diff --git a/db.js b/db.js
index ef55a42..17f2776 100644
--- a/db.js
+++ b/db.js
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+const fs = require("fs");
+
+filename = "localdb.json";
+
 /**
  * called at app startup, can be used to initialize any variables needed for database access
  */
@@ -7,13 +11,23 @@ function init () {}
  * user requests additional resources specified in k-v pairs
  * @param {string} user user's proxmox username in the form username@authrealm
  * @param {Object} resources k-v pairs with resource name as keys and resource ammount as values
+ * @returns {boolean} whether the user is approved to allocate requested resources
  */
 function requestResources (user, resources) {}
 
+/**
+ * user allocates additional resources specified in k-v pairs
+ * @param {string} user user's proxmox username in the form username@authrealm
+ * @param {Object} resources k-v pairs with resource name as keys and resource ammount as values
+ * @returns {boolean} true if resources were successfully allocated, false otherwise
+ */
+function allocateResources (user, resources) {}
+
 /**
  * user releases allocated resources specified in k-v pairs
  * @param {string} user user's proxmox username in the form username@authrealm
  * @param {Object} resources k-v pairs with resource name as keys and resource ammount as values
+ * @returns {boolean} true if resources were successfully deallocated, false otherwise
  */
 function releaseResources (user, resources) {}
 
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 33267e4..cc0b817 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -240,5 +240,6 @@ async function handleResponse (node, response) {
 }
 
 app.listen(listenPort, () => {
+	init();
 	console.log(`proxmoxaas-api v${api.version} listening on port ${listenPort}`);
 });
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