diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9fadbf7..103a6e8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -445,6 +445,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "byteorder"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -729,6 +735,41 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "diesel"
+version = "2.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "62c6fcf842f17f8c78ecf7c81d75c5ce84436b41ee07e03f490fbb5f5a8731d8"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.4.1",
+ "byteorder",
+ "diesel_derives",
+ "itoa",
+ "pq-sys",
+ "r2d2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "diesel_derives"
+version = "2.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ef8337737574f55a468005a83499da720f20c65586241ffea339db9ecdfd2b44"
+dependencies = [
+ "diesel_table_macro_syntax",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.43",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "diesel_table_macro_syntax"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fc5557efc453706fed5e4fa85006fe9817c224c3f480a34c7e5959fd700921c5"
+dependencies = [
+ "syn 2.0.43",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "digest"
 version = "0.10.7"
@@ -1461,6 +1502,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "actix-web",
  "cfg-if",
  "console_error_panic_hook",
+ "diesel",
  "dotenv",
  "http",
  "leptos",
@@ -1717,6 +1759,15 @@ version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5b40af805b3121feab8a3c29f04d8ad262fa8e0561883e7653e024ae4479e6de"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pq-sys"
+version = "0.4.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "31c0052426df997c0cbd30789eb44ca097e3541717a7b8fa36b1c464ee7edebd"
+dependencies = [
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "prettyplease"
 version = "0.2.15"
@@ -1835,6 +1886,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.43",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "r2d2"
+version = "0.8.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "51de85fb3fb6524929c8a2eb85e6b6d363de4e8c48f9e2c2eac4944abc181c93"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "scheduled-thread-pool",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "radium"
 version = "0.7.0"
@@ -2032,6 +2094,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "scheduled-thread-pool"
+version = "0.2.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3cbc66816425a074528352f5789333ecff06ca41b36b0b0efdfbb29edc391a19"
+dependencies = [
+ "parking_lot",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "scopeguard"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -2550,6 +2621,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vcpkg"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3353d63..a1cf14e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ leptos_icons = { version = "0.1.0", default_features = false, features = [
   "BsSkipEndFill"
 ] }
 dotenv = { version = "0.15.0", optional = true }
+diesel = { version = "2.1.4", features = ["postgres", "r2d2"], optional = true }
 
 [features]
 csr = ["leptos/csr", "leptos_meta/csr", "leptos_router/csr"]
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ ssr = [
   "leptos_meta/ssr",
   "leptos_router/ssr",
   "dotenv",
+  "diesel",
 ]
 
 # Defines a size-optimized profile for the WASM bundle in release mode