diff --git a/EnvelopeGenerator.Common/EnvelopeGenerator.Common.vbproj b/EnvelopeGenerator.Common/EnvelopeGenerator.Common.vbproj
index 65b8b919..7f203374 100644
--- a/EnvelopeGenerator.Common/EnvelopeGenerator.Common.vbproj
+++ b/EnvelopeGenerator.Common/EnvelopeGenerator.Common.vbproj
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
       <DependentUpon>Settings.settings</DependentUpon>
       <DesignTimeSharedInput>True</DesignTimeSharedInput>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="Services\EmailService.vb" />
     <Compile Include="Strings\Email.en.Designer.vb">
       <DependentUpon>Email.en.resx</DependentUpon>
       <AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
diff --git a/EnvelopeGenerator.Common/Services/EmailService.vb b/EnvelopeGenerator.Common/Services/EmailService.vb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24322d79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/EnvelopeGenerator.Common/Services/EmailService.vb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Imports DigitalData.Modules.Base
+Imports DigitalData.Modules.Logging
+
+Public Class EmailService
+    Inherits BaseClass
+
+    Public Sub New(pState As State)
+        MyBase.New(pState.LogConfig)
+    End Sub
+
+    Public Function SendSignedEmail(pReceiverId As Integer, pEnvelopeId As Integer)
+
+        Dim oEnvelope = 
+
+
+    End Function
+
+
+End Class
diff --git a/EnvelopeGenerator.Web/Controllers/BaseController.cs b/EnvelopeGenerator.Web/Controllers/BaseController.cs
index c310b674..4b69c619 100644
--- a/EnvelopeGenerator.Web/Controllers/BaseController.cs
+++ b/EnvelopeGenerator.Web/Controllers/BaseController.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using DigitalData.Modules.Logging;
+using EnvelopeGenerator.Common;
 using EnvelopeGenerator.Web.Services;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 using static EnvelopeGenerator.Web.Constants;
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ namespace EnvelopeGenerator.Web.Controllers
     {
         internal DatabaseService database;
         internal LogConfig logConfig;
+        internal State state;
         public Logger logger;
 
         public BaseController(DatabaseService database, LoggingService logging)
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ namespace EnvelopeGenerator.Web.Controllers
             this.database = database;
             this.logConfig = logging.LogConfig;
             this.logger = logging.LogConfig.GetLoggerFor(GetType().Name);
+            this.state = GetState();
         }
 
         internal ObjectResult ErrorResponse(Exception e)
@@ -26,5 +29,15 @@ namespace EnvelopeGenerator.Web.Controllers
                 detail: e.Message,
                 type: ErrorType.ServerError.ToString());
         }
+
+        internal State GetState()
+        {
+            return new State
+            {
+                Database = database.MSSQL,
+                LogConfig = logConfig,
+                UserId = 2 // TODO
+            };
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/EnvelopeGenerator.Web/Services/DatabaseService.cs b/EnvelopeGenerator.Web/Services/DatabaseService.cs
index 7f9bd32b..1a7d3595 100644
--- a/EnvelopeGenerator.Web/Services/DatabaseService.cs
+++ b/EnvelopeGenerator.Web/Services/DatabaseService.cs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ namespace EnvelopeGenerator.Web.Services
             }
         }
 
-        private State GetState()
+        public State GetState()
         {
             return new State
             {