diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..485dee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.idea
diff --git a/remotesync-api/.gitignore b/remotesync-api/.gitignore
index b83d222..4f54c4e 100644
--- a/remotesync-api/.gitignore
+++ b/remotesync-api/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /target/
+persistence.xml
diff --git a/remotesync-api/pom.xml b/remotesync-api/pom.xml
index e6204c9..2aa53d0 100644
--- a/remotesync-api/pom.xml
+++ b/remotesync-api/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   are made available under the terms of the GNU Public License v2.0
   which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
   http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-  
+
   Contributors:
       Matthieu Helleboid - initial API and implementation
 -->
@@ -13,7 +13,29 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>remotesync-api</artifactId>
 	<name>Piwigo Remote Sync API</name>
+
+	<properties>
+		<hibernate.version>5.6.14.Final</hibernate.version>
+		<mariadb.version>3.0.6</mariadb.version>
+	</properties>
+
 	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hibernate-core-jakarta</artifactId>
+			<version>${hibernate.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
+			<artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
+			<version>${mariadb.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+			<version>3.12.0</version>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>args4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>args4j</artifactId>
diff --git a/remotesync-api/src/main/java/org/piwigo/remotesync/api/sync/SyncDirectoryWalker.java b/remotesync-api/src/main/java/org/piwigo/remotesync/api/sync/SyncDirectoryWalker.java
index 7635d13..aa94e39 100644
--- a/remotesync-api/src/main/java/org/piwigo/remotesync/api/sync/SyncDirectoryWalker.java
+++ b/remotesync-api/src/main/java/org/piwigo/remotesync/api/sync/SyncDirectoryWalker.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * are made available under the terms of the GNU Public License v2.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
  * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
- * 
+ *
  * Contributors:
  *     Matthieu Helleboid - initial API and implementation
  ******************************************************************************/
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import org.piwigo.remotesync.api.Constants;
 import org.piwigo.remotesync.api.ISyncConfiguration;
 import org.piwigo.remotesync.api.cache.LegacyCache;
+import org.piwigo.remotesync.menalto.Importer;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -30,10 +31,12 @@ public abstract class SyncDirectoryWalker extends DirectoryWalker<File> {
 	protected ISyncConfiguration syncConfiguration;
 	protected File startDirectory;
 	protected Map<File, LegacyCache> legacyCaches = new HashMap<File, LegacyCache>();
+	private Importer importer;
 
 	protected SyncDirectoryWalker(ISyncConfiguration syncConfiguration) {
 		super(null, Constants.IMAGE_EXTENSIONS_FILTER, -1);
 		this.syncConfiguration = syncConfiguration;
+		importer = new Importer(syncConfiguration.getDirectory());
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -55,7 +58,9 @@ protected void handleDirectoryStart(File directory, int depth, Collection<File>
 				// FIXME : ignore me
 			}
 			logger.info("Creating album for " + directory);
-			legacyCache.addAlbum(createAlbum(directory, parentAlbumId));
+			Integer albumId = createAlbum(directory, parentAlbumId);
+			legacyCache.addAlbum(albumId);
+			importer.addAlbum(directory.getAbsolutePath(), albumId);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -72,7 +77,9 @@ protected void handleFile(File file, int depth, java.util.Collection<File> resul
 				// FIXME : ignore me
 			}
 			logger.info("Uploading " + file.getName() + " in album with ID " + albumId);
-			legacyCache.addImage(file, createImage(file, albumId));
+			Integer imageId = createImage(file, albumId);
+			legacyCache.addImage(file, imageId);
+			importer.addImage(file.getAbsolutePath(), albumId, imageId);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/remotesync-api/src/main/java/org/piwigo/remotesync/menalto/ImportItem.java b/remotesync-api/src/main/java/org/piwigo/remotesync/menalto/ImportItem.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17430a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remotesync-api/src/main/java/org/piwigo/remotesync/menalto/ImportItem.java
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package org.piwigo.remotesync.menalto;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Column;
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import jakarta.persistence.GenerationType;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+import jakarta.persistence.NamedQueries;
+import jakarta.persistence.NamedQuery;
+import jakarta.persistence.Table;
+
+@Entity
+@Table(name = "import_item")
+@NamedQueries({
+        @NamedQuery(name = "ImportItem.findAll", query = "select t from ImportItem t")
+})
+public class ImportItem
+{
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
+    @Column(name = "id", nullable = false)
+    private Integer myId;
+
+    @Column(name = "path", nullable = false, length = 255)
+    private String myPath;
+
+    @Column(name = "album_id", nullable = false)
+    private Integer myAlbumId;
+
+    @Column(name = "image_id", nullable = true)
+    private Integer myImageId;
+
+    public Integer getId()
+    {
+        return myId;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(Integer id)
+    {
+        myId = id;
+    }
+
+    public String getPath()
+    {
+        return myPath;
+    }
+
+    public ImportItem setPath(String path)
+    {
+        myPath = path;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public Integer getAlbumId()
+    {
+        return myAlbumId;
+    }
+
+    public ImportItem setAlbumId(Integer albumId)
+    {
+        myAlbumId = albumId;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public Integer getImageId()
+    {
+        return myImageId;
+    }
+
+    public ImportItem setImageId(Integer imageId)
+    {
+        myImageId = imageId;
+        return this;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/remotesync-api/src/main/java/org/piwigo/remotesync/menalto/Importer.java b/remotesync-api/src/main/java/org/piwigo/remotesync/menalto/Importer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf5d762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remotesync-api/src/main/java/org/piwigo/remotesync/menalto/Importer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package org.piwigo.remotesync.menalto;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.EntityManager;
+
+public class Importer
+{
+    private final EntityManager myEntityManager;
+    private final String myStartDirectory;
+
+    public Importer(String directory)
+    {
+        PersistenceManager persistenceManager = new PersistenceManager();
+        myEntityManager = persistenceManager.getEntityManager();
+        myStartDirectory = directory;
+    }
+
+    public void addAlbum(String path, Integer albumId)
+    {
+        addImportItem(new ImportItem().setPath(getRelativePath(path)).setAlbumId(albumId));
+    }
+
+    public void addImage(String path, Integer albumId, Integer imageId)
+    {
+        addImportItem(new ImportItem().setPath(getRelativePath(path)).setAlbumId(albumId).setImageId(imageId));
+    }
+
+    private String getRelativePath(String path)
+    {
+        String relative = path.replace(myStartDirectory, "");
+        return relative = relative.startsWith("/") ? relative.substring(1) : relative;
+    }
+
+    private void addImportItem(ImportItem importItem)
+    {
+        myEntityManager.getTransaction().begin();
+        myEntityManager.persist(importItem);
+        myEntityManager.getTransaction().commit();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/remotesync-api/src/main/java/org/piwigo/remotesync/menalto/PersistenceManager.java b/remotesync-api/src/main/java/org/piwigo/remotesync/menalto/PersistenceManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d5e220
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remotesync-api/src/main/java/org/piwigo/remotesync/menalto/PersistenceManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package org.piwigo.remotesync.menalto;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.EntityManager;
+import jakarta.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;
+import jakarta.persistence.Persistence;
+
+public class PersistenceManager
+{
+    public static final String PERSISTENCE_UNIT_NAME = "gallery3";
+
+    private final EntityManagerFactory myFactory;
+    private final EntityManager myEntityManager;
+
+    public PersistenceManager()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            myFactory = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory(PERSISTENCE_UNIT_NAME);
+            myEntityManager = myFactory.createEntityManager();
+        }
+        catch (Exception e)
+        {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void shutdown()
+    {
+        if (myEntityManager != null && myEntityManager.isOpen())
+        {
+            myEntityManager.close();
+        }
+
+        if (myFactory != null && myFactory.isOpen())
+        {
+            myFactory.close();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public EntityManager getEntityManager()
+    {
+        if (myEntityManager != null && myEntityManager.isOpen())
+        {
+            return myEntityManager;
+        }
+        throw new RuntimeException("No database connection for persistence unit: " + PERSISTENCE_UNIT_NAME);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/remotesync-api/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml.example b/remotesync-api/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bff625a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remotesync-api/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml.example
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<persistence version="2.1" xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_2_1.xsd">
+    <persistence-unit name="gallery3">
+        <class>se.rutgers.gallery.persistence.menalto.ImportItem</class>
+        <properties>
+            <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.url" value="jdbc:mariadb://<host>>/gallery3"/>
+            <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.user" value="<username>"/>
+            <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.password" value="<password>"/>
+            <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.driver" value="org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver"/>
+            <property name="hibernate.show_sql" value="true"/>
+            <property name="hibernate.format_sql" value="true"/>
+            <property name="hibernate.dialect" value="org.hibernate.dialect.MariaDB103Dialect"/>
+        </properties>
+    </persistence-unit>
+</persistence>