diff --git a/src/core/database.cpp b/src/core/database.cpp
index 0e8fe45..5fc1ca5 100644
--- a/src/core/database.cpp
+++ b/src/core/database.cpp
@@ -1,25 +1,62 @@
 #include "database.h"
 
 #include <stdexcept>
+#include <iostream>
 
-Database::Database(const std::string& dbname) : db(nullptr)
+Database::Database(const std::string& dbname) : db_(nullptr)
 {
-    const int errCode = sqlite3_open(dbname.c_str(), &db);
+    const int errCode = sqlite3_open(dbname.c_str(), &db_);
     if (errCode) {
         throw std::runtime_error("Could not open database file.");
     }
+    exec("PRAGMA foreign_key = 1");
 }
 
-Database::~Database() { sqlite3_close(db); }
+Database::~Database() { sqlite3_close(db_); }
 
 void Database::exec(const std::string& sql)
 {
-    const int errCode = sqlite3_exec(db, sql.c_str(), nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
+    const int errCode = sqlite3_exec(db_, sql.c_str(), nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
     if (errCode) {
         throw std::runtime_error("Error in SQL execution.");
     }
 }
 
+void Database::init()
+{
+    std::string sqlCreateSellers{
+        "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS sellers ("
+        "id TEXT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL, "
+        "seller_no INTEGER, "
+        "first_name TEXT, "
+        "last_name TEXT, "
+        "offered_articles INTEGER, "
+        "UNIQUE (seller_no)"
+        ");"
+    };
+
+    std::string sqlCreateArticles{
+        "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS articles ("
+        "id TEXT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL, "
+        "seller_id TEXT NOT NULL, "
+        "source_no INTEGER NOT NULL, "
+        "article_no INTEGER NOT NULL, "
+        "description TEXT, "
+        "price INTEGER NOT NULL, "
+        "UNIQUE (source_no, article_no), "
+        "FOREIGN KEY (seller_id) REFERENCES sellers(id) ON DELETE CASCADE, "
+        "CHECK (article_no BETWEEN 0 AND 99999)"
+        ");"
+    };
+
+    std::cout << sqlCreateArticles << "\n";
+
+    beginTransaction();
+    exec(sqlCreateSellers);
+    exec(sqlCreateArticles);
+    endTransaction();
+}
+
 void Database::beginTransaction() { exec("BEGIN TRANSACTION"); }
 
 void Database::endTransaction() { exec("END TRANSACTION"); }
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diff --git a/src/core/database.h b/src/core/database.h
index 5fcf027..c0b4de4 100644
--- a/src/core/database.h
+++ b/src/core/database.h
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ public:
     Database(const Database&) = delete;
     Database& operator=(const Database&) = delete;
     void exec(const std::string& sql);
+    void init();
 private:
-    sqlite3 *db;
+    sqlite3 *db_;
     void beginTransaction();
     void endTransaction();
 };
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 388f410..02007e1 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-find_package(Boost COMPONENTS filesystem unit_test_framework REQUIRED)
+find_package(Boost COMPONENTS unit_test_framework REQUIRED)
 
 add_executable(test_seller test_seller.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(test_seller core Boost::unit_test_framework)
 add_test(Seller ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/test_seller)
 
 add_executable(test_database test_database.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(test_database core Boost::filesystem Boost::unit_test_framework)
+target_link_libraries(test_database core Boost::unit_test_framework stdc++fs)
 add_test(Database ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/test_database)
diff --git a/test/test_database.cpp b/test/test_database.cpp
index 982a174..8e6d8ba 100644
--- a/test/test_database.cpp
+++ b/test/test_database.cpp
@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@
 
 #include "../src/core/database.h"
 
+#include <filesystem>
+
 #include <boost/test/included/unit_test.hpp>
 
 //using namespace boost::unit_test;
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( create_database ) {
-    Database db("test.db");
+    std::filesystem::path testPath = std::filesystem::temp_directory_path() / "test.db";
+    Database db(testPath.c_str());
+    db.init();
+    std::filesystem::remove(testPath);
 }
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