diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 42c3606..69b7e32 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2478,6 +2478,9 @@ name = "uuid"
 version = "1.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "79daa5ed5740825c40b389c5e50312b9c86df53fccd33f281df655642b43869d"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vcpkg"
@@ -2718,11 +2721,13 @@ name = "zero2prod"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-web",
+ "chrono",
  "config",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "sqlx",
  "tokio",
+ "uuid",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f7cded6..ddf0844 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ name = "zero2prod"
 
 [dependencies]
 actix-web = "4"
+chrono = { version = "0.4.22", default-features = false, features = ["clock"] }
 config = "0.13"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
+uuid = { version = "1", features = ["v4"] }
 
 [dependencies.sqlx]
 version = "0.7"
diff --git a/src/configuration.rs b/src/configuration.rs
index 11e7ee4..950d671 100644
--- a/src/configuration.rs
+++ b/src/configuration.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ impl DatabaseSettings {
             self.username, self.password, self.host, self.port, self.database_name
         )
     }
+
+    pub fn connection_string_without_db(&self) -> String {
+        format!(
+            "postgres://{}:{}@{}:{}",
+            self.username, self.password, self.host, self.port
+        )
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn get_configuration() -> Result<Settings, config::ConfigError> {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 84cd09a..384f4fb 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
+use sqlx::PgPool;
 use std::net::TcpListener;
 use zero2prod::{configuration::get_configuration, startup::run};
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
     let configuration = get_configuration().expect("Failed to read configuration.");
+    let connection_pool = PgPool::connect(&configuration.database.connection_string())
+        .await
+        .expect("Failed to connect to Postgres.");
     let address = format!("127.0.0.1:{}", configuration.application_port);
     let listener = TcpListener::bind(address)?;
 
-    run(listener)?.await
+    run(listener, connection_pool)?.await
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/subscriptions.rs b/src/routes/subscriptions.rs
index 2793a6e..24710c3 100644
--- a/src/routes/subscriptions.rs
+++ b/src/routes/subscriptions.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 use actix_web::{web, HttpResponse};
+use chrono::Utc;
+use sqlx::PgPool;
+use uuid::Uuid;
 
 #[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
 pub struct FormData {
@@ -6,6 +9,25 @@ pub struct FormData {
     name: String,
 }
 
-pub async fn subscribe(_form: web::Form<FormData>) -> HttpResponse {
-    HttpResponse::Ok().finish()
+pub async fn subscribe(form: web::Form<FormData>, pool: web::Data<PgPool>) -> HttpResponse {
+    match sqlx::query!(
+        r#"
+            insert into subscriptions (id, email, name, subscribed_at)
+            values ($1, $2, $3, $4)
+        "#,
+        Uuid::new_v4(),
+        form.email,
+        form.name,
+        Utc::now(),
+    )
+    .execute(pool.get_ref())
+    .await
+    {
+        Ok(_) => HttpResponse::Ok().finish(),
+        Err(e) => {
+            print!("Failed to execute query: {}", e);
+
+            HttpResponse::InternalServerError().finish()
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/startup.rs b/src/startup.rs
index e22dee6..3f70691 100644
--- a/src/startup.rs
+++ b/src/startup.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 use crate::routes::{health_check, subscribe};
 use actix_web::{dev::Server, web, App, HttpServer};
+use sqlx::PgPool;
 use std::net::TcpListener;
 
-pub fn run(listener: TcpListener) -> Result<Server, std::io::Error> {
-    let server = HttpServer::new(|| {
+pub fn run(listener: TcpListener, db_pool: PgPool) -> Result<Server, std::io::Error> {
+    let db_pool = web::Data::new(db_pool);
+    let server = HttpServer::new(move || {
         App::new()
             .route("/health_check", web::get().to(health_check))
             .route("/subscriptions", web::post().to(subscribe))
+            .app_data(db_pool.clone())
     })
     .listen(listener)?
     .run();
diff --git a/tests/health_check.rs b/tests/health_check.rs
index 46c52d1..2303705 100644
--- a/tests/health_check.rs
+++ b/tests/health_check.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
-use sqlx::{Connection, PgConnection};
+use sqlx::{Connection, Executor, PgConnection, PgPool};
 use std::net::TcpListener;
-use zero2prod::configuration::get_configuration;
+use uuid::Uuid;
+use zero2prod::configuration::{get_configuration, DatabaseSettings};
 
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn health_check_works() {
     // Arrange
-    let address = spawn_app();
+    let app = spawn_app().await;
     let client = reqwest::Client::new();
 
     // Act
     let response = client
-        .get(&format!("{}/health_check", &address))
+        .get(&format!("{}/health_check", &app.address))
         .send()
         .await
         .expect("Failed to execute request.");
@@ -23,18 +24,13 @@ async fn health_check_works() {
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn subscribe_returns_a_200_for_valid_form_data() {
     // Arrange
-    let app_address = spawn_app();
-    let configuration = get_configuration().expect("Failed to read configuration.");
-    let connection_string = configuration.database.connection_string();
-    let mut connection = PgConnection::connect(&connection_string)
-        .await
-        .expect("Failed to connect to Postgres.");
+    let app = spawn_app().await;
     let client = reqwest::Client::new();
 
     // Act
-    let body = "name=le%20guin&email=ursula_le_guin%40fmail.com";
+    let body = "name=le%20guin&email=ursula_le_guin%40gmail.com";
     let response = client
-        .post(&format!("{}/subscriptions", &app_address))
+        .post(&format!("{}/subscriptions", &app.address))
         .header("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
         .body(body)
         .send()
@@ -45,7 +41,7 @@ async fn subscribe_returns_a_200_for_valid_form_data() {
     assert_eq!(200, response.status().as_u16());
 
     let saved = sqlx::query!("select email, name from subscriptions")
-        .fetch_one(&mut connection)
+        .fetch_one(&app.db_pool)
         .await
         .expect("Failed to fetch saved subscription.");
 
@@ -56,7 +52,7 @@ async fn subscribe_returns_a_200_for_valid_form_data() {
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn subscribe_returns_a_400_when_data_is_missing() {
     // Arrange
-    let app_address = spawn_app();
+    let app = spawn_app().await;
     let client = reqwest::Client::new();
     let test_cases = vec![
         ("name=le%20guin", "missing the email"),
@@ -67,7 +63,7 @@ async fn subscribe_returns_a_400_when_data_is_missing() {
     for (invalid_body, error_message) in test_cases {
         // Act
         let response = client
-            .post(&format!("{}/subscriptions", &app_address))
+            .post(&format!("{}/subscriptions", &app.address))
             .header("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-url-encoded")
             .body(invalid_body)
             .send()
@@ -84,11 +80,46 @@ async fn subscribe_returns_a_400_when_data_is_missing() {
     }
 }
 
-fn spawn_app() -> String {
+pub struct TestApp {
+    pub address: String,
+    pub db_pool: PgPool,
+}
+
+async fn spawn_app() -> TestApp {
     let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").expect("Failed to bind random port.");
     let port = listener.local_addr().unwrap().port();
-    let server = zero2prod::startup::run(listener).expect("Failed to bind address.");
+    let address = format!("http://127.0.0.1:{}", port);
+
+    let mut configuration = get_configuration().expect("Failed to read configuration.");
+    configuration.database.database_name = Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
+    let connection_pool = configure_database(&configuration.database).await;
+
+    let server = zero2prod::startup::run(listener, connection_pool.clone())
+        .expect("Failed to bind address.");
     let _ = tokio::spawn(server);
 
-    format!("http://127.0.0.1:{}", port)
+    TestApp {
+        address,
+        db_pool: connection_pool,
+    }
+}
+
+pub async fn configure_database(config: &DatabaseSettings) -> PgPool {
+    let mut connection = PgConnection::connect(&config.connection_string_without_db())
+        .await
+        .expect("Failed to connect to Postgres.");
+    connection
+        .execute(format!(r#"create database "{}";"#, config.database_name).as_str())
+        .await
+        .expect("Failed to create database.");
+
+    let connection_pool = PgPool::connect(&config.connection_string())
+        .await
+        .expect("Failed to connect to Postgres.");
+    sqlx::migrate!("./migrations")
+        .run(&connection_pool)
+        .await
+        .expect("Failed to migrate the database.");
+
+    connection_pool
 }