diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 72a9b59..99fc448 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -13,6 +13,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "0.7.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b4f55bd91a0978cbfd91c457a164bab8b4001c833b7f323132c0a4e1922dd44e"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anyhow"
+version = "1.0.66"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "216261ddc8289130e551ddcd5ce8a064710c0d064a4d2895c67151c92b5443f6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "atty"
+version = "0.2.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d9b39be18770d11421cdb1b9947a45dd3f37e93092cbf377614828a319d5fee8"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi",
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -37,6 +63,43 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "4.0.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e67816e006b17427c9b4386915109b494fec2d929c63e3bd3561234cbf1bf1e"
+dependencies = [
+ "atty",
+ "bitflags",
+ "clap_derive",
+ "clap_lex",
+ "once_cell",
+ "strsim",
+ "termcolor",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_derive"
+version = "4.0.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "16a1b0f6422af32d5da0c58e2703320f379216ee70198241c84173a8c5ac28f3"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro-error",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0d4198f73e42b4936b35b5bb248d81d2b595ecb170da0bac7655c54eedfa8da8"
+dependencies = [
+ "os_str_bytes",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-channel"
 version = "0.5.4"
@@ -196,6 +259,42 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "env_logger"
+version = "0.9.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c90bf5f19754d10198ccb95b70664fc925bd1fc090a0fd9a6ebc54acc8cd6272"
+dependencies = [
+ "atty",
+ "humantime",
+ "log",
+ "regex",
+ "termcolor",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "exoplanet-room"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "clap",
+ "env_logger",
+ "log",
+ "rusqlite",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fallible-iterator"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4443176a9f2c162692bd3d352d745ef9413eec5782a80d8fd6f8a1ac692a07f7"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fallible-streaming-iterator"
+version = "0.1.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7360491ce676a36bf9bb3c56c1aa791658183a54d2744120f27285738d90465a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fnv"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -213,6 +312,45 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasi 0.10.2+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.12.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8a9ee70c43aaf417c914396645a0fa852624801b24ebb7ae78fe8272889ac888"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hashlink"
+version = "0.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "69fe1fcf8b4278d860ad0548329f892a3631fb63f82574df68275f34cdbe0ffa"
+dependencies = [
+ "hashbrown",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2540771e65fc8cb83cd6e8a237f70c319bd5c29f78ed1084ba5d50eeac86f7f9"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hermit-abi"
+version = "0.1.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "62b467343b94ba476dcb2500d242dadbb39557df889310ac77c5d99100aaac33"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "humantime"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9a3a5bfb195931eeb336b2a7b4d761daec841b97f947d34394601737a7bba5e4"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ident_case"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -237,6 +375,16 @@ version = "0.2.126"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "349d5a591cd28b49e1d1037471617a32ddcda5731b99419008085f72d5a53836"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libsqlite3-sys"
+version = "0.25.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "29f835d03d717946d28b1d1ed632eb6f0e24a299388ee623d0c23118d3e8a7fa"
+dependencies = [
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lock_api"
 version = "0.4.7"
@@ -256,6 +404,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "memchr"
+version = "2.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2dffe52ecf27772e601905b7522cb4ef790d2cc203488bbd0e2fe85fcb74566d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
 version = "0.8.3"
@@ -367,6 +521,12 @@ version = "1.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7709cef83f0c1f58f666e746a08b21e0085f7440fa6a29cc194d68aac97a4225"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "os_str_bytes"
+version = "6.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3baf96e39c5359d2eb0dd6ccb42c62b91d9678aa68160d261b9e0ccbf9e9dea9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "owning_ref"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -405,6 +565,12 @@ version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0c520e05135d6e763148b6426a837e239041653ba7becd2e538c076c738025fc"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pkg-config"
+version = "0.3.26"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6ac9a59f73473f1b8d852421e59e64809f025994837ef743615c6d0c5b305160"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro-crate"
 version = "1.1.3"
@@ -416,10 +582,34 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.39"
+name = "proc-macro-error"
+version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c54b25569025b7fc9651de43004ae593a75ad88543b17178aa5e1b9c4f15f56f"
+checksum = "da25490ff9892aab3fcf7c36f08cfb902dd3e71ca0f9f9517bea02a73a5ce38c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro-error-attr",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro-error-attr"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a1be40180e52ecc98ad80b184934baf3d0d29f979574e439af5a55274b35f869"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro2"
+version = "1.0.47"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5ea3d908b0e36316caf9e9e2c4625cdde190a7e6f440d794667ed17a1855e725"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -458,6 +648,37 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e076559ef8e241f2ae3479e36f97bd5741c0330689e217ad51ce2c76808b868a"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.6.28"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "456c603be3e8d448b072f410900c09faf164fbce2d480456f50eea6e25f9c848"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rusqlite"
+version = "0.28.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "01e213bc3ecb39ac32e81e51ebe31fd888a940515173e3a18a35f8c6e896422a"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "fallible-iterator",
+ "fallible-streaming-iterator",
+ "hashlink",
+ "libsqlite3-sys",
+ "smallvec",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.10"
@@ -543,6 +764,12 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a8f112729512f8e442d81f95a8a7ddf2b7c6b8a1a6f509a95864142b30cab2d3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.95"
@@ -554,6 +781,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "termcolor"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bab24d30b911b2376f3a13cc2cd443142f0c81dda04c118693e35b3835757755"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.31"
@@ -635,6 +871,12 @@ version = "0.1.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3ed742d4ea2bd1176e236172c8429aaf54486e7ac098db29ffe6529e0ce50973"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vcpkg"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
@@ -669,6 +911,15 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-util"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "70ec6ce85bb158151cae5e5c87f95a8e97d2c0c4b001223f33a334e3ce5de178"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 238bf6e..8a7b902 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 [workspace]
 members = [
   "protocol",
-  "protocol-derive"
+  "protocol-derive",
+  "room",
 ]
 
 [package]
diff --git a/room/.gitignore b/room/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..710c0f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/room/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.db3
diff --git a/room/Cargo.toml b/room/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9d3f0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/room/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[package]
+name = "exoplanet-room"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = "1"
+clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
+log = "0.4"
+env_logger = "0.9"
+
+[dependencies.rusqlite]
+version = "0.28"
+features = ["trace"]
diff --git a/room/src/db-init.sql b/room/src/db-init.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbeab2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/room/src/db-init.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS 'messages' (
+    'id' int NOT NULL,
+    'author' varchar(32) NOT NULL,
+    'content' varchar(2000) NOT NULL,
+    'time' datetime NOT NULL, 
+    PRIMARY KEY ('id')
+);
diff --git a/room/src/main.rs b/room/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d4f52d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/room/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+use std::ffi::c_int;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use anyhow::Result;
+use clap::Parser;
+use log::{debug, error, info, trace, warn};
+use rusqlite::Connection;
+
+/// Exoplanet room hosting daemon.
+#[derive(Parser, Debug)]
+pub struct Args {
+    /// Port to host the room on.
+    #[arg(short, long)]
+    pub port: u16,
+
+    /// Path to the room database file.
+    #[arg(short, long)]
+    pub db: PathBuf,
+}
+
+fn sqlite_logger(error_code: c_int, message: &str) {
+    error!(target: "sqlite", "({}) {}", error_code, message);
+}
+
+fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    let args = Args::parse();
+
+    env_logger::init();
+
+    unsafe {
+        rusqlite::trace::config_log(Some(sqlite_logger))?;
+    }
+
+    info!("Opening room database at {:?}...", args.db);
+    let db = Connection::open(&args.db)?;
+    info!("Successfully opened sqlite3 connection.");
+
+    db.execute(include_str!("db-init.sql"), ())?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}