diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 87e8251..8db3ac8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-fb_dash
+fbdash
 *.o
 *.swp
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 88b1f46..5630eaa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-CFLAGS=-g -Wall -lm
+# Prerequisites:
+# # sudo apt-get install libmariadb-dev 
+# # mariadb_config --libs
+#
+CFLAGS=-g -Wall -lm -L/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf -lmariadb -I/usr/include/mariadb
 
 fbdash: fbdash.c fblib fbfont
-	gcc fblib.o fbfont.o -o $@ $(CFLAGS) $<
+	gcc -o $@ fblib.o fbfont.o $< $(CFLAGS)
 
 fblib: fblib.o
 	gcc -c fblib.c
diff --git a/fbdash b/fbdash
deleted file mode 100755
index 6dac5f1..0000000
Binary files a/fbdash and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/fbdash.c b/fbdash.c
index 881d25b..4aebf7f 100644
--- a/fbdash.c
+++ b/fbdash.c
@@ -21,10 +21,13 @@
  */
 
 
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 
+#include <mysql.h>
+
 #include "fblib.h"
 
 #define WIDTH 240
@@ -53,16 +56,54 @@ void draw() {
 
 
 
-
+/*
 	char *text = "Hell O_o!";
     render_string(fbp, ubuntu_mono_48, text, 15, 0, 255, 255, 255);
     render_string(fbp, ubuntu_mono_24, text, 15, 50, 255, 255, 255);
     render_string(fbp, basic_8, text, 15, 100, 255, 255, 255);
+*/
+}
+
+void finish_with_error(MYSQL *con)
+{
+  fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", mysql_error(con));
+  mysql_close(con);
+  exit(1);
 }
 
 // application entry point
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
+
+    printf("MySQL client version: %s\n", mysql_get_client_info());
+	MYSQL *con = mysql_init(NULL);
+	if (con == NULL) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", mysql_error(con));
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	if (mysql_real_connect(con, "web-pi", "root", "root_passwd", NULL, 0, NULL, 0) == NULL) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", mysql_error(con));
+		mysql_close(con);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	if (mysql_query(con, "SELECT * FROM grafanaData.readings ORDER BY time DESC LIMIT 1")) {
+		finish_with_error(con);
+	}
+	MYSQL_RES *result = mysql_store_result(con);
+	if (result == NULL) {
+		finish_with_error(con);
+	}
+	int num_fields = mysql_num_fields(result);
+  	MYSQL_ROW row;
+	while ((row = mysql_fetch_row(result))) {
+		for(int i = 0; i < num_fields; i++) {
+			printf("%s ", row[i] ? row[i] : "NULL");
+      	}
+		printf("\n");
+  	}
+  	mysql_free_result(result);
+	mysql_close(con);
+
     int fbfd = 0;
     long int screensize = 0;