diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index ad5b87b..f1fedd7 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ pub enum Error {
     #[error("JSON string escape surrogate (ancient style) is not supported")]
     JsonEscapeSurrogate,
 
+    // LMDB
+    #[error("LMDB: {0}")]
+    Lmdb(#[from] heed::Error),
+
     // UTF-8
     #[error("UTF-8: {0}")]
     Utf8(#[from] std::str::Utf8Error),
diff --git a/src/store/mod.rs b/src/store/mod.rs
index 80eb383..c3df13a 100644
--- a/src/store/mod.rs
+++ b/src/store/mod.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,54 @@
 pub mod event_store;
 pub use event_store::EventStore;
+
+use crate::error::Error;
+use crate::types::Id;
+use heed::{Database, Env, EnvFlags, EnvOpenOptions};
+use std::fs;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Store {
+    events: EventStore,
+    env: Env,
+    ids: Database<Id, usize>,
+}
+
+impl Store {
+    pub fn new(data_directory: &str) -> Result<Store, Error> {
+        let mut builder = EnvOpenOptions::new();
+        unsafe {
+            builder.flags(EnvFlags::NO_TLS);
+        }
+        builder.max_dbs(32);
+        builder.map_size(1048576 * 1024 * 24); // 24 GB
+
+        let dir = format!("{}/lmdb", data_directory);
+        fs::create_dir_all(&dir)?;
+
+        let env = match builder.open(&dir) {
+            Ok(env) => env,
+            Err(e) => {
+                log::error!("Unable to open LMDB at {}", dir);
+                return Err(e.into());
+            }
+        };
+
+        // Open/Create maps
+        let mut txn = env.write_txn()?;
+        let ids = env
+            .database_options()
+            .types::<Id, usize>()
+            .create(&mut txn)?;
+        txn.commit()?;
+
+        log::info!("Store is setup");
+
+        let event_map_file = format!("{}/event.map", data_directory);
+
+        Ok(Store {
+            events: EventStore::new(event_map_file)?,
+            env,
+            ids,
+        })
+    }
+}