diff --git a/db.go b/db.go
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+++ b/db.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/boltdb/bolt"
+)
+
+type LogLine struct {
+	Nick    string
+	Message string
+	Time    time.Time
+	ID      uint64
+}
+
+type history struct {
+	db *bolt.DB
+}
+
+// Open creates a new db or open existing
+func Open(path string) (*history, error) {
+	db, err := bolt.Open(path, 0600, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	err = db.Update(func(tx *bolt.Tx) error {
+		if _, err := tx.CreateBucketIfNotExists([]byte("history")); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	return &history{db}, err
+}
+
+func (h *history) WriteLog(l *LogLine) error {
+	err := h.db.Update(func(tx *bolt.Tx) error {
+		b, err := tx.CreateBucketIfNotExists([]byte("history"))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		id, err := b.NextSequence()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		l.ID = id
+
+		data, err := json.Marshal(l)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		b.Put([]byte(l.Time.Format("2006-01-02T15:04:05")), data)
+
+		return nil
+	})
+	return err
+}
+
+func (h *history) GetAllLog() ([]LogLine, error) {
+	var logs []LogLine
+
+	err := h.db.View(func(tx *bolt.Tx) error {
+		b := tx.Bucket([]byte("history"))
+
+		c := b.Cursor()
+
+		for k, v := c.First(); k != nil; k, v = c.Next() {
+			var l LogLine
+			if err := json.Unmarshal(v, &l); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			logs = append(logs, l)
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	return logs, err
+}
+
+func (h *history) GetRangedLogs(from, to string) ([]LogLine, error) {
+	var logs []LogLine
+
+	err := h.db.View(func(tx *bolt.Tx) error {
+		c := tx.Bucket([]byte("history")).Cursor()
+
+		for k, v := c.Seek([]byte(from)); k != nil && bytes.Compare(k, []byte(to)) <= 0; k, v = c.Next() {
+			var l LogLine
+			if err := json.Unmarshal(v, &l); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			logs = append(logs, l)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	})
+	return logs, err
+}
+
+// itob returns an 8-byte big endian representation of v.
+func itob(v uint64) []byte {
+	b := make([]byte, 8)
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(b, v)
+	return b
+}