diff --git a/libs/fingerprint_index.py b/libs/fingerprint_index.py
index 6dc741b..0903bf1 100644
--- a/libs/fingerprint_index.py
+++ b/libs/fingerprint_index.py
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ class FingerprintIndex:
         logging.info("No index file found, creating index now...")
         self.createIndex(fp_dir)
         self.db_conn = sql.connect(fq_fpidx)
+
+      self.cur  = self.db_conn.cursor()
     except:
       if self.db_conn:
         self.db_conn.close()
@@ -64,20 +66,41 @@ class FingerprintIndex:
       logging.info("Successfully created index table")      
       self.__populateIndex(fp_dir) 
       logging.info("Successfully populated the index")
-    except Exception as e:
-      raise FingerprintIndexWrite("Error creating an index file\n{}".format(e))
+    except Exception as ex:
+      raise FingerprintIndexWrite("Error creating an index file\n{}".format(ex))
     finally:
       if self.db_conn:
         self.db_conn.close()
       self.db_conn = None
 
+#
+def qDatabaseMD5(self, md5_db):
+  try:
+    rows = self.cur.execute('''
+      SELECT md5_list, fp_list, fp_count 
+      FROM md5_all
+      WHERE md5_db=?
+      ''', [md5_db])    
+  except Exception as ex:
+    logging.error(ex)
+
+#
+def qTableMD5(self, md5_table):
+  try:
+    rows = self.cur.execute('''
+      SELECT fp_list, fp_count 
+      FROM md5_tables
+      WHERE md5_table=?
+      ''', [md5_table])
+  except Exception as ex:
+    logging.error(ex)
+
   #
   def __populateIndex(self, fp_dir):
     """ read each file, pull md5, add row to database """
     failCount = 0
     finCount = 0
     try:
-      self.cur  = self.db_conn.cursor()
       db = FingerprintDB()
       files = os.listdir(fp_dir)
       for file in files: