diff --git a/db.js b/db.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef55a42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/**
+ * called at app startup, can be used to initialize any variables needed for database access
+ */
+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
+ */
+function requestResources (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
+ */
+function releaseResources (user, resources) {}
+
+module.exports = {init, requestResources, releaseResources};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/index.js b/main.js
similarity index 95%
rename from index.js
rename to main.js
index 67456de..33267e4 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ const axios = require('axios');
 var api = require("./package.json");
 
 const {pveAPI, pveAPIToken, listenPort} = require("./vars.js");
-const { token } = require("morgan");
-const { response } = require("express");
+const {init, requestResources, releaseResources} = require("./db.js");
 
 const app = express();
 app.use(helmet());
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f2fe1d7..ab71c45 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	"name": "proxmoxaas-api",
 	"version": "0.0.1",
 	"description": "REST API for ProxmoxAAS",
-	"main": "index.js",
+	"main": "main.js",
 	"dependencies": {
 		"axios": "^1.3.2",
 		"body-parser": "^1.20.1",