diff --git a/backends/postgres/test/CMakeLists.txt b/backends/postgres/test/CMakeLists.txt
index ed1497f..01d3804 100644
--- a/backends/postgres/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/backends/postgres/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${catch2_SOURCE_DIR}/extras)
 include(CTest)
 include(Catch)
 
-set(POSTGRES_CONNECTION_STRING "postgres://test:test123@127.0.0.1:15432/test")
+set(POSTGRES_CONNECTION_STRING "postgres://test:test123@127.0.0.1:5432/matador_test")
 
 configure_file(Connection.hpp.in ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/backends/postgres/test/connection.hpp @ONLY IMMEDIATE)
 
diff --git a/include/matador/utils/result.hpp b/include/matador/utils/result.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e723ec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/matador/utils/result.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#ifndef QUERY_RESULT_HPP
+#define QUERY_RESULT_HPP
+
+#include <variant>
+
+namespace matador::utils {
+
+template < typename ValueType, typename ErrorType >
+class [[nodiscard]] result;
+
+template <typename ValueType>
+struct is_result : std::false_type {};
+
+template < typename ValueType, typename ErrorType >
+struct is_result<result<ValueType, ErrorType>> : std::true_type {};
+
+template < typename ValueType >
+class ok
+{
+public:
+  explicit constexpr ok(const ValueType &value) : value_(value) {}
+  explicit constexpr ok(ValueType &&value) : value_(std::move(value)) {}
+
+  constexpr ValueType&& release() { return std::move(value_); }
+  const ValueType& value() const { return value_; }
+
+private:
+  ValueType value_;
+};
+
+template < typename ErrorType >
+class error
+{
+public:
+  explicit constexpr error(const ErrorType &error) : error_(error) {}
+  explicit constexpr error(ErrorType &&error) : error_(std::move(error)) {}
+
+  constexpr ErrorType&& release() { return std::move(error_); }
+  const ErrorType& value() const { return error_; }
+
+private:
+  ErrorType error_;
+};
+
+template < typename ValueType, typename ErrorType >
+class result
+{
+public:
+  using value_type = ok<ValueType>;
+  using error_type = error<ErrorType>;
+
+  result(value_type value) : result_(value) {} // NOLINT(*-explicit-constructor)
+  result(error_type error) : result_(error) {} // NOLINT(*-explicit-constructor)
+
+  operator bool() const { return is_ok(); } // NOLINT(*-explicit-constructor)
+
+  [[nodiscard]] bool is_ok() const { return std::holds_alternative<value_type>(result_); }
+  [[nodiscard]] bool is_error() const { return std::holds_alternative<error_type>(result_); }
+
+  ValueType&& release() { return std::get<value_type>(result_).release(); }
+  ErrorType&& release_error() { return std::get<error_type>(result_).release(); }
+
+  const ValueType& value() const { return std::get<value_type>(result_).value(); }
+  const ErrorType& err() const { return std::get<error_type>(result_).value(); }
+  ErrorType err() { return std::get<error_type>(result_).value(); }
+
+  constexpr const ValueType* operator->() const { return &value(); }
+  constexpr ValueType* operator->() { return &value(); }
+
+  template<typename SecondValueType, typename SecondErrorType, typename Func>
+  result<SecondValueType, SecondErrorType> and_then(Func f) {
+    if (is_ok()) {
+      return f(value());
+    }
+
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+private:
+  std::variant<value_type, error_type> result_;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif //QUERY_RESULT_HPP
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 59839af..f61ad39 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ set(UTILS_HEADER
   ../include/matador/utils/types.hpp
   ../include/matador/utils/foreign_attributes.hpp
   ../include/matador/utils/fetch_type.hpp
+  ../include/matador/utils/result.hpp
 )
 
 set(UTILS_SOURCES
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 7d3608e..a1ee163 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ add_executable(tests
   models/book.hpp
   FieldTest.cpp
   models/recipe.hpp
-  ValueTest.cpp)
+  ValueTest.cpp
+  ResultTest.cpp)
 
 target_link_libraries(tests PRIVATE
   Catch2::Catch2WithMain
diff --git a/test/ResultTest.cpp b/test/ResultTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7dcd7a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ResultTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#include <catch2/catch_test_macros.hpp>
+
+#include "matador/utils/result.hpp"
+
+namespace matador::test {
+
+enum class math_error : int32_t {
+  DIVISION_BY_ZERO = 1
+};
+
+utils::result<float, math_error>divide(int x, int y) {
+  if (y == 0) {
+    return utils::error(math_error::DIVISION_BY_ZERO);
+  }
+
+  return utils::ok(float(x) / y);
+}
+
+utils::result<float, math_error>multiply(int x, int y) {
+  return utils::ok(float(x) * y);
+}
+
+}
+
+using namespace matador;
+
+TEST_CASE("Result tests", "[result]") {
+  auto res = test::divide(4, 2);
+  REQUIRE(res);
+  REQUIRE(res.is_ok());
+  REQUIRE(!res.is_error());
+
+  REQUIRE((res.value() == 2.0));
+
+  REQUIRE_THROWS(res.err());
+
+  res = test::divide(4, 0);
+  REQUIRE(!res);
+  REQUIRE(!res.is_ok());
+  REQUIRE(res.is_error());
+
+  REQUIRE((res.err() == test::math_error::DIVISION_BY_ZERO));
+
+
+//  res = test::divide(4, 2)
+//    .and_then<>()
+}
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