diff --git a/unleash-server/README.md b/unleash-server/README.md
index 359a20c8d7..c2b6a1c288 100644
--- a/unleash-server/README.md
+++ b/unleash-server/README.md
@@ -28,3 +28,15 @@ npm test
 3. Run `db-migrate create your-migration-name` and edit the generated file to run the above SQL files.
 4. Run `npm run db-migrate-up`.
 5. Generate LB artifact using `scripts/generate-liquibase-artifact` (TODO: make this internal)
+
+### Create a local unleash-db on postgres
+´´´sql
+CREATE USER unleash_user WITH PASSWORD 'passord';
+CREATE DATABASE unleash;
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE unleash to unleash_user;
+´´´
+
+Then set up your DATABASE_URI env.var:
+```
+export DATABASE_URL=postgres://unleash_user:passord@localhost:5432/unleash
+```
diff --git a/unleash-server/lib/eventDb.js b/unleash-server/lib/eventDb.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e89f9d5587
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unleash-server/lib/eventDb.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+var Promise = require('bluebird'),
+    dbPool = require('./dbPool');
+
+function storeEvent(event) {
+    var sql = 'INSERT INTO events(type, user, data) VALUES ($1, $2, $3)';
+    var params = [event.type,event.user,event.data];
+
+    return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
+        dbPool.query(sql, params, function (err) {
+            if (err) {reject(err);}
+            resolve();
+        });
+    });
+}
+
+
+module.exports = {
+    store: storeEvent()
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/unleash-server/lib/eventStore.js b/unleash-server/lib/eventStore.js
index a0cecaef70..846fe293f0 100644
--- a/unleash-server/lib/eventStore.js
+++ b/unleash-server/lib/eventStore.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 var Promise = require('bluebird'),
     util = require('util'),
-    dbPool = require('./dbPool'),
     EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 
 function EventStore() {
@@ -8,15 +7,7 @@ function EventStore() {
 }
 util.inherits(EventStore, EventEmitter);
 
-EventStore.prototype.create = function (eventType, user, eventData) {
-    var event = {
-        id: 1,
-        created: '2014-08-01 12:22:00',
-        type: eventType,
-        user: user,
-        data: eventData
-    };
-
+EventStore.prototype.create = function (event) {
     return new Promise(function (resolve) {
         this.emit(event.type, event);
         resolve();
diff --git a/unleash-server/lib/featureApi.js b/unleash-server/lib/featureApi.js
index 5a80b2d6e5..884810a64b 100644
--- a/unleash-server/lib/featureApi.js
+++ b/unleash-server/lib/featureApi.js
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ module.exports = function (app) {
                 //Todo: error-msg: feature name is already in use
                 res.status(403).end();
             } else {
-                eventStore.create(eventType.featureCreated, user, newFeature).then(function() {
+                eventStore.create({
+                    type: eventType.featureCreated,
+                    user: user,
+                    data: newFeature
+                }).then(function() {
                     res.status(201).end();
                 });
             }
diff --git a/unleash-server/test/eventStoreSpec.js b/unleash-server/test/eventStoreSpec.js
index 512273920b..aaf5b04b3c 100644
--- a/unleash-server/test/eventStoreSpec.js
+++ b/unleash-server/test/eventStoreSpec.js
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ describe('EventStore', function () {
                 'description': 'Feature description'
             };
 
-            eventStore.create(eventType.featureCreated,'ole',eventData);
+            eventStore.create({
+                type: eventType.featureCreated,
+                user: 'ole',
+                data: eventData
+            });
         });
     });
 });