diff --git a/src/sqlexplorer.cpp b/src/sqlexplorer.cpp
index 1dc5caf..716f4ea 100644
--- a/src/sqlexplorer.cpp
+++ b/src/sqlexplorer.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-#include "sqlexplorer.h"
 #include "./ui_sqlexplorer.h"
+#include "sqlexplorer.h"
 #include "credentials.h"
 
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QLibraryInfo>
 #include <pqxx/pqxx>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <QStandardItemModel>
+
 
 sqlExplorer::sqlExplorer(QWidget *parent)
     : QMainWindow(parent)
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ sqlExplorer::sqlExplorer(QWidget *parent)
 //     //Connect ui components to respective slots
 //     connect(ui->queryEditor,&QTextEdit::textChanged,
 //             this,&Widget::weight_changed);
+    connect(ui->queryButton,&QPushButton::pressed,
+            this,&sqlExplorer::queryCommand);
 
     printf("pqxx VERSION: %s\n", PQXX_VERSION);
     qDebug() << "Version:" << QLibraryInfo::version();
@@ -26,7 +30,12 @@ sqlExplorer::sqlExplorer(QWidget *parent)
     queryCommand();
 }
 
-void sqlExplorer::queryCommand()
+// void sqlExplorer::newQuery() // std::string queryText
+// {
+//     queryCommand(queryText);
+// }
+
+void sqlExplorer::queryCommand() // std::string queryText
 {
     try{
         std::string combine = combinedCreds();
@@ -37,18 +46,25 @@ void sqlExplorer::queryCommand()
             pqxx::work txn{dbConn};
 
             // pqxx::result r = txn.exec("SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_type='BASE TABLE' AND table_schema='public';");
+            queryText = ui->queryEditor->toPlainText();
             pqxx::result r = txn.exec(queryText.toStdString());
             
             std::cout << r.columns() << "\n";
             std::cout << r.size() << "\n";
-            
-            std::cout << r[1][1] << "\n";
+            // std::cout << typeid(r.columns()).name() << "\n";
+
+            model = new QStandardItemModel(r.size(), r.columns());
 
-            for (auto row : r)
-                {
-                    for (auto col : row)
-                        {std::cout << col << "\n";}
+            for (int row = 0; row < model->rowCount(); ++row) {
+                for (int column = 0; column < model->columnCount(); ++column) {
+                    QStandardItem *item = new QStandardItem(QString(r[row][column].c_str())); // "row %0, column %1").arg(row).arg(column
+                    model->setItem(row, column, item);
                 }
+            }
+
+            ui->resultsView->setModel(model);
+            ui->resultsView->resizeColumnsToContents();
+
 
             // std::cout << "Columns:\n";
             // for (pqxx::row_size_type col = 0; col < r.columns(); ++col)
diff --git a/src/sqlexplorer.h b/src/sqlexplorer.h
index 02a5b7f..cb86c70 100644
--- a/src/sqlexplorer.h
+++ b/src/sqlexplorer.h
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
-#ifndef SQLSEARCH_H
-#define SQLSEARCH_H
+#ifndef SQLEXPLORER_H
+#define SQLEXPLORER_H
 
 #include <QMainWindow>
 #include "query.h"
 
+
+class QStandardItemModel;
+
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 namespace Ui {
 class sqlExplorer;
@@ -20,9 +23,12 @@ class sqlExplorer : public QMainWindow
 
 private:
     Ui::sqlExplorer *ui;
+    QStandardItemModel *model;
     QString queryText;
 
 private slots:
-    void queryCommand();
+    void queryCommand();  // std::string queryText
+    // void newQuery(std::string queryText);
 };
-#endif // SQLSEARCH_H
+
+#endif // SQLEXPLORER_H