diff --git a/src/match.py b/src/match.py
index b2b11e9..5e241d7 100644
--- a/src/match.py
+++ b/src/match.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from word import Word
+
 class StructureMatch:
     def __init__(self, match_id, structure):
         self.match_id = match_id
@@ -5,6 +7,25 @@ class StructureMatch:
 
         self.matches = []
         self.representations = {}
+    
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_db(db, colocation_id, structure):
+        result = StructureMatch(str(colocation_id), structure)
+        for match_id in db.execute("SELECT mid_match_id FROM ColocationMatches WHERE mid_colocation_id=?", (colocation_id,)):
+            to_add = {}
+
+            for component_id, word_lemma, word_text, word_msd, word_id in db.execute("""
+                SELECT component_id, word_lemma, word_text, word_msd, word_id 
+                FROM Matches WHERE match_id=?""", match_id):
+
+                to_add[str(component_id)] = Word(word_lemma, word_msd, word_id, word_text, False)
+
+            result.matches.append(to_add)
+        
+        for component_id, text in db.execute("SELECT component_id, text FROM Representations WHERE colocation_id=?", (colocation_id,)):
+            result.representations[str(component_id)] = text
+        
+        return result
 
     def distinct_forms(self):
         dm = set()
@@ -17,4 +38,4 @@ class StructureMatch:
         self.matches.append(match)
 
     def __len__(self):
-        return len(self.matches)
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+        return len(self.matches)
diff --git a/src/match_store.py b/src/match_store.py
index fdacdd8..1194172 100644
--- a/src/match_store.py
+++ b/src/match_store.py
@@ -5,34 +5,98 @@ from representation_assigner import RepresentationAssigner
 from progress_bar import progress
 
 class MatchStore:
-    def __init__(self, args):
+    def __init__(self, args, db):
+        self.db = db
         self.data = {}
         self.min_frequency = args.min_freq
         self.dispersions = {}
 
+        self.db.init("""CREATE TABLE Colocations (
+            colocation_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
+            structure_id INTEGER,
+            key varchar(256))
+            """)
+        self.db.init("""CREATE TABLE Matches (
+            match_id INTEGER,
+            component_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
+            word_lemma varchar(32) NOT NULL,
+            word_id varchar(32) NOT NULL,
+            word_msd varchar(16) NOT NULL,
+            word_text varchar(32) NOT NULL)
+            """)
+        self.db.init("""CREATE TABLE ColocationMatches (
+            mid_match_id INTEGER,
+            mid_colocation_id INTEGER,
+            FOREIGN KEY(mid_colocation_id) REFERENCES Colocations(colocation_id),
+            FOREIGN KEY(mid_match_id) REFERENCES Matches(match_id))
+            """)
+        self.db.init("""CREATE TABLE Representations (
+            colocation_id INTEGER,
+            component_id INTEGER,
+            text varchar(32),
+            FOREIGN KEY(colocation_id) REFERENCES Colocations(colocation_id))
+            """)
+        
+
     def _add_match(self, key, structure, match):
+        structure_id, key_str = key[0], str(key[1:])
+        cid = self.db.execute("SELECT colocation_id FROM Colocations WHERE key=? AND structure_id=?",
+                              (key_str, structure_id)).fetchone()
+
+        if cid is None:
+            self.db.execute("INSERT INTO Colocations (structure_id, key) VALUES (?,?)", 
+                            (structure_id, key_str))
+            cid = self.db.execute("SELECT colocation_id FROM Colocations WHERE key=? AND structure_id=?",
+                                (key_str, structure_id)).fetchone()
+        
+        mid = self.db.execute("SELECT max(match_id) + 1 FROM Matches").fetchone()
+        mid = 0 if mid[0] is None else mid[0]
+
+        for component_id, word in match.items():
+            self.db.execute("""
+            INSERT INTO Matches (match_id, component_id, word_lemma, word_text, word_msd, word_id) 
+            VALUES (:match_id, :component_id, :word_lemma, :word_text, :word_msd, :word_id)""", {
+                "component_id": component_id,
+                "match_id": mid,
+                "word_lemma": word.lemma,
+                "word_msd": word.msd,
+                "word_text": word.text,
+                "word_id": word.id,
+            })
+
+        self.db.execute("INSERT INTO ColocationMatches (mid_colocation_id, mid_match_id) VALUES (?,?)",
+            (cid[0], mid))
+
         if key not in self.data:
             self.data[key] = StructureMatch(str(len(self.data) + 1), structure)
         self.data[key].append(match)
 
-    def get(self, key, n):
-        return self.data[key][n]
-
     def add_matches(self, matches):
         for structure, nms in matches.items():
             for nm in nms:
                 self._add_match(nm[1], structure, nm[0])
 
     def get_matches_for(self, structure):
-        for _cid_tup, sm in self.data.items():
-            if sm.structure != structure:
-                continue
+        print(structure.id)
+        for cid in self.db.execute("SELECT colocation_id FROM Colocations WHERE structure_id=?",
+                                   (structure.id,)):
+            yield StructureMatch.from_db(self.db, cid[0], structure)
 
-            yield sm
+        # for _cid_tup, sm in self.data.items():
+        #     if sm.structure != structure:
+        #         continue
+
+        #     # print(sm.matches, sm.match_id, sm.representations)
+        #     yield sm
 
     def set_representations(self, word_renderer):
         for _1, sm in progress(self.data.items(), "representations"):
             RepresentationAssigner.set_representations(sm, word_renderer)
+            for component_id, text in sm.representations.items():
+                self.db.execute("""
+                    INSERT INTO Representations (colocation_id, component_id, text) 
+                    VALUES (?,?,?)""", (sm.match_id, component_id, text))
+
 
     def determine_colocation_dispersions(self):
         dispersions = defaultdict(int)
diff --git a/src/wani.py b/src/wani.py
index b3d1637..6a5e604 100644
--- a/src/wani.py
+++ b/src/wani.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def main(args):
     structures, lemma_msds, max_num_components = build_structures(args)
 
     database = Database(args)
-    match_store = MatchStore(args)
+    match_store = MatchStore(args, database)
     word_stats = WordStats(lemma_msds, database)
 
     if args.parallel: