diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 0d22388..e674a7c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.9", "3.10"]
 
+    services:
+      postgres:
+        image: postgres:13
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: guest
+          POSTGRES_USER: guest
+          POSTGRES_DB: guest
+        ports:
+          - 5432:5432
+
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
diff --git a/asyncpg_engine.py b/asyncpg_engine.py
index 63ed07e..ecc9d7d 100644
--- a/asyncpg_engine.py
+++ b/asyncpg_engine.py
@@ -1 +1,80 @@
-DUMMY = True
+from types import TracebackType
+from typing import Any, Generator, Optional, Type
+
+from asyncpg import Connection, create_pool
+from asyncpg.pool import Pool
+
+__all__ = ["Engine"]
+
+
+class Engine:
+    __slots__ = "_pool", "_use_single_con", "_global_con"
+
+    _pool: Pool
+    _use_single_con: bool
+    _global_con: Optional[Connection]
+
+    def __init__(self, pool: Pool, use_single_connection: bool):
+        self._pool = pool
+        self._use_single_con = use_single_connection
+
+        self._global_con = None
+
+    @classmethod
+    async def create(
+        cls, url: str, *, use_single_connection: bool = False, **kwargs: Any
+    ) -> "Engine":
+        pool = await create_pool(url, min_size=2, init=cls._set_codecs, **kwargs)
+        return cls(pool, use_single_connection)
+
+    async def close(self) -> None:
+        await self._pool.close()
+
+    def acquire(self) -> "ConnectionAcquire":
+        return ConnectionAcquire(self)
+
+    async def _acquire(self) -> Connection:
+        if self._use_single_con:
+            self._global_con = self._global_con or await self._pool.acquire()
+            return self._global_con
+
+        return await self._pool.acquire()
+
+    async def release(self, con: Connection, *, force: bool = False) -> None:
+        if not self._use_single_con or force:
+            await self._pool.release(con)
+            self._global_con = None
+
+    async def healthcheck(self) -> None:
+        async with self.acquire() as con:  # type: Connection
+            await con.execute("SELECT 1")
+
+    @staticmethod
+    async def _set_codecs(con: Connection) -> None:
+        """Override this method if you want to set custom codecs."""
+
+
+class ConnectionAcquire:
+    __slots__ = "engine", "con"
+
+    engine: Engine
+    con: Optional[Connection]
+
+    def __init__(self, engine: Engine):
+        self.engine = engine
+        self.con = None
+
+    async def __call__(self) -> Connection:
+        self.con = await self.engine._acquire()
+        return self.con
+
+    def __await__(self) -> Generator[Connection, None, None]:
+        return self().__await__()
+
+    async def __aenter__(self) -> Connection:
+        return await self()
+
+    async def __aexit__(
+        self, exc_type: Type[BaseException], exc: BaseException, tv: TracebackType
+    ) -> None:
+        await self.engine.release(self.con)
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7a1b8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+version: '3.1'
+
+services:
+
+  postgres:
+    image: postgres:13
+    container_name: upmarket-cc-partners
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: guest
+      POSTGRES_USER: guest
+      POSTGRES_DB: guest
+    ports:
+      - 5432:5432
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f90be9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import pytest
+
+_config = {
+    "POSTGRES_URL": "postgres://guest:guest@localhost:5432/guest?sslmode=disable"
+}
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def config() -> dict[str, str]:
+    return _config.copy()
diff --git a/tests/test_dummy.py b/tests/test_dummy.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d81e1a..0000000
--- a/tests/test_dummy.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-import pytest
-
-pytestmark = [pytest.mark.asyncio]
-
-
-def test_dummy() -> None:
-    assert True
diff --git a/tests/test_engine.py b/tests/test_engine.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b909a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_engine.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import pytest
+from asyncpg import InterfaceError
+
+from asyncpg_engine import Engine
+
+pytestmark = [pytest.mark.asyncio]
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+async def engine(config: dict[str, str]) -> Engine:
+    return await Engine.create(config["POSTGRES_URL"])
+
+
+async def test_returns_new_connection_every_acquire(engine: Engine) -> None:
+    async with engine.acquire() as con_0:
+        async with engine.acquire() as con_1:
+
+            assert con_0 != con_1
+
+
+async def test_returns_the_same_connection_every_acquire_if_single(
+    config: dict[str, str]
+) -> None:
+    engine = await Engine.create(config["POSTGRES_URL"], use_single_connection=True)
+
+    async with engine.acquire() as con_0:
+        async with engine.acquire() as con_1:
+
+            assert con_0 == con_1
+
+
+async def test_non_force_release_ignored_for_single_connection(
+    config: dict[str, str]
+) -> None:
+    engine = await Engine.create(config["POSTGRES_URL"], use_single_connection=True)
+    async with engine.acquire() as con_0:
+        pass
+    async with engine.acquire() as con_1:
+
+        assert con_0 is con_1
+
+    await engine.release(con_0, force=True)
+    await engine.release(con_1, force=True)
+
+
+async def test_closes_well(engine: Engine) -> None:
+    await engine.close()
+
+    with pytest.raises(InterfaceError):
+        await engine.acquire()
+
+
+async def test_healthcheck_returns_nothing(engine: Engine) -> None:
+    got = await engine.healthcheck()
+
+    assert got is None
+
+
+async def test_healthcheck_raises_if_something_went_wrong(engine: Engine) -> None:
+    await engine.close()
+
+    with pytest.raises(InterfaceError):
+        await engine.healthcheck()