diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 89e14f2..108c9bc 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 from flask import Flask
 from flask_oidc import OpenIDConnect
 from flask_swagger_ui import get_swaggerui_blueprint
+from flask_session import Session
+from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
 
 from config import config
 from backend.utils import configure_logger
+from backend.storage import SessionCredentialStore
 
 app = None
 oidc = OpenIDConnect()
@@ -16,6 +19,16 @@ def create_app():
 
     # Load the configurations based on the 'FLASK_ENV' environment variable
     app.config.from_object(config)
+
+     # setup session database
+    db = SQLAlchemy(app)
+    app.config["SESSION_SQLALCHEMY_TABLE"] = 'sessions'
+    app.config["SESSION_SQLALCHEMY"] = db
+    session = Session(app)
+    session.app.session_interface.db.create_all()
+    # Init the OpenIDConnect application instance
+    # oidc.init_app(app)
+    oidc = OpenIDConnect(app, SessionCredentialStore())
     
     # Initialize logger
     _logger = configure_logger(app)
diff --git a/backend/storage.py b/backend/storage.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6218e08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/storage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+from flask import session
+from collections import UserDict
+
+
+class SessionCredentialStore(UserDict):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.session = session
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+        self.session[key] = value
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        return self.session[key]
+
+    def __delitem__(self, key):
+        return self.session.pop(key)
+
+    def __contains__(self, key):
+        return key in self.session
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return 'SessionStore: {}'.format(str(self.__class__))
diff --git a/config/configurations.py b/config/configurations.py
index 806ce6e..971312b 100644
--- a/config/configurations.py
+++ b/config/configurations.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import os
+
 PRODUCTION = 'production'
 DEVELOPMENT = 'development'
 
@@ -15,6 +17,9 @@ class Config(object):
     SWAGGER_SPEC = 'spec'
     SWAGGER_NAME = 'Tech API - template'
     HANDLER = "RotatingFileHandler"
+    SESSION_TYPE = 'sqlalchemy'
+    SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS = False
+    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite://'
 
 
 class ProductionConfig(Config):
@@ -23,6 +28,11 @@ class ProductionConfig(Config):
     OIDC_ID_TOKEN_COOKIE_SECURE = False
     HANDLER = "StreamHandler"
 
+    if "DATABASE_URL" in os.environ:
+        SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = os.environ["DATABASE_URL"]
+    if "FLASK_SECRET_KEY" in os.environ:
+        SECRET_KEY = os.environ["FLASK_SECRET_KEY"]
+
 
 class DevelopmentConfig(Config):
     DEBUG = True
@@ -31,3 +41,4 @@ class DevelopmentConfig(Config):
     OIDC_CLIENT_SECRETS = 'config/client_secrets_dev.json'
     OIDC_OPENID_REALM = 'flask-demo'
     OIDC_ID_TOKEN_COOKIE_SECURE = False
+    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:///sessions.db'
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8f7662e..d98c7cd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ Flask==1.0.2
 flask-oidc==1.4.0
 Jinja2==2.10
 flask-swagger-ui==3.18.0
+flask-sqlalchemy==2.3.2
+flask-session==0.3.1
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