diff --git a/Pearlception/app/models/oyster.rb b/Pearlception/app/models/oyster.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a7cdb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Pearlception/app/models/oyster.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class Oyster < ApplicationRecord
+    belongs_to :run
+    Oyster.establish_connection(:"stats_#{Rails.env}")
+
+        
+end
diff --git a/Pearlception/app/models/run.rb b/Pearlception/app/models/run.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18c81f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Pearlception/app/models/run.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+class Run < ApplicationRecord
+  has_many :oysters
+  establish_connection(:"stats_#{Rails.env}")
+end
diff --git a/Pearlception/config/database.yml b/Pearlception/config/database.yml
index eb86080..44aecc7 100644
--- a/Pearlception/config/database.yml
+++ b/Pearlception/config/database.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,23 @@ default: &default
   encoding: utf8
   pool: 5
   username: root
-  password:
+  password: terps
   socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
 
+stats_development: &stats 
+  adapter: mysql2
+  encoding: utf8
+  pool: 5
+  username: <%= ENV['STATS_DB_USER'] %> 
+  password: <%= ENV['STATS_DB_PASS'] %>
+  host: <%= ENV['STATS_DB_URL'] %>
+  port: 3306
+  database: main
+
+
+stats_test:
+  <<: *stats
+
 development:
   <<: *default
   database: Pearlception_development
diff --git a/Pearlception/db/schema.rb b/Pearlception/db/schema.rb
index f30ee8a..11318a1 100644
--- a/Pearlception/db/schema.rb
+++ b/Pearlception/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20170109174008) do
 
   create_table "companies", force: :cascade, options: "ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8" do |t|
@@ -36,5 +37,8 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20170109174008) do
     t.index ["email"], name: "index_users_on_email", unique: true, using: :btree
     t.index ["reset_password_token"], name: "index_users_on_reset_password_token", unique: true, using: :btree
   end
+=======
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 0) do
+>>>>>>> master
 
 end
diff --git a/Pearlception/test/models/oyster_test.rb b/Pearlception/test/models/oyster_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1c5d0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Pearlception/test/models/oyster_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class OysterTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+
+    test "check_connection" do 
+        Oyster.connection
+        assert true
+    end
+
+    test "get_first_oyster" do
+        first = Oyster.first
+        id = first.oyster_id == 1
+        run = first.run_id == 257
+        grade = first.grade == "Rej"
+        assert id && run && grade
+    end
+	
+end