diff --git a/tui_rsync/core/ports/orm/__init__.py b/tui_rsync/core/ports/orm/__init__.py
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+++ b/tui_rsync/core/ports/orm/__init__.py
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+from .database_manager_port import DatabaseManagerPort
+
+__all__ = ['DatabaseManagerPort']
diff --git a/tui_rsync/core/ports/orm/database_manager_port.py b/tui_rsync/core/ports/orm/database_manager_port.py
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+++ b/tui_rsync/core/ports/orm/database_manager_port.py
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+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+
+
+class DatabaseManagerPort(ABC):
+    @abstractmethod
+    def get_connection(self):
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def create_tables(self):
+        pass
diff --git a/tui_rsync/infrastructure/orm/__init__.py b/tui_rsync/infrastructure/orm/__init__.py
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+++ b/tui_rsync/infrastructure/orm/__init__.py
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+from .database_manager import DatabaseManager
+from .in_memory_database_manager import InMemoryDatabaseManager
+
+__all__ = ['DatabaseManager', 'InMemoryDatabaseManager']
diff --git a/tui_rsync/infrastructure/orm/database_manager.py b/tui_rsync/infrastructure/orm/database_manager.py
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+++ b/tui_rsync/infrastructure/orm/database_manager.py
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+from typing import List
+from peewee import Model, Database
+from .models import BackupPlan, Destination
+from tui_rsync.core.ports.orm import DatabaseManagerPort
+
+
+class DatabaseManager(DatabaseManagerPort):
+    models: List[Model] = [
+        BackupPlan,
+        Destination,
+    ]
+
+    def __init__(self, db: Database):
+        self.db = db
+        self._update_model_meta()
+        self.create_tables()
+
+    def _update_model_meta(self):
+        for model in self.models:
+            model._meta.database = self.db
+
+    def get_connection(self):
+        return self.db
+
+    def create_tables(self):
+        with self.db:
+            self.db.create_tables(self.models, safe=True)
diff --git a/tui_rsync/infrastructure/orm/in_memory_database_manager.py b/tui_rsync/infrastructure/orm/in_memory_database_manager.py
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+++ b/tui_rsync/infrastructure/orm/in_memory_database_manager.py
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+from peewee import SqliteDatabase
+from .database_manager import DatabaseManager
+
+
+class InMemoryDatabaseManager(DatabaseManager):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__(SqliteDatabase(':memory:'))
diff --git a/tui_rsync/infrastructure/orm/models.py b/tui_rsync/infrastructure/orm/models.py
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+++ b/tui_rsync/infrastructure/orm/models.py
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+from peewee import *
+import uuid
+
+
+class BackupPlan(Model):
+    id = UUIDField(primary_key=True, default=uuid.uuid4)
+    label = CharField()
+    source = CharField()
+
+    class Meta:
+        database = DatabaseProxy()
+
+
+class Destination(Model):
+    source = ForeignKeyField(BackupPlan, backref='destinations')
+    path = CharField()
diff --git a/tui_rsync/infrastructure/orm/sqlite_database_manager.py b/tui_rsync/infrastructure/orm/sqlite_database_manager.py
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index 0000000..0881000
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+++ b/tui_rsync/infrastructure/orm/sqlite_database_manager.py
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+from peewee import SqliteDatabase
+from .database_manager import DatabaseManager
+
+
+class SqliteDatabaseManager(DatabaseManager):
+    def __init__(self, filepath='sync.db'):
+        super().__init__(SqliteDatabase(filepath))