diff --git a/src/lib/db.go b/src/lib/db.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4722f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/db.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package lib
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+)
+
+func InjectDB(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB) context.Context {
+	return context.WithValue(ctx, "__db__", db)
+}
+
+func ExtractDB(ctx context.Context) *sql.DB {
+	v, _ := ctx.Value("__db__").(*sql.DB)
+	return v
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/db_test.go b/src/lib/db_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aec2322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/db_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package lib_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"gitea/price-is-wrong/src/lib"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestInjectDB(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	db := &sql.DB{}
+
+	injected := lib.InjectDB(ctx, db)
+	extracted := lib.ExtractDB(injected)
+
+	if db != extracted {
+		t.Fatal("couldnt extract injected db")
+	}
+}