diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d1bb021..499c4be 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,7 @@ Cargo.lock
 # Added by cargo
 
 /target
+
+
+# Added by moi:
+secrets
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 787a097..49b1b03 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 rocket = "0.5.0-rc.1"
+mongodb = "2.0.0"
+tokio = "*"
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diff --git a/scripts/run.sh b/scripts/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5c64637
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/env bash
+
+source secrets
+
+cargo run
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diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f090233..7c66f77 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-#[macro_use] extern crate rocket;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate rocket;
+use mongodb::{bson::doc, options::ClientOptions, Client};
+
 
 #[get("/")]
 fn index() -> &'static str {
@@ -7,5 +10,32 @@ fn index() -> &'static str {
 
 #[launch]
 fn rocket() -> _ {
+    let mongo_result = start_mongo();
+    match mongo_result {
+        Result => println!("Everything is fine!"),
+    };
     rocket::build().mount("/", routes![index])
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn start_mongo() -> mongodb::error::Result<()> {
+    // Parse your connection string into an options struct
+    let mut client_options =
+        ClientOptions::parse(env!("MONGODB_URI"))
+            .await?;
+    // Manually set an option
+    client_options.app_name = Some("Rust Demo".to_string());
+    // Get a handle to the cluster
+    let client = Client::with_options(client_options)?;
+    // Ping the server to see if you can connect to the cluster
+    client
+        .database("admin")
+        .run_command(doc! {"ping": 1}, None)
+        .await?;
+    println!("Connected successfully.");
+    // List the names of the databases in that cluster
+    for db_name in client.list_database_names(None, None).await? {
+        println!("{}", db_name);
+    }
+    Ok(())
 }
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