diff --git a/pyfpdb/Configuration.py b/pyfpdb/Configuration.py
index e9f1521c..8c5b4650 100755
--- a/pyfpdb/Configuration.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/Configuration.py
@@ -697,10 +697,11 @@ class Config:
         self.aux_windows = {}
         self.hhcs = {}
         self.popup_windows = {}
-        self.db_selected = None    # database the user would like to use
+        self.db_selected = None              # database the user would like to use
         self.general = General()
         self.emails = {}
         self.gui_cash_stats = GUICashStats()
+        self.site_ids = {}                   # site ID list from the database
 
         added,n = 1,0  # use n to prevent infinite loop if add_missing_elements() fails somehow
         while added > 0 and n < 2:
@@ -1390,6 +1391,12 @@ class Config:
             if font_size      is not None: site_node.setAttribute("font_size", font_size)
         return
 
+    def set_site_ids(self, sites):
+        self.site_ids = dict(sites)
+
+    def get_site_id(self, site):
+        return( self.site_ids[site] )
+        
     def get_aux_windows(self):
         """Gets the list of mucked window formats in the configuration."""
         return self.aux_windows.keys()
diff --git a/pyfpdb/Database.py b/pyfpdb/Database.py
index f1b8dd72..f8119404 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/Database.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/Database.py
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ class Database:
             self.saveActions = False if self.import_options['saveActions'] == False else True
 
             if self.is_connected():
+                self.get_sites()
                 self.connection.rollback()  # make sure any locks taken so far are released
     #end def __init__
 
@@ -466,6 +467,15 @@ class Database:
             self.cursor.execute(self.sql.query['set tx level'])
             self.check_version(database=database, create=create)
 
+    def get_sites(self):
+            self.cursor.execute("SELECT name,id FROM Sites")
+            sites = self.cursor.fetchall()
+            self.config.set_site_ids(sites)
+
+    def add_site(self, site, site_code):
+        self.cursor.execute("INSERT INTO Sites "
+                            "SELECT max(id)+1, '%s', '%s' "
+                            "FROM Sites " % (site, site_code) )
 
     def check_version(self, database, create):
         self.wrongDbVersion = False