diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/dev/hossain/postgresqldelight/Main.kt b/src/main/kotlin/dev/hossain/postgresqldelight/Main.kt
index 6c32767..f514185 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/dev/hossain/postgresqldelight/Main.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/dev/hossain/postgresqldelight/Main.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ fun main(args: Array<String>) {
     val playerQueries: PlayerQueries = sportsRepository.getPlayerQueries(appConfig)
 
     testDriveDatabase(playerQueries, faker { })
+
+    val journal = sportsRepository.getJournal(appConfig)
+    println(journal.selectAll().executeAsList())
+
+    journal.insert("{ \"customer\": \"Alex Cross\", \"items\": {\"product\": \"Tea\",\"qty\": 6}}")
+    journal.insert("{ \"customer\": \"Barney Stinson\", \"items\": {\"product\": \"chocoloate\",\"qty\": 24}}")
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/dev/hossain/postgresqldelight/SportsRepository.kt b/src/main/kotlin/dev/hossain/postgresqldelight/SportsRepository.kt
index 3f8ad35..133ffcc 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/dev/hossain/postgresqldelight/SportsRepository.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/dev/hossain/postgresqldelight/SportsRepository.kt
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ class SportsRepository constructor(
         return playerQueries
     }
 
+    fun getJournal(appConfig: AppConfig): JournalQueries {
+        val dataSource: DataSource = getDataSource(appConfig)
+
+        val driver: SqlDriver = dataSource.asJdbcDriver()
+
+        execSchema(driver)
+
+        val database = SportsDatabase(driver)
+        return database.journalQueries
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param driver the [SqlDriver] required to create the database.
      */
@@ -36,7 +47,8 @@ class SportsRepository constructor(
     private fun getDataSource(appConfig: AppConfig): DataSource {
         val hikariConfig = HikariConfig()
         // https://jdbc.postgresql.org/documentation/use/
-        hikariConfig.setJdbcUrl("jdbc:postgresql://${appConfig.dbHost}/${appConfig.dbName}")
+        // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65478350/error-column-is-of-type-json-but-expression-is-of-type-character-varying-in-hib
+        hikariConfig.setJdbcUrl("jdbc:postgresql://${appConfig.dbHost}/${appConfig.dbName}?stringtype=unspecified")
         hikariConfig.driverClassName = "org.postgresql.Driver"
         hikariConfig.username = appConfig.dbUsername
         hikariConfig.password = appConfig.dbPassword
diff --git a/src/main/sqldelight/dev/hossain/postgresqldelight/Journal.sq b/src/main/sqldelight/dev/hossain/postgresqldelight/Journal.sq
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4d8a25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/sqldelight/dev/hossain/postgresqldelight/Journal.sq
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS Journal (
+	id serial NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+	entry json NOT NULL
+);
+
+
+selectAll:
+SELECT *
+FROM Journal;
+
+insert:
+INSERT INTO Journal(entry)
+VALUES (?);
+
+totalRecords:
+SELECT count(*) AS total_rows FROM Journal;
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