diff --git a/include/stmt.h b/include/stmt.h
index c644421..fb52300 100644
--- a/include/stmt.h
+++ b/include/stmt.h
@@ -26,3 +26,12 @@ static const char set_repo_stmt_template[] =
 static const char dump_stmt[] =
 	"SELECT * FROM project;"
 ;
+
+static sqlite3_stmt* get_nth_id_stmt;
+static const char get_nth_id_stmt_template[] =
+	"SELECT rowid "
+	"FROM projects "
+	"WHERE"
+		"LIMIT 1 "
+		"OFFSET ?;"
+;
diff --git a/src/api.c b/src/api.c
index 1e19f42..3f4098c 100644
--- a/src/api.c
+++ b/src/api.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ api_init(void)
 	DBERR(sqlite3_open(DBFILE, &connection));
 	DBERR(stmt_prepare(remind_stmt));
 	DBERR(stmt_prepare(set_repo_stmt));
+    DBERR(stmt_prepare(get_nth_id_stmt));
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ DECL void
 api_rope(void)
 {
 	DBERR(sqlite3_finalize(remind_stmt));
+    DBERR(sqlite3_finalize(set_repo_stmt));
+    DBERR(sqlite3_finalize(get_nth_id_stmt));
 	sqlite3_close(connection);
 }
 
@@ -152,3 +155,12 @@ get_project_count(){
 
     return r;
 }
+
+DECL int
+get_nth_id(const int i){
+    int r;
+    DBERR(sqlite3_bind_int(get_nth_id_stmt, 1, i));
+    DBERR(sqlite3_step(get_nth_id_stmt));
+    r = sqlite3_column_int(get_nth_id_stmt, 0);
+    return r;
+}