diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 70300bc..b0927cf 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.9-slim-buster
+FROM python:3.9-bullseye
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
diff --git a/modules/sqlite_helpers.py b/modules/sqlite_helpers.py
index d44b1ff..858702a 100644
--- a/modules/sqlite_helpers.py
+++ b/modules/sqlite_helpers.py
@@ -28,9 +28,17 @@ def maybe_create_table(sqlite_file: str) -> bool:
         CREATE UNIQUE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_urls_alias
         ON urls (alias);
         """
+        create_pastes_table_query = """
+        CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS pastes (
+            id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+            created_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+        );
+        """
 
         cursor.execute(create_table_query)
         cursor.execute(create_index_query)
+        cursor.execute(create_pastes_table_query)
+
         db.commit()
         return True
     except Exception:
@@ -188,3 +196,30 @@ def increment_used_column(sqlite_file, alias: str, count=1):
     finally:
         cursor.close()
         db.close()
+def insert_text_paste(sqlite_file: str) -> typing.Optional[int]:
+    db = sqlite3.connect(sqlite_file)
+    cursor = db.cursor()
+    try:
+        cursor.execute("INSERT INTO pastes DEFAULT VALUES")
+        db.commit()
+        return cursor.lastrowid
+    except Exception:
+        logger.exception("Inserting paste had an error")
+        return None
+    finally:
+        cursor.close()
+        db.close()
+
+
+def paste_exists(sqlite_file: str, paste_id: int) -> bool:
+    db = sqlite3.connect(sqlite_file)
+    cursor = db.cursor()
+    try:
+        cursor.execute("SELECT id FROM pastes WHERE id = ?", (paste_id,))
+        return cursor.fetchone() is not None
+    except Exception:
+        logger.exception("Getting paste had an error")
+        return False
+    finally:
+        cursor.close()
+        db.close()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pastes/1 b/pastes/1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95d09f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pastes/1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello world
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pastes/2 b/pastes/2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..649297a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pastes/2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello evan
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 044d0ac..66b013d 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import Optional
+from fastapi.responses import RedirectResponse, HTMLResponse, FileResponse, PlainTextResponse
 from fastapi import FastAPI, Request, HTTPException, Response
-from fastapi.responses import RedirectResponse, HTMLResponse, FileResponse
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 import logging
 import time
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@
 from modules.cache import Cache
 from modules.qr_code import QRCode
 
+from pathlib import Path
+import os
+
+PASTES_DIR = Path("pastes")
+PASTES_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+
+MAX_PASTE_SIZE_BYTES = 10 * 1024 * 1024
 
 app = FastAPI()
 args = get_args()
@@ -155,6 +162,29 @@ async def delete_url(alias: str):
             return {"message": "URL deleted successfully"}
         else:
             raise HTTPException(status_code=HttpResponse.NOT_FOUND.code)
+@app.post("/paste/create")
+async def create_paste(request: Request):
+    body = await request.json()
+    text = body.get("text")
+    if text is None:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=HttpResponse.BAD_REQUEST.code)
+
+    paste_id = sqlite_helpers.insert_text_paste(DATABASE_FILE)
+    if paste_id is None:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=500)
+
+    paste_path = PASTES_DIR / str(paste_id)
+    paste_path.write_text(text, encoding="utf-8")
+
+    return {"id": paste_id}
+
+
+@app.get("/paste/view/{paste_id}")
+async def view_paste(paste_id: int):
+    paste_path = PASTES_DIR / str(paste_id)
+    if not paste_path.exists():
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=HttpResponse.NOT_FOUND.code)
+    return PlainTextResponse(paste_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
 
 @app.get("/qr/{alias}") 
 async def qr(alias: str):