diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index d68c3d03..bc9c7577 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
 gemspec
 
-gem "activerecord", "~> 6.1.7"
+gem "activerecord", "~> 7.2"
 gem "mysql2"
 gem "pg"
 gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.6.9"
diff --git a/bin/console b/bin/console
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..222e04eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/console
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "bundler/setup"
+require "active_support"
+require "active_record"
+require "ancestry"
+
+# models for local testing
+# Dir['./spec/support/**/*.rb'].sort.each { |f| require f }
+
+require "irb"
+IRB.start(__FILE__)
diff --git a/bin/setup b/bin/setup
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3273a65a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/setup
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+psql -c 'create database ancestry_test;' || echo 'db exists'
+mysql -e 'CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS 'ancestry_test';'
+
+#MAKE="make -j $(nproc)" bundle install --gemfile gemfiles/gemfile_61.gemfile