diff --git a/parse b/parse
index 2138c02..11ec50f 100755
--- a/parse
+++ b/parse
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 
 import os, argparse, hashlib, email, glob, sqlite3
-
+print sqlite3.version
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Parses emails into an SQLite database, and optionally renders static HTML files.')
 
 parser.add_argument('-p', '--pattern', dest='pattern', action='store', default='*',
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ parser.add_argument('-r', '--render', dest='render', action='store_true',
 args = parser.parse_args()
 options = vars(args)
 
+database = sqlite3.connect('emails.db').cursor()
+
+try:
+	# Try to create the table
+	database.execute("CREATE TABLE emails (`message_id`, `from`, `to`, `subject`, `date`, `body`, `html`)")
+except sqlite3.OperationalError:
+	# Table already exists
+	pass
+
 file_list = glob.glob(options['pattern'])
 
 for email_file in file_list:
@@ -28,3 +37,4 @@ for email_file in file_list:
 		
 		sha1_hash = hashlib.sha1("%s/%s/%s/%s" % (message['from'], message['to'], message['message-id'], subject)).hexdigest()
 			
+