diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index e337009..48597bb 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 # Discord Token
 DISCORD_TOKEN="Enter your Discord secret token"
+
+# MongoDB connection string
+MONGO_URI="Enter your Mongo connection string"
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index aa3f3c2..6a7d3ef 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1857,6 +1857,7 @@ name = "yorokobot"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "mongodb",
+ "serde",
  "serenity",
  "tokio",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d2890ff..630f974 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ edition = "2021"
 serenity = { version="0.11", default-features = false, features = ["client", "gateway", "rustls_backend", "model" ] } 
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 mongodb = "2.3.0"
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = [ "derive" ] }
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f5bfc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+services:
+  mongodb:
+    image: mongo:latest
+
+    environment:
+      MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME: root
+      MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
+      MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: yorokobot
+
+    ports:
+      - 27017:27017
diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index 8bf394d..0263d61 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+//! Module containing the Yorokobot client and used structs
+
+use crate::errors::ClientsError;
+
+use mongodb::{options::ClientOptions as MongoClientOptions, Client as MongoClient};
 use serenity::{prelude::GatewayIntents, Client as DiscordClient};
 
 /// Yorokobot's client.
@@ -8,50 +13,89 @@ use serenity::{prelude::GatewayIntents, Client as DiscordClient};
 /// # async fn run() {
 /// use yorokobot::client::{Client, ClientCredentials};
 ///
-/// let token = String::from("Your discord token");
+/// let discord_token = String::from("Your discord token");
+/// let mongo_uri = String::from("Your Mongo URI");
 ///
 /// let credentials = ClientCredentials {
-///     discord_token: &token,
+///     discord_token: &discord_token,
+///     mongo_uri: &mongo_uri,
 /// };
 ///
-/// let mut client = Client::new(credentials).await;
+/// let mut client = Client::new(credentials).await.expect("Error creating client");
 ///
 /// client.connect().await;
 ///
 /// # }
 /// ```
-///
 pub struct Client {
+    /// The Serenity Discord Client
     discord_client: DiscordClient,
+
+    /// The MongoDB Client
+    mongodb_client: Option<MongoClient>,
+
+    /// MongoDB Client Options
+    mongodb_options: MongoClientOptions,
 }
 
 /// Yorokobot connection credentials
 pub struct ClientCredentials<'a> {
     /// Token for Discord API
     pub discord_token: &'a String,
+
+    /// MongoDB connection string.
+    pub mongo_uri: &'a String,
 }
 
 impl<'a> Client {
     /// Create a Yorokobot client
-    pub async fn new(credentials: ClientCredentials<'a>) -> Client {
-        let discord_client =
-            DiscordClient::builder(credentials.discord_token, GatewayIntents::empty())
-                .await
-                .expect("Could not create Discord Client");
+    pub async fn new(credentials: ClientCredentials<'a>) -> Result<Self, ClientsError> {
+        let discord_client = match DiscordClient::builder(
+            credentials.discord_token,
+            GatewayIntents::empty(),
+        )
+        .await
+        {
+            Ok(c) => c,
+            Err(e) => return Err(ClientsError::Discord(e)),
+        };
 
-        Client { discord_client }
+        let mongodb_options = match MongoClientOptions::parse(credentials.mongo_uri).await {
+            Ok(o) => o,
+            Err(e) => return Err(ClientsError::Database(e)),
+        };
+
+        Ok(Client {
+            discord_client,
+            mongodb_options,
+            mongodb_client: None,
+        })
     }
 
     /// Start connection to Discord API.
     /// Wrap [`serenity::client::Client`] start method.
-    pub async fn connect_discord(&mut self) {
-        if let Err(error) = self.discord_client.start().await {
-            println!("Could not connect to Discord: {:?}", error);
+    pub async fn connect_discord(&mut self) -> Result<(), ClientsError> {
+        match self.discord_client.start().await {
+            Ok(_) => Ok(()),
+            Err(e) => Err(ClientsError::Discord(e)),
         }
     }
 
+    /// Connect to the Mongo Database
+    pub fn connect_mongodb(&mut self) -> Result<(), ClientsError> {
+        self.mongodb_client = match MongoClient::with_options(self.mongodb_options.clone()) {
+            Ok(c) => Some(c),
+            Err(e) => return Err(ClientsError::Database(e)),
+        };
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     /// Connect client to the Mongo database then to the Discord API.
-    pub async fn connect(&mut self) {
-        self.connect_discord().await;
+    pub async fn connect(&mut self) -> Result<(), ClientsError> {
+        self.connect_mongodb()?;
+        self.connect_discord().await?;
+
+        Ok(())
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/errors.rs b/src/errors.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8da20e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/errors.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+//! Common Yorokobot errors
+
+use mongodb::error::Error as MongoError;
+use serenity::prelude::SerenityError;
+
+/// The kind of errors that can be returned by Client::new
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum ClientsError {
+    /// Serenity error while building client
+    Discord(SerenityError),
+
+    ///Mongo error while parsing options
+    Database(MongoError),
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c18a41e..27b41a9 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
 #![deny(missing_docs)]
 #![deny(warnings)]
 
-/// Module containing the Yorokobot client and used structs
 pub mod client;
+
+pub mod errors;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e135ec0..3b488d0 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,27 @@
 use std::env;
 
-use yorokobot::client::{Client, ClientCredentials};
+use yorokobot::{
+    client::{Client, ClientCredentials},
+    errors::ClientsError,
+};
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
     let discord_token = env::var("DISCORD_TOKEN").expect("Cannot fetch Discord token");
 
+    let mongodb_uri = env::var("MONGODB_URI").expect("Cannot fetch Mongo URI");
+
     let credentials = ClientCredentials {
         discord_token: &discord_token,
+        mongo_uri: &mongodb_uri,
     };
 
-    let mut client = Client::new(credentials).await;
+    let mut client = Client::new(credentials)
+        .await
+        .expect("Could not create client");
 
-    client.connect_discord().await;
+    client.connect().await.unwrap_or_else(|error| match error {
+        ClientsError::Database(e) => panic!("Could not connect to database: {:?}", e),
+        ClientsError::Discord(e) => panic!("Could not connect to Discord: {:?}", e),
+    });
 }