diff --git a/ingest/admin.py b/ingest/admin.py
index 8c38f3f..02eb883 100644
--- a/ingest/admin.py
+++ b/ingest/admin.py
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 from django.contrib import admin
 
-# Register your models here.
+from .models import DecompressedEvent
+
+
+@admin.register(DecompressedEvent)
+class DecompressedEventAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    list_display = ["timestamp", "project"]
diff --git a/ingest/migrations/0001_initial.py b/ingest/migrations/0001_initial.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21e0645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ingest/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import uuid
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = [
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='DecompressedEvent',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.UUIDField(default=uuid.uuid4, editable=False, primary_key=True, serialize=False)),
+                ('data', models.TextField()),
+                ('timestamp', models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, help_text='Server-side timestamp')),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/ingest/migrations/0002_decompressedevent_project.py b/ingest/migrations/0002_decompressedevent_project.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa8ea5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ingest/migrations/0002_decompressedevent_project.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('projects', '0001_initial'),
+        ('ingest', '0001_initial'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='decompressedevent',
+            name='project',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL, to='projects.project'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/ingest/models.py b/ingest/models.py
index 71a8362..69b52bc 100644
--- a/ingest/models.py
+++ b/ingest/models.py
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+import uuid
+
 from django.db import models
 
-# Create your models here.
+from projects.models import Project
+
+
+class DecompressedEvent(models.Model):
+    """Ingested Event, no processing"""
+    id = models.UUIDField(primary_key=True, default=uuid.uuid4, editable=False)
+    project = models.ForeignKey(Project, blank=False, null=True, on_delete=models.SET_NULL)  # SET_NULL: cleanup 'later'
+    data = models.TextField(blank=False, null=False)
+    timestamp = models.DateTimeField(null=False, auto_now_add=True, help_text="Server-side timestamp")
diff --git a/ingest/negotiation.py b/ingest/negotiation.py
index 5a4f798..9b52343 100644
--- a/ingest/negotiation.py
+++ b/ingest/negotiation.py
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ class IgnoreClientContentNegotiation(BaseContentNegotiation):
         """
         Select the first parser in the `.parser_classes` list.
         """
+        # TODO double-check and write down why this is the correct thing
         return parsers[0]
 
     def select_renderer(self, request, renderers, format_suffix):
         """
         Select the first renderer in the `.renderer_classes` list.
         """
+        # TODO double-check and write down why this is the correct thing
         return (renderers[0], renderers[0].media_type)
diff --git a/ingest/views.py b/ingest/views.py
index f46df94..7ec0c30 100644
--- a/ingest/views.py
+++ b/ingest/views.py
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-from rest_framework import permissions
+from rest_framework import permissions, status
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
 
 # from projects.models import Project
 # from sentry.utils.auth import parse_auth_header
 
+from projects.models import Project
+
 from .negotiation import IgnoreClientContentNegotiation
 from .parsers import EnvelopeParser
+from .models import DecompressedEvent
 
 
 class BaseIngestAPIView(APIView):
@@ -15,15 +18,31 @@ class BaseIngestAPIView(APIView):
     content_negotiation_class = IgnoreClientContentNegotiation
     http_method_names = ["post"]
 
-    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
-        # return self.process_event(request.data, request, project)
-        return Response()
+    def process_event(self, event_data, request, project):
+        DecompressedEvent.objects.create(project=project, data=event_data)
 
 
 class IngestEventAPIView(BaseIngestAPIView):
-    pass
+
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        project = Project.objects.first()  # TODO actually parse project header
+        self.process_event(request.data, request, project)
+        return Response()
 
 
 class IngestEnvelopeAPIView(BaseIngestAPIView):
     parser_classes = [EnvelopeParser]
+
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        project = Project.objects.first()  # TODO actually parse project header
+
+        if len(request.data) != 3:
+            # multi-part envelopes trigger an error too
+            return Response({"message": "Missing headers / unsupported type"}, status=status.HTTP_501_NOT_IMPLEMENTED)
+
+        if request.data[1].get("type") != "event":
+            return Response({"message": "Only events are supported"}, status=status.HTTP_501_NOT_IMPLEMENTED)
+
+        event = request.data[2]
+        self.process_event(event, request, project)
+        return Response()
diff --git a/project/settings.py b/project/settings.py
index 78ce408..315f88e 100644
--- a/project/settings.py
+++ b/project/settings.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SECRET_KEY = 'django-insecure-$@clhhieazwnxnha-_zah&(bieq%yux7#^07&xsvhn58t)8@xw
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = True
 
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["*"]  # SECURITY WARNING: also make production-worthy
 
 
 # Application definition
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
 
+    'projects',
     'ingest',
 ]
 
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ STATIC_URL = 'static/'
 
 # Default primary key field type
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
-
+# no support for uuid in this setting yet (https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/32577) so we leave it as-is
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
 
 
diff --git a/projects/__init__.py b/projects/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/projects/admin.py b/projects/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eaee937
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+from .models import Project
+
+
+@admin.register(Project)
+class ProjectAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    pass
diff --git a/projects/apps.py b/projects/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afae498
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class ProjectsConfig(AppConfig):
+    default_auto_field = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
+    name = 'projects'
diff --git a/projects/migrations/0001_initial.py b/projects/migrations/0001_initial.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..018f22c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import uuid
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = [
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='Project',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.UUIDField(default=uuid.uuid4, editable=False, primary_key=True, serialize=False)),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/projects/migrations/__init__.py b/projects/migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/projects/models.py b/projects/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a90963d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import uuid
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class Project(models.Model):
+    id = models.UUIDField(primary_key=True, default=uuid.uuid4, editable=False)
diff --git a/projects/tests.py b/projects/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ce503c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/projects/views.py b/projects/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91ea44a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.shortcuts import render
+
+# Create your views here.