diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9fb1371..76e4595 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 FROM ruby:2.7.0
-RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y nodejs postgresql-client
+RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y nodejs postgresql-client less
 WORKDIR /data_importer
 COPY Gemfile /data_importer/Gemfile
 COPY Gemfile.lock /data_importer/Gemfile.lock
 RUN bundle install
+ENV PAGER=less
 
 # Add a script to be executed every time the container starts.
 COPY entrypoint.sh /usr/bin/
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 175f470..cd56dce 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ ruby '2.7.0'
 gem 'rails', '~> 5.2.3'
 # Use postgres as the database for Active Record
 gem 'pg'
+gem 'pry'
+gem 'bulk_insert'
+gem 'git'
 # Use Puma as the app server
 gem 'puma', '~> 3.11'
 # Use SCSS for stylesheets
@@ -39,6 +42,13 @@ gem 'bootsnap', '>= 1.1.0', require: false
 group :development, :test do
   # Call 'byebug' anywhere in the code to stop execution and get a debugger console
   gem 'byebug', platforms: [:mri, :mingw, :x64_mingw]
+  gem 'awesome_print' # pretty print ruby objects
+  gem 'pry' # Console with powerful introspection capabilities
+  gem 'pry-byebug' # Integrates pry with byebug
+  gem 'pry-doc' # Provide MRI Core documentation
+  gem 'pry-rails' # Causes rails console to open pry. `DISABLE_PRY_RAILS=1 rails c` can still open with IRB
+  gem 'pry-rescue' # Start a pry session whenever something goes wrong.
+  gem 'pry-theme' # An easy way to customize Pry colors via theme files
 end
 
 group :development do
diff --git a/app/models/cve.rb b/app/models/cve.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6336f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/cve.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+class Cve < ActiveRecord::Base
+    scope :with_reserved, -> { where("cve_data_meta->>'STATE' = 'RESERVED'") }
+    scope :without_reserved, -> { where.not("cve_data_meta->>'STATE' = 'RESERVED'") }
+    scope :with_rejected, -> { where("cve_data_meta->>'STATE' = 'REJECT'") }
+    scope :without_rejected, -> { where.not("cve_data_meta->>'STATE' = 'REJECT'") }
+    scope :with_public, -> { where("cve_data_meta->>'STATE' = 'PUBLIC'") }
+    scope :without_public, -> { where.not("cve_data_meta->>'STATE' = 'PUBLIC'") }
+  
+    def self.find_by_id(id)
+      find_by(:cve_id => id)
+    end
+  
+    def self.from_year(year)
+      where("cve_id LIKE ?", "CVE-#{year}-%")
+    end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20220401173431_create_cves.rb b/db/migrate/20220401173431_create_cves.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..733c11a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20220401173431_create_cves.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+class CreateCves < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
+  def change
+    create_table :cves do |t|
+        t.jsonb :cve_data_meta
+        t.jsonb :affects
+        t.string :data_format
+        t.string :data_type
+        t.string :data_version
+        t.jsonb :description
+        t.jsonb :impact
+        t.jsonb :problemtype
+        t.jsonb :references
+        t.jsonb :source
+      end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index 1beea2a..58db0c2 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@
 #
 #   movies = Movie.create([{ name: 'Star Wars' }, { name: 'Lord of the Rings' }])
 #   Character.create(name: 'Luke', movie: movies.first)
+
+# this should get any new Cves and create them in the db
+require '/data_importer/lib/cve_list_importer.rb'
+CveListImporter.new.import
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diff --git a/lib/cve_list_importer.rb b/lib/cve_list_importer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c27811
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cve_list_importer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+require 'git'
+require 'json'
+require 'date'
+require 'bulk_insert'
+
+# This class can be used to import cvelist json data from mitre from their github repo
+class CveListImporter
+  attr_accessor :repo_url, :repo_path
+
+  def initialize
+    @repo_url = 'https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelist.git'
+    @repo_path = '/data_importer/data/cve_list'
+  end
+
+  def git_clone_repo
+    Git.clone(repo_url, repo_path)
+  end
+
+  def pull_latest_changes
+    `cd #{repo_path}; git pull;`
+    puts "Now pulling latest changes from #{repo_path}"
+  end
+
+  def read_json(filename)
+    JSON.parse(File.read(filename))
+  end
+
+  def list_jsons_for_year(year)
+    year_fp = "#{repo_path}/#{year}/*"
+    Dir["#{year_fp}/*.json"]
+  end
+
+  def read_jsons_for_year(year)
+    filenames = list_jsons_for_year(year)
+    filenames.map { |filename| read_json(filename) }
+  end
+
+  def read_all_jsons
+    (1999..Date.today.year).map do |year|
+      read_jsons_for_year(year.to_s)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def cve_attrs_from_item(json)
+    cve_attrs = {}
+    cve_attrs[:cve_data_meta] = json['CVE_data_meta']
+    cve_attrs[:cve_id] = json['CVE_data_meta']['ID']
+    cve_attrs[:affects] = json['affects']
+    cve_attrs[:data_format] = json['data_format']
+    cve_attrs[:data_type] = json['data_type']
+    cve_attrs[:data_version] = json['data_version']
+    cve_attrs[:description] = json['description']
+    cve_attrs[:impact] = json['impact']
+    cve_attrs[:problemtype] = json['problemtype']
+    cve_attrs[:references] = json['references']
+    cve_attrs[:source] = json['source']
+    cve_attrs
+  end
+
+  # for bulk inserting
+  def cves_for_year(year)
+    json_data = read_jsons_for_year(year)
+    json_data.map do |json_f|
+      cve_attrs_from_item(json_f)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def import
+    if Dir.exist?(repo_path)
+      pull_latest_changes
+    else
+      git_clone_repo
+    end
+
+    (1999..Date.today.year).map do |year|
+      cves_from_json = cves_for_year(year)
+
+      ids = cves_from_json.map { |cve| cve[:cve_id] }
+      cve_ids_in_db = Cve.where(:cve_id => ids).pluck(:cve_id)
+
+      new_cve_ids = ids - cve_ids_in_db
+      new_cves = cves_from_json.select { |cve| cve if new_cve_ids.include?(cve[:cve_id]) }
+      puts "Importing any new CVEs from #{year}"
+
+      bulk_insert(new_cves)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def bulk_insert(cves)
+    Cve.bulk_insert do |worker|
+      cves.each do |attrs|
+        worker.add(attrs)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
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