diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0ff9dd4..0331372 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,4 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-hashbrown = "0.14"
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+hashbrown = "0.14"
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0"
+zstd = "0.12.4"
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diff --git a/src/encoding.rs b/src/encoding.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08abbc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/encoding.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
+
+use zstd::stream::{read::Decoder, write::Encoder};
+
+pub fn encode(data: &str) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut encoder = Encoder::new(Vec::new(), 0).unwrap();
+    encoder.write_all(data.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+    encoder.finish().unwrap()
+}
+
+pub fn decode(data: Vec<u8>) -> String {
+    let mut decoder = Decoder::new(data.as_slice()).unwrap();
+    let mut decoded = String::new();
+    decoder.read_to_string(&mut decoded).unwrap();
+    decoded
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6ea1fac..7ae7592 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+use std::io::Read;
+
+mod encoding;
+
 mod stores {
     pub mod container;
     pub mod db;
@@ -8,11 +12,14 @@ pub mod values {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    let mut db = stores::db::Database::new("test.db".to_string());
+    let mut file = std::fs::File::open("test.bin").unwrap();
+    let decoded = encoding::decode(file.bytes().map(|x| x.unwrap()).collect());
+    println!("{}", decoded);
+    /*let mut db = stores::db::Database::new("test.db".to_string());
     db.create_container("TestContainer".to_string());
 
     let container = db.get_container("TestContainer");
     if container.is_none() {
         panic!("Unable to get container");
-    }
+    }*/
 }
diff --git a/src/stores/db.rs b/src/stores/db.rs
index 8f6496e..a414ce5 100644
--- a/src/stores/db.rs
+++ b/src/stores/db.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,51 @@
+use std::{fs::File, io::Read, path::Path};
+
 use hashbrown::HashMap;
-use std::{fs::File, path::Path};
 
-use crate::{stores::container, values::key::Key};
+use crate::encoding;
 
 use super::container::Container;
 
+fn parse_database(data: String) -> Vec<String> {
+    let mut lines = Vec::new();
+    let mut block = String::new();
+    let mut in_block = false;
+
+    for line in data.lines() {
+        if line.starts_with("@CONTAINER") && !in_block {
+            in_block = true;
+            block = String::new();
+        } else if line.starts_with("@CONTAINER") && in_block {
+            panic!("Invalid database file");
+        } else if line.starts_with("@END") && in_block {
+            in_block = false;
+            lines.push(block.clone());
+        } else if line.starts_with("@END") && !in_block {
+            panic!("Invalid database file");
+        } else if in_block {
+            block.push_str(line);
+            block.push('\n');
+        }
+    }
+
+    lines
+}
+
+fn load_containers(file: String) -> Vec<HashMap<String, Container>> {
+    let parsed = {
+        let mut file = File::open(file).expect("Unable to open file");
+        let data = encoding::decode(file.bytes().map(|x| x.unwrap()).collect());
+        parse_database(data)
+    };
+    let mut containers = Vec::new();
+
+    for parse in parsed {
+        containers.push(serde_json::from_str(&parse).unwrap());
+    }
+
+    containers
+}
+
 pub struct Database {
     pub filename: String,
     pub containers: Vec<HashMap<String, Container>>,
@@ -12,13 +53,18 @@ pub struct Database {
 
 impl Database {
     pub(crate) fn new(filename: String) -> Database {
+        let containers: Vec<HashMap<String, Container>>;
+
         if !Path::new(&filename).exists() {
             File::create(&filename).expect("Unable to Database create file");
+            containers = Vec::new();
+        } else {
+            containers = load_containers(filename.clone());
         }
 
         Database {
             filename,
-            containers: Vec::new(),
+            containers,
         }
     }