diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2fc6ec6..33561d7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -85,3 +85,5 @@ lint/outputs/
 lint/tmp/
 # lint/reports/
 Lambdas/Lists/src/main/resources/dbProperties.json
+Lambdas/Lists/target/classes/dbProperties.json
+Lambdas/Lists/target/classes/META-INF/Lists.kotlin_module
diff --git a/Lambdas/Lists/pom.xml b/Lambdas/Lists/pom.xml
index 9442b49..8d77579 100644
--- a/Lambdas/Lists/pom.xml
+++ b/Lambdas/Lists/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
             <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
             <version>3.8.1</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
+            <version>2.7.0</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.11</maven.compiler.source>
diff --git a/Lambdas/Lists/src/main/java/DBConnector.java b/Lambdas/Lists/src/main/java/DBConnector.java
index c4f85b9..074f4de 100644
--- a/Lambdas/Lists/src/main/java/DBConnector.java
+++ b/Lambdas/Lists/src/main/java/DBConnector.java
@@ -12,14 +12,28 @@ public class DBConnector {
 
     Connection connection;
 
-    DBConnector() throws IOException, SQLException {
+    DBConnector() throws IOException, SQLException, ClassNotFoundException {
         this(loadProperties("dbProperties.json"));
     }
 
-    DBConnector(Properties dbProperties) throws SQLException {
+    DBConnector(Properties dbProperties) throws SQLException, ClassNotFoundException {
+        Class.forName("org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver");
         System.out.println(dbProperties);
-        connection = DriverManager.getConnection(dbProperties.get("url").toString(), dbProperties);
+        System.out.println(DBConnector.buildURL(dbProperties));
+        connection = DriverManager.getConnection(dbProperties.get("url").toString(), dbProperties.get("user").toString(), dbProperties.get("password").toString());
+        System.out.println(connection);
+    }
 
+    public void close() {
+        try {
+            connection.close();
+        } catch (SQLException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public Connection getConnection() {
+        return connection;
     }
 
     public static Properties loadProperties(String path) throws IOException {
@@ -29,4 +43,11 @@ public class DBConnector {
         propertiesJSON.keys().forEachRemaining(key -> toReturn.setProperty(key, propertiesJSON.get(key).toString()));
         return toReturn;
     }
+
+    public static String buildURL(Properties dbProperties) {
+        String dbURL = dbProperties.get("url").toString();
+        dbURL += "?user=" + dbProperties.get("user").toString();
+        dbURL += "&password=" + dbProperties.get("password").toString();
+        return dbURL;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Lambdas/Lists/src/main/java/InputUtils.java b/Lambdas/Lists/src/main/java/InputUtils.java
index 0457585..46a0694 100644
--- a/Lambdas/Lists/src/main/java/InputUtils.java
+++ b/Lambdas/Lists/src/main/java/InputUtils.java
@@ -8,9 +8,21 @@ public class InputUtils {
         if ((inputMap.get("context") != null) && (inputMap.get("context") instanceof Map<?, ?>)) {
             contextMap = ((Map<String, Object>) inputMap.get("context"));
         } else {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The key \"Context\" must exist and be a map");
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The key \"context\" must exist and be a map");
         }
         System.out.println(inputMap.get("context"));
         System.out.println(contextMap.get("sub"));
+        return contextMap.get("sub").toString();
+    }
+
+    public static Map<String, Object> getBody(Map<String, Object> inputMap) {
+        return getMap(inputMap, "body");
+    }
+
+    public static Map<String, Object> getMap(Map<String, Object> parentMap, String childKey) {
+        if ((parentMap.get(childKey) != null) && (parentMap.get(childKey) instanceof Map<?, ?>)) {
+            return ((Map<String, Object>) parentMap.get(childKey));
+        }
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("The key \"" + childKey + "\" must exist and be a map");
     }
 }
diff --git a/Lambdas/Lists/src/main/java/ListAdder.java b/Lambdas/Lists/src/main/java/ListAdder.java
index 413b7db..54745c5 100644
--- a/Lambdas/Lists/src/main/java/ListAdder.java
+++ b/Lambdas/Lists/src/main/java/ListAdder.java
@@ -1,4 +1,27 @@
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 public class ListAdder {
 
+    private DBConnector connector;
+    private String cognitoID;
 
+    private final String LIST_CREATE = "INSERT INTO Lists (Name, Owner) VALUES (?, ?)";
+
+    ListAdder(DBConnector connector, String cognitoID) {
+        this.connector = connector;
+        this.cognitoID = cognitoID;
+    }
+
+    public void add(Map<String, Object> bodyMap) throws SQLException {
+        Connection connection = connector.getConnection();
+        PreparedStatement statement = connection.prepareStatement(LIST_CREATE);
+        statement.setString(1, bodyMap.get("Name").toString());
+        statement.setString(2, cognitoID);
+        System.out.println(statement);
+        statement.executeUpdate();
+        connection.commit();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Lambdas/Lists/src/main/java/ListsPOST.java b/Lambdas/Lists/src/main/java/ListsPOST.java
index a4588a0..4068a4f 100644
--- a/Lambdas/Lists/src/main/java/ListsPOST.java
+++ b/Lambdas/Lists/src/main/java/ListsPOST.java
@@ -11,11 +11,17 @@ public class ListsPOST implements RequestHandler<Map<String,Object>, String>{
     public String handleRequest(Map<String, Object> inputMap, Context unfilled) {
         String cognitoID = InputUtils.getCognitoIDFromBody(inputMap);
         try {
-            System.out.println(new DBConnector());
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        } catch (SQLException e) {
+            DBConnector connector = new DBConnector();
+            try {
+                new ListAdder(connector, cognitoID).add(InputUtils.getBody(inputMap));
+            } catch (SQLException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            } finally {
+                connector.close();
+            }
+        } catch (IOException|SQLException|ClassNotFoundException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
+            throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage());
         }
         return null;
     }
diff --git a/Lambdas/Lists/target/classes/dbProperties.json b/Lambdas/Lists/target/classes/dbProperties.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ba1352b..0000000
--- a/Lambdas/Lists/target/classes/dbProperties.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "url": "http://aws.com/something",
-  "user": "aUser",
-  "password": "aPassword"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Tooling/EndpointSetup.sh b/Tooling/EndpointSetup.sh
index 6f2bf00..a7ef691 100644
--- a/Tooling/EndpointSetup.sh
+++ b/Tooling/EndpointSetup.sh
@@ -2,33 +2,17 @@
 #Base script from: https://github.com/NMerz/DoctorsNote/blob/master/AWS%20Setup/Lambda-GatewayInitialization.sh
 
 #NOTE: This has been tested and works; however, the apigateway does not properly show as a trigger in AWS's web UI
-#NOTE2: This assumes that the root Gateway and Lambda role have been set up previously (one-time setup) and their values are stored in the constants below
+#NOTE2: This assumes that the root Gateway and Lambda role have been set up previously (one-time setup) and their values are set in VarSetup.sh
 
-#constants
-APIID=datoh7woc9 #rest-api-id is tied to the apigateway while resource-id seems tied to the specific url extension
-ROOTRESOURCEID=6xrzhzidxh #gateway root should have a consistent resource id which will serve as parent for many apis
-LAMBDAROLE=arn:aws:iam::569815541706:role/LambdaBasic
-LANGUAGE=java11
-DEPLOYSTAGE=Development
+echo "Creating a Gateway/Lambda pair."
 
-DEBUGFILE=/dev/null
+REL_SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")
 
-echo -n "Please enter function/endpoint name: "
-read functionName
-echo -n "Please enter method(GET, POST, etc.): "
-read method
+source ${REL_SCRIPT_DIR}/VarSetup.sh
 
-jarPath=$(find .. -name "${functionName}.jar")
-if [[ "$jarPath" == "" ]]; then
-  echo "Unable to find file ${functionName}.jar" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-functionPath=${jarPath%/${functionName}.jar}
-zipPath=${functionPath}.zip
 
-zip ${zipPath} ${jarPath}
+RAWLAMBDA=$(aws lambda create-function --function-name ${functionName}${method} --zip-file fileb://${zipPath} --runtime ${LANGUAGE} --role ${LAMBDAROLE} --handler ${functionName}${method} 2>${DEBUGFILE})
 
-RAWLAMBDA=$(aws lambda create-function --function-name ${functionName}${method} --zip-file fileb://${zipPath} --runtime ${LANGUAGE} --role ${LAMBDAROLE} --handler ${functionName}${method}.lambda_handler 2>${DEBUGFILE})
 
 if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
   echo "Unable to create Lamba" >&2
diff --git a/Tooling/LambdaUpdate.sh b/Tooling/LambdaUpdate.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f49b9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tooling/LambdaUpdate.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+echo "Updating a Lambda."
+
+REL_SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")
+
+source ${REL_SCRIPT_DIR}/VarSetup.sh
+
+
+aws lambda update-function-code --function-name ${functionName}${method} --zip-file fileb://${jarPath} 1>${DEBUGFILE} 2>${DEBUGFILE}
+
+if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+  echo "Unable to update Lamba" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Update successful."
+exit 0
diff --git a/Tooling/VarSetup.sh b/Tooling/VarSetup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ff07fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tooling/VarSetup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Meant to be source'd from other scripts that need these vars.
+
+#constants
+APIID=datoh7woc9 #rest-api-id is tied to the apigateway while resource-id seems tied to the specific url extension
+ROOTRESOURCEID=6xrzhzidxh #gateway root should have a consistent resource id which will serve as parent for many apis
+LAMBDAROLE=arn:aws:iam::569815541706:role/LambdaBasic
+LANGUAGE=java11
+DEPLOYSTAGE=Development
+
+DEBUGFILE=/dev/null
+
+REL_SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")
+
+echo -n "Please enter base function name: "
+read functionName
+echo -n "Please enter method(GET, POST, etc.): "
+read method
+
+jarPath=$(find ${REL_SCRIPT_DIR}/.. -name "${functionName}.jar")
+if [[ "$jarPath" == "" ]]; then
+  echo "Unable to find file ${functionName}.jar" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+functionPath=${jarPath%/${functionName}.jar}
\ No newline at end of file