diff --git a/schema.sql b/schema.sql
index a5bcd72..25d2c05 100644
--- a/schema.sql
+++ b/schema.sql
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 CREATE TABLE users (
     id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
-    displayname TEXT NOT NULL,
     username TEXT UNIQUE NOT NULL,
+    displayname TEXT NOT NULL,
     password TEXT NOT NULL
 );
 
diff --git a/src/modules/auth.nim b/src/modules/auth.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6eda58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/auth.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import db
+import formatter
+
+proc addUser(username: string, displayname: string, password: string): bool =
+  # Hopefully hashing and stuff will be implemented here at some point
+  return createUser(username=username, displayname=displayname, password=password)
+
+# Extremely rudimentary, must be fixed later.
+proc addUserInteractive(): bool =
+  var userConsent: bool = false
+  while userConsent != true:
+    stdout.write "Did not find a user. Create one now? (y/n) "
+    stdout.flushFile()
+    var userInput = readChar(stdin)
+    stdin.flushFile()
+    case userInput
+    of 'y', 'Y':
+      userConsent = true
+    of 'n', 'N':
+      return false
+    else:
+      discard
+
+  stdout.write "Enter a username: "
+  stdout.flushFile()
+  var username = readLine(stdin)
+  stdin.flushFile()
+
+  stdout.write "Enter a display name: "
+  stdout.flushFile()
+  var displayname = readLine(stdin)
+  stdin.flushFile()
+
+  stdout.write "Enter a password: "
+  stdout.flushFile()
+  var password = readLine(stdin)
+  stdin.flushFile()
+
+  if addUser(username=username, displayname=displayname, password=password):
+    logPrint("User " & username & " with displayname " & displayname & " has been created", "Main")
+    return true
+  else:
+    return false
+
+export addUserInteractive
diff --git a/src/modules/blog.nim b/src/modules/blog.nim
index 50e729c..4e4fd66 100644
--- a/src/modules/blog.nim
+++ b/src/modules/blog.nim
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import prologue/middlewares/staticfile
 import views
 import formatter
 
-proc runWebsite(settings: Table[string, bool], dbSettings: Table[string, string]) =
+proc runWebsite(settings: Table[string, bool]) =
   let prologueSettings = newSettings(
     debug = settings["debug"]
   )
diff --git a/src/modules/db.nim b/src/modules/db.nim
index 161c1c6..40266f0 100644
--- a/src/modules/db.nim
+++ b/src/modules/db.nim
@@ -2,8 +2,30 @@ import tables
 import std/[os, db_sqlite, strutils, streams]
 import formatter
 
+proc connectDb(dbPath: string = "data/blog.db"): DbConn =
+  var db = open(dbPath, "", "", "")
+  return db
+
+proc createUser(username: string, displayname: string, password: string): bool =
+  try:
+    var db = connectDb()
+    db.exec(sql"INSERT INTO users (username,displayname,password) VALUES (?, ?, ?)", username, displayname, password)
+    db.close()
+    return true
+  except:
+    return false
+
+proc checkUser(): bool =
+  var db = connectDb()
+  var response = db.getRow(sql"SELECT * FROM users")
+  db.close()
+  if response[0] != "":
+    return true
+  else:
+    return false
+
 proc createDb(dbSettings: Table): bool =
-  if not fileExists(dbSettings["path"]):
+  if not fileExists("data/blog.db"):
     var userConsent: bool = false
     while userConsent != true:
       stdout.write "Did not find database. Create one now? (y/n) "
@@ -20,7 +42,7 @@ proc createDb(dbSettings: Table): bool =
 
     let
       schema = readFile(dbSettings["schema_path"])
-      db = open(dbSettings["path"], "", "", "")
+      db = connectDb()
     for command in schema.split(";"):
       # Skip "command" if it's just a blank line
       if command == "\c\n" or command == "\n":
@@ -30,4 +52,4 @@ proc createDb(dbSettings: Table): bool =
     db.close()
   return true
 
-export createDb
+export createDb, checkUser, createUser
diff --git a/src/nimblog.nim b/src/nimblog.nim
index 2691d3f..926b6a3 100644
--- a/src/nimblog.nim
+++ b/src/nimblog.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 when isMainModule:
   import tables
   import os
-  import modules/[blog, env, db, formatter]
+  import modules/[blog, env, db, formatter, auth]
 
   let dataDir: string = "data"
 
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ when isMainModule:
     logPrint("Debug mode is enabled", "Warning")
 
   let dbSettings = {
-    "path": dataDir & "/" & "blog.db",
     "schema_path": "schema.sql"
   }.toTable()
 
@@ -25,10 +24,16 @@ when isMainModule:
     createDir(dataDir)
 
   if not createDb(dbSettings):
-    logPrint("Failed to prepare database", "Error")
+    logPrint("A database must be created before use", "Error")
     quit(QuitFailure)
 
+  if not checkUser():
+    logPrint("No user in database", "Warning")
+    if not addUserInteractive():
+      logPrint("An initial user must be created before use", "Error")
+      quit(QuitFailure)
+
   try:
-    runWebsite(settings=settings, dbSettings=dbSettings)
+    runWebsite(settings=settings)
   except:
     logPrint("Could not run website", "Error")