diff --git a/kitchenai/cli/__init__.py b/kitchenai/cli/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b28b04f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kitchenai/cli/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+
+
diff --git a/kitchenai/cli/main.py b/kitchenai/cli/main.py
index e5a67e4..ce2e77d 100644
--- a/kitchenai/cli/main.py
+++ b/kitchenai/cli/main.py
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from cookiecutter.main import cookiecutter
 from typing_extensions import Annotated
+from rich.console import Console
+from rich.spinner import Spinner
 
+console = Console()
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 app = typer.Typer()
 
 @app.command()
@@ -18,10 +22,30 @@ def add(module: str = typer.Argument("app.kitchen:kitchen")):
     execute_from_command_line(["manage", "add_module", module])
 
 @app.command()
-def init():
+def init(verbose: Annotated[int, typer.Option(help="verbosity level. default 0")] = 0):
+    django.setup()
     from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
-    execute_from_command_line(["manage", "migrate"])
-    execute_from_command_line(["manage", "init"])
+    from kitchenai.core.models import KitchenAIManagement
+    from django.conf import settings
+    
+    cmd = ["manage", "migrate","--verbosity", f"{verbose}"]
+
+    if not verbose == 1:
+        with console.status("Applying migrations...", spinner="dots"):
+            execute_from_command_line(cmd)
+    else:
+        execute_from_command_line(cmd)
+
+
+    KitchenAIManagement.objects.all().delete()
+    try:
+        mgmt = KitchenAIManagement.objects.create(
+            version = settings.VERSION,
+            project_name = "default"
+        )
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(e)
+        return
 
 
 @app.command()
diff --git a/kitchenai/settings.py b/kitchenai/settings.py
index d52a984..3f3f2f0 100644
--- a/kitchenai/settings.py
+++ b/kitchenai/settings.py
@@ -17,10 +17,17 @@
 # 0. Setup
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+
+VERSION = "0.0.1"
+
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve(strict=True).parent.parent
 
 APPS_DIR = BASE_DIR / "kitchenai"
 
+KITCHENAI_DB_DIR = BASE_DIR / '.kitchenai'
+
+KITCHENAI_DB_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+
 env = Env()
 env.read_env(Path(BASE_DIR, ".env").as_posix())
 
@@ -56,7 +63,7 @@
 CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = not DEBUG
 
 DATABASES = {
-    "default": env.dj_db_url("DATABASE_URL", default="sqlite:///db.sqlite3"),
+    "default": env.dj_db_url("DATABASE_URL", default=f"sqlite:///{KITCHENAI_DB_DIR / 'db.sqlite3'}"),
 }
 DATABASES["default"]["ATOMIC_REQUESTS"] = False
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3c19890..361b1c2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ dependencies = [
   "sentry-sdk",
   "typer",
   "whitenoise",
-  "cookiecutter"
+  "cookiecutter", 
+  "rich"
 ]
 
 scripts.kitchenai = "kitchenai.__main__:main"
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 8d3cf90..e69f1a0 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-
 #
 # This file is autogenerated by hatch-pip-compile with Python 3.11
 #
-# [constraints] requirements.txt (SHA256: 618a6a537aaab456e4811a335eee5e07ba29c910e1e1c050340cac2c611907c3)
+# [constraints] requirements.txt (SHA256: 9ea184c46b3b5c6a9cd0638530342b4fba7ac2fccf2b5472412447ae35303083)
 #
 # - django-browser-reload
 # - django-debug-toolbar
@@ -56,6 +55,7 @@
 # - psycopg[binary]
 # - pyyaml
 # - refreshcss
+# - rich
 # - sentry-sdk
 # - slippers
 # - typer
@@ -1204,7 +1204,10 @@ pyzmq==26.2.0
     #   jupyter-server
 questionary==1.10.0
     # via bump-my-version
-
+rcssmin==1.1.2
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements.txt
+    #   django-compressor
 referencing==0.35.1
     # via
     #   jsonschema
@@ -1250,6 +1253,7 @@ rfc3986-validator==0.1.1
 rich==13.9.2
     # via
     #   -c requirements.txt
+    #   hatch.envs.dev
     #   bump-my-version
     #   cappa
     #   chromadb
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b3caa69..1ff603f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 # - psycopg[binary]
 # - pyyaml
 # - refreshcss
+# - rich
 # - sentry-sdk
 # - slippers
 # - typer
@@ -552,6 +553,7 @@ pyyaml==6.0.2
     #   llama-index-core
     #   slippers
     #   uvicorn
+rcssmin==1.1.2
     # via django-compressor
 refreshcss==0.5.1
     # via hatch.envs.default
@@ -577,6 +579,7 @@ requests-oauthlib==2.0.0
     #   kubernetes
 rich==13.9.2
     # via
+    #   hatch.envs.default
     #   chromadb
     #   cookiecutter
     #   falco-app