diff --git a/BrickLog-Server/pom.xml b/BrickLog-Server/pom.xml
index 96841d2..0426d42 100644
--- a/BrickLog-Server/pom.xml
+++ b/BrickLog-Server/pom.xml
@@ -19,21 +19,24 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Spring Data JPA -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Database Driver (e.g., H2, MySQL, PostgreSQL) -->
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.h2database</groupId> <!-- Change this to your database -->
-            <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
+            <groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
+            <version>3.1.2</version> <!-- Check for the latest version if needed -->
         </dependency>
 
+
         <!-- Spring Boot Starter Test -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/BrickLog-Server/src/main/java/com/example/bricklog/model/LegoBuild.java b/BrickLog-Server/src/main/java/com/example/bricklog/model/LegoBuild.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0792eba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BrickLog-Server/src/main/java/com/example/bricklog/model/LegoBuild.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package com.example.bricklog.model;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import jakarta.persistence.GenerationType;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+
+@Entity
+public class LegoBuild {
+
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
+    private Long id;
+
+    private String name;
+    private String builder;
+    private boolean isKitset; // true for Kitset, false for MoC
+    private String description;
+
+    public LegoBuild() {}
+
+    public LegoBuild(String name, String builder, boolean isKitset, String description) {
+        this.name = name;
+        this.builder = builder;
+        this.isKitset = isKitset;
+        this.description = description;
+    }
+
+    // Getters and setters...
+
+    public Long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(Long id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getBuilder() {
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    public void setBuilder(String builder) {
+        this.builder = builder;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isKitset() {
+        return isKitset;
+    }
+
+    public void setKitset(boolean isKitset) {
+        this.isKitset = isKitset;
+    }
+
+    public String getDescription() {
+        return description;
+    }
+
+    public void setDescription(String description) {
+        this.description = description;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/BrickLog-Server/src/main/java/com/example/bricklog/repository/LegoBuildRepository.java b/BrickLog-Server/src/main/java/com/example/bricklog/repository/LegoBuildRepository.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f38f884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BrickLog-Server/src/main/java/com/example/bricklog/repository/LegoBuildRepository.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.example.bricklog.repository;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
+
+import com.example.bricklog.model.LegoBuild;
+
+@Repository
+public interface LegoBuildRepository extends JpaRepository<LegoBuild, Long> {
+
+    List<LegoBuild> findByBuilderContainingIgnoreCase(String builder);
+    
+    List<LegoBuild> findByNameContainingIgnoreCase(String name);
+    
+    List<LegoBuild> findByNameContainingIgnoreCaseOrBuilderContainingIgnoreCase(String name, String builder);
+}
+
diff --git a/BrickLog-Server/src/main/java/resources/application.properties b/BrickLog-Server/src/main/java/resources/application.properties
index e69de29..a1ade11 100644
--- a/BrickLog-Server/src/main/java/resources/application.properties
+++ b/BrickLog-Server/src/main/java/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# MariaDB Configuration
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mariadb://localhost:3306/bricklog_db
+spring.datasource.username=your_db_username
+spring.datasource.password=your_db_password
+
+# JPA settings
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update  # Creates tables automatically; set to 'none' in production if not needed
+spring.jpa.show-sql=true              # Shows SQL queries in the console, useful for debugging
+spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.dialect.MariaDBDialect
diff --git a/BrickLog-Server/target/BrickLog-Server-0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar b/BrickLog-Server/target/BrickLog-Server-0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..954b99b
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diff --git a/BrickLog-Server/target/classes/com/example/bricklog/BrickLogApplication.class b/BrickLog-Server/target/classes/com/example/bricklog/BrickLogApplication.class
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diff --git a/BrickLog-Server/target/maven-archiver/pom.properties b/BrickLog-Server/target/maven-archiver/pom.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2213d7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BrickLog-Server/target/maven-archiver/pom.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+artifactId=BrickLog-Server
+groupId=com.example
+version=0.1-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/BrickLog-Server/target/maven-status/maven-compiler-plugin/compile/default-compile/createdFiles.lst b/BrickLog-Server/target/maven-status/maven-compiler-plugin/compile/default-compile/createdFiles.lst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fe0d0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BrickLog-Server/target/maven-status/maven-compiler-plugin/compile/default-compile/createdFiles.lst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+com\example\bricklog\BrickLogApplication.class
diff --git a/BrickLog-Server/target/maven-status/maven-compiler-plugin/compile/default-compile/inputFiles.lst b/BrickLog-Server/target/maven-status/maven-compiler-plugin/compile/default-compile/inputFiles.lst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d61b148
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BrickLog-Server/target/maven-status/maven-compiler-plugin/compile/default-compile/inputFiles.lst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+C:\Users\bryce\Documents\Git\BrickLog\BrickLog-Server\src\main\java\com\example\bricklog\BrickLogApplication.java
diff --git a/BrickLog-Server/target/maven-status/maven-compiler-plugin/testCompile/default-testCompile/createdFiles.lst b/BrickLog-Server/target/maven-status/maven-compiler-plugin/testCompile/default-testCompile/createdFiles.lst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/BrickLog-Server/target/maven-status/maven-compiler-plugin/testCompile/default-testCompile/inputFiles.lst b/BrickLog-Server/target/maven-status/maven-compiler-plugin/testCompile/default-testCompile/inputFiles.lst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29