diff --git a/src/Catalog/Catalog.Api/Infrastructure/Postgres.cs b/src/Catalog/Catalog.Api/Infrastructure/Postgres.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fb7244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Catalog/Catalog.Api/Infrastructure/Postgres.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using Npgsql;
+
+namespace Catalog.Api.Infrastructure;
+
+public static class Postgres
+{
+    public static NpgsqlDataSource ConfigurePostgres(IConfiguration configuration)
+    {
+        var config = configuration.GetSection("Postgres").Get<PostgresSettings>();
+        return new NpgsqlDataSourceBuilder(config!.ConnectionString).Build();
+    }
+}
+
+public record PostgresSettings
+{
+    public string ConnectionString { get; init; } = null!;
+    public string Schema { get; init; } = null!;
+}
diff --git a/src/Catalog/Catalog.Api/Queries/Products/ProductPgProjector.cs b/src/Catalog/Catalog.Api/Queries/Products/ProductPgProjector.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d9a915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Catalog/Catalog.Api/Queries/Products/ProductPgProjector.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+using Catalog.Products;
+using Eventuous.Postgresql.Projections;
+using Npgsql;
+
+namespace Catalog.Api.Queries.Products;
+
+public class ProductPgProjector : PostgresProjector
+{
+    public ProductPgProjector(NpgsqlDataSource dataSource) : base(dataSource)
+    {
+        const string insertSql =
+            """
+            insert into catalog.product_drafts
+                        (product_id, sku, brand_name, created_at)
+                        values (@product_id, @sku, @brand_name, @created_at)
+            """;
+
+        On<ProductEvents.V1.ProductDrafted>(
+            (connection, ctx) =>
+                Project(
+                    connection,
+                    insertSql,
+                    new NpgsqlParameter("@product_id", ctx.Stream.GetId()),
+                    new NpgsqlParameter("@sku", ctx.Message.Sku),
+                    new NpgsqlParameter("@brand_name", ctx.Message.Brand),
+                    new NpgsqlParameter("@created_at", ctx.Message.CreatedAt)
+                )
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Catalog/Catalog.Api/Registrations.cs b/src/Catalog/Catalog.Api/Registrations.cs
index 38a3b14..a98e7cf 100644
--- a/src/Catalog/Catalog.Api/Registrations.cs
+++ b/src/Catalog/Catalog.Api/Registrations.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 using OpenTelemetry.Metrics;
 using OpenTelemetry.Resources;
 using OpenTelemetry.Trace;
+using ThirdParty.BouncyCastle.Utilities.IO.Pem;
 
 #pragma warning disable CS0618 // Type or member is obsolete
 
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ namespace Catalog.Api;
 public static class Registrations
 {
     private const string OTelServiceName = "catalog";
-    private const string PostgresSchemaName = "catalog";
 
     public static void AddEventuous(this IServiceCollection services, IConfiguration configuration)
     {
@@ -58,14 +58,15 @@ public static void AddEventuous(this IServiceCollection services, IConfiguration
         services.AddSingleton<Catalog.Offers.Services.IsUserAuthorized>(id => new ValueTask<bool>(true));
 
         // event store related
-        services
-            .AddEventuousPostgres(configuration["Postgres:ConnectionString"]!, PostgresSchemaName)
-            .AddCheckpointStore<PostgresCheckpointStore>();
 
         // subscriptions: checkpoint stores
         services.AddSingleton(Mongo.ConfigureMongo(configuration));
         services.AddCheckpointStore<MongoCheckpointStore>();
 
+        // services.AddEventuousPostgres(); // for PG ES
+        // services.AddSingleton(Postgres.ConfigurePostgres(configuration));
+        // services.AddCheckpointStore<PostgresCheckpointStore>();
+
         // subscriptions: projections
         services.AddSubscription<AllStreamSubscription, AllStreamSubscriptionOptions>(
             "ProductsProjections",
@@ -88,6 +89,13 @@ public static void AddEventuous(this IServiceCollection services, IConfiguration
                 .AddEventHandler<OfferStateProjection>()
                 .WithPartitioningByStream(2));
 
+        // services.AddSubscription<AllStreamSubscription, AllStreamSubscriptionOptions>(
+        //     "ProductDraftsProjections",
+        //     builder => builder
+        //         .UseCheckpointStore<PostgresCheckpointStore>()
+        //         .AddEventHandler<ProductPgProjector>()
+        //         .WithPartitioningByStream(2));
+
         // subscriptions: persistent subscriptions
         // TODO: Add persistent subscription for integration points and other use cases
 
diff --git a/src/Catalog/Catalog.Api/Scripts/create_catalog_product_drafts.sql b/src/Catalog/Catalog.Api/Scripts/create_catalog_product_drafts.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..805c73d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Catalog/Catalog.Api/Scripts/create_catalog_product_drafts.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+create table if not exists catalog.product_drafts
+(
+    product_id varchar(256) not null primary key,
+    sku        varchar(32)  not null,
+    brand_name varchar(128),
+    created_at timestamp
+);
diff --git a/src/Catalog/Catalog.Api/Scripts/create_schema_catalog.sql b/src/Catalog/Catalog.Api/Scripts/create_schema_catalog.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a3a570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Catalog/Catalog.Api/Scripts/create_schema_catalog.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS catalog;
diff --git a/src/Catalog/Catalog.Api/Scripts/create_schema_eventuous.sql b/src/Catalog/Catalog.Api/Scripts/create_schema_eventuous.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b808856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Catalog/Catalog.Api/Scripts/create_schema_eventuous.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS eventuous;
diff --git a/src/Catalog/Catalog.Api/appsettings.Development.json b/src/Catalog/Catalog.Api/appsettings.Development.json
index a63d74d..2074190 100644
--- a/src/Catalog/Catalog.Api/appsettings.Development.json
+++ b/src/Catalog/Catalog.Api/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -17,5 +17,10 @@
         "User": "mongoadmin",
         "Password": "secret",
         "Database": "Catalog"
+    },
+    "Postgres": {
+        "ConnectionString": "Server=127.0.0.1;Port=5432;Database=postgres;User Id=postgres;Password=Password123!;Include Error Detail=true;",
+        "Schema": "catalog",
+        "InitializeDatabase": true
     }
 }