diff --git a/src/compub/db.py b/src/compub/db.py
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+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import create_async_engine, AsyncSession
+from sqlalchemy.orm import declarative_base, sessionmaker
+
+from compub.settings import settings
+
+
+engine = create_async_engine(settings.db_uri, future=True)
+LocalAsyncSession = sessionmaker(engine, expire_on_commit=False, class_=AsyncSession)
+ORMBase = declarative_base()