diff --git a/build.properties.example b/build.properties.example
index 47e70e0..11c0077 100644
--- a/build.properties.example
+++ b/build.properties.example
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
-hibernate.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost/pyx
+# for production use, use postgres
+#hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
+#hibernate.driver_class=org.postgresql.Driver
+#hibernate.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost/pyx
+
+# for local use, you can also use sqlite
+hibernate.dialect=net.socialgamer.cah.hibernate.SqliteDialect
+hibernate.driver_class=org.sqlite.JDBC
+hibernate.url=jdbc:sqlite:pyx.sqlite
+
+# these likely need specified even with sqlite, even though they don't matter
 hibernate.username=pyx
 hibernate.password=CorrectHorseBatteryStaple
-hibernate.sql.show=true
-hibernate.sql.format=true
+
+# debugging information
+hibernate.sql.show=false
+hibernate.sql.format=false
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2f914b2..7161a12 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
   </properties>
+  
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>hibernatesqlite-maven</id>
+      <url>https://hibernate-sqlite.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/mavenrepo</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
 
   <developers>
     <developer>
@@ -264,6 +271,11 @@
       <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
       <version>3.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.xerial</groupId>
+      <artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.7</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
diff --git a/pyx.sqlite b/pyx.sqlite
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36ab7fe
Binary files /dev/null and b/pyx.sqlite differ
diff --git a/src/main/filtered-resources/WEB-INF/classes/hibernate.cfg.xml b/src/main/filtered-resources/WEB-INF/classes/hibernate.cfg.xml
index 75f1d33..55e20f0 100644
--- a/src/main/filtered-resources/WEB-INF/classes/hibernate.cfg.xml
+++ b/src/main/filtered-resources/WEB-INF/classes/hibernate.cfg.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 		"http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd">
 <hibernate-configuration>
     <session-factory>
-        <property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class">org.postgresql.Driver</property>
+        <property name="hibernate.dialect">${hibernate.dialect}</property>
+        <property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class">${hibernate.driver_class}</property>
         <property name="hibernate.connection.url">${hibernate.url}</property>
         <property name="hibernate.connection.username">${hibernate.username}</property>
         <property name="hibernate.connection.password">${hibernate.password}</property>
-        <property name="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect</property>
         <property name="transaction.factory_class">org.hibernate.transaction.JDBCTransactionFactory</property>
         
         <property name="show_sql">${hibernate.sql.show}</property>
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/socialgamer/cah/hibernate/SqliteDialect.java b/src/main/java/net/socialgamer/cah/hibernate/SqliteDialect.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e7eb39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/socialgamer/cah/hibernate/SqliteDialect.java
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+/*
+ * The author disclaims copyright to this source code. In place of
+ * a legal notice, here is a blessing:
+ *
+ * May you do good and not evil.
+ * May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others.
+ * May you share freely, never taking more than you give.
+ *
+ */
+// via https://gist.github.com/virasak/54436
+
+package net.socialgamer.cah.hibernate;
+
+import java.sql.Types;
+
+import org.hibernate.Hibernate;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.function.SQLFunctionTemplate;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.function.StandardSQLFunction;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.function.VarArgsSQLFunction;
+
+
+public class SqliteDialect extends Dialect {
+  public SqliteDialect() {
+    super();
+    registerColumnType(Types.BIT, "integer");
+    registerColumnType(Types.TINYINT, "tinyint");
+    registerColumnType(Types.SMALLINT, "smallint");
+    registerColumnType(Types.INTEGER, "integer");
+    registerColumnType(Types.BIGINT, "bigint");
+    registerColumnType(Types.FLOAT, "float");
+    registerColumnType(Types.REAL, "real");
+    registerColumnType(Types.DOUBLE, "double");
+    registerColumnType(Types.NUMERIC, "numeric");
+    registerColumnType(Types.DECIMAL, "decimal");
+    registerColumnType(Types.CHAR, "char");
+    registerColumnType(Types.VARCHAR, "varchar");
+    registerColumnType(Types.LONGVARCHAR, "longvarchar");
+    registerColumnType(Types.DATE, "date");
+    registerColumnType(Types.TIME, "time");
+    registerColumnType(Types.TIMESTAMP, "timestamp");
+    registerColumnType(Types.BINARY, "blob");
+    registerColumnType(Types.VARBINARY, "blob");
+    registerColumnType(Types.LONGVARBINARY, "blob");
+    // registerColumnType(Types.NULL, "null");
+    registerColumnType(Types.BLOB, "blob");
+    registerColumnType(Types.CLOB, "clob");
+    registerColumnType(Types.BOOLEAN, "integer");
+
+    registerFunction("concat", new VarArgsSQLFunction(Hibernate.STRING, "", "||", ""));
+    registerFunction("mod", new SQLFunctionTemplate(Hibernate.INTEGER, "?1 % ?2"));
+    registerFunction("substr", new StandardSQLFunction("substr", Hibernate.STRING));
+    registerFunction("substring", new StandardSQLFunction("substr", Hibernate.STRING));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean supportsIdentityColumns() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * public boolean supportsInsertSelectIdentity() {
+   * return true; // As specify in NHibernate dialect
+   * }
+   */
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean hasDataTypeInIdentityColumn() {
+    return false; // As specify in NHibernate dialect
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * public String appendIdentitySelectToInsert(String insertString) {
+   * return new StringBuffer(insertString.length()+30). // As specify in NHibernate dialect
+   * append(insertString).
+   * append("; ").append(getIdentitySelectString()).
+   * toString();
+   * }
+   */
+
+  @Override
+  public String getIdentityColumnString() {
+    // return "integer primary key autoincrement";
+    return "integer";
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getIdentitySelectString() {
+    return "select last_insert_rowid()";
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean supportsLimit() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getLimitString(final String query, final boolean hasOffset) {
+    return new StringBuffer(query.length() + 20).append(query)
+        .append(hasOffset ? " limit ? offset ?" : " limit ?").toString();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean supportsTemporaryTables() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getCreateTemporaryTableString() {
+    return "create temporary table if not exists";
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean dropTemporaryTableAfterUse() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean supportsCurrentTimestampSelection() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean isCurrentTimestampSelectStringCallable() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getCurrentTimestampSelectString() {
+    return "select current_timestamp";
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean supportsUnionAll() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean hasAlterTable() {
+    return false; // As specify in NHibernate dialect
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean dropConstraints() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getAddColumnString() {
+    return "add column";
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getForUpdateString() {
+    return "";
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean supportsOuterJoinForUpdate() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getDropForeignKeyString() {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
+        "No drop foreign key syntax supported by SQLiteDialect");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getAddForeignKeyConstraintString(final String constraintName,
+      final String[] foreignKey,
+      final String referencedTable, final String[] primaryKey,
+      final boolean referencesPrimaryKey) {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
+        "No add foreign key syntax supported by SQLiteDialect");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getAddPrimaryKeyConstraintString(final String constraintName) {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
+        "No add primary key syntax supported by SQLiteDialect");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean supportsIfExistsBeforeTableName() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+@Override
+  public boolean supportsCascadeDelete() {
+    return false;
+  }
+}