diff --git a/Website.Tests/Website.Tests.csproj b/Website.Tests/Website.Tests.csproj
index b1ce1be..5b7e8ff 100644
--- a/Website.Tests/Website.Tests.csproj
+++ b/Website.Tests/Website.Tests.csproj
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
     </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="fluentassertions" Version="5.6.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="16.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="nsubstitute" Version="4.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.4.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.4.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Website/Controllers/BlogController.cs b/Website/Controllers/BlogController.cs
index 95d9464..879628b 100644
--- a/Website/Controllers/BlogController.cs
+++ b/Website/Controllers/BlogController.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace Website.Controllers
 
 		public async Task<IActionResult> View(int id)
 		{
-			var post = await _repo.GetPost(id);
+			var post = await _repo.GetPostAsync(id);
 			return View(post);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/Website/Data/BlogRepository.cs b/Website/Data/BlogRepository.cs
index 814a12e..b186b82 100644
--- a/Website/Data/BlogRepository.cs
+++ b/Website/Data/BlogRepository.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Linq;
+using Dapper;
 using Website.Models;
 
 namespace Website.Data
@@ -9,6 +11,13 @@ namespace Website.Data
 
 		public BlogRepository(DatabaseProvider dbProvider) => _dbProvider = dbProvider;
 
-		public Task<BlogPost> GetPost(int id) => Task.Run(() => new BlogPost{Id=id});
+		public async Task<BlogPost> GetPostAsync(int id) {
+			const string query = "SELECT * FROM blog_posts WHERE post_id=@id";
+			using (var connection = _dbProvider.NewConnection()) {
+				connection.Open();
+				var result = await connection.QueryAsync<BlogPost>(query, new{id});
+				return result.FirstOrDefault();
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/Website/Data/DatabaseProvider.cs b/Website/Data/DatabaseProvider.cs
index a56a495..bfb9418 100644
--- a/Website/Data/DatabaseProvider.cs
+++ b/Website/Data/DatabaseProvider.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 using System.Data;
-using System.Data.SqlClient;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+using MySql.Data.MySqlClient;
 
 namespace Website.Data
 {
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ namespace Website.Data
 	{
 		private readonly string _connectionString;
 
-		public DatabaseProvider(IConfiguration config) => _connectionString = config["connectionString"];
+		public DatabaseProvider(IConfiguration config) => _connectionString = config.GetConnectionString("database");
 
 		public DatabaseProvider(string connectionString) => _connectionString = connectionString;
 
-		public IDbConnection NewConnection() => new SqlConnection(_connectionString);
+		public IDbConnection NewConnection() => new MySqlConnection(_connectionString);
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/Website/Models/BlogPost.cs b/Website/Models/BlogPost.cs
index 12d3ab3..967d85a 100644
--- a/Website/Models/BlogPost.cs
+++ b/Website/Models/BlogPost.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ namespace Website.Models
 {
 	public class BlogPost
 	{
-		public int Id { get; internal set; }
+		public int PostId { get; set; }
+		public string PostTitle { get; set; }
+		public string Post_Title { get; set; }
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/Website/Views/Blog/View.cshtml b/Website/Views/Blog/View.cshtml
index a75b596..567204e 100644
--- a/Website/Views/Blog/View.cshtml
+++ b/Website/Views/Blog/View.cshtml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 	ViewData["Title"] = "Blog";
 }
 
-@Model.Id
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+@Model.PostTitle
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