diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0986a0f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[alias]
+db = ["run", "--package", "cli", "--bin", "db", "--"]
+w = ["watch", "--exec", "run"]
+t = ["nextest", "run"]
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fc1b581a..c9ff36ab 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -825,6 +825,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "inout",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cli"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "concurrent-queue"
 version = "2.5.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a03d809d..d7095976 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [workspace]
-members = [ "config", "macros", "web", ]
+members = [ "cli", "config", "macros", "web", ]
 resolver = "2"
 default-members = ["web"]
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fa8c7a28..c884e7ca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ rc_reload=NO
 ```
 
 
-```
+```ini
 # Postgres
 # DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres@localhost/my_database
 # SQLite
@@ -46,3 +46,11 @@ SMTP_PORT="25"
 # SMTP_PASSWORD=""
 SMTP_TLSTYPE="none"
 ```
+
+## drop test databases
+```bash
+for dbname in $(psql -c "copy (select datname from pg_database where datname like 'brass_test_%') to stdout") ; do
+    echo "$dbname"
+    #dropdb -i "$dbname"
+done
+```
diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6cfa8c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "cli"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[lib]
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "db"
+path = "src/db.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/cli/src/db.rs b/cli/src/db.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..239ebf26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/db.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    println!("abc");
+}
diff --git a/cli/src/lib.rs b/cli/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dec10232
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod db;