diff --git a/api/src/connectProcess.js b/api/src/connectProcess.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a1b716d9..000000000
--- a/api/src/connectProcess.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-process.on('message', async connection => {
-  try {
-    const connectFunc = require(`./engines/${connection.engine}/connect`);
-    const res = await connectFunc(connection);
-    process.send(res);
-  } catch (e) {
-    process.send({ error: e.message });
-  }
-});
diff --git a/api/src/controllers/connections.js b/api/src/controllers/connections.js
index d27adb236..ee0a03890 100644
--- a/api/src/controllers/connections.js
+++ b/api/src/controllers/connections.js
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-const os = require('os');
 const path = require('path');
-const fs = require('fs-extra');
-const express = require('express');
-const router = express.Router();
 const { fork } = require('child_process');
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const nedb = require('nedb-promises');
@@ -12,6 +8,8 @@ const socket = require('../utility/socket');
 
 module.exports = {
   datastore: null,
+  opened: [],
+
   async _init() {
     const dir = await datadir();
     this.datastore = nedb.create(path.join(dir, 'connections.jsonl'));
@@ -27,7 +25,7 @@ module.exports = {
     raw: true,
   },
   test(req, res) {
-    const subprocess = fork(`${__dirname}/../connectProcess.js`);
+    const subprocess = fork(`${__dirname}/../proc/connectProcess.js`);
     subprocess.send(req.body);
     subprocess.on('message', resp => res.json(resp));
   },
@@ -46,8 +44,14 @@ module.exports = {
 
   delete_meta: 'post',
   async delete(connection) {
-    let res = await this.datastore.remove(_.pick(connection, '_id'));
+    const res = await this.datastore.remove(_.pick(connection, '_id'));
     socket.emit('connection-list-changed');
     return res;
   },
+
+  get_meta: 'get',
+  async get({ id }) {
+    const res = await this.datastore.find({ _id: id });
+    return res;
+  },
 };
diff --git a/api/src/controllers/serverConnections.js b/api/src/controllers/serverConnections.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6047b211c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/controllers/serverConnections.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+const connections = require('./connections');
+const socket = require('../utility/socket');
+
+module.exports = {
+  opened: [],
+
+  async ensureOpened(id) {
+    const existing = this.opened.find(x => x.connection.id == id);
+    if (existing) return existing;
+    
+  },
+
+  listDatabases_meta: 'get',
+  async listDatabases({ id }) {
+    const opened = this.ensureOpened(id);
+  },
+};
diff --git a/api/src/engines/mssql/connect.js b/api/src/engines/mssql/connect.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 81992a6e4..000000000
--- a/api/src/engines/mssql/connect.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-const mssql = require('mssql');
-
-module.exports = async function connect({ server, port, user, password }) {
-  const pool = await mssql.connect({ server, port, user, password });
-  const resp = await pool.request().query('SELECT @@VERSION AS version');
-  const { version } = resp.recordset[0];
-  return { version };
-};
diff --git a/api/src/engines/mssql/index.js b/api/src/engines/mssql/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c915f7525
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/engines/mssql/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+const mssql = require('mssql');
+
+module.exports = {
+  async connect({ server, port, user, password }) {
+    const pool = await mssql.connect({ server, port, user, password });
+    return pool;
+  },
+  async query(pool, sql) {
+    const resp = await pool.request().query(sql);
+    return resp.recordset;
+  },
+  async getVersion(pool) {
+    const { version } = (await this.query(pool, 'SELECT @@VERSION AS version'))[0];
+    return { version };
+  },
+  async listDatabases(pool) {
+    const res = await this.query(pool, 'SELECT name FROM sys.databases order by name');
+    return res;
+  },
+};
diff --git a/api/src/engines/mysql/connect.js b/api/src/engines/mysql/connect.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ccf592fa..000000000
--- a/api/src/engines/mysql/connect.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-const mysql = require('mysql');
-
-module.exports = function connect({ server, port, user, password }) {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const connection = mysql.createConnection({ host: server, port, user, password });
-    connection.query("show variables like 'version'", function(error, results, fields) {
-      if (error) reject(error);
-      const version = results[0].Value;
-      resolve({ version });
-    });
-  });
-};
diff --git a/api/src/engines/mysql/index.js b/api/src/engines/mysql/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..029c38bcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/engines/mysql/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+const mysql = require('mysql');
+
+module.exports = {
+  async connect({ server, port, user, password }) {
+    const connection = mysql.createConnection({ host: server, port, user, password });
+    return connection;
+  },
+  async query(connection, sql) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      connection.query(sql, function(error, results, fields) {
+        if (error) reject(error);
+        resolve(results);
+      });
+    });
+  },
+  async getVersion(connection) {
+    const rows = await this.query(connection, "show variables like 'version'");
+    const version = rows[0].Value;
+    return { version };
+  },
+  async listDatabases(connection) {
+    const res = await this.query(connection, 'show databases');
+    return res.map(x => ({ name: x.Database }));
+  },
+};
diff --git a/api/src/engines/postgres/connect.js b/api/src/engines/postgres/connect.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 30ad7500f..000000000
--- a/api/src/engines/postgres/connect.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-const { Client } = require('pg');
-
-module.exports = async function connect({ server, port, user, password }) {
-  const client = new Client({ host: server, port, user, password, database: 'postgres' });
-  await client.connect();
-  const res = await client.query('SELECT version()');
-  const { version } = res.rows[0];
-  await client.end();
-  return { version };
-};
diff --git a/api/src/engines/postgres/index.js b/api/src/engines/postgres/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98ab8f2bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/engines/postgres/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+const { Client } = require('pg');
+
+module.exports = {
+  async connect({ server, port, user, password }) {
+    const client = new Client({ host: server, port, user, password, database: 'postgres' });
+    await client.connect();
+    return client;
+  },
+  async query(client, sql) {
+    const res = await client.query(sql);
+    return res.rows;
+  },
+  async getVersion(client) {
+    const rows = await this.query(client, 'SELECT version()');
+    const { version } = rows[0];
+    return { version };
+  },
+  async listDatabases(client) {
+    const res = await this.query(client, 'SELECT datname AS name FROM pg_database WHERE datistemplate = false');
+    return res;
+  },
+};
diff --git a/api/src/proc/connectProcess.js b/api/src/proc/connectProcess.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5bbf4de3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/proc/connectProcess.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+process.on('message', async connection => {
+  try {
+    const driver = require(`../engines/${connection.engine}/index`);
+    const conn = await driver.connect(connection);
+    const res = await driver.getVersion(conn);
+    process.send(res);
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.log(e);
+    process.send({ error: e.message });
+  }
+});
diff --git a/api/src/proc/serverConnectionProcess.js b/api/src/proc/serverConnectionProcess.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c05fdf8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/proc/serverConnectionProcess.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+function handleConnect() {}
+
+const messageHandlers = {
+  connect: handleConnect,
+};
+
+function handleMessage({ type, ...other }) {
+  const handler = messageHandlers[type];
+  handler(other);
+}
+
+process.on('message', async connection => {
+  try {
+    const connectFunc = require(`../engines/${connection.engine}/connect`);
+    const res = await connectFunc(connection);
+    process.send(res);
+  } catch (e) {
+    process.send({ error: e.message });
+  }
+});
diff --git a/web/src/appobj/AppObjects.js b/web/src/appobj/AppObjects.js
index 72a3f33a0..366d62fc8 100644
--- a/web/src/appobj/AppObjects.js
+++ b/web/src/appobj/AppObjects.js
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ import styled from 'styled-components';
 import { showMenu } from '../modals/DropDownMenu';
 
 const AppObjectDiv = styled.div`
-  margin: 5px;
+  padding: 5px;
+  &:hover {
+    background-color: lightblue;
+  };
+  cursor: pointer;
 `;
 
 const IconWrap = styled.span`