# MotherDuck

This guide will walk you through connecting Datawisp to your existing MotherDuck database. To get started, head over to <https://app.motherduck.com/settings/tokens> and click **+ Create token**.

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The *Token type* should be set to **Read Scaling Token** as Datawisp will never write to your database.

After clicking **Create token**, copy the generated token and head back to [Datawisp](https://app.datawisp.io/my-datasources).

Head over to the Data Sources page and press **Import**.

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Select **Database** and change the *Connection type* to **MotherDuck**.

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Choose a *Title* for the datasource. Under *Token,* paste the access token you just created. For *Database* enter the name of the MotherDuck database database that you want to connect to.&#x20;

Then click **Connect**.

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If everything worked, Datawisp will tell you that the connection to your MotherDuck database was successful:

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