// InitDB starts the DB
func InitDB(config *model.Config) (*gorm.DB, error) {
    log.Println("Connecting to database")

    fixieData := strings.Split(config.Socks, "@")
    fixieAddr := fixieData[1]
    authData := strings.Split(fixieData[0], ":")

    auth := proxy.Auth{
        User:     authData[0],
        Password: authData[1],
    }

    dialer, err := proxy.SOCKS5("tcp", fixieAddr, &auth, proxy.Direct)

    if err != nil {
        fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "can't connect to the proxy:", err)
        os.Exit(1)
    }

    mysql.RegisterDial("fixieDial", func(addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
        return dialer.Dial("tcp", addr)
    })

    conn := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s@fixieDial(%s:3306)/%s?parseTime=true", config.DBUser, config.DBPassword, config.DBHost, config.DBName)

    //conn := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s@tcp(%s)/%s?parseTime=true", config.DBUser, config.DBPassword, config.DBHost, config.DBName)

    fmt.Println("Connection details:", conn)
    var db *gorm.DB

    // Ping until connection comes alive.
    var dbError error
    maxAttempts := 5
    fmt.Println("Starting connection attempts.")
    for attempts := 1; attempts <= maxAttempts; attempts++ {
        // dbError = db.DB().Ping()
        db, dbError = gorm.Open("mysql", conn)
        if dbError == nil {
            break
        }
        log.Println(dbError)
        time.Sleep(time.Duration(attempts) * time.Second)
    }
    if dbError != nil {
        // log.Fatal(dbError)
        return nil, dbError
    }
    //db.LogMode(true)
    fmt.Println("Connected to db successfully!")

    return db, nil
}