diff --git a/bookshop/package.json b/bookshop/package.json
index 25a9f529..6ab4cd39 100644
--- a/bookshop/package.json
+++ b/bookshop/package.json
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@
   "cds": {
     "requires": {
       "db": {
-        "kind": "sql"
+        "kind": "sqlite",
+        "model": "*"
       }
     }
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bookshop/sqlite.db b/bookshop/sqlite.db
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ddf010a
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diff --git a/bookshop/srv/server.js b/bookshop/srv/server.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8b0d5bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookshop/srv/server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+const cds = require ('@sap/cds')
+
+cds.on('served', async ()=>{ try {
+  console.log ('\nFilling database with initial data...')
+  const m = cds.model.minified() //> we likely should do that by default
+  const tx = cds.tx()
+  tx.run ([ //> this will be replaced by
+    DELETE.from ('sap.capire.bookshop.Authors'),
+    DELETE.from ('sap.capire.bookshop.Books'),
+    DELETE.from ('sap.capire.bookshop.Books.texts'),
+    DELETE.from ('sap.capire.bookshop.Genres'),
+    DELETE.from ('sap.common.Currencies'),
+    DELETE.from ('sap.common.Currencies.texts'),
+  ])
+  await cds.deploy(m).to(tx,{ddl:false})
+  await tx.commit()
+} catch(e) { console.error(e) }})
+
+module.exports = cds.server