diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2228410..3490946 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -138,5 +138,5 @@ For the specification of the custom protocol used for communicating with a Cache
 - [x] add graceful shutdown
 - [x] add command line flag handler
 - [x] built CLI client
+- [x] add INCR/DECR commands for INT type
 - [ ] add persistance
-- [ ] add INCR/DECR commands for INT type
diff --git a/cachew/src/database.rs b/cachew/src/database.rs
index 6761131..26ff9e6 100644
--- a/cachew/src/database.rs
+++ b/cachew/src/database.rs
@@ -65,6 +65,31 @@ impl Database {
         database_error!(DatabaseErrorType::KeyNotFound(key.to_string()))
     }
 
+    /// Increments a value by its key. Creates the key with a default value of 1 if it does not exist.
+    /// 
+    /// # Arguments:
+    /// * `key`: The query key.
+    /// 
+    /// # Returns:
+    /// INC_OK enum on success or an error.
+    pub fn inc(&mut self, key: &str) -> Result<QueryResponseType, String> {
+        if let Some(serialized_value) = self.storage.get(key) {
+            let mut deserialized_value: ValueType = deserialize(serialized_value).unwrap();
+
+            if let ValueType::Int(ref mut value) = deserialized_value {
+                *value += 1;
+                self.storage.insert(key.to_owned(), serialize(&deserialized_value).unwrap());
+                return Ok(QueryResponseType::INC_OK(deserialized_value));
+            } else {
+                return database_error!(DatabaseErrorType::WrongValueType);
+            }
+        }
+
+        let default_value = ValueType::Int(1);
+        self.storage.insert(key.to_owned(), serialize(&default_value).unwrap());
+        return Ok(QueryResponseType::INC_OK(default_value));
+    }
+
     /// Gets values from a range of keys.
     /// 
     /// # Arguments:
diff --git a/cachew/src/parser.rs b/cachew/src/parser.rs
index 95958c4..41a9ffe 100644
--- a/cachew/src/parser.rs
+++ b/cachew/src/parser.rs
@@ -161,6 +161,21 @@ fn parse_get(query: &str) -> Result<QueryRequest, String> {
     Ok(QueryRequest::GET(key.to_owned()))
 }
 
+/// Parses the parameters of a INC query.
+/// 
+/// # Arguments:
+/// * `query`: A string containing the parameters of the query, e.g if the query was "INC key" the the parameters are everything after "INC ".
+/// 
+/// # Returns:
+/// An instance of `QueryRequest`, variants: INC or ERROR (if the parse failed).
+fn parse_inc(query: &str) -> Result<QueryRequest, String> {
+    let key = match validate_key(query) {
+        Ok(key) => key,
+        Err(error) => return Err(error)
+    };
+
+    Ok(QueryRequest::INC(key.to_owned()))
+}
 
 /// Parses the parameters of a DEL query.
 /// 
@@ -345,6 +360,9 @@ pub fn parse<'a>(request: &'a str, database_type: &DatabaseType) -> Result<Query
     if request.starts_with("GET ") {
         return parse_get(request.strip_prefix("GET ").unwrap());
     }
+    else if request.starts_with("INC ") {
+        return parse_inc(request.strip_prefix("INC ").unwrap());
+    }
     else if request.starts_with("DEL ") {
         return parse_del(request.strip_prefix("DEL ").unwrap());
     }
@@ -416,6 +434,8 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(get_query, parser_error!(ParserErrorType::UnexpectedCharacter));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+
     #[test]
     fn test_parse_get_range() {
         let get_range_query = parse_get("RANGE key0 key1");
diff --git a/cachew/src/response.rs b/cachew/src/response.rs
index d0e7c38..6b4e3c7 100644
--- a/cachew/src/response.rs
+++ b/cachew/src/response.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ impl QueryResponse {
             QueryResponseType::GET_OK(value) => {
                 Self::build_ok_response("GET".to_string(), Some(Self::handle_value_types(&value)), Some(database_type))
             },
+            QueryResponseType::INC_OK(value) => {
+                Self::build_ok_response("INC".to_string(), Some(Self::handle_value_types(&value)), Some(database_type))
+            }
             QueryResponseType::GET_RANGE_OK(values) => {
                 let mut content: String = String::new();
                 for (idx, value) in values.iter().enumerate() {
diff --git a/cachew/src/schemas.rs b/cachew/src/schemas.rs
index 91008b6..c1e9ea1 100644
--- a/cachew/src/schemas.rs
+++ b/cachew/src/schemas.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ pub struct KeyValuePair {
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub enum QueryRequest<'a> {
     GET(String),
+    INC(String),
     SET(KeyValuePair),
     SET_MANY(Vec<KeyValuePair>),
     GET_RANGE { key_lower: String, key_upper: String},
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ pub enum ValueType {
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub enum QueryResponseType {
     GET_OK(ValueType),
+    INC_OK(ValueType),
     GET_RANGE_OK(Vec<ValueType>),
     GET_MANY_OK(Vec<ValueType>),
     DEL_OK,
diff --git a/cachew/src/state.rs b/cachew/src/state.rs
index 35dd640..31683ca 100644
--- a/cachew/src/state.rs
+++ b/cachew/src/state.rs
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ impl State {
 
         match request {
             QueryRequest::GET(key) => self.db.get(&key),
+            QueryRequest::INC(key) => self.db.inc(&key),
             QueryRequest::GET_RANGE { key_lower, key_upper } => self.db.get_range(key_lower, key_upper),
             QueryRequest::GET_MANY(keys) => self.db.get_many(keys),
             QueryRequest::DEL(key) => self.db.del(&key),
@@ -150,6 +151,9 @@ mod tests {
         ]));
         assert_eq!(response_set_many, Ok(QueryResponseType::SET_MANY_OK));
 
+        let response_inc = state.execute_request(client_address, QueryRequest::INC("key_inc".to_string()));
+        assert_eq!(response_inc, Ok(QueryResponseType::INC_OK(ValueType::Int(1))));
+
         let response_get = state.execute_request(client_address, QueryRequest::GET("key1".to_string()));
         assert_eq!(response_get, Ok(QueryResponseType::GET_OK(ValueType::Str("value1".to_string()))));