diff --git a/Sources/App/App.csproj b/Sources/App/App.csproj
index 428ab87..3f594df 100644
--- a/Sources/App/App.csproj
+++ b/Sources/App/App.csproj
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Data\Data.csproj" />
-  </ItemGroup>
+	<PropertyGroup>
+		<OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+		<TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+		<StartWorkingDirectory>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)</StartWorkingDirectory>
+	</PropertyGroup>
+
+	<ItemGroup>
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="6.0.9">
+			<PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
+			<IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
+		</PackageReference>
+	</ItemGroup>
+
+	<ItemGroup>
+		<ProjectReference Include="..\Data\Data.csproj" />
+	</ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/Sources/App/Program.cs b/Sources/App/Program.cs
index feb1b4b..564344e 100644
--- a/Sources/App/Program.cs
+++ b/Sources/App/Program.cs
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-using Model.Dice;
+using Data;
+using Data.EF.Players;
+using Model.Dice;
 using Model.Dice.Faces;
 using Model.Games;
 using Model.Players;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Drawing;
 using System.Linq;
-using Data;
 
 namespace App
 {
@@ -14,6 +16,39 @@ namespace App
     {
         static void Main(string[] args)
         {
+            /*
+             * the DB stuff and the Model stuff are completely separate here
+             * 
+             * that will change
+             */
+
+            // DB stuff
+            // if you've run the 'dotnet' 'ef' commands, you should have a DB with 1 table, and 4 players in it
+            using PlayerDBManager playerDBManager = new();
+
+            // we'll add a 5th player from the App
+            PlayerEntity playerEntity = new Player("Ernesto").ToEntity();
+
+            try
+            {
+                playerDBManager.Add(playerEntity);
+            } // what if there's already a player with that name? Exception (see PlayerEntity's annotations)
+            catch (ArgumentException ex) { Debug.WriteLine($"{ex.Message}\n... Never mind"); }
+            catch (Exception ex) { Debug.WriteLine($"{ex.Message}\n... Did you make sure that the DATABASE exists?"); }
+
+            try
+            {
+                IEnumerable<PlayerEntity> allPlayersFromDB = playerDBManager.GetAll();
+
+                foreach (PlayerEntity entity in allPlayersFromDB)
+                {
+                    Debug.WriteLine(entity);
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex) { Debug.WriteLine($"{ex.Message}\n... Did you make sure that the DATABASE exists?"); }
+
+
+            // Model stuff
             ILoader loader = new Stub();
             GameRunner gameRunner;
             try
diff --git a/Sources/Data/Data.csproj b/Sources/Data/Data.csproj
index 7e30ad7..4018f87 100644
--- a/Sources/Data/Data.csproj
+++ b/Sources/Data/Data.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
-		<OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
 		<TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
 		<ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
 		<Nullable>enable</Nullable>
diff --git a/Sources/Data/Program.cs b/Sources/Data/Program.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 32f2755..0000000
--- a/Sources/Data/Program.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-using Data.EF.Players;
-using Model.Players;
-using System.Diagnostics;
-
-namespace Data
-{
-    internal static class Program
-    {
-        static void Main(string[] args)
-        {
-            using PlayerDBManager playerDBManager = new();
-            try { playerDBManager.Add(new Player("Ernesto").ToEntity()); }
-            catch (ArgumentException ex) { Debug.WriteLine($"{ex.Message}\n... Never mind"); }
-            foreach (PlayerEntity entity in playerDBManager.GetAll()) { Debug.WriteLine(entity); }
-        }
-    }
-}
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