diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 8b3bc56..fb5a72a 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.5.0",
         "slim/slim": "^3.1",
-        "slim/php-view": "^2.0"
+        "slim/php-view": "^2.0",
+        "vrana/notorm": "dev-master"
     },
     "config": {
         "process-timeout" : 0
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 2bcfdbd..0f0c531 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#composer-lock-the-lock-file",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "37fe8b36d00a40955cbd52e4949aa8f1",
+    "content-hash": "ca8f6133814e92e4e70538a15c4b1a32",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "container-interop/container-interop",
@@ -343,12 +343,53 @@
                 "router"
             ],
             "time": "2016-12-20T20:30:47+00:00"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "vrana/notorm",
+            "version": "dev-master",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/vrana/notorm.git",
+                "reference": "e49d5d2f1bfe440dc82b61f46172635dfcb6f6dd"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/vrana/notorm/zipball/e49d5d2f1bfe440dc82b61f46172635dfcb6f6dd",
+                "reference": "e49d5d2f1bfe440dc82b61f46172635dfcb6f6dd",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "files": [
+                    "NotORM.php"
+                ]
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "Apache-2.0",
+                "GPL-2.0+"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Jakub Vrána",
+                    "homepage": "http://www.vrana.cz/"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "NotORM is a PHP library for simple working with data in the database.",
+            "homepage": "http://www.notorm.com/",
+            "keywords": [
+                "database",
+                "dbal"
+            ],
+            "time": "2014-10-30 16:55:08"
         }
     ],
     "packages-dev": [],
     "aliases": [],
     "minimum-stability": "stable",
-    "stability-flags": [],
+    "stability-flags": {
+        "vrana/notorm": 20
+    },
     "prefer-stable": false,
     "prefer-lowest": false,
     "platform": {
diff --git a/src/bootstrap.php b/src/bootstrap.php
index 3093d6f..98d1082 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap.php
+++ b/src/bootstrap.php
@@ -60,6 +60,32 @@ $container['renderer'] = function ($c) {
     return new Slim\Views\PhpRenderer($settings['template_path']);
 };
 
+// Add the database layer
+/**
+ * ==============
+ * INSTRUCTIEBLOK
+ * ==============
+ *
+ * Je kunt de database gebruiken in je code via $this->db. Vermijd het direct gebruiken van het PDO object via $this->get('db.pdo').
+ * Je kunt hiervoor beter de ingebouwde functies van NotORM gebruiken.
+ */
+$container['db.pdo'] = function ($c) {
+    $settings = $c->get('settings')['db'];
+    $host = $settings['host'];
+    $name = $settings['name'];
+    $user = $settings['user'];
+    $pass = $settings['pass'];
+    $charset = $settings['charset'];
+
+    return new PDO("mysql:dbname=$name;host=$host;charset=$charset", $user, $pass);
+};
+
+$container['db'] = function ($c) {
+    $settings = $c->get('settings')['db'];
+    $pdo = $c->get('db.pdo');
+    return new NotORM($pdo);
+};
+
 // Inject the application main class
 /**
  * ==============
diff --git a/src/settings.php b/src/settings.php
index fe7e7b2..06744a3 100644
--- a/src/settings.php
+++ b/src/settings.php
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ return [
         // Renderer settings
         'renderer' => [
             'template_path' => __DIR__ . '/../templates/',
+        ],
+
+        // Database settings
+        'db' => [
+            'host' => 'mysql.verictas.nl',
+            'user' => 'inforban_db',
+            'pass' => 'inforbank',
+            'name' => 'inforban_db',
+            'charset' => 'utf8'
         ]
     ],
 ];