diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 71dfc0f..a847035 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 .DS_Store
-.fastlegs
+.fastlegs_pg
+.fastlegs_mysql
 node_modules
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3705f58..b59c2ae 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ integration_files=`find test/integration -name '$(file)' -type f -print0 | xargs
 test: setup test-unit test-integration
 
 setup:
-	@[ -e ".fastlegs" ] || node test/bootstrap/init.js
+	@[ -e ".fastlegs_pg" ] || node test/bootstrap/init_pg.js
+	@[ -e ".fastlegs_mysql" ] || node test/bootstrap/init_mysql.js
 
 test-unit:
 	@NODE_ENV=test ./node_modules/.bin/mocha \
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 14545c7..4f58d6e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "async": "0.1.18",
     "pg": "0.6.18",
+    "mysql": "2.0.0-alpha3",
     "underscore": "1.3.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": { 
diff --git a/test/bootstrap/init_mysql.js b/test/bootstrap/init_mysql.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3691e3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bootstrap/init_mysql.js
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+var fs = require('fs')
+  , async = require("async")
+  , mysql = require("mysql")
+  , read = require('read')
+
+var create = {
+  "posts":
+"CREATE TABLE posts (\
+  id integer NOT NULL,\
+  title character varying(255) NOT NULL,\
+  blurb character varying(255),\
+  body text NOT NULL,\
+  published boolean,\
+  created_at date,\
+  updated_at date,\
+  CONSTRAINT posts_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id))",
+  "comments":
+"CREATE TABLE comments (\
+  id integer NOT NULL,\
+  post_id integer NOT NULL,\
+  comment text NOT NULL,\
+  created_at date,\
+  CONSTRAINT comments_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id))",
+  "comments_post_id_index":
+"CREATE INDEX comments_post_id \
+  ON comments (post_id) \
+  USING BTREE" 
+}
+
+console.log("\nFastLegS - Please enter your MySQL credentials " +
+  "and a database for us to create.\nNOTE: Make sure you specify " +
+  "a database that does not already exist.\n")
+
+async.series({
+  "username": function(cb) {
+    read({prompt: "mysql username: "}, cb);
+  },
+  "password": function(cb) {
+    read({ prompt: "mysql password: ", silent: true }, cb)
+  },
+  "database": function(cb) {
+    read({ prompt: "mysql database: ", default: "fastlegs_test" }, cb)
+  },
+  "host": function(cb) {
+    read({ prompt: "mysql host: ", default: "localhost" }, cb)
+  },
+  "port": function(cb) {
+    read({ prompt: "mysql port: ", default: 3306 }, cb)
+  },
+}, function(err, config) {
+  var connectionString =  "mysql://" + config.username + 
+    ((config.password)?(":" + config.password):"") +
+    "@" + config.host + ":" + config.port + "/";
+  var connection = mysql.createConnection(connectionString)
+  connection.query( "CREATE DATABASE " + config.database,
+    function(err, result) {
+      if (!err) {
+        connection.end()
+        connection = mysql.createConnection(connectionString + config.database)
+        async.series([
+          function(cb) { connection.query(create.posts, cb); },
+          function(cb) { connection.query(create.comments, cb); },
+          function(cb) { connection.query(create.comments_post_id_index, cb); }
+        ], function(err, results) {
+          if (!err) {
+            fs.writeFile('.fastlegs_mysql',
+              JSON.stringify(config),
+            function (err) {
+              process.exit();
+            });
+          } else { console.dir(err); connection.end() }
+        });
+      } else { console.dir(err); connection.end() }
+    }
+  )
+})
diff --git a/test/bootstrap/init.js b/test/bootstrap/init_pg.js
similarity index 93%
rename from test/bootstrap/init.js
rename to test/bootstrap/init_pg.js
index 2c2f282..987c853 100644
--- a/test/bootstrap/init.js
+++ b/test/bootstrap/init_pg.js
@@ -67,17 +67,17 @@ async.series({
                   function(cb) { client.query(create.comments_post_id_index, cb); }
                 ], function(err, results) {
                   if (!err) {
-                    fs.writeFile('.fastlegs',
+                    fs.writeFile('.fastlegs_pg',
                       JSON.stringify(config),
                     function (err) {
                       client.end();
                       process.exit();
                     });
-                  } else { client.end(); }
+                  } else { console.dir(err); client.end(); }
                 });
               }
             });
-          } else { client.end(); }
+          } else { console.dir(err); client.end(); }
         }
       );
     }