diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f5e96db..9069f18 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-venv
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+venv
+links.db
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diff --git a/backend/setup_db.py b/backend/setup_db.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f5590b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/setup_db.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import sqlite3
+con = sqlite3.connect('links.db')
+
+# array of links to store
+links = [
+  ('http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/','CS Club Website',3,1),
+  ('https://www.instagram.com/uwcsclub/','Instagram',4,1),
+  ('https://www.facebook.com/uw.computerscienceclub','Facebook',5,0),
+  ('http://twitch.tv/uwcsclub','Twitch',6,0),
+  ('http://bit.ly/uwcsclub-yt','YouTube',7,1),
+]
+
+# SQLite setup
+cur = con.cursor()
+cur.execute("CREATE TABLE links (url text, name text, clicks int, active int)")
+cur.executemany("INSERT INTO links VALUES (?,?,?,?)", links)
+con.commit()
+
+con.close()
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