diff --git a/src/dodb.cl b/src/dodb.cl
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 738b5ef..4d1c134
--- a/src/dodb.cl
+++ b/src/dodb.cl
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/local/bin/clisp
+
+(load "./util.cl")
+
 (defpackage :dodb
   (:use :common-lisp :util)
   ; TODO
@@ -18,8 +22,32 @@
 ; car = Car.new "Mustang", "red", [] of String
 ; cars_by_name.update_or_create car.name, car
 
+
+; (defstruct index name func)
+; index "name" (lambda (x) (car-name x))
+
+; index = 1-1
+; partition = 1-n
+;             String      Path [String]     [String]
+(defstruct db struct-name path (indexes ()) (partitions ()))
+
+(defun db/new (struct-name path)
+  (ensure-directories-exist path)
+  (make-db :struct-name struct-name :path path))
+
+; example: db-path/by_name/
+(defun db/new-index (database attribute-name)
+  (ensure-directories-exist
+    (concatenate 'string (db-path database) "/by_" attribute-name "/"))
+  )
+
+; test structure
+(defstruct vehicle name color)
+
 ; TODO
-; (setf cars (db/new :structure car :directory "./storage"))
+(setf cars (db/new "vehicle" "./storage/cars/"))
+; (format t "~&~S~&" cars)
+(db/new-index cars "name")
 ; (setf cars_by_name (db/new-index cars "name"))
 ; (db/get-by-index cars "name" "foo"))
-; (setf cars_by_name (db/new-index cars "name" (optional: (lambda (x) (car-name x)))))
+; (setf cars_by_name (db/new-index cars "name" (optional: (lambda (x) (vehicle-name x)))))