diff --git a/' b/'
deleted file mode 100644
index 1db7909..0000000
--- a/'
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{ writeTextFile, nsjail }:
-
-let
-  inner = writeTextFile {
-    name = "ocamlStudentModuleInner";
-    executable = true;
-    text = ''
-      INTERFACE_FILE=$1
-      STUDENT_FILE=$2
-      DRIVER_FILE=$3
-
-      ocamlc -o student.cmi $INTERFACE_FILE
-      ocamlc -o student.cmo $STUDENT_FILE
-      ocaml student.cmo $DRIVER_FILE
-    '';
-  };
-in
-writeTextFile {
-  name = "ocamlStudentModule";
-  executable = true;
-  text = ''
-    JAIL=$(mktemp -d)
-    ${nsjail}/bin/nsjail \
-      -Mo \ # launch a single process using clone/execve
-      --chroot $JAIL
-      ${inner}
-  '';
-}
diff --git a/.ignore b/.ignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dec61d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/package-lock.json
diff --git a/compile-database/db.ts b/compile-database/db.ts
index 2ea1b69..4b42ef5 100644
--- a/compile-database/db.ts
+++ b/compile-database/db.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,23 @@
-import { Sequelize, Model, DataTypes } from "sequelize";
+import { PrimaryKey, Sequelize, Column, Table, Model } from "sequelize-typescript";
 
-class Page extends Model {}
+@Table
+export class Page extends Model {
+  @PrimaryKey
+  @Column
+  public slug: string;
 
-export async function init(path: string) {
-  let sequelize = new Sequelize(`sqlite:${path}`);
-  
-  Page.init({
+  @Column
+  public title: string;
+}
 
-  }, { sequelize, modelName: "page" });
+@Table
+export class Exercise extends Model {
+}
 
-  await sequelize.sync();
+export async function init(path: string): Promise<Sequelize> {
+  let sequelize = new Sequelize(`sqlite:${path}`, {
+    models: [Page, Exercise],
+  });
+  await sequelize.sync({ force: true });
   return sequelize;
 }
diff --git a/compile-database/index.ts b/compile-database/index.ts
index a768a40..32c0143 100644
--- a/compile-database/index.ts
+++ b/compile-database/index.ts
@@ -1,26 +1,44 @@
 import { readdir, readFile } from "fs/promises";
 import { join } from "path";
 import * as yaml from "js-yaml";
+import { plainToClass } from "class-transformer";
+import { validate } from "class-validator";
 
-import { init } from "./db";
+import { init, Page } from "./db";
+import { Page as PageConfig } from "./page";
+
+// TODO: configure this thru cmdline or something later
+let materials_dir = "../material";
+let db_file = "test.db";
+
+let db;
+
+async function loadPageIntoDb(name: string): Promise<void> {
+  // check if this slug has already been loaded into the database
+
+  let path = join(materials_dir, name);
+  let rawData = await readFile(path, { encoding: "utf8" });
+  let parsedData = yaml.load(rawData);
+  let page_config = plainToClass(PageConfig, parsedData);
+  await validate(page_config);
+  console.log("Validated!", page_config);
+
+  let page = new Page({
+    slug: page_config.slug,
+    title: page_config.title,
+  });
+  await page.save();
+}
 
 async function main() {
-  // TODO: configure this thru cmdline or something later
-  let materials_dir = "../material";
-  let db_file = "test.db";
-
-  let db = await init(db_file);
+  db = await init(db_file);
 
+  // TODO: streaming version of readdir when the folder gets big
   let names = await readdir(materials_dir);
   
   await Promise.all(names
     .filter(name => name.toLowerCase().endsWith(".yml"))
-    .map(async name => {
-      let path = join(materials_dir, name);
-      let rawData = await readFile(path, { encoding: "utf8" });
-      let parsedData = yaml.load(rawData);
-      console.log("data", parsedData);
-    })
+    .map(loadPageIntoDb)
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/compile-database/package.json b/compile-database/package.json
index 6e9ed95..5cc2e1c 100644
--- a/compile-database/package.json
+++ b/compile-database/package.json
@@ -4,11 +4,18 @@
     "start": "ts-node index.ts"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/js-yaml": "^4.0.3",
+    "@types/node": "^16.7.4",
+    "@types/validator": "^13.6.3",
     "ts-node": "^10.2.1"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "class-transformer": "^0.4.0",
+    "class-validator": "^0.13.1",
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
+    "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.13",
     "sequelize": "^6.6.5",
-    "sqlite3": "^5.0.2"
+    "sequelize-typescript": "^2.1.0",
+    "sqlite3": "^4.2.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/compile-database/page.ts b/compile-database/page.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..686e59b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compile-database/page.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+export class Page {
+  public slug: string;
+
+  public title: string;
+  public type: string;
+
+  public summary?: string;
+
+  public content?: string;
+
+  public exercises?: Exercise[];
+};
+
+export class Exercise {
+  public slug: string;
+  public description: string;
+  public graders: Grader[];
+};
+
+export class Grader {
+  public language: string;
+  public style: string;
+  public props: any;
+};
diff --git a/compile-database/tsconfig.json b/compile-database/tsconfig.json
index 504cd64..6935746 100644
--- a/compile-database/tsconfig.json
+++ b/compile-database/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "es6",
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
     "experimentalDecorators": true
   }
 }
diff --git a/material/fp-function.yml b/material/fp-function.yml
index fc63ed3..9769d34 100644
--- a/material/fp-function.yml
+++ b/material/fp-function.yml
@@ -12,14 +12,11 @@ content: |
 
 exercises:
 
-  - description: |
+  - name: doubleIt
+    description: |
       Write a function called `doubleIt` that takes an integer and doubles it.
-    
-    examples:
-      ocaml:
-        - |
 
-    grader:
+    graders:
       ocaml:
         style: studentModule
         props: