diff --git a/dev_mvc/model/testactions/model_createdb.php b/dev_mvc/model/testactions/model_createdb.php
index cc588d4..73b1300 100644
--- a/dev_mvc/model/testactions/model_createdb.php
+++ b/dev_mvc/model/testactions/model_createdb.php
@@ -62,27 +62,27 @@ function createDB(){
             `active` tinyint(1) DEFAULT '0',
             PRIMARY KEY (`ID`)
            ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=11 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1");
-           echol("created table $table");
-        }
-        //table exists
-        else{
-            echol("table $table already exists, skipping");
-        }
+        echol("created table $table");
+    }
+    //table exists
+    else{
+        echol("table $table already exists, skipping");
+    }
         
-        $table = 'usersessions';
-        $query = $con->query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = '$table'");
-        if($query->fetchColumn() != 4){
-            echol('table doesnt exist');
-            $query = $con->query(
-                "	CREATE TABLE `usersessions` (
-            `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
-            `uid` int(11) NOT NULL,
-            `token` varchar(256) NOT NULL,
-            `expires` datetime NOT NULL,
-            PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
-           ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=27 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1");
-           echol("created table $table");
-        }
+    $table = 'usersessions';
+    $query = $con->query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = '$table'");
+    if($query->fetchColumn() != 4){
+        echol('table doesnt exist');
+        $query = $con->query(
+            "	CREATE TABLE `usersessions` (
+        `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+        `uid` int(11) NOT NULL,
+        `token` varchar(256) NOT NULL,
+        `expires` datetime NOT NULL,
+        PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
+        ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=27 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1");
+        echol("created table $table");
+    }
     //table exists
     else{
         echol("table $table already exists, skipping");
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ function createDB(){
             `activationkey` varchar(256) NOT NULL,
             PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
            ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=3 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1");
-           echol("created table $table");
+        echol("created table $table");
         }
         //table exists
         else{
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ function createDB(){
             `permLevel` int(16) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
             PRIMARY KEY (`ID`)
            ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=3 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1");
-           echol("created table $table");
+        echol("created table $table");
     }
     //table exists
     else{
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ function createDB(){
             `date_created` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
             PRIMARY KEY (`ID`)
            ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=3 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1");
-           echol("created table $table");
+        echol("created table $table");
         }
         //table exists
         else{
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ function createDB(){
             `date_created` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
             PRIMARY KEY (`ID`)
            ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=9 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1");
-           echol("created table $table");
+        echol("created table $table");
         }
         //table exists
         else{
diff --git a/dev_mvc/model/testactions/model_populatedb.php b/dev_mvc/model/testactions/model_populatedb.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6cbf97e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev_mvc/model/testactions/model_populatedb.php
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<?php
+function populateDB(){
+    try{
+        if(getenv("SQL_CREDENTIALS") !== false){
+            $sql_server = getenv("SQL_SERVER");
+            $sql_username = getenv("SQL_USERNAME");
+            $sql_password = getenv("SQL_PASSWORD");
+            $sql_database = getenv("SQL_DATABASE");
+        }
+        else{
+            $sql_server = "localhost";
+            $sql_username = "root";
+            $sql_password = "kankerlow";
+            $sql_database = "webforum";
+        }
+        $host = $sql_server;
+        $db = $sql_database;
+        $user = $sql_username;
+        $pass = $sql_password;
+        
+        //connect to sql server
+        $con = new PDO( "mysql:host=$host;charset=utf8", $user, $pass );
+        //check if db exists
+        $query = $con->query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA WHERE SCHEMA_NAME = '$db'");
+        //db exists
+        if($query->fetchColumn() != 1){
+            $query = $con->query("CREATE DATABASE $db");
+            echol('db doesnt exist');
+        }
+        //db doesn't exist
+        else{
+            echol('db already exists, skipping');
+        }
+        //select db
+        $con->exec("USE $db");
+        //test if table exists
+        
+        
+        
+        echol('table doesnt exist');
+        $query = $con->query("INSERT INTO `users` 
+                            (`ID`, `username`, `email`, `password`, `reg_ip`, `permissions`, `active`) 
+                            VALUES 
+                            (NULL, 'Andreas', 'the.hion.v@gmail.com', 'huts', '::1', '-1', '1')");
+        $query = $con->query("INSERT INTO `users` 
+                            (`ID`, `username`, `email`, `password`, `reg_ip`, `permissions`, `active`) 
+                            VALUES 
+                            (NULL, 'Bram', 'bram@gmail.com', 'huts', '::1', '-1', '1')");
+        echol("created test users");
+    }
+    catch(PDOException $e){
+        die("pdo exception, cannot connect to sql:<br> $e");
+    }
+}
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