diff --git a/src/config_files/logging_config.yaml b/src/config_files/logging_config.yaml
index 6af3902..3d8b5b4 100644
--- a/src/config_files/logging_config.yaml
+++ b/src/config_files/logging_config.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ formatters:
 handlers:
   stderr:
     class: logging.StreamHandler
-    level: DEBUG
+    level: INFO
     formatter: nodate
     stream: ext://sys.stdout
   file:
diff --git a/src/config_files/verity_schema.yaml b/src/config_files/verity_schema.yaml
index 3e0d980..a9ab43c 100644
--- a/src/config_files/verity_schema.yaml
+++ b/src/config_files/verity_schema.yaml
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ tables:
       - column_name: user_id
         is_pk: False
         datatype: INTEGER
-        is_fk: user.id
+        is_fk: user
         nullable: False
       - column_name: type_id
         is_pk: False
         datatype: INTEGER
-        is_fk: account_type.id
+        is_fk: account_type
         nullable: False
       - column_name: name
         is_pk: False
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ tables:
       - column_name: user_id
         is_pk: False
         datatype: INTEGER
-        is_fk: user.id
+        is_fk: user
         nullable: False
       - column_name: name
         is_pk: False
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ tables:
       - column_name: parent_id
         is_pk: False
         datatype: INTEGER
-        is_fk: category.id
+        is_fk: category
         nullable: True
 
   - table_name: transaction_log
@@ -100,22 +100,22 @@ tables:
       - column_name: account_id
         is_pk: False
         datatype: INTEGER
-        is_fk: account.id
+        is_fk: account
         nullable: False
       - column_name: party_id
         is_pk: False
         datatype: INTEGER
-        is_fk: party.id
+        is_fk: party
         nullable: True
       - column_name: type_id
         is_pk: False
         datatype: INTEGER
-        is_fk: transaction_type.id
+        is_fk: transaction_type
         nullable: False
       - column_name: category_id
         is_pk: False
         datatype: INTEGER
-        is_fk: category.id
+        is_fk: category
         nullable: True
       - column_name: amount
         is_pk: False
diff --git a/src/data_handler.py b/src/data_handler.py
index 14724f7..1e2448c 100644
--- a/src/data_handler.py
+++ b/src/data_handler.py
@@ -61,23 +61,23 @@ def read_database(self, sql_statement: str):
 
     @staticmethod
     def _build_column(column: dict) -> str:
+        logging.debug(
+            f"building column {column}"
+        )
         name = column["column_name"]
         is_pk = column["is_pk"]
+        is_fk = column.get("is_fk")
         datatype = column["datatype"]
         nullable = column["nullable"]
         column_string = f"{name} {datatype}"
         if is_pk:
             column_string += " PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT"
+        if is_fk:
+            column_string += f" REFERENCES {column['is_fk']} "
         if not nullable:
             column_string += " NOT NULL"
         return column_string
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def _build_foreign_key(key: dict) -> str:
-        column = key["column"]
-        ref_table = key["references"]
-        ref_column = key["reference_column"]
-        return f"FOREIGN KEY ({column}) REFERENCES {ref_table} ({ref_column})"
 
     def _add_table_to_db(self, table: dict) -> bool:
         "Creates the table in the verity database, based on the schema yaml"
@@ -87,10 +87,6 @@ def _add_table_to_db(self, table: dict) -> bool:
         for column in table["table_columns"]:
             columns.append(self._build_column(column))
         sql += ",\n".join(columns)
-        if table.get("table_foreign_keys", None):
-            sql += ",\n"
-            for key in table["table_foreign_keys"]:
-                sql += f"{self._build_foreign_key(key)}"
         sql += "\n);"
         success_status = False
         try: