diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2014 thoughtbot <hello@thoughtbot.com>
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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+THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/heroku-persistent.cabal b/heroku-persistent.cabal
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+name:                   heroku-persistent
+version:                0.1.0
+author:                 Pat Brisbin <pbrisbin@gmail.com>
+maintainer:             Pat Brisbin <pbrisbin@gmail.com>
+license:                MIT
+license-File:           LICENSE
+synopsis:               Parse DATABASE_URL into configuration types for Persistent
+description:
+  A thin wrapper over the heroku package. Converts the parameters parsed from
+  DATABASE_URL to the concrete configuration types required by persistent.
+  .
+  Currently, only persistent-postgresql's PostgresConf is provided.
+  .
+
+cabal-Version:          >= 1.10
+build-Type:             Simple
+
+library
+  default-language:     Haskell2010
+  hs-source-dirs:       src
+  ghc-options:          -Wall
+  exposed-modules:      Web.Heroku.Persist.Postgresql
+  build-depends:        base >= 4 && < 5
+                      , bytestring
+                      , heroku >= 0.1.2 && < 0.2
+                      , persistent-postgresql >= 1.0.0
+                      , text >= 0.11 && < 2.0
+
+test-suite spec
+  type:                 exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  default-language:     Haskell2010
+  hs-source-dirs:       test
+  ghc-options:          -Wall
+  main-is:              Spec.hs
+  build-depends:        base >= 4.7.0.0
+                      , hspec
+                      , heroku-persistent
+                      , persistent-postgresql
+
+source-repository head
+  type:                 git
+  location:             https://github.com/thoughtbot/heroku-persistent
diff --git a/src/Web/Heroku/Persist/Postgresql.hs b/src/Web/Heroku/Persist/Postgresql.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+module Web.Heroku.Persist.Postgresql
+    ( postgresConf
+    ) where
+
+import Control.Applicative ((<$>))
+import Data.ByteString (ByteString)
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import Data.Text.Encoding (encodeUtf8)
+import Data.Monoid ((<>))
+import Database.Persist.Postgresql (PostgresConf(..))
+import Web.Heroku (dbConnParams)
+
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+
+-- | Build a @'PostgresConf'@ by parsing @DATABASE_URL@
+postgresConf :: Int -> IO PostgresConf
+postgresConf size = do
+    connStr <- formatParams <$> dbConnParams
+
+    return PostgresConf
+        { pgConnStr = connStr
+        , pgPoolSize = size
+        }
+
+formatParams :: [(Text, Text)] -> ByteString
+formatParams = encodeUtf8 . T.unwords . map toKeyValue
+
+toKeyValue :: (Text, Text) -> Text
+toKeyValue (k, v) = k <> "=" <> v
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
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+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -F -pgmF hspec-discover #-}