 	validOperations = make(map[string][]string)
 	validOperations["status"] = []string{
 		"status                  - Print the current status of the timer",
diff --git a/model.go b/model.go
index 2178d26..ef2e60f 100644
--- a/model.go
+++ b/model.go
@@ -1 +1,131 @@
 package gime
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+
+	"github.com/br0xen/boltease"
+)
+
+type GimeDB struct {
+	db             *boltease.DB
+	archDb         *boltease.DB
+	dbOpened       int
+	dbArchOpened   int
+	path           string
+	filename, arch string
+}
+
+const (
+	TypeCurrent = "current"
+	TypeRecent  = "recent"
+	TypeArchive = "archive"
+)
+
+// Load Database returns a database loaded off the files given
+// name and archName located in path
+func LoadDatabase(path, name, archName string) (*GimeDB, error) {
+	if path[len(path)-1] != '/' {
+		path = path + "/"
+	}
+	gdb := GimeDB{
+		path:     path,
+		filename: name,
+		arch:     archName,
+	}
+	gdb.initDatabase()
+	return &gdb, nil
+}
+
+func (gdb *GimeDB) openDatabase() error {
+	gdb.dbOpened += 1
+	if gdb.dbOpened == 1 {
+		var err error
+		gdb.db, err = boltease.Create(gdb.path+gdb.filename, 0600, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (gdb *GimeDB) closeDatabase() error {
+	gdb.dbOpened -= 1
+	if gdb.dbOpened == 0 {
+		return gdb.db.CloseDB()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (gdb *GimeDB) openArchiveDatabase() error {
+	gdb.dbArchOpened += 1
+	if gdb.dbArchOpened == 1 {
+		var err error
+		gdb.archDb, err = boltease.Create(gdb.path+gdb.arch, 0600, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (gdb *GimeDB) closeArchiveDatabase() error {
+	gdb.dbArchOpened -= 1
+	if gdb.dbArchOpened == 0 {
+		return gdb.archDb.CloseDB()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (gdb *GimeDB) initDatabase() error {
+	// Initialize the current/recent/settings database
+	var err error
+	if err = gdb.openDatabase(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer gdb.closeDatabase()
+	// Create the path to the bucket to store application settings
+	if err := gdb.db.MkBucketPath([]string{"settings"}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// Create the path to the bucket to store the current time entry
+	if err := gdb.db.MkBucketPath([]string{TypeCurrent}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// Create the path to the bucket to store recent time entries
+	if err := gdb.db.MkBucketPath([]string{TypeRecent}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Now initialize the Archive Database
+	if err = gdb.openArchiveDatabase(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer gdb.closeArchiveDatabase()
+	// Create the path to the bucket to store archived time entries
+	return gdb.archDb.MkBucketPath([]string{TypeArchive})
+}
+
+func (gdb *GimeDB) openDBType(tp string) (*boltease.DB, error) {
+	var err error
+	if tp == TypeCurrent || tp == TypeRecent {
+		if err = gdb.openDatabase(); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return gdb.db, err
+	} else if tp == TypeArchive {
+		if err = gdb.openArchiveDatabase(); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return gdb.archDb, err
+	}
+	return nil, errors.New("Invalid database type: " + tp)
+}
+
+func (gdb *GimeDB) closeDBType(tp string) error {
+	if tp == TypeCurrent || tp == TypeRecent {
+		return gdb.closeDatabase()
+	} else if tp == TypeArchive {
+		return gdb.closeArchiveDatabase()
+	}
+	return errors.New("Invalid database type: " + tp)
+}
diff --git a/model_timeentry.go b/model_timeentry.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9640e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model_timeentry.go
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+package gime
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/br0xen/boltease"
+)
+
+// SaveTimeEntry creates a time entry in the database
+// If TimeEntry.end is zero, then it puts it in TypeCurrent
+func (gdb *GimeDB) SaveTimeEntry(te *TimeEntry) error {
+	var err error
+	var useDb *boltease.DB
+	tp := TypeRecent
+	if te.end.IsZero() {
+		// Currently running
+		tp = TypeCurrent
+		useDb, err = gdb.openDBType(tp)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	} else {
+		// We have an end time. Does this entry go in 'recent' or 'archive'
+		// We shove times that happened 30 days ago into 'archive'
+		if time.Since(te.end) > (time.Hour * 24 * 30) {
+			tp = TypeArchive
+		}
+	}
+	tePath := []string{tp, te.uuid}
+	if err = useDb.SetTimestamp(tePath, "start", te.start); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err = useDb.SetTimestamp(tePath, "end", te.end); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	for i := range te.tags {
+		err = useDb.SetValue(append(tePath, "tags"), strconv.Itoa(i), te.tags[i])
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// dbGetAllTimeEntries gets all time entries of a specific type
+// tp can be:
+// TypeCurrent = "current"
+// TypeRecent  = "recent"
+// TypeArchive = "archive"
+// Getting all archived time entries has the potential to be a lot of data
+func (gdb *GimeDB) dbGetAllTimeEntries(tp string) []TimeEntry {
+	var ret []TimeEntry
+	var useDb *boltease.DB
+	var err error
+	if useDb, err = gdb.openDBType(tp); err != nil {
+		return ret
+	}
+	defer gdb.closeDBType(tp)
+
+	var uuids []string
+	if uuids, err = useDb.GetBucketList([]string{tp}); err != nil {
+		return ret
+	}
+	for _, v := range uuids {
+		if te, _ := gdb.dbGetTimeEntry(tp, v); te != nil {
+			ret = append(ret, *te)
+		}
+	}
+	return ret
+}
+
+// dbGetTimeEntry pulls a time entry of type tp with the given id
+// from the db and returns it.
+func (gdb *GimeDB) dbGetTimeEntry(tp, id string) (*TimeEntry, error) {
+	var ret *TimeEntry
+	var err error
+	var useDb *boltease.DB
+
+	if useDb, err = gdb.openDBType(tp); err != nil {
+		return ret, err
+	}
+	defer gdb.closeDBType(tp)
+
+	entryPath := []string{tp, id}
+	ret = new(TimeEntry)
+	ret.uuid = id
+	if ret.start, err = useDb.GetTimestamp(entryPath, "start"); err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("Unable to read entry start time")
+	}
+	if ret.end, err = useDb.GetTimestamp(entryPath, "end"); err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("Unable to read entry end time")
+	}
+	var keys []string
+	entryTagsPath := append(entryPath, "tags")
+	if keys, err = useDb.GetKeyList(entryTagsPath); err != nil {
+		keys = []string{}
+	}
+	for i := range keys {
+		var val string
+		if val, err = useDb.GetValue(entryTagsPath, keys[i]); err != nil {
+			ret.tags = append(ret.tags, val)
+		}
+	}
+	return ret, nil
+}
diff --git a/timeentry.go b/timeentry.go
index eb7357a..f264e2b 100644
--- a/timeentry.go
+++ b/timeentry.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type TimeEntry struct {
 // An error is returned if no start time is given or if the end time given is
 // non-zero and earlier than the start time.
 func CreateTimeEntry(s, e time.Time, t []string) (*TimeEntry, error) {
-	var ret *TimeEntry
+	ret := new(TimeEntry)
 	ret.uuid = uuid.New()
 	if s.IsZero() {
 		// No start time given, return error
diff --git a/timeentry_collection.go b/timeentry_collection.go
index 1e42871..33f623a 100644
--- a/timeentry_collection.go
+++ b/timeentry_collection.go
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ type TimeEntryCollection struct {
 	list []TimeEntry
 }
 
+// Load a TimeEntry collection from a database
+func (gdb *GimeDB) LoadTimeEntryCollection(tp string) *TimeEntryCollection {
+	ret := new(TimeEntryCollection)
+	entries := gdb.dbGetAllTimeEntries(tp)
+	for i := range entries {
+		ret.Push(&entries[i])
+	}
+	return ret
+}
+
 // Length returns how many time entries are in the collection
 func (tc *TimeEntryCollection) Length() int {
 	return len(tc.list)