diff --git a/app/models/dependency.rb b/app/models/dependency.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..445dc36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/dependency.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class Dependency < ApplicationRecord
+end
diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 0f704e0..815197c 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -1272,23 +1272,47 @@ def self.sync_dependencies
 
     dependencies.each do |(ecosystem, package_name), count|
       puts "Checking #{ecosystem} #{package_name}"
-      if existing_packages.any?{|p| p['ecosystem'] == ecosystem && p['name'] == package_name }
+
+      dependency = Dependency.find_or_create_by(ecosystem: ecosystem, name: package_name)
+
+      dependency.update(count: count)
+
+      next if dependency.package.present?
+
+      existing_package = existing_packages.find{|p| p['ecosystem'] == ecosystem && p['name'] == package_name }
+      
+      if existing_package.present?
         puts "  Already exists"
-        next 
-      end
-      purl = "https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/packages/lookup?ecosystem=#{ecosystem}&package_name=#{package_name}"
-      conn = Faraday.new(url: purl) do |faraday|
-        faraday.response :follow_redirects
-        faraday.adapter Faraday.default_adapter
-      end
 
-      response = conn.get
-      puts "  Response: #{response.status}"
-      next unless response.success?
-      package = JSON.parse(response.body)
-      puts " #{package['repository_url']}"
-      project = Project.create(url: package['repository_url'])
-      project.sync_async
+        project = Project.find_by(url: existing_package['repository_url'])
+
+        dependency.update(package: existing_package, repository_url: existing_package['repository_url'], project_id: project.try(:id), average_ranking: existing_package['rankings']['average'])
+      else
+        # TODO
+        # load it from the packages API
+        # purl = "https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/packages/lookup?ecosystem=#{ecosystem}&name=#{package_name}"
+      
+        # puts "  Fetching #{purl}"
+        
+        # conn = Faraday.new(url: purl) do |faraday|
+        #   faraday.response :follow_redirects
+        #   faraday.adapter Faraday.default_adapter
+        # end
+
+        # response = conn.get
+        # puts "  Response: #{response.status}"
+        # next unless response.success?
+        # packages = JSON.parse(response.body)
+        # package = packages.first
+        # next unless package.present?
+        # puts " #{package['repository_url']}"
+        # project = Project.create(url: package['repository_url'])
+        # project.sync_async
+
+        # dependency.update(package: package, repository_url: package['repository_url'], project_id: project.id, average_ranking: package['rankings']['average'])
+
+      end
+      
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20240626125315_create_dependencies.rb b/db/migrate/20240626125315_create_dependencies.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..391da6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20240626125315_create_dependencies.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+class CreateDependencies < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.1]
+  def change
+    create_table :dependencies do |t|
+      t.string :ecosystem
+      t.string :name
+      t.integer :count
+      t.json :package, default: {}
+      t.string :repository_url
+      t.integer :project_id
+      t.float :average_ranking
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index aa42687..8940cef 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2024_06_12_161900) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2024_06_26_125315) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "citext"
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -39,6 +39,18 @@
     t.json "profile", default: {}
   end
 
+  create_table "dependencies", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.string "ecosystem"
+    t.string "name"
+    t.integer "count"
+    t.json "package", default: {}
+    t.string "repository_url"
+    t.integer "project_id"
+    t.float "average_ranking"
+    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+  end
+
   create_table "issues", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.integer "project_id"
     t.string "uuid"
diff --git a/test/models/dependency_test.rb b/test/models/dependency_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac155bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/models/dependency_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+require "test_helper"
+
+class DependencyTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+  # test "the truth" do
+  #   assert true
+  # end
+end