diff --git a/commands/ping.ts b/commands/ping.ts
index a089b04..30a8261 100644
--- a/commands/ping.ts
+++ b/commands/ping.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 import Discord from 'discord.js';
 
-export const pingCmd = async (message: Discord.Message, command: string, args: string[]) => {
+export const pingCmd = async (message: Discord.Message) => {
   message.channel.send('pong');
 };
diff --git a/commands/suggest.ts b/commands/suggest.ts
index 24ca672..b840d3b 100644
--- a/commands/suggest.ts
+++ b/commands/suggest.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,42 @@
 // Codey suggest Command
 import Discord from 'discord.js';
+import { openDB, testDb } from '../components/db';
 
-export const suggestCmd = async (message: Discord.Message, command: string, args: string[]) => {
-  message.channel.send('yay');
-  message.channel.send('test suggestion was: ' + args.toString());
+export const suggestCmd = async (message: Discord.Message, args: string[]) => {
+  try {
+    // save suggestion into DB
+    const state = 'C'; // Create state = C
+    const db = openDB();
+    var words = '';
+    var word = '';
+    for (word in args) {
+      words += word + ' ';
+    }
 
-  // ack suggestion was taken
-  // save suggestion into DB
+    (await db).run(
+      'BEGIN TRANSACTION;' +
+        'CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS suggestions (' +
+        '    suggestion_id IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY,' +
+        '    suggestion_author VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,' +
+        '    created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,' +
+        '    suggestion VARCHAR(500) NOT NULL,' +
+        '    suggestion_state VARCHAR(1) NOT NULL' +
+        ');' +
+        'INSERT INTO suggestions(suggestion_author, suggestion, suggestion_state)' +
+        '    VALUES(' +
+        message.id +
+        ', ' +
+        words +
+        ', ' +
+        state +
+        ');' +
+        'COMMIT;'
+    );
+
+    // confirm suggestion was taken
+    message.channel.send('Codey has recieved your suggestion: ' + args[0] + ' ' + args[1] + ' ' + args[2] + '... ');
+  } catch (err) {
+    // Error message
+    message.channel.send('Sorry! There has been an error. Please try again later or let a mod know this happened.');
+  }
 };
diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index f283c84..b3fa003 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import logger from './logger';
 
 import { pingCmd } from './commands/ping';
 import { suggestCmd } from './commands/suggest';
+import { Database, Statement } from 'sqlite3';
 
 const NOTIF_CHANNEL_ID: string = process.env.NOTIF_CHANNEL_ID || '.';
 const BOT_TOKEN: string = process.env.BOT_TOKEN || '.';
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ const handleCommand = async (message: Discord.Message, command: string, args: st
 
   switch (command) {
     case 'ping':
-      pingCmd(message, command, args);
+      pingCmd(message);
   }
 
   //dev testing
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ const handleAnonCommand = async (message: Discord.Message, command: string, args
 
   switch (command) {
     case 'suggest':
-      suggestCmd(message, command, args);
+      suggestCmd(message, args);
   }
 };