diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d4738ab..98f2bef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,9 +12,5 @@ target
 # MSVC Windows builds of rustc generate these, which store debugging information
 *.pdb
 
-
-
-# Added by cargo
-
 /target
 /ZettelKasten
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2e38b83..2d0ab33 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ checksum = "90e549dd7c6562b6a2ea807b44726e6241707db054a817dc4c7e2b8d3b39bfac"
 dependencies = [
  "accesskit",
  "accesskit_atspi_common",
- "async-channel 2.5.0",
+ "async-channel",
  "async-executor",
  "async-task",
  "atspi",
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc2-foundation 0.3.2",
  "parking_lot",
  "percent-encoding",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
  "x11rb",
 ]
 
@@ -480,39 +480,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "libloading",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "async-attributes"
-version = "1.1.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a3203e79f4dd9bdda415ed03cf14dae5a2bf775c683a00f94e9cd1faf0f596e5"
-dependencies = [
- "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "async-broadcast"
 version = "0.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "435a87a52755b8f27fcf321ac4f04b2802e337c8c4872923137471ec39c37532"
 dependencies = [
- "event-listener 5.4.1",
+ "event-listener",
  "event-listener-strategy",
  "futures-core",
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "async-channel"
-version = "1.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "81953c529336010edd6d8e358f886d9581267795c61b19475b71314bffa46d35"
-dependencies = [
- "concurrent-queue",
- "event-listener 2.5.3",
- "futures-core",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "async-channel"
 version = "2.5.0"
@@ -539,22 +518,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "slab",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "async-global-executor"
-version = "2.4.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "05b1b633a2115cd122d73b955eadd9916c18c8f510ec9cd1686404c60ad1c29c"
-dependencies = [
- "async-channel 2.5.0",
- "async-executor",
- "async-io",
- "async-lock",
- "blocking",
- "futures-lite",
- "once_cell",
- "tokio",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "async-io"
 version = "2.6.0"
@@ -579,7 +542,7 @@ version = "3.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "290f7f2596bd5b78a9fec8088ccd89180d7f9f55b94b0576823bbbdc72ee8311"
 dependencies = [
- "event-listener 5.4.1",
+ "event-listener",
  "event-listener-strategy",
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
@@ -590,14 +553,14 @@ version = "2.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fc50921ec0055cdd8a16de48773bfeec5c972598674347252c0399676be7da75"
 dependencies = [
- "async-channel 2.5.0",
+ "async-channel",
  "async-io",
  "async-lock",
  "async-signal",
  "async-task",
  "blocking",
  "cfg-if",
- "event-listener 5.4.1",
+ "event-listener",
  "futures-lite",
  "rustix 1.1.4",
 ]
@@ -631,33 +594,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "async-std"
-version = "1.13.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2c8e079a4ab67ae52b7403632e4618815d6db36d2a010cfe41b02c1b1578f93b"
-dependencies = [
- "async-attributes",
- "async-channel 1.9.0",
- "async-global-executor",
- "async-io",
- "async-lock",
- "crossbeam-utils",
- "futures-channel",
- "futures-core",
- "futures-io",
- "futures-lite",
- "gloo-timers",
- "kv-log-macro",
- "log",
- "memchr",
- "once_cell",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "pin-utils",
- "slab",
- "wasm-bindgen-futures",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "async-stream"
 version = "0.3.6"
@@ -973,7 +909,7 @@ version = "1.6.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e83f8d02be6967315521be875afa792a316e28d57b5a2d401897e2a7921b7f21"
 dependencies = [
- "async-channel 2.5.0",
+ "async-channel",
  "async-task",
  "futures-io",
  "futures-lite",
@@ -1844,7 +1780,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "option-ext",
  "redox_users",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1916,7 +1852,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "migration",
- "rand 0.10.0",
+ "rand 0.10.1",
  "sea-orm",
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
  "tokio",
@@ -2182,7 +2118,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "39cab71617ae0d63f51a36d69f866391735b51691dbda63cf6f96d042b63efeb"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2211,12 +2147,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "event-listener"
-version = "2.5.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0206175f82b8d6bf6652ff7d71a1e27fd2e4efde587fd368662814d6ec1d9ce0"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "event-listener"
 version = "5.4.1"
@@ -2234,7 +2164,7 @@ version = "0.5.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8be9f3dfaaffdae2972880079a491a1a8bb7cbed0b8dd7a347f668b4150a3b93"
 dependencies = [
- "event-listener 5.4.1",
+ "event-listener",
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
@@ -2333,7 +2263,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "notify",
  "nucleo-matcher",
  "pulldown-cmark",
- "rand 0.10.0",
+ "rand 0.10.1",
  "ratatui",
  "ratatui-textarea",
  "rayon",
@@ -3440,18 +3370,6 @@ version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0cc23270f6e1808e30a928bdc84dea0b9b4136a8bc82338574f23baf47bbd280"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "gloo-timers"
-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bbb143cf96099802033e0d4f4963b19fd2e0b728bcf076cd9cf7f6634f092994"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-channel",
- "futures-core",
- "js-sys",
- "wasm-bindgen",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "glow"
 version = "0.17.0"
@@ -4004,7 +3922,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "portable-atomic",
  "portable-atomic-util",
  "serde_core",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4179,15 +4097,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "smallvec",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "kv-log-macro"
-version = "1.0.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0de8b303297635ad57c9f5059fd9cee7a47f8e8daa09df0fcd07dd39fb22977f"
-dependencies = [
- "log",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "lab"
 version = "0.11.0"
@@ -4370,9 +4279,6 @@ name = "log"
 version = "0.4.29"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5e5032e24019045c762d3c0f28f5b6b8bbf38563a65908389bf7978758920897"
-dependencies = [
- "value-bag",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lru"
@@ -4471,13 +4377,13 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "migration"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "async-std",
  "nanoid",
- "rand 0.10.0",
+ "rand 0.10.1",
  "rgb",
  "sea-orm",
  "sea-orm-migration",
  "serde",
+ "tokio",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4654,7 +4560,7 @@ version = "0.50.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7957b9740744892f114936ab4a57b3f487491bbeafaf8083688b16841a4240e5"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5437,12 +5343,6 @@ version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a89322df9ebe1c1578d689c92318e070967d1042b512afbe49518723f4e6d5cd"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pin-utils"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "piper"
 version = "0.2.5"
@@ -5773,9 +5673,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
-version = "0.10.0"
+version = "0.10.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bc266eb313df6c5c09c1c7b1fbe2510961e5bcd3add930c1e31f7ed9da0feff8"
+checksum = "d2e8e8bcc7961af1fdac401278c6a831614941f6164ee3bf4ce61b7edb162207"
 dependencies = [
  "chacha20",
  "getrandom 0.4.2",
@@ -6197,7 +6097,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys 0.12.1",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6850,7 +6750,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "crc",
  "crossbeam-queue",
  "either",
- "event-listener 5.4.1",
+ "event-listener",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-intrusive",
  "futures-io",
@@ -7174,7 +7074,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.4.2",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix 1.1.4",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -7811,12 +7711,6 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ba73ea9cf16a25df0c8caa16c51acb937d5712a8429db78a3ee29d5dcacd3a65"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "value-bag"
-version = "1.12.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7ba6f5989077681266825251a52748b8c1d8a4ad098cc37e440103d0ea717fc0"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "vcpkg"
 version = "0.2.15"
@@ -8496,7 +8390,7 @@ version = "0.1.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c2a7b1c03c876122aa43f3020e6c3c3ee5c05081c9a00739faf7503aeba10d22"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -9118,7 +9012,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "blocking",
  "enumflags2",
- "event-listener 5.4.1",
+ "event-listener",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-lite",
  "hex",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b1bdbf9..58fc83b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,11 +11,10 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 authors = ["suri.codes <suri312006@gmail.com>"]
 description = "Personal-Knowledge-System, with deeply integrated task tracking and long term goal planning capabilities."
-license = "GNU GPLv3"
+license = "GPL-3.0-only"
 repository = "https://tangled.org/suri-codes/filaments"
-# once we have this up on my website
-# homepage = ""
-# documentation = ""
+homepage = "https://suri.codes/projects/filaments"
+documentation = "https://suri.codes/projects/filaments"
 readme = "README.md"
 keywords = ["PKS", "todo", "personal tools"]
 rust-version = "1.94.0"
@@ -29,9 +28,9 @@ pedantic = "deny"
 nursery = "deny"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-snafu = "0.9.0"
 serde = "1.0.228"
 tracing = "0.1.44"
+rand = "0.10.1"
 tokio = { version = "1.51.1", features = ["full"] }
 tree = {path = "crates/tree"}
 
@@ -43,8 +42,8 @@ authors.workspace = true
 description.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
-# homepage.workspace = true
-# documentation.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
+documentation.workspace = true
 readme.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ eframe = "0.34.1"
 async-trait = "0.1.89"
 egui_graphs = "0.30.0"
 rayon = "1.11.0"
-rand = "0.10.0"
+rand = {workspace = true}
 pulldown-cmark = { version = "0.13.3", features = ["simd"] }
 ratatui-textarea = "0.8.0"
 nucleo-matcher = "0.3.1"
@@ -95,13 +94,12 @@ vergen-gix = {version = "9.1.0", features = ["build", "cargo"]}
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "3"
 
-# patch egui_graphs to have egui 0.34.1
+# Patch `egui_graphs` to have `egui` 0.34.1
 [patch.crates-io]
 egui_graphs = { git = "https://github.com/suri-codes/egui_graphs", rev = "3327417007520300782574e3d6bc377bbafa8b5a" }
 
 [profile.release]
 codegen-units = 1
 lto = true
-opt-level = "s"
+opt-level = 3
 strip = true
-
diff --git a/crates/dto/migration/Cargo.toml b/crates/dto/migration/Cargo.toml
index 2a2abef..1d2c32b 100644
--- a/crates/dto/migration/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/dto/migration/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,21 +1,25 @@
 [package]
 name = "migration"
 version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2024"
-publish = false
+authors.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+
 
 [lib]
 name = "migration"
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-async-std = { version = "1", features = ["attributes", "tokio1"] }
 nanoid = "0.4.0"
 sea-orm = "2.0.0-rc.38"
 rgb = "0.8.53"
 
+tokio = { workspace = true }
 serde = {workspace = true}
-rand = "0.10.0"
+rand = {workspace = true}
 
 [dependencies.sea-orm-migration]
 version = "2.0.0-rc.38"
diff --git a/crates/dto/migration/src/main.rs b/crates/dto/migration/src/main.rs
index c6b6e48..f054dea 100644
--- a/crates/dto/migration/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/dto/migration/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use sea_orm_migration::prelude::*;
 
-#[async_std::main]
+#[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
     cli::run_cli(migration::Migrator).await;
 }
diff --git a/deny.toml b/deny.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8409ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deny.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+# This template contains all of the possible sections and their default values
+
+# Note that all fields that take a lint level have these possible values:
+# * deny - An error will be produced and the check will fail
+# * warn - A warning will be produced, but the check will not fail
+# * allow - No warning or error will be produced, though in some cases a note
+# will be
+
+# The values provided in this template are the default values that will be used
+# when any section or field is not specified in your own configuration
+
+# Root options
+
+# The graph table configures how the dependency graph is constructed and thus
+# which crates the checks are performed against
+[graph]
+# If 1 or more target triples (and optionally, target_features) are specified,
+# only the specified targets will be checked when running `cargo deny check`.
+# This means, if a particular package is only ever used as a target specific
+# dependency, such as, for example, the `nix` crate only being used via the
+# `target_family = "unix"` configuration, that only having windows targets in
+# this list would mean the nix crate, as well as any of its exclusive
+# dependencies not shared by any other crates, would be ignored, as the target
+# list here is effectively saying which targets you are building for.
+targets = [
+    # The triple can be any string, but only the target triples built in to
+    # rustc (as of 1.40) can be checked against actual config expressions
+    #"x86_64-unknown-linux-musl",
+    # You can also specify which target_features you promise are enabled for a
+    # particular target. target_features are currently not validated against
+    # the actual valid features supported by the target architecture.
+    #{ triple = "wasm32-unknown-unknown", features = ["atomics"] },
+]
+# When creating the dependency graph used as the source of truth when checks are
+# executed, this field can be used to prune crates from the graph, removing them
+# from the view of cargo-deny. This is an extremely heavy hammer, as if a crate
+# is pruned from the graph, all of its dependencies will also be pruned unless
+# they are connected to another crate in the graph that hasn't been pruned,
+# so it should be used with care. The identifiers are [Package ID Specifications]
+# (https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/pkgid-spec.html)
+#exclude = []
+# If true, metadata will be collected with `--all-features`. Note that this can't
+# be toggled off if true, if you want to conditionally enable `--all-features` it
+# is recommended to pass `--all-features` on the cmd line instead
+all-features = false
+# If true, metadata will be collected with `--no-default-features`. The same
+# caveat with `all-features` applies
+no-default-features = false
+# If set, these feature will be enabled when collecting metadata. If `--features`
+# is specified on the cmd line they will take precedence over this option.
+#features = []
+
+# The output table provides options for how/if diagnostics are outputted
+[output]
+# When outputting inclusion graphs in diagnostics that include features, this
+# option can be used to specify the depth at which feature edges will be added.
+# This option is included since the graphs can be quite large and the addition
+# of features from the crate(s) to all of the graph roots can be far too verbose.
+# This option can be overridden via `--feature-depth` on the cmd line
+feature-depth = 1
+
+# This section is considered when running `cargo deny check advisories`
+# More documentation for the advisories section can be found here:
+# https://embarkstudios.github.io/cargo-deny/checks/advisories/cfg.html
+[advisories]
+# The path where the advisory databases are cloned/fetched into
+#db-path = "$CARGO_HOME/advisory-dbs"
+# The url(s) of the advisory databases to use
+#db-urls = ["https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db"]
+# A list of advisory IDs to ignore. Note that ignored advisories will still
+# output a note when they are encountered.
+ignore = [
+    #"RUSTSEC-0000-0000",
+    #{ id = "RUSTSEC-0000-0000", reason = "you can specify a reason the advisory is ignored" },
+    #"a-crate-that-is-yanked@0.1.1", # you can also ignore yanked crate versions if you wish
+    #{ crate = "a-crate-that-is-yanked@0.1.1", reason = "you can specify why you are ignoring the yanked crate" },
+]
+# If this is true, then cargo deny will use the git executable to fetch advisory database.
+# If this is false, then it uses a built-in git library.
+# Setting this to true can be helpful if you have special authentication requirements that cargo-deny does not support.
+# See Git Authentication for more information about setting up git authentication.
+#git-fetch-with-cli = true
+
+# This section is considered when running `cargo deny check licenses`
+# More documentation for the licenses section can be found here:
+# https://embarkstudios.github.io/cargo-deny/checks/licenses/cfg.html
+[licenses]
+# List of explicitly allowed licenses
+# See https://spdx.org/licenses/ for list of possible licenses
+# [possible values: any SPDX 3.11 short identifier (+ optional exception)].
+allow = [
+    "MIT",
+    "Apache-2.0",
+    "Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception",
+    "Unicode-3.0",
+    "BSD-2-Clause",
+    "BSD-3-Clause",
+    "Zlib",
+    "GPL-3.0-only",
+    "MPL-2.0",
+    "CC0-1.0",
+    "ISC",
+    "BSL-1.0",
+    "OFL-1.1",
+    "Ubuntu-font-1.0"
+]
+# The confidence threshold for detecting a license from license text.
+# The higher the value, the more closely the license text must be to the
+# canonical license text of a valid SPDX license file.
+# [possible values: any between 0.0 and 1.0].
+confidence-threshold = 0.8
+# Allow 1 or more licenses on a per-crate basis, so that particular licenses
+# aren't accepted for every possible crate as with the normal allow list
+exceptions = [
+    # Each entry is the crate and version constraint, and its specific allow
+    # list
+    #{ allow = ["Zlib"], crate = "adler32" },
+]
+
+# Some crates don't have (easily) machine readable licensing information,
+# adding a clarification entry for it allows you to manually specify the
+# licensing information
+#[[licenses.clarify]]
+# The package spec the clarification applies to
+#crate = "ring"
+# The SPDX expression for the license requirements of the crate
+#expression = "MIT AND ISC AND OpenSSL"
+# One or more files in the crate's source used as the "source of truth" for
+# the license expression. If the contents match, the clarification will be used
+# when running the license check, otherwise the clarification will be ignored
+# and the crate will be checked normally, which may produce warnings or errors
+# depending on the rest of your configuration
+#license-files = [
+# Each entry is a crate relative path, and the (opaque) hash of its contents
+#{ path = "LICENSE", hash = 0xbd0eed23 }
+#]
+
+[licenses.private]
+# If true, ignores workspace crates that aren't published, or are only
+# published to private registries.
+# To see how to mark a crate as unpublished (to the official registry),
+# visit https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html#the-publish-field.
+ignore = false
+# One or more private registries that you might publish crates to, if a crate
+# is only published to private registries, and ignore is true, the crate will
+# not have its license(s) checked
+registries = [
+    #"https://sekretz.com/registry
+]
+
+# This section is considered when running `cargo deny check bans`.
+# More documentation about the 'bans' section can be found here:
+# https://embarkstudios.github.io/cargo-deny/checks/bans/cfg.html
+[bans]
+# Lint level for when multiple versions of the same crate are detected
+multiple-versions = "warn"
+# Lint level for when a crate version requirement is `*`
+wildcards = "allow"
+# The graph highlighting used when creating dotgraphs for crates
+# with multiple versions
+# * lowest-version - The path to the lowest versioned duplicate is highlighted
+# * simplest-path - The path to the version with the fewest edges is highlighted
+# * all - Both lowest-version and simplest-path are used
+highlight = "all"
+# The default lint level for `default` features for crates that are members of
+# the workspace that is being checked. This can be overridden by allowing/denying
+# `default` on a crate-by-crate basis if desired.
+workspace-default-features = "allow"
+# The default lint level for `default` features for external crates that are not
+# members of the workspace. This can be overridden by allowing/denying `default`
+# on a crate-by-crate basis if desired.
+external-default-features = "allow"
+# List of crates that are allowed. Use with care!
+allow = [
+    #"ansi_term@0.11.0",
+    #{ crate = "ansi_term@0.11.0", reason = "you can specify a reason it is allowed" },
+]
+# If true, workspace members are automatically allowed even when using deny-by-default
+# This is useful for organizations that want to deny all external dependencies by default
+# but allow their own workspace crates without having to explicitly list them
+allow-workspace = false
+# List of crates to deny
+deny = [
+    #"ansi_term@0.11.0",
+    #{ crate = "ansi_term@0.11.0", reason = "you can specify a reason it is banned" },
+    # Wrapper crates can optionally be specified to allow the crate when it
+    # is a direct dependency of the otherwise banned crate
+    #{ crate = "ansi_term@0.11.0", wrappers = ["this-crate-directly-depends-on-ansi_term"] },
+]
+
+# List of features to allow/deny
+# Each entry the name of a crate and a version range. If version is
+# not specified, all versions will be matched.
+#[[bans.features]]
+#crate = "reqwest"
+# Features to not allow
+#deny = ["json"]
+# Features to allow
+#allow = [
+#    "rustls",
+#    "__rustls",
+#    "__tls",
+#    "hyper-rustls",
+#    "rustls",
+#    "rustls-pemfile",
+#    "rustls-tls-webpki-roots",
+#    "tokio-rustls",
+#    "webpki-roots",
+#]
+# If true, the allowed features must exactly match the enabled feature set. If
+# this is set there is no point setting `deny`
+#exact = true
+
+# Certain crates/versions that will be skipped when doing duplicate detection.
+skip = [
+    #"ansi_term@0.11.0",
+    #{ crate = "ansi_term@0.11.0", reason = "you can specify a reason why it can't be updated/removed" },
+]
+# Similarly to `skip` allows you to skip certain crates during duplicate
+# detection. Unlike skip, it also includes the entire tree of transitive
+# dependencies starting at the specified crate, up to a certain depth, which is
+# by default infinite.
+skip-tree = [
+    #"ansi_term@0.11.0", # will be skipped along with _all_ of its direct and transitive dependencies
+    #{ crate = "ansi_term@0.11.0", depth = 20 },
+]
+
+# This section is considered when running `cargo deny check sources`.
+# More documentation about the 'sources' section can be found here:
+# https://embarkstudios.github.io/cargo-deny/checks/sources/cfg.html
+[sources]
+# Lint level for what to happen when a crate from a crate registry that is not
+# in the allow list is encountered
+unknown-registry = "warn"
+# Lint level for what to happen when a crate from a git repository that is not
+# in the allow list is encountered
+unknown-git = "warn"
+# List of URLs for allowed crate registries. Defaults to the crates.io index
+# if not specified. If it is specified but empty, no registries are allowed.
+allow-registry = ["https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"]
+# List of URLs for allowed Git repositories
+allow-git = []
+
+[sources.allow-org]
+# github.com organizations to allow git sources for
+github = []
+# gitlab.com organizations to allow git sources for
+gitlab = []
+# bitbucket.org organizations to allow git sources for
+bitbucket = []
diff --git a/doc/cleanup.md b/doc/cleanup.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..842e682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/cleanup.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# TODO: once we have this up on my website
+
+homepage = "https://suri.codes/projects/filaments"
+documentation = "https://suri.codes/projects/filaments"
+
+I need to rework my website to have a place for filaments, but then again, I don't really care about
+other people using my project, so i guess it really depends
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 351dc15..046cd7f 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  description = "Filaments dev flake";
+  description = "Filaments Flake";
 
   # Flake inputs
   inputs = {
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
 
-    crane.url = "github:ipetkov/crane"; # add this
+    crane.url = "github:ipetkov/crane";
   };
 
   # Flake outputs
@@ -19,15 +19,13 @@
     { self, ... }@inputs:
 
     let
-      # The systems supported for this flake
       supportedSystems = [
-        "x86_64-linux" # 64-bit Intel/AMD Linux
-        "aarch64-linux" # 64-bit ARM Linux
-        "x86_64-darwin" # 64-bit Intel macOS
-        "aarch64-darwin" # 64-bit ARM macOS
+        "x86_64-linux"
+        "aarch64-linux"
+        "x86_64-darwin"
+        "aarch64-darwin"
       ];
 
-      # Helper to provide system-specific attributes
       forEachSupportedSystem =
         f:
         inputs.nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs supportedSystems (
@@ -46,27 +44,25 @@
     {
 
       overlays.default = final: prev: {
-
+        # Need this specific `sea-orm-cli`
         sea-orm-cli = final.rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
           pname = "sea-orm-cli";
           version = "2.0.0-rc.37";
 
           src = final.fetchCrate {
             inherit pname version;
-
             sha256 = "sha256-YbP85rVO41S7ZPWSpVz3jICLAEU8H/a2axJBtdFRuWY=";
 
           };
 
           cargoHash = "sha256-6lOXyaNxrIfCI3T9nIPR76rhQXvRzSVQUsPRjo5abmI=";
-
           nativeBuildInputs = [ final.pkg-config ];
 
           buildInputs = [
             final.openssl
           ];
 
-          doCheck = false; # Skip tests to speed up the build
+          doCheck = true;
         };
 
         rustToolchain =
@@ -112,12 +108,12 @@
         }
       );
 
+      # Needed developer tools.
       devShells = forEachSupportedSystem (
         { pkgs }:
         {
           default = pkgs.mkShellNoCC {
-            # The Nix packages provided in the environment
-            # Add any you need here
+
             packages = with pkgs; [
 
               rustToolchain
@@ -127,21 +123,19 @@
               cargo-edit
               cargo-watch
               cargo-nextest
-
               rust-analyzer
-
               sea-orm-cli
-
               bacon
             ];
 
-            # Set any environment variables for your dev shell
             env = {
+              # needed for rust-analyzer
               RUST_SRC_PATH = "${pkgs.rustToolchain}/lib/rustlib/src/rust/library";
 
               FIL_LOG_LEVEL = "DEBUG";
             };
 
+            # Need to do this like this because these have to be set at runtime
             shellHook = ''
               export FIL_CONFIG="$(pwd)/.config"
               export FIL_DATA="$(pwd)/.data"
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 4c4d8e8..e73a1ae 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -3,23 +3,23 @@
 default:
     @just --list
 
-# release mode by default
+# debug mode by default
 mode := "debug"
 
-_cargo_flags := if mode == "release" { "--release" } else { "" }
+cargo_flags := if mode == "release" { "--release" } else { "" }
 
 # Builds everything in the workspace
 build:
-    cargo build {{_cargo_flags}}
+    cargo build {{ cargo_flags }}
 
 # Runs Filaments
 run:
-    cargo run {{_cargo_flags}}
+    cargo run {{ cargo_flags }}
 
 # Run all tests
 test:
-    cargo nextest r {{_cargo_flags}} 
-reset: 
+    cargo nextest r {{ cargo_flags }}
+reset:
     rm -rf ./ZettelKasten
     rm -rf ./.data
     cargo run -- init
@@ -30,40 +30,31 @@ dev-db := justfile_directory() + "/target/dev.db"
 dev-db-url := "sqlite:///" + dev-db
 
 # build entities from migrations
-[working-directory:"crates/dto"]
+[working-directory("crates/dto")]
 entity:
-    # create the dev db
-    rm -f {{dev-db}}
-    touch {{dev-db}}
+    # remove dev db if it exists, and create a new one
+    rm -f {{ dev-db }}
+    touch {{ dev-db }}
 
     # run the migration
-    cd migration && cargo run -- -u {{dev-db-url}}
+    cd migration && cargo run -- -u {{ dev-db-url }}
 
     # generate entity files based off the migraiton
     sea-orm-cli generate entity \
-        --database-url {{dev-db-url}} \
+        --database-url {{ dev-db-url }} \
         --output-dir ./src/entity \
         --experimental-preserve-user-modifications \
         --entity-format=dense  # add flag if expanded format is needed for debugging
-        
+
 
     # replace elementary types with specific ones
     sed -i 's/pub nano_id: String/pub nano_id: NanoId/g' ./src/entity/*.rs
     sed -i 's/pub priority: String/pub priority: Priority/g' ./src/entity/*.rs
     sed -i 's/pub color: i64/pub color: Color/g' ./src/entity/*.rs
-    
+
     # replace parent_group_id with proper nano_id
     sed -i 's/pub parent_group_id: Option<String>/pub parent_group_id: Option<NanoId>/g' ./src/entity/*.rs
-    
+
     # replace foregin key id's with nano_id
     sed -i 's/pub group_id: String/pub group_id: NanoId/g' ./src/entity/*.rs
     sed -i 's/pub zettel_id: String/pub zettel_id: NanoId/g' ./src/entity/*.rs
-        
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 96a5486..f88de6e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 //! Filaments
-//! My (suri.codes) personal-knowledge-system, with deeply integrated task tracking and long term goal planning capabilities.
-//!
+//! My personal-knowledge-system, with deeply integrated task tracking and long term goal planning capabilities.
 
 use std::{process, sync::Arc};
 
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ use crate::{
     types::{Deimos, Kasten, KastenHandle},
     viz::FilViz,
 };
+
 use clap::Parser;
 use tokio::sync::{RwLock, mpsc};
 use tracing::debug;
@@ -55,24 +55,20 @@ fn main() -> color_eyre::Result<()> {
 
     // then we spawn the tui on its own thread
     let tui_handle = std::thread::spawn({
-        // arc stuff
         let tui_rt = rt.clone();
         let kh = kh.clone();
         let signal_tx = signal_tx.clone();
 
-        // closure to run the tui
         move || -> color_eyre::Result<()> {
-            // block the tui on the same runtime as above
             tui_rt.block_on(async {
                 let mut tui = TuiApp::new(args.tick_rate, args.frame_rate, kh, signal_tx)?;
                 tui.run().await?;
-                // just close everything as soon as the tui is done running
+                // Force close everything once TUI is done.
                 process::exit(0);
             })
         }
     });
 
-    // if they asked for the visualizer, we give them the visualizer
     if args.visualizer {
         // enter the guard so egui_async works properly
         let _rt_guard = rt.enter();