diff --git a/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20250109192017_InitialCreate.Designer.cs b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20250109192017_InitialCreate.Designer.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 8317692..0000000
--- a/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20250109192017_InitialCreate.Designer.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-// <auto-generated />
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
-
-#nullable disable
-
-namespace barkmanapi.Migrations
-{
-    [DbContext(typeof(BarkContext))]
-    [Migration("20250109192017_InitialCreate")]
-    partial class InitialCreate
-    {
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
-        {
-#pragma warning disable 612, 618
-            modelBuilder.HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "9.0.0");
-
-            modelBuilder.Entity("InventoryItems", b =>
-                {
-                    b.Property<int>("Id")
-                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
-                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
-
-                    b.Property<string>("Brand")
-                        .IsRequired()
-                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
-
-                    b.Property<string>("Name")
-                        .IsRequired()
-                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
-
-                    b.Property<string>("Notes")
-                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
-
-                    b.Property<float?>("RentalPrice")
-                        .HasColumnType("REAL");
-
-                    b.Property<float?>("ReplacementCost")
-                        .HasColumnType("REAL");
-
-                    b.Property<string>("SerialNumber")
-                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
-
-                    b.Property<string>("Status")
-                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
-
-                    b.HasKey("Id");
-
-                    b.ToTable("Inventory");
-                });
-#pragma warning restore 612, 618
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20250109192017_InitialCreate.cs b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20250109192017_InitialCreate.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index eac0eca..0000000
--- a/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20250109192017_InitialCreate.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
-
-#nullable disable
-
-namespace barkmanapi.Migrations
-{
-    /// <inheritdoc />
-    public partial class InitialCreate : Migration
-    {
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
-        {
-            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
-                name: "Inventory",
-                columns: table => new
-                {
-                    Id = table.Column<int>(type: "INTEGER", nullable: false)
-                        .Annotation("Sqlite:Autoincrement", true),
-                    Name = table.Column<string>(type: "TEXT", nullable: false),
-                    Brand = table.Column<string>(type: "TEXT", nullable: false),
-                    SerialNumber = table.Column<string>(type: "TEXT", nullable: true),
-                    Status = table.Column<string>(type: "TEXT", nullable: true),
-                    RentalPrice = table.Column<float>(type: "REAL", nullable: true),
-                    ReplacementCost = table.Column<float>(type: "REAL", nullable: true),
-                    Notes = table.Column<string>(type: "TEXT", nullable: true)
-                },
-                constraints: table =>
-                {
-                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_Inventory", x => x.Id);
-                });
-        }
-
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
-        {
-            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
-                name: "Inventory");
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20250122011527_postyFirst.Designer.cs b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20250122011527_postyFirst.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50a6aa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20250122011527_postyFirst.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
+using barkmanapi;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace barkmanapi.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(BarkContext))]
+    [Migration("20250122011527_postyFirst")]
+    partial class postyFirst
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "9.0.1")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 63);
+
+            NpgsqlModelBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumns(modelBuilder);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("barkmanapi.InventoryItems", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Brand")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("brand");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("name");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Notes")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("notes");
+
+                    b.Property<float?>("RentalPrice")
+                        .HasColumnType("real")
+                        .HasColumnName("rental_price");
+
+                    b.Property<float?>("ReplacementCost")
+                        .HasColumnType("real")
+                        .HasColumnName("replacement_cost");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("SerialNumber")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("serial_number");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Status")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("status");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id")
+                        .HasName("pk_inventory");
+
+                    b.ToTable("inventory", (string)null);
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20250122011527_postyFirst.cs b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20250122011527_postyFirst.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..599a405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20250122011527_postyFirst.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace barkmanapi.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class postyFirst : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
+                name: "inventory",
+                columns: table => new
+                {
+                    id = table.Column<int>(type: "integer", nullable: false)
+                        .Annotation("Npgsql:ValueGenerationStrategy", NpgsqlValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityByDefaultColumn),
+                    name = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false),
+                    brand = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false),
+                    serial_number = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: true),
+                    status = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: true),
+                    rental_price = table.Column<float>(type: "real", nullable: true),
+                    replacement_cost = table.Column<float>(type: "real", nullable: true),
+                    notes = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: true)
+                },
+                constraints: table =>
+                {
+                    table.PrimaryKey("pk_inventory", x => x.id);
+                });
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
+                name: "inventory");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/barkmanAPI/Migrations/BarkContextModelSnapshot.cs b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/BarkContextModelSnapshot.cs
index cdf858a..ab7aae2 100644
--- a/barkmanAPI/Migrations/BarkContextModelSnapshot.cs
+++ b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/BarkContextModelSnapshot.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
+using barkmanapi;
 
 #nullable disable
 
@@ -13,40 +15,55 @@ namespace barkmanapi.Migrations
         protected override void BuildModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
         {
 #pragma warning disable 612, 618
-            modelBuilder.HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "9.0.0");
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "9.0.1")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 63);
 
-            modelBuilder.Entity("InventoryItems", b =>
+            NpgsqlModelBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumns(modelBuilder);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("barkmanapi.InventoryItems", b =>
                 {
                     b.Property<int>("Id")
                         .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
-                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
 
                     b.Property<string>("Brand")
                         .IsRequired()
-                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("brand");
 
                     b.Property<string>("Name")
                         .IsRequired()
-                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("name");
 
                     b.Property<string>("Notes")
-                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("notes");
 
                     b.Property<float?>("RentalPrice")
-                        .HasColumnType("REAL");
+                        .HasColumnType("real")
+                        .HasColumnName("rental_price");
 
                     b.Property<float?>("ReplacementCost")
-                        .HasColumnType("REAL");
+                        .HasColumnType("real")
+                        .HasColumnName("replacement_cost");
 
                     b.Property<string>("SerialNumber")
-                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("serial_number");
 
                     b.Property<string>("Status")
-                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("status");
 
-                    b.HasKey("Id");
+                    b.HasKey("Id")
+                        .HasName("pk_inventory");
 
-                    b.ToTable("Inventory");
+                    b.ToTable("inventory", (string)null);
                 });
 #pragma warning restore 612, 618
         }
diff --git a/barkmanAPI/Program.cs b/barkmanAPI/Program.cs
index ebf25cd..6c46e45 100644
--- a/barkmanAPI/Program.cs
+++ b/barkmanAPI/Program.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using barkmanapi;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.OpenApi.Models;
 
@@ -20,6 +21,9 @@ builder.Services.AddCors(options =>
             policy.WithOrigins("https://barkdev.ts.drewr.io", "http://localhost:5173").AllowAnyMethod().AllowAnyHeader();
         });
 });
+builder.Services.AddDbContext<BarkContext>(opt => 
+    opt.UseNpgsql(builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection")).UseSnakeCaseNamingConvention());
+
 var app = builder.Build();
 
 if (!app.Environment.IsProduction())
@@ -34,7 +38,7 @@ if (!app.Environment.IsProduction())
 app.MapGet("/", () => "Hello World!");
 
 app.MapGet("/inventory", async (BarkContext db) =>
-    await db.Inventory.ToListAsync());
+    await db.Inventory.OrderBy(item=>item.Id).ToListAsync());
 
 app.MapGet("/inventory/{id}", async (int id, BarkContext db) =>
 {
diff --git a/barkmanAPI/barkDbModel.cs b/barkmanAPI/barkDbModel.cs
index 84799d7..88b538c 100644
--- a/barkmanAPI/barkDbModel.cs
+++ b/barkmanAPI/barkDbModel.cs
@@ -1,24 +1,10 @@
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 
-public class BarkContext : DbContext
+namespace barkmanapi;
+
+public class BarkContext(DbContextOptions<BarkContext> options) : DbContext(options)
 {
     public DbSet<InventoryItems> Inventory  { get; set; }
-    
-    public string DbPath { get; }
-
-    public BarkContext()
-    {
-        var folder = Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData;
-        var path = Environment.GetFolderPath(folder);
-        DbPath = "./database/app.db";
-    }
-
-    // The following configures EF to create a Sqlite database file in the
-    // special "local" folder for your platform.
-    protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder options)
-        => options.UseSqlite($"Data Source={DbPath}");
 }
 
 public class InventoryItems
@@ -31,5 +17,4 @@ public class InventoryItems
     public float? RentalPrice { get; set; }
     public float? ReplacementCost { get; set; }
     public string? Notes { get; set; }
-}
-
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/barkmanAPI/barkmanapi.csproj b/barkmanAPI/barkmanapi.csproj
index 7b95621..fa775f1 100644
--- a/barkmanAPI/barkmanapi.csproj
+++ b/barkmanAPI/barkmanapi.csproj
@@ -5,15 +5,17 @@
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
         <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
         <DockerDefaultTargetOS>Linux</DockerDefaultTargetOS>
+        <UserSecretsId>a965d65f-8c78-4549-9c7c-8c4d221a8a02</UserSecretsId>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
+        <PackageReference Include="EFCore.NamingConventions" Version="9.0.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi" Version="9.0.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="9.0.0">
           <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
           <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
         </PackageReference>
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="9.0.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL" Version="9.0.3" />
         <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="6.1.4" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/barkmanui/.env b/barkmanui/.env
index 29a2dbd..c62e21a 100644
--- a/barkmanui/.env
+++ b/barkmanui/.env
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VITE_API_URL=https://barkdev.ts.drewr.io
\ No newline at end of file
+VITE_API_URL=http://localhost:5145
\ No newline at end of file