diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/database/__init__.py b/src/backend/langflow/database/__init__.py
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diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/database/base.py b/src/backend/langflow/database/base.py
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+from langflow.settings import settings
+from sqlmodel import SQLModel, Session, create_engine
+
+sqlite_file_name = "database.db"
+sqlite_url = f"sqlite:///{sqlite_file_name}"
+
+connect_args = {"check_same_thread": False}
+engine = create_engine(sqlite_url, connect_args=connect_args)
+
+
+def create_db_and_tables():
+    SQLModel.metadata.create_all(engine)
+
+
+def get_session():
+    with Session(engine) as session:
+        yield session
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/database/models/__init__.py b/src/backend/langflow/database/models/__init__.py
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diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/database/models/flow.py b/src/backend/langflow/database/models/flow.py
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+++ b/src/backend/langflow/database/models/flow.py
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+from typing import List
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+from sqlmodel import Field, SQLModel
+from uuid import UUID, uuid4
+
+
+class FlowBase(SQLModel):
+    name: str = Field(index=True)
+    flow: str = Field(index=False)
+
+
+class Flow(FlowBase, table=True):
+    id: UUID = Field(default_factory=uuid4, primary_key=True, unique=True)
+
+
+class FlowCreate(FlowBase):
+    pass
+
+
+class FlowRead(FlowBase):
+    id: UUID