diff --git a/config.env b/config.env
index 2c27b2d..9925670 100644
--- a/config.env
+++ b/config.env
@@ -12,3 +12,10 @@ GIN_MODE=
 TASK_API_HOST=
 TASK_API_PORT=
 TASK_SOURCE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=
+
+#[DBase]
+DB_HOST=
+DB_PORT=
+DB_USERNAME=
+DB_PASSWORD=
+DB_NAME=
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 12e5fd1..1aa2d68 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	App         App
 	Http        Http
 	TasksSource TasksSource
+	DBase       DBase
 }
 
 type App struct {
@@ -26,6 +27,14 @@ type TasksSource struct {
 	Timeout time.Duration
 }
 
+type DBase struct {
+	Host     string
+	Port     string
+	Username string
+	Password string
+	DBName   string
+}
+
 func NewConfig() Config {
 	return Config{
 		App: App{
@@ -45,5 +54,13 @@ func NewConfig() Config {
 			Port:    getEnv("TASK_API_PORT", "61000"),
 			Timeout: getEnvSeconds("TASK_SOURCE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS", 60),
 		},
+
+		DBase: DBase{
+			Host:     getEnv("DB_HOST", "10.0.0.4"),
+			Port:     getEnv("DB_PORT", "54326"),
+			Username: getEnv("DB_USERNAME", "merch_app_user"),
+			Password: getEnv("DB_PASSWORD", "7kek8wait9"),
+			DBName:   getEnv("DB_NAME", "merch_dev"),
+		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6370395..de0dd9c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ go 1.25.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.11.0
+	github.com/lib/pq v1.11.2
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.4
 	github.com/swaggo/files v1.0.1
 	github.com/swaggo/gin-swagger v1.6.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e5cd302..72c9185 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
 github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.4.0 h1:WT9HwE9SGECu3lg4d/dIA+jxlljEa1/ffXKmRjqdmIQ=
 github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.4.0/go.mod h1:bvxc+MVxLKB4z00jd1z+Dvzr47oO32F/QSNjSBOlFxI=
+github.com/lib/pq v1.11.2 h1:x6gxUeu39V0BHZiugWe8LXZYZ+Utk7hSJGThs8sdzfs=
+github.com/lib/pq v1.11.2/go.mod h1:/p+8NSbOcwzAEI7wiMXFlgydTwcgTr3OSKMsD2BitpA=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.0.0-20190614124828-94de47d64c63/go.mod h1:C1wdFJiN94OJF2b5HbByQZoLdCWB1Yqtg26g4irojpc=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.0.0-20190626092158-b2ccc519800e/go.mod h1:C1wdFJiN94OJF2b5HbByQZoLdCWB1Yqtg26g4irojpc=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.6 h1:8yTIVnZgCoiM1TgqoeTl+LfU5Jg6/xL3QhGQnimLYnA=
diff --git a/internal/app/handler.go b/internal/app/handler.go
index fe65524..ecee711 100644
--- a/internal/app/handler.go
+++ b/internal/app/handler.go
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"merch-api/config"
 	"merch-api/internal/merch"
+	"merch-api/pkg/dbase"
 	"merch-api/pkg/router"
 	"time"
 )
 
+const pkgLogHeader string = "Application |"
+
 type App struct {
 	cfg     config.Config
 	router  *router.Router
@@ -25,10 +28,22 @@ func New(cfg config.Config) *App {
 		GinMode: cfg.Http.GinMode,
 	})
 
+	db, err := dbase.Connect(dbase.Deps{
+		Host:     cfg.DBase.Host,
+		Port:     cfg.DBase.Port,
+		Username: cfg.DBase.Username,
+		Password: cfg.DBase.Password,
+		DBName:   cfg.DBase.DBName,
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.WithError(err).Fatalf("%v failed to connect database", pkgLogHeader)
+	}
+
 	//modules
 	var modules []Module
 
-	m := merch.New(nil)
+	m := merch.New(db)
 	modules = append(modules, m)
 
 	return &App{
@@ -39,7 +54,7 @@ func New(cfg config.Config) *App {
 }
 
 func (app *App) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
-	log.Info("Starting application...")
+	log.Infof("%v starting...", pkgLogHeader)
 
 	baseGroup := app.router.BaseGroup()
 	app.collectRoutes(baseGroup)
@@ -63,19 +78,20 @@ func (app *App) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 }
 
 func (app *App) shutdown(ctx context.Context) {
-	log.Info("Shutting down application...")
+	log.Infof("%v shutting down...", pkgLogHeader)
 	shutdownCtx, shutdownCancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 15*time.Second)
 	defer shutdownCancel()
 
 	if err := app.router.Shutdown(shutdownCtx); err != nil {
-		log.Warnf("Error shutting down application: %v", err)
+		log.WithError(err).Warnf("%v error shutting down application", pkgLogHeader)
 	}
 
-	log.Info("Application shutdown complete")
+	log.Infof("%v shutdown complete", pkgLogHeader)
 }
 
 func (app *App) collectRoutes(group *gin.RouterGroup) {
 	for _, m := range app.modules {
 		m.RegisterRoutes(group)
 	}
+	log.Infof("%v routes registered", pkgLogHeader)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/dbase/handler.go b/pkg/dbase/handler.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f65482
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/dbase/handler.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package dbase
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"fmt"
+	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
+)
+
+type Deps struct {
+	Host     string
+	Port     string
+	Username string
+	Password string
+	DBName   string
+}
+
+func Connect(deps Deps) (*sql.DB, error) {
+	dsn := fmt.Sprintf(
+		"host=%s port=%s user=%s password=%s dbname=%s sslmode=disable",
+		deps.Host, deps.Port, deps.Username, deps.Password, deps.DBName)
+
+	db, err := sql.Open("postgres", dsn)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if err = db.Ping(); err != nil {
+		db.Close()
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to connect to DB: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return db, nil
+}