diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8f4c9d6..933d299 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,20 +1,41 @@
 language: java
+services:
+  - mysql
+
 install: true
 
+addons:
+  apt:
+    sources:
+      - mysql-5.7-trusty
+    packages:
+      - mysql-server
+      - mysql-client
+
 before_install:
   - chmod +x pandamonium-theorem-prover/gradlew
   - cd pandamonium-theorem-prover
 
+before_script:
+  - mysql_upgrade --force -uroot
+  - mysql -u root -e 'CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS pandamonium;'
+  - mysql -u root -e "CREATE USER 'panda'@'localhost';"
+  - mysql -u root -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* to 'panda'@'localhost';"
+  - mysql -u root pandamonium < persistence/scripts/mysql/local_development.sql
+
 stages:
-  - name: build
-  - name: unit tests
-  - name: integration tests
+  - name: Load Database
+  - name: Build
+  - name: Unit Tests
+  - name: Integration Tests
 
 jobs:
   include:
-    - stage: build
+    - stage: Load Database
+      script: ./gradlew loaddb
+    - stage: Build
       script: ./gradlew build
-    - stage: unit tests
+    - stage: Unit Tests
       script: ./gradlew test
-    - stage: integration tests
+    - stage: Integration Tests
       script: ./gradlew integrationTest
diff --git a/pandamonium-theorem-prover/.travis.yml b/pandamonium-theorem-prover/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3dcae7a..0000000
--- a/pandamonium-theorem-prover/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-language: java
-install: true
-
-sudo: false
-addons:
-  apt:
-    packages:
-      - oracle-java8-installer
-
-before_install:
-  - chmod +x pandamonium-theorem-prover/gradlew
-
-stages:
-  - name: build
-  - name: unitTest
-  - name: integrationTest
-
-jobs:
-  include:
-    - stage: build
-      script: ./pandamonium-theorem-prover/gradlew build
-    - stage: unitTest
-      script: ./pandamonium-theorem-prover/gradlew test
-    - stage: integrationTest
-      script: ./pandamonium-theorem-prover/gradlew integrationTest
diff --git a/pandamonium-theorem-prover/persistence/build.gradle b/pandamonium-theorem-prover/persistence/build.gradle
index b8e0e3f..24c2f75 100644
--- a/pandamonium-theorem-prover/persistence/build.gradle
+++ b/pandamonium-theorem-prover/persistence/build.gradle
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ plugins {
     id 'java'
 }
 
+description = 'Provides database access and connectivity'
 group 'edu.msudenver.tsp'
 version '1.0'
 
@@ -14,4 +15,19 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
     testCompile group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.12'
     compile fileTree(dir: 'lib', include: '**/*.jar')
+    
+    compile 'com.mchange:c3p0:0.9.5.2'
+    compile 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:5.1.35'
+    compile 'org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:5.3.4.Final'
+    compile 'javax.validation:validation-api:1.1.0.Final'
+    compile('com.googlecode.log4jdbc:log4jdbc:1.2') {
+        exclude(group: 'org.slf4j')
+    }
+
+    testCompile 'javax.el:javax.el-api:3.0.0'
+}
+
+task loadDb(type: Exec, group: 'Verification', description: 'Reloads the local database.') {
+    workingDir "./scripts/mysql"
+    commandLine './loaddb.sh'
 }
diff --git a/pandamonium-theorem-prover/persistence/scripts/mysql/loaddb.sh b/pandamonium-theorem-prover/persistence/scripts/mysql/loaddb.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..974a80b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pandamonium-theorem-prover/persistence/scripts/mysql/loaddb.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+export MYSQL_PWD=secret
+
+for sqlScript in $( find . -name "*.sql" -print | sort);
+   do
+      echo "**** $sqlScript ****"
+      mysql --batch --quick --raw --line-numbers --force --user=panda < $sqlScript
+   done
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diff --git a/pandamonium-theorem-prover/persistence/scripts/mysql/local_development.sql b/pandamonium-theorem-prover/persistence/scripts/mysql/local_development.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f885cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pandamonium-theorem-prover/persistence/scripts/mysql/local_development.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+drop database if exists pandamonium;
+create database pandamonium;
+use pandamonium;
+create table accounts (
+id int not null auto_increment primary key unique,
+username varchar(50) not null unique,
+password varchar(256) not null,
+administrator_status boolean default false,
+last_login date,
+version int default 1
+);
+insert into accounts (username, password, administrator_status)
+values ('admin', 'secret', true),
+('atusa', 'secret', true),
+('dantanxiaotian', 'secret', true),
+('BrittanyBi', 'secret', true),
+('lanlanzeliu', 'secret', true),
+('tramanh305', 'secret', true);
+create table definitions (
+id int not null auto_increment primary key unique,
+name varchar(200) not null,
+definition json not null,
+notation json,
+version int default 1
+);
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