diff --git a/dbfp.py b/dbfp.py
index 8bb6e3f..9277e54 100644
--- a/dbfp.py
+++ b/dbfp.py
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 import os
 import argparse
 import logging
+from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, check_call
+# our libs
 from libs import fingerprint
 from libs import android
-from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, check_call
+from libs.fingerprint_index import FingerprintIndex
 
 BASE_DIR    = "data"
 FP_BASE_DIR = "fingerprints"
@@ -20,6 +22,8 @@ def main():
 #
 def compareFingerprintDir(filein, fpdir):
   db = fingerprint.DBSchema()
+  fp = FingerprintIndex()
+  fp.createIndex()
 
 #
 def compareFingerprint(filein, filejson):
diff --git a/libs/fingerprint_index.py b/libs/fingerprint_index.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63a270a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/fingerprint_index.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#
+# 
+#  [ md5_all, md5_list, file_name ]
+# 
+#
+import logging
+import sqlite3 as sql
+from libs import fingerprint
+
+
+class FingerprintIndex:
+  """
+  Create and use an index to 
+  """
+
+  #
+  def __init__(self):
+    return
+
+  def openIndex(self):
+    pass
+
+  def createIndex(self):
+    try:
+      conn = sql.connect('test123.db')
+      conn.execute('''
+          CREATE TABLE md5_index (
+          md5_all TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+          md5_list TEXT,
+          file_name TEXT);
+        ''')
+      logging.info("Successfully created index table")
+    except:
+      logging.error("Error creating index table")
+    finally:
+      if conn:
+        conn.close()
+
+  def checkIntegrity(self):
+    """ Sanity check the number of files against the index rows """
+    pass
+
+  #
+  def dirCompare(self, folder):
+    pass
+
+
+  def compareFingerprint(self, fp1, fp2):
+    pass
+