diff --git a/cli.php b/cli.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea98dde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli.php
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+<?php
+
+include_once 'core/core.php';
+
+use Driver\SQL\SQL;
+use Objects\ConnectionData;
+
+if (php_sapi_name() !== "cli") {
+  die();
+}
+
+function getDatabaseConfig(): ConnectionData {
+  $configClass = "\\Configuration\\Database";
+  $file = getClassPath($configClass);
+  if (!file_exists($file) || !is_readable($file)) {
+    die("Database configuration does not exist or is not readable\n");
+  }
+
+  include_once $file;
+  return new $configClass();
+}
+
+function connectDatabase() {
+  $config = getDatabaseConfig();
+  $db = SQL::createConnection($config);
+  if (!($db instanceof SQL) || !$db->isConnected()) {
+    if ($db instanceof SQL) {
+      die($db->getLastError() . "\n");
+    } else {
+      $msg = (is_string($db) ? $db : "Unknown Error");
+      die("Database error: $msg\n");
+    }
+  }
+
+  return $db;
+}
+
+function printHelp() {
+
+}
+
+function handleDatabase($argv) {
+  $action = $argv[2] ?? "";
+
+  switch ($action) {
+    case 'migrate':
+      $db = connectDatabase();
+      break;
+    case 'dump':
+      $config = getDatabaseConfig();
+      $output = $argv[3] ?? null;
+      $user = $config->getLogin();
+      $password = $config->getPassword();
+      $database = $config->getProperty("database");
+      $command = ["mysqldump", "-u", $user, "--password=$password"];
+      $descriptorSpec = [STDIN, STDOUT, STDOUT];
+
+      if ($database) {
+        $command[] = $database;
+      }
+
+      if ($output) {
+        $descriptorSpec[1] = ["file", $output, "w"];
+      }
+
+      $process = proc_open($command, $descriptorSpec, $pipes);
+      proc_close($process);
+      break;
+    default:
+      die("Usage: cli.php db <dump|migrate>\n");
+  }
+}
+
+$argv = $_SERVER['argv'];
+if (count($argv) < 2) {
+  die("Usage: cli.php <db|routes|settings|maintenance> [options...]\n");
+}
+
+$command = $argv[1];
+switch ($command) {
+  case 'help':
+    printHelp();
+    exit;
+  case 'db':
+    handleDatabase($argv);
+    break;
+  case 'routes':
+    break;
+  default:
+    echo "Unknown command '$command'\n\n";
+    printHelp();
+    exit;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/core.php b/core/core.php
index 6f57d3c..04563cc 100644
--- a/core/core.php
+++ b/core/core.php
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 
 define("WEBBASE_VERSION", "1.2.3");
 
+spl_autoload_extensions(".php");
+spl_autoload_register(function($class) {
+  $full_path = getClassPath($class);
+  if(file_exists($full_path)) {
+    include_once $full_path;
+  } else {
+    include_once getClassPath($class, false);
+  }
+});
+
+
 function getProtocol(): string {
   return (!empty($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && $_SERVER['HTTPS'] !== 'off' || $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] == 443) ? "https" : "http";
 }
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 294b30a..7830ffc 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -14,16 +14,6 @@ if (!is_readable(getClassPath(Configuration::class))) {
   die(json_encode(array( "success" => false, "msg" => "Configuration directory is not readable, check permissions before proceeding." )));
 }
 
-spl_autoload_extensions(".php");
-spl_autoload_register(function($class) {
-  $full_path = getClassPath($class, true);
-  if(file_exists($full_path)) {
-    include_once $full_path;
-  } else {
-    include_once getClassPath($class, false);
-  }
-});
-
 $config = new Configuration();
 $user   = new Objects\User($config);
 $sql    = $user->getSQL();