diff --git a/db/migrations/001_invoices.rb b/db/migrations/001_invoices.rb
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+++ b/db/migrations/001_invoices.rb
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+Sequel.migration do
+  change do
+    create_table(:invoices) do
+      column :uuid,           :uuid,    primary_key: true
+      String  :number,        null: false, unique: true
+      String  :client_name,   null: false
+      String  :client_email,  null: false
+      String  :client_address, text: true
+      String  :currency,      null: false, size: 3
+      BigDecimal :gel_rate,   size: [12, 4], null: false
+      BigDecimal :subtotal,   size: [14, 2], null: false
+      column :items,          :jsonb, null: false
+      Date    :issued_on,     null: false
+      Date    :due_on,        null: false
+      DateTime :paid_at
+      String  :pdf_key,       null: false
+      String  :notes,         text: true
+      DateTime :created_at,   null: false
+    end
+
+    run "CREATE INDEX invoices_created_at_idx ON invoices (created_at DESC)"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/db.rb b/lib/db.rb
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+++ b/lib/db.rb
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+require 'sequel'
+
+module DB
+  module_function
+
+  def connect!
+    @connection ||= Sequel.connect(
+      ENV.fetch('DATABASE_URL'),
+      max_connections: 5,
+      logger:          ($env == 'development' ? $logger : nil)
+    )
+  end
+
+  def connection
+    @connection or raise 'DB not connected — call DB.connect! first'
+  end
+
+  def migrate!
+    Sequel.extension :migration
+    Sequel::Migrator.run(connection, File.join($root, 'db', 'migrations'))
+  end
+end