diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 72364f99fe..f3d001706f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
 *$py.class
 
-# C extensions
-*.so
-
 # Distribution / packaging
 .Python
 env/
@@ -24,66 +21,9 @@ var/
 .installed.cfg
 *.egg
 
-# PyInstaller
-#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
-#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
-*.manifest
-*.spec
-
-# Installer logs
-pip-log.txt
-pip-delete-this-directory.txt
-
-# Unit test / coverage reports
-htmlcov/
-.tox/
-.coverage
-.coverage.*
-.cache
-nosetests.xml
-coverage.xml
-*,cover
-.hypothesis/
-
-# Translations
-*.mo
-*.pot
 
 # Django stuff:
 *.log
 local_settings.py
-
-# Flask stuff:
-instance/
-.webassets-cache
-
-# Scrapy stuff:
-.scrapy
-
-# Sphinx documentation
-docs/_build/
-
-# PyBuilder
-target/
-
-# IPython Notebook
-.ipynb_checkpoints
-
-# pyenv
-.python-version
-
-# celery beat schedule file
-celerybeat-schedule
-
-# dotenv
-.env
-
-# virtualenv
-venv/
-ENV/
-
-# Spyder project settings
-.spyderproject
-
-# Rope project settings
-.ropeproject
+*.sqlite3
+**/migrations/*
diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
index 2a38a73d64..ec07615606 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django.contrib.sessions',
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+    
+    'part.apps.PartConfig'
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/urls.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/urls.py
index e5d9cda725..c49507de99 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/urls.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/urls.py
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ Including another URLconf
     1. Import the include() function: from django.conf.urls import url, include
     2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  url(r'^blog/', include('blog.urls'))
 """
-from django.conf.urls import url
+from django.conf.urls import url, include
 from django.contrib import admin
 
 urlpatterns = [
+    url(r'^part/', include('part.urls')),
     url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
 ]
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/__init__.py b/InvenTree/part/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/admin.py b/InvenTree/part/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6499b85853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/InvenTree/part/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+from .models import PartCategory
+
+admin.site.register(PartCategory)
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/apps.py b/InvenTree/part/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43f6429c19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/InvenTree/part/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class PartConfig(AppConfig):
+    name = 'part'
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/models.py b/InvenTree/part/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cbefc602d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/InvenTree/part/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import models
+
+class PartCategory(models.Model):
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=128)
+    description = models.CharField(max_length=512)
+    parent = models.ForeignKey('self', on_delete=models.CASCADE, blank=True, null=True)
+    
+    def __str__(self):
+        if self.parent:
+            return str(self.parent) + "/" + self.name
+        else:
+            return self.name
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/tests.py b/InvenTree/part/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ce503c2dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/InvenTree/part/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/urls.py b/InvenTree/part/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59e5d723c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/InvenTree/part/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from django.conf.urls import url
+
+from . import views
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    url(r'^$', views.index, name='index')
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/views.py b/InvenTree/part/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..197afdb84c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/InvenTree/part/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.http import HttpResponse
+
+def index(request):
+    return HttpResponse("Hello world. This is the parts page")