diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 091ca49..3a38daf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 4
 
+[[package]]
+name = "addr2line"
+version = "0.24.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dfbe277e56a376000877090da837660b4427aad530e3028d44e0bffe4f89a1c1"
+dependencies = [
+ "gimli",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "adler2"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "512761e0bb2578dd7380c6baaa0f4ce03e84f95e960231d1dec8bf4d7d6e2627"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "allocator-api2"
 version = "0.2.21"
@@ -79,6 +94,21 @@ version = "1.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ace50bade8e6234aa140d9a2f552bbee1db4d353f69b8217bc503490fc1a9f26"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "backtrace"
+version = "0.3.74"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8d82cb332cdfaed17ae235a638438ac4d4839913cc2af585c3c6746e8f8bee1a"
+dependencies = [
+ "addr2line",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+ "object",
+ "rustc-demangle",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.22.1"
@@ -464,6 +494,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gimli"
+version = "0.31.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "07e28edb80900c19c28f1072f2e8aeca7fa06b23cd4169cefe1af5aa3260783f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gregory"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -475,6 +511,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "sqlx",
  "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
  "toml",
  "uuid",
 ]
@@ -774,6 +811,26 @@ version = "2.7.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "78ca9ab1a0babb1e7d5695e3530886289c18cf2f87ec19a575a0abdce112e3a3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "miniz_oxide"
+version = "0.8.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b8402cab7aefae129c6977bb0ff1b8fd9a04eb5b51efc50a70bea51cda0c7924"
+dependencies = [
+ "adler2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "mio"
+version = "1.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2886843bf800fba2e3377cff24abf6379b4c4d5c6681eaf9ea5b0d15090450bd"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "wasi",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-bigint-dig"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -821,6 +878,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libm",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "object"
+version = "0.36.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "62948e14d923ea95ea2c7c86c71013138b66525b86bdc08d2dcc262bdb497b87"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.20.2"
@@ -996,6 +1062,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-demangle"
+version = "0.1.24"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "719b953e2095829ee67db738b3bfa9fa368c94900df327b3f07fe6e794d2fe1f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
 version = "0.38.44"
@@ -1096,6 +1168,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "signal-hook-registry"
+version = "1.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a9e9e0b4211b72e7b8b6e85c807d36c212bdb33ea8587f7569562a84df5465b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "signature"
 version = "2.2.0"
@@ -1124,6 +1205,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "socket2"
+version = "0.5.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c970269d99b64e60ec3bd6ad27270092a5394c4e309314b18ae3fe575695fbe8"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "spin"
 version = "0.9.8"
@@ -1183,6 +1274,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2",
  "smallvec",
  "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-stream",
  "tracing",
  "url",
 ]
@@ -1222,6 +1315,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sqlx-sqlite",
  "syn",
  "tempfile",
+ "tokio",
  "url",
 ]
 
@@ -1437,6 +1531,46 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1f3ccbac311fea05f86f61904b462b55fb3df8837a366dfc601a0161d0532f20"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio"
+version = "1.43.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3d61fa4ffa3de412bfea335c6ecff681de2b609ba3c77ef3e00e521813a9ed9e"
+dependencies = [
+ "backtrace",
+ "bytes",
+ "libc",
+ "mio",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "signal-hook-registry",
+ "socket2",
+ "tokio-macros",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-macros"
+version = "2.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6e06d43f1345a3bcd39f6a56dbb7dcab2ba47e68e8ac134855e7e2bdbaf8cab8"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-stream"
+version = "0.1.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eca58d7bba4a75707817a2c44174253f9236b2d5fbd055602e9d5c07c139a047"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
 version = "0.8.19"
@@ -1618,6 +1752,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.48.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.52.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "282be5f36a8ce781fad8c8ae18fa3f9beff57ec1b52cb3de0789201425d9a33d"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.59.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fca7230..43ebcaf 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ better-commands = "1.0.2"
 clap = { version = "4.5.23", features = ["derive"] }
 clap_complete = "4.5.40"
 serde = { version = "1.0.216", features = ["derive"] }
-sqlx = "0.8.3"
+sqlx = { version = "0.8.3", features = ["postgres", "runtime-tokio"] }
 thiserror = "2.0.11"
+tokio = { version = "1.43.0", features = ["full"] }
 toml = "0.8.19"
 uuid = { version = "1.11.0", features = ["v7", "fast-rng"] }
 
diff --git a/podman-compose.dev.yml b/podman-compose.dev.yml
index f2710df..dc56ae5 100644
--- a/podman-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/podman-compose.dev.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ services:
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: 'pass'
     volumes:
       - './dev/gregory-pg:/var/lib/postgresql/data'
+    ports:
+      - '5432:5432'
 
   pgadmin4:
     image: docker.io/dpage/pgadmin4
diff --git a/src/errors.rs b/src/errors.rs
index be32594..cd638e1 100644
--- a/src/errors.rs
+++ b/src/errors.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 pub enum Error {
-    #[error("io error: {0}")]
+    #[error("I/O error: {0}")]
     IOError(#[from] std::io::Error),
-
     #[error("error while deserializing TOML: {0}")]
     DeserError(#[from] toml::de::Error),
-
-    #[error("Database error: {0}")]
-    DatabaseError(String),
+    #[error("Error connecting to database: {0}")]
+    DbConnectionError(String),
 }