diff --git a/src/risotto/config.py b/src/risotto/config.py
index e6b8b8e..93bc3a5 100644
--- a/src/risotto/config.py
+++ b/src/risotto/config.py
@@ -8,3 +8,19 @@ CONFIGURATION_DIR = 'configurations'
 TEMPLATE_DIR = 'templates'
 TMP_DIR = 'tmp'
 ROUGAIL_DTD_PATH = '../rougail/data/creole.dtd'
+POSTGRESQL_ADDRESS = 'localhost'
+POSTGRESQL_PORT = 5432
+
+def get_config():
+    return {'database': {'host': 'localhost',
+                         'port': 5432,
+                         'dbname': 'risotto',
+                         'user': 'risotto',
+                         'password': 'risotto',
+                         },
+            'http_server': {'port': 8080},
+            'global': {'message_root_path': 'messages',
+                       'debug': False,
+                       'internal_user': 'internal',
+                       'rougail_dtd_path': '../rougail/data/creole.dtd'}
+            }
diff --git a/src/risotto/database.py b/src/risotto/database.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1159e4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/risotto/database.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import psycopg2
+
+KEY_DATABASE_NAME = 'dbname'
+KEY_DATABASE_USER = 'user'
+KEY_DATABASE_PASSWORD = 'password'
+KEY_DATABASE_HOST = 'host'
+
+
+def connect(conf, database_options=None):
+    if database_options is None:
+        option = conf.option['database']
+        database_options = {
+                            'host': option[KEY_DATABASE_HOST],
+                            'dbname': option[KEY_DATABASE_NAME],
+                            'user': option[KEY_DATABASE_USER],
+                            'password': option[KEY_DATABASE_PASSWORD]
+
+                }
+    if not database_options['host']:
+        raise Exception('cannot find postgresql')
+    return psycopg2.connect(**database_options)
diff --git a/src/risotto/dispatcher.py b/src/risotto/dispatcher.py
index 112a343..6d2cf1f 100644
--- a/src/risotto/dispatcher.py
+++ b/src/risotto/dispatcher.py
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ from .utils import _
 from .error import CallError, NotAllowedError
 from .logger import log
 from .config import DEBUG
+from .config import get_config
 from .context import Context
 from . import register
 
+def connect(db_conf):
+    return psycopg2.connect(**db_conf)
 
 class CallDispatcher:
     def valid_public_function(self,
@@ -94,11 +97,14 @@ class CallDispatcher:
             risotto_context.function = obj['function']
             if obj['risotto_context']:
                 kw['risotto_context'] = risotto_context
+            if obj['database']:
+                db_conf = get_config.get('database')
+                risotto_context.db_cursor = await connect(db_conf).cursor()
             returns = await risotto_context.function(self.injected_self[obj['module']], **kw)
         except CallError as err:
             raise err
         except Exception as err:
-            if DEBUG:
+            if get_config().get('global').get('debug'):
                 print_exc()
             log.error_msg(risotto_context,
                           kwargs,