diff --git a/src/main/java/de/w665/sharepulse/service/FileService.java b/src/main/java/de/w665/sharepulse/service/FileService.java
index a526490..971b834 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/w665/sharepulse/service/FileService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/w665/sharepulse/service/FileService.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package de.w665.sharepulse.service;
 
+import de.w665.sharepulse.db.repo.FileUploadRepository;
 import de.w665.sharepulse.model.FileUpload;
 import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
@@ -22,29 +23,33 @@ public class FileService {
 
     private final FileIdService fileIdService;
 
+    private final FileUploadRepository fileUploadRepository;
+
     @Value("${sharepulse.temp-filestore-path}")
     private String tempDirPath;
 
     @Autowired
-    public FileService(FileIdService fileIdService) {
+    public FileService(FileIdService fileIdService, FileUploadRepository fileUploadRepository) {
         this.fileIdService = fileIdService;
+        this.fileUploadRepository = fileUploadRepository;
     }
 
     public void processUploadedFile(MultipartFile file, String uploaderIp) {
 
         String fileId = fileIdService.generateNewUniqueId();
 
-        FileUpload fileUpload = new FileUpload();
-        fileUpload.setFileId(fileId);
-        fileUpload.setFileName(file.getOriginalFilename());
-        fileUpload.setFileSize(file.getSize());
-        fileUpload.setSingleDownload(false);
-        fileUpload.setUploadDate(new Date());
-        fileUpload.setUploadedByIpAddress(uploaderIp);
-        fileUpload.setDownloadCount(0);
-        fileUpload.setFileDescription("fileDescription");
+        FileUpload fileUpload = FileUpload.builder()
+                .fileId(fileId)
+                .fileName(file.getOriginalFilename())
+                .fileSize(file.getSize())
+                .singleDownload(false)
+                .uploadDate(new Date())
+                .uploadedByIpAddress(uploaderIp)
+                .downloadCount(0)
+                .fileDescription("fileDescription")
+                .build();
 
-        System.out.println(fileUpload.toString());
+        fileUploadRepository.insertFileUpload(fileUpload);
 
 
         // TODO: rename file to fileID