diff --git a/__pycache__/inexConnect.cpython-312.pyc b/__pycache__/inexConnect.cpython-312.pyc
index 6f42eed..24e88c9 100644
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diff --git a/inex.py b/inex.py
index e4fe0a0..329aa8e 100644
--- a/inex.py
+++ b/inex.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from tomllib import load
 import inexLogging
 import inexConnect
+from json import dump,dumps
 
 class Inex:
     def __init__(self):
@@ -28,13 +29,19 @@ class Inex:
         self.dbUser = self.config["database"]["user"]
         self.dbPassword = self.config["database"]["password"]
         self.dbQuery = self.config["database"]["query"]
+        self.outputFile = self.config["output"]["filename"]
 
         # create the connection to the database
         self.cursor = self.ic.connectDatabase(self.db, self.dbDriver, self.dbServer, self.dbDatabase, self.dbUser, self.dbPassword)
 
-        self.query = self.ic.databaseQuery(self.cursor, self.dbQuery)
+        self.data = self.ic.databaseQuery(self.cursor, self.dbQuery)
         
-        print(self.query)
+        # self.jsonData = dumps(self.data)
+        # print(self.jsonData)
+
+        with open(self.outputFile, "w") as f:
+            dump(self.data, f)
+
 
 # Run
 if  __name__== "__main__":
diff --git a/inexConnect.py b/inexConnect.py
index 3323411..5925272 100644
--- a/inexConnect.py
+++ b/inexConnect.py
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@ def connectDatabase(lib, driver, server, database, user, password):
     connectionString = f'DRIVER={{ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server}};SERVER={server};DATABASE={database};UID={user};PWD={password};TrustServerCertificate=yes'
     print(connectionString)
     connection = lib.connect(connectionString)
-    # connection = lib.connect(f'DRIVER={{driver}};SERVER={server};DATABASE={database}')
     cursor = connection.cursor()
     return  cursor
 
-def databaseQuery(cursor, query):
-    cursor.execute(query)
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+def databaseQuery(cursor, query, args=(), one=False):
+    cur = cursor.execute(query, args)
+    r = [dict((cur.description[i][0], value) \
+               for i, value in enumerate(row)) for row in cur.fetchall()]
+    cur.connection.close()
+    return (r[0] if r else None) if one else r
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