diff --git a/src/lib/__init__.py b/src/lib/__init__.py
index e69de29..84a6cc5 100644
--- a/src/lib/__init__.py
+++ b/src/lib/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from .settings import settings
+
+__all__ = ["settings"]
diff --git a/src/lib/settings.py b/src/lib/settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50f3035
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings
+from pydantic import Field
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+class Settings(BaseSettings):
+    db_url: Path = Field(Path("pjl.duckdb"), env="DB_URL")
+
+    class Config:
+        env_file = ".env"
+
+
+settings = Settings()