diff --git a/src/ModuleCore/Database/DatabaseManager.cs b/src/ModuleCore/Database/DatabaseManager.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4aabadd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ModuleCore/Database/DatabaseManager.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+namespace ModuleCore.Database;
+
+public class DatabaseManager
+{
+	private readonly FileInfo _databaseLocation;
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Creates a new manager for the given database file by name
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <param name="databaseName">
+	/// Filename for the database with no extension. Slashes are accepted and will create directories as needed.
+	/// </param>
+	public DatabaseManager(string databaseName)
+	{
+		// Even though the xmldoc says "with no extension", we strip off any extension regardless
+		_databaseLocation = new FileInfo(Path.Combine(".", "data", $"{SanitiseFilename(databaseName)}.db"));
+
+		Directory.CreateDirectory(_databaseLocation.DirectoryName!);
+		var file = File.Create(_databaseLocation.FullName);
+		file.Close();
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Removes double dots from the filename and removes the file extension
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <param name="filename"></param>
+	/// <returns></returns>
+	private string SanitiseFilename(string filename)
+	{
+		// Honestly not really needed seeing as its just me and this isn't coming from user supplied code, but eh.
+		return Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(filename.Replace("..", string.Empty));
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/src/ModuleCore/Git/GitManager.cs b/src/ModuleCore/Git/GitManager.cs
index 895bbb4..576afd5 100644
--- a/src/ModuleCore/Git/GitManager.cs
+++ b/src/ModuleCore/Git/GitManager.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using ModuleCore.Database;
 using ModuleCore.Git.Models;
 
 namespace ModuleCore.Git;
@@ -9,12 +10,14 @@ public class GitManager
 {
 	private static readonly Lazy<GitManager> GitManagerInstance = new(() => new GitManager());
 	private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, InternalGitRegistration> _registrations;
+	private readonly DatabaseManager _db;
 
 	private GitManager()
 	{
 		Debug.WriteLine($"{nameof(GitManager)} init");
 
 		_registrations = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, InternalGitRegistration>();
+		_db = new DatabaseManager("git.db");
 	}
 
 	public static GitManager Instance => GitManagerInstance.Value;