diff --git a/LedD/adapters/__init__.py b/LedD/adapters/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/LedD/adapters/baseadapter.py b/LedD/adapters/baseadapter.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/LedD/controller.py b/LedD/controller.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11b3973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LedD/controller.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+class Controller:
+    """
+    A controller controls a number of stripes.
+    """
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_row(cls, db, row):
+        # load from db
+        return cls(db, pwm_freq=row["pwm_freq"], channels=row["channels"], i2c_device=row["i2c_device"],
+                   address=row["address"], cid=row["id"])
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_db(db):
+        l = []
+        cur = db.cursor()
+        for row in cur.execute("select * from controller"):
+            l.append(Controller.from_row(db, row))
+        cur.close()
+        return l
+
+    def __init__(self, db, pwm_freq, channels, i2c_device, address, cid=-1):
+        self.pwm_freq = pwm_freq
+        self.channels = channels
+        self.i2c_device = i2c_device
+        self.address = address
+        self.id = cid
+        self.db = db
+        self.stripes = []
+        self.load_stripes()
+
+    def load_stripes(self):
+        cur = self.db.cursor()
+        for stripe in cur.execute("select * from stripes where controller_id = ?", (self.id,)):
+            self.stripes.append(Stripe.from_db(self, stripe))
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<Controller stripes={} cid={}>".format(len(self.stripes), self.id)
+
+
+class Stripe:
+    """
+    A stripe is the smallest controllable unit.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, controller, name, rgb, channels):
+        self.controller = controller
+        self.name = name
+        self.rgb = bool(rgb)
+        self.channels = channels
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_db(cls, controller, row):
+        return cls(controller, name=row["name"], rgb=row["rgb"], channels={"r": row["channel_r"],
+                                                                           "g": row["channel_g"],
+                                                                           "b": row["channel_b"]})
diff --git a/LedD/daemon.py b/LedD/daemon.py
index a5b0bfe..786991e 100644
--- a/LedD/daemon.py
+++ b/LedD/daemon.py
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@ import socket
 import configparser
 import json
 import sqlite3
-
+from . import controller
 
 class Daemon:
     daemonSection = 'daemon'
     databaseSection = 'db'
+    instance = None
 
     def __init__(self):
+        Daemon.instance = self
         config = configparser.ConfigParser()
         try:
             with open('ledd.config', 'w+') as f:
@@ -34,22 +36,24 @@ class Daemon:
             print("no config file found!")
 
         sqldb = sqlite3.connect(config.get(self.databaseSection, 'name', fallback='ledd.sqlite'))
-
+        sqldb.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
         c = sqldb.cursor()
         c.execute("SELECT db_version FROM meta")
         db_version = c.fetchone()
 
         if db_version:
-            print("DB connection established; version={}".format(db_version))
+            print("DB connection established; version={}".format(db_version[0]))
         else:
-            with open("sql/ledd.sql", "r") as sqlfile:
+            with open("LedD/sql/ledd.sql", "r") as sqlfile:
                 c.executescript(sqlfile.read())
                 sqldb.commit()
         c.close()
 
+        self.controller = controller.Controller.from_db(sqldb)
+        print(self.controller)
         server = self.SocketServer(config.get(self.daemonSection, 'host', fallback='0.0.0.0'),
                                    config.get(self.daemonSection, 'port', fallback=1425))
-        asyncore.loop()
+        # asyncore.loop()
 
     class ConnectionHandler(asyncore.dispatcher_with_send):
         def handle_read(self):
@@ -88,7 +92,3 @@ class Daemon:
                 sock, addr = pair
                 print('Incoming connection from %s' % repr(addr))
                 handler = Daemon.ConnectionHandler(sock)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    daemon = Daemon()
diff --git a/start.py b/start.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8f9239
--- /dev/null
+++ b/start.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import LedD.daemon
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    daemon = LedD.daemon.Daemon()