diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index e51eb485..2a8994b3 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 plugins {
     id 'com.android.application'
     id 'kotlin-android'
+    id 'kotlin-kapt'
 }
 
 android {
@@ -14,6 +15,15 @@ android {
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
 
+        javaCompileOptions {
+            annotationProcessorOptions {
+                arguments = [
+                        "room.incremental"     : "true",
+                        "room.expandProjection": "true"
+                ]
+            }
+        }
+
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
     }
 
@@ -45,9 +55,9 @@ tasks.withType(org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile).configureEach {
 
 dependencies {
 
+    kapt "androidx.room:room-compiler:$room_version"
     implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.5.0-alpha02'
     implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.3.0-alpha02'
-    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.3.0-alpha02'
     implementation "androidx.compose.foundation:foundation:$compose_version"
     implementation "androidx.compose.foundation:foundation-layout:$compose_version"
     implementation "androidx.compose.foundation:foundation-text:$compose_version"
@@ -58,7 +68,10 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui-text:$compose_version"
     implementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui-text-android:$compose_version"
     implementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui-unit:$compose_version"
+    implementation "androidx.room:room-runtime:$room_version"
+    implementation "androidx.room:room-ktx:$room_version"
     implementation "androidx.ui:ui-tooling:$compose_version"
+    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.3.0-alpha02'
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13'
     androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.2-rc03'
     androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.3.0-rc03'
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 43aa6cec..4ab4194f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 buildscript {
     ext {
         compose_version = '1.0.0-alpha01'
+        room_version = '2.3.0-alpha02'
     }
     ext.kotlin_version = "1.4.0"
     repositories {