diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2484706..91de25c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/rjNemo/rentease
 go 1.23.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/a-h/templ v0.2.771
+	github.com/a-h/templ v0.2.778
 	github.com/getsentry/sentry-go v0.28.1
 	github.com/gorilla/sessions v1.4.0
 	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gorilla/securecookie v1.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20240606120523-5a60cdf6a761 // indirect
-	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.5 // indirect
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.29.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.29.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.29.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.26.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240823005443-9b4947da3948 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.28.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.27.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240904232852-e7e105dedf7e // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.29.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.24.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.25.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.18.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.6.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240903143218-8af14fe29dc1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2f11c99..f6b443e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ cloud.google.com/go/auth/oauth2adapt v0.2.4/go.mod h1:jC/jOpwFP6JBxhB3P5Rr0a9HLM
 cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.5.0 h1:Zr0eK8JbFv6+Wi4ilXAR8FJ3wyNdpxHKJNPos6LTZOY=
 cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.5.0/go.mod h1:aHnloV2TPI38yx4s9+wAZhHykWvVCfu7hQbF+9CWoiY=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
-github.com/a-h/templ v0.2.771 h1:4KH5ykNigYGGpCe0fRJ7/hzwz72k3qFqIiiLLJskbSo=
-github.com/a-h/templ v0.2.771/go.mod h1:lq48JXoUvuQrU0VThrK31yFwdRjTCnIE5bcPCM9IP1w=
+github.com/a-h/templ v0.2.778 h1:VzhOuvWECrwOec4790lcLlZpP4Iptt5Q4K9aFxQmtaM=
+github.com/a-h/templ v0.2.778/go.mod h1:lq48JXoUvuQrU0VThrK31yFwdRjTCnIE5bcPCM9IP1w=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGXZJjfX53e64911xZQV5JYwmTeXPW+k8Sc=
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 h1:/6Hmqy13Ss2zCq62VdNG8tM1wchn8zjSGOBJ6icpsI
 github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0/go.mod h1:CEx0iS5ambNFdcRtxPj5JhEz+xB6uRky5eyVu/W2HEg=
 github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20240606120523-5a60cdf6a761 h1:iCEnooe7UlwOQYpKFhBabPMi4aNAfoODPEFNiAnClxo=
 github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20240606120523-5a60cdf6a761/go.mod h1:5TJZWKEWniPve33vlWYSoGYefn3gLQRzjfDlhSJ9ZKM=
-github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.6.0 h1:SWJzexBzPL5jb0GEsrPMLIsi/3jOo7RHlzTjcAeDrPY=
-github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.6.0/go.mod h1:DNZ/vlrUnhWCoFGxHAG8U2ljioxukquj7utPDgtQdTw=
+github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.7.0 h1:FG6VLIdzvAPhnYqP14sQ2xhFLkiUQHCs6ySqO91kF4g=
+github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.7.0/go.mod h1:awP1KNnjylvpxHuHP63gzjhnGkI1iw+PMoIwvoleN/8=
 github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.1 h1:RhxXJtFG022u4ibrCSMSiu5aOq1i77R3OHKNJj77OAk=
 github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:vriiEXHvEE654aYKXXjOvZM39qJ0q+azkZFrfEOc3H4=
 github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0 h1:K317FqzuhWc8YvSVlFMCCUb36O/S9MCKRDI7QkRKD/E=
@@ -130,11 +130,11 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.29.0 h1:J/8ZNK4XgR7a21DZUAsbF8pZ5Jcw1VhACmnYt3
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.29.0/go.mod h1:eHl3w0sp3paPkYstJOmAimxhiFXPg+MMTlEh3nsQgWQ=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.26.0 h1:RrRspgV4mU+YwB4FYnuBoKsUapNIL5cohGAmSH3azsw=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.26.0/go.mod h1:GY7jblb9wI+FOo5y8/S2oY4zWP07AkOJ4+jxCqdqn54=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.27.0 h1:GXm2NjJrPaiv/h1tb2UH8QfgC/hOf/+z0p6PT8o1w7A=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.27.0/go.mod h1:1Xngt8kV6Dvbssa53Ziq6Eqn0HqbZi5Z6R0ZpwQzt70=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240823005443-9b4947da3948 h1:kx6Ds3MlpiUHKj7syVnbp57++8WpuKPcR5yjLBjvLEA=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240823005443-9b4947da3948/go.mod h1:akd2r19cwCdwSwWeIdzYQGa/EZZyqcOdwWiwj5L5eKQ=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240904232852-e7e105dedf7e h1:I88y4caeGeuDQxgdoFPUq097j7kNfw6uvuiNxUBfcBk=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240904232852-e7e105dedf7e/go.mod h1:akd2r19cwCdwSwWeIdzYQGa/EZZyqcOdwWiwj5L5eKQ=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20181026193005-c67002cb31c3/go.mod h1:UVdnD1Gm6xHRNCYTkRU2/jEulfH38KcIWyp/GAMgvoE=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190227174305-5b3e6a55c961/go.mod h1:wehouNa3lNwaWXcvxsM5YxQ5yQlVC4a0KAMCusXpPoU=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190313153728-d0100b6bd8b3/go.mod h1:6SW0HCj/g11FgYtHlgUYUwCkIfeOF89ocIRzGO/8vkc=
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190213061140-3a22650c66bd/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73r
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190311183353-d8887717615a/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201110031124-69a78807bb2b/go.mod h1:sp8m0HH+o8qH0wwXwYZr8TS3Oi6o0r6Gce1SSxlDquU=
-golang.org/x/net v0.28.0 h1:a9JDOJc5GMUJ0+UDqmLT86WiEy7iWyIhz8gz8E4e5hE=
-golang.org/x/net v0.28.0/go.mod h1:yqtgsTWOOnlGLG9GFRrK3++bGOUEkNBoHZc8MEDWPNg=
+golang.org/x/net v0.29.0 h1:5ORfpBpCs4HzDYoodCDBbwHzdR5UrLBZ3sOnUJmFoHo=
+golang.org/x/net v0.29.0/go.mod h1:gLkgy8jTGERgjzMic6DS9+SP0ajcu6Xu3Orq/SpETg0=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.23.0 h1:PbgcYx2W7i4LvjJWEbf0ngHV6qJYr86PkAV3bXdLEbs=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.23.0/go.mod h1:XYTD2NtWslqkgxebSiOHnXEap4TF09sJSc7H1sXbhtI=
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200930185726-fdedc70b468f/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.24.0 h1:Twjiwq9dn6R1fQcyiK+wQyHWfaz/BJB+YIpzU/Cv3Xg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.24.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.25.0 h1:r+8e+loiHxRqhXVl6ML1nO3l1+oFoWbnlu2Ehimmi34=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.25.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.18.0 h1:XvMDiNzPAl0jr17s6W9lcaIhGUfUORdGCNsuLmPG224=
diff --git a/internal/database/postgres.go b/internal/database/postgres.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39a836b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/database/postgres.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package database
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"gorm.io/driver/postgres"
+	"gorm.io/gorm"
+)
+
+func New(connectionString string) (*gorm.DB, error) {
+	db, err := gorm.Open(postgres.Open(connectionString), &gorm.Config{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error connecting to the database %s", err)
+	}
+
+	return db, nil
+}
+
+func Migrate(db *gorm.DB, tables ...any) error {
+	err := db.AutoMigrate(tables...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error migrating the database %s", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index c7ab8f8..d5946ec 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -10,13 +10,12 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/getsentry/sentry-go"
-	"gorm.io/driver/postgres"
-	"gorm.io/gorm"
 
 	"github.com/rjNemo/rentease/config"
 	"github.com/rjNemo/rentease/internal/auth"
 	"github.com/rjNemo/rentease/internal/booking"
 	"github.com/rjNemo/rentease/internal/calendar"
+	"github.com/rjNemo/rentease/internal/database"
 	"github.com/rjNemo/rentease/internal/pdf"
 	"github.com/rjNemo/rentease/internal/server"
 )
@@ -48,14 +47,13 @@ func run(c context.Context, getEnv func(string) string) error {
 	}
 
 	// init database
-	db, err := gorm.Open(postgres.Open(getEnv("DATABASE_URL")), &gorm.Config{})
+	db, err := database.New(getEnv("DATABASE_URL"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error connecting to the database %s", err)
 	}
 
-	err = db.AutoMigrate(&booking.Booking{}, &booking.BookingRequest{}, &booking.Item{})
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error migrating the database %s", err)
+	if err = database.Migrate(db, &booking.Booking{}, &booking.BookingRequest{}, &booking.Item{}); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error connecting to the database %s", err)
 	}
 
 	// build booking service