diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 598c623..48c1e65 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ APPVIEW_DID="did:web:my-appview.com"
 APPVIEW_HOSTNAME="my-appview.com"
 USERS_DID="did:plc:<your-did-here>"
 TAP_URL="localhost:2480"
+DATABASE_URL="sqlite:./data/appview.db"
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fc920b4..8407175 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "atoi"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f28d99ec8bfea296261ca1af174f24225171fea9664ba9003cbebee704810528"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "atomic-waker"
 version = "1.1.2"
@@ -215,6 +224,9 @@ name = "bitflags"
 version = "2.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "843867be96c8daad0d758b57df9392b6d8d271134fce549de6ce169ff98a92af"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_core",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "blake3"
@@ -254,6 +266,12 @@ version = "3.20.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5d20789868f4b01b2f2caec9f5c4e0213b41e3e5702a50157d699ae31ced2fcb"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "byteorder"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
 version = "1.11.1"
@@ -338,6 +356,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "static_assertions",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "concurrent-queue"
+version = "2.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4ca0197aee26d1ae37445ee532fefce43251d24cc7c166799f4d46817f1d3973"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "const-oid"
 version = "0.9.6"
@@ -406,6 +433,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crc"
+version = "3.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5eb8a2a1cd12ab0d987a5d5e825195d372001a4094a0376319d5a0ad71c1ba0d"
+dependencies = [
+ "crc-catalog",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crc-catalog"
+version = "2.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "19d374276b40fb8bbdee95aef7c7fa6b5316ec764510eb64b8dd0e2ed0d7e7f5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "critical-section"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -430,6 +472,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-utils",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-queue"
+version = "0.3.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0f58bbc28f91df819d0aa2a2c00cd19754769c2fad90579b3592b1c9ba7a3115"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-utils"
 version = "0.8.21"
@@ -571,6 +622,12 @@ version = "0.15.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "77c90badedccf4105eca100756a0b1289e191f6fcbdadd3cee1d2f614f97da8f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dotenvy"
+version = "0.15.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1aaf95b3e5c8f23aa320147307562d361db0ae0d51242340f558153b4eb2439b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ecdsa"
 version = "0.16.9"
@@ -610,6 +667,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "either"
+version = "1.15.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "48c757948c5ede0e46177b7add2e67155f70e33c07fea8284df6576da70b3719"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "elliptic-curve"
 version = "0.13.8"
@@ -671,6 +737,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "etcetera"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "136d1b5283a1ab77bd9257427ffd09d8667ced0570b6f938942bc7568ed5b943"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "home",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "event-listener"
+version = "5.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e13b66accf52311f30a0db42147dadea9850cb48cd070028831ae5f5d4b856ab"
+dependencies = [
+ "concurrent-queue",
+ "parking",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fastrand"
 version = "2.4.1"
@@ -699,6 +787,17 @@ version = "0.1.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5baebc0774151f905a1a2cc41989300b1e6fbb29aff0ceffa1064fdd3088d582"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "flume"
+version = "0.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "da0e4dd2a88388a1f4ccc7c9ce104604dab68d9f408dc34cd45823d5a9069095"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "spin",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fnv"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -717,6 +816,21 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "77ce24cb58228fbb8aa041425bb1050850ac19177686ea6e0f41a70416f56fdb"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "foreign-types"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6f339eb8adc052cd2ca78910fda869aefa38d22d5cb648e6485e4d3fc06f3b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "foreign-types-shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "foreign-types-shared"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "00b0228411908ca8685dba7fc2cdd70ec9990a6e753e89b6ac91a84c40fbaf4b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
 version = "1.2.2"
@@ -768,6 +882,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-intrusive"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1d930c203dd0b6ff06e0201a4a2fe9149b43c684fd4420555b26d21b1a02956f"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "lock_api",
+ "parking_lot",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-io"
 version = "0.3.32"
@@ -902,6 +1027,8 @@ version = "0.15.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9229cfe53dfd69f0609a49f65461bd93001ea1ef889cd5529dd176593f5338a1"
 dependencies = [
+ "allocator-api2",
+ "equivalent",
  "foldhash 0.1.5",
 ]
 
@@ -922,12 +1049,27 @@ version = "0.17.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4f467dd6dccf739c208452f8014c75c18bb8301b050ad1cfb27153803edb0f51"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hashlink"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7382cf6263419f2d8df38c55d7da83da5c18aef87fc7a7fc1fb1e344edfe14c1"
+dependencies = [
+ "hashbrown 0.15.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hex"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hickory-proto"
 version = "0.25.2"
@@ -992,6 +1134,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest 0.10.7",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "home"
+version = "0.5.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cc627f471c528ff0c4a49e1d5e60450c8f6461dd6d10ba9dcd3a61d3dff7728d"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -1291,6 +1442,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "signature",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
+dependencies = [
+ "spin",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "leb128fmt"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1303,6 +1463,35 @@ version = "0.2.185"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "52ff2c0fe9bc6cb6b14a0592c2ff4fa9ceb83eea9db979b0487cd054946a2b8f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libm"
+version = "0.2.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b6d2cec3eae94f9f509c767b45932f1ada8350c4bdb85af2fcab4a3c14807981"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "libredox"
+version = "0.1.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e02f3bb43d335493c96bf3fd3a321600bf6bd07ed34bc64118e9293bdffea46c"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "libc",
+ "plain",
+ "redox_syscall 0.7.4",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "libsqlite3-sys"
+version = "0.30.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2e99fb7a497b1e3339bc746195567ed8d3e24945ecd636e3619d20b9de9e9149"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -1362,6 +1551,16 @@ version = "0.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "47e1ffaa40ddd1f3ed91f717a33c8c0ee23fff369e3aa8772b9605cc1d22f4c3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "md-5"
+version = "0.10.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d89e7ee0cfbedfc4da3340218492196241d89eefb6dab27de5df917a6d2e78cf"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "digest 0.10.7",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.8.0"
@@ -1434,10 +1633,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "dotenv",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "sqlx",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "native-tls"
+version = "0.2.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "465500e14ea162429d264d44189adc38b199b62b1c21eea9f69e4b73cb03bbf2"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "openssl",
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "openssl-sys",
+ "schannel",
+ "security-framework",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+ "tempfile",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "no_std_io2"
 version = "0.8.1"
@@ -1447,6 +1664,42 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num-bigint-dig"
+version = "0.8.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e661dda6640fad38e827a6d4a310ff4763082116fe217f279885c97f511bb0b7"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libm",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-iter",
+ "num-traits",
+ "rand 0.8.6",
+ "smallvec",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-integer"
+version = "0.1.46"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7969661fd2958a5cb096e56c8e1ad0444ac2bbcd0061bd28660485a44879858f"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-iter"
+version = "0.1.45"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1429034a0490724d0075ebb2bc9e875d6503c3cf69e235a8941aa757d83ef5bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
 version = "0.2.19"
@@ -1454,6 +1707,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "071dfc062690e90b734c0b2273ce72ad0ffa95f0c74596bc250dcfd960262841"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
+ "libm",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1466,12 +1720,50 @@ dependencies = [
  "portable-atomic",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl"
+version = "0.10.78"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f38c4372413cdaaf3cc79dd92d29d7d9f5ab09b51b10dded508fb90bb70b9222"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "foreign-types",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "openssl-macros",
+ "openssl-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-macros"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a948666b637a0f465e8564c73e89d4dde00d72d4d473cc972f390fc3dcee7d9c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-probe"
 version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7c87def4c32ab89d880effc9e097653c8da5d6ef28e6b539d313baaacfbafcbe"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-sys"
+version = "0.9.114"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "13ce1245cd07fcc4cfdb438f7507b0c7e4f3849a69fd84d52374c66d83741bb6"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "p256"
 version = "0.13.2"
@@ -1496,6 +1788,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2 0.10.9",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "parking"
+version = "2.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f38d5652c16fde515bb1ecef450ab0f6a219d619a7274976324d5e377f7dceba"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.12.5"
@@ -1514,7 +1812,7 @@ checksum = "2621685985a2ebf1c516881c026032ac7deafcda1a2c9b7850dc81e3dfcb64c1"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
- "redox_syscall",
+ "redox_syscall 0.5.18",
  "smallvec",
  "windows-link",
 ]
@@ -1540,6 +1838,17 @@ version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a89322df9ebe1c1578d689c92318e070967d1042b512afbe49518723f4e6d5cd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pkcs1"
+version = "0.7.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c8ffb9f10fa047879315e6625af03c164b16962a5368d724ed16323b68ace47f"
+dependencies = [
+ "der",
+ "pkcs8",
+ "spki",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pkcs8"
 version = "0.10.2"
@@ -1550,6 +1859,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "spki",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pkg-config"
+version = "0.3.33"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "19f132c84eca552bf34cab8ec81f1c1dcc229b811638f9d283dceabe58c5569e"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "plain"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b4596b6d070b27117e987119b4dac604f3c58cfb0b191112e24771b2faeac1a6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "portable-atomic"
 version = "1.13.1"
@@ -1678,13 +1999,24 @@ version = "6.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f8dcc9c7d52a811697d2151c701e0d08956f92b0e24136cf4cf27b57a6a0d9bf"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand"
+version = "0.8.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5ca0ecfa931c29007047d1bc58e623ab12e5590e8c7cc53200d5202b69266d8a"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "44c5af06bb1b7d3216d91932aed5265164bf384dc89cd6ba05cf59a35f5f76ea"
 dependencies = [
- "rand_chacha",
+ "rand_chacha 0.9.0",
  "rand_core 0.9.5",
 ]
 
@@ -1699,6 +2031,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core 0.10.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_chacha"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
+dependencies = [
+ "ppv-lite86",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_chacha"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -1742,6 +2084,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_syscall"
+version = "0.7.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f450ad9c3b1da563fb6948a8e0fb0fb9269711c9c73d9ea1de5058c79c8d643a"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "reqwest"
 version = "0.12.28"
@@ -1813,6 +2164,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rsa"
+version = "0.9.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b8573f03f5883dcaebdfcf4725caa1ecb9c15b2ef50c43a07b816e06799bb12d"
+dependencies = [
+ "const-oid 0.9.6",
+ "digest 0.10.7",
+ "num-bigint-dig",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits",
+ "pkcs1",
+ "pkcs8",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "signature",
+ "spki",
+ "subtle",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-hash"
 version = "2.1.2"
@@ -2045,6 +2416,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sha1"
+version = "0.10.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e3bf829a2d51ab4a5ddf1352d8470c140cadc8301b2ae1789db023f01cedd6ba"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures 0.2.17",
+ "digest 0.10.7",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sha2"
 version = "0.10.9"
@@ -2110,6 +2492,9 @@ name = "smallvec"
 version = "1.15.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "67b1b7a3b5fe4f1376887184045fcf45c69e92af734b7aaddc05fb777b6fbd03"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "socket2"
@@ -2121,6 +2506,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "spin"
+version = "0.9.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6980e8d7511241f8acf4aebddbb1ff938df5eebe98691418c4468d0b72a96a67"
+dependencies = [
+ "lock_api",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "spki"
 version = "0.7.3"
@@ -2131,6 +2525,195 @@ dependencies = [
  "der",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlx"
+version = "0.8.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1fefb893899429669dcdd979aff487bd78f4064e5e7907e4269081e0ef7d97dc"
+dependencies = [
+ "sqlx-core",
+ "sqlx-macros",
+ "sqlx-mysql",
+ "sqlx-postgres",
+ "sqlx-sqlite",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlx-core"
+version = "0.8.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ee6798b1838b6a0f69c007c133b8df5866302197e404e8b6ee8ed3e3a5e68dc6"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64",
+ "bytes",
+ "crc",
+ "crossbeam-queue",
+ "either",
+ "event-listener",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-intrusive",
+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-util",
+ "hashbrown 0.15.5",
+ "hashlink",
+ "indexmap",
+ "log",
+ "memchr",
+ "native-tls",
+ "once_cell",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "sha2 0.10.9",
+ "smallvec",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-stream",
+ "tracing",
+ "url",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlx-macros"
+version = "0.8.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a2d452988ccaacfbf5e0bdbc348fb91d7c8af5bee192173ac3636b5fb6e6715d"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "sqlx-core",
+ "sqlx-macros-core",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlx-macros-core"
+version = "0.8.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "19a9c1841124ac5a61741f96e1d9e2ec77424bf323962dd894bdb93f37d5219b"
+dependencies = [
+ "dotenvy",
+ "either",
+ "heck",
+ "hex",
+ "once_cell",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "sha2 0.10.9",
+ "sqlx-core",
+ "sqlx-mysql",
+ "sqlx-postgres",
+ "sqlx-sqlite",
+ "syn",
+ "tokio",
+ "url",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlx-mysql"
+version = "0.8.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "aa003f0038df784eb8fecbbac13affe3da23b45194bd57dba231c8f48199c526"
+dependencies = [
+ "atoi",
+ "base64",
+ "bitflags",
+ "byteorder",
+ "bytes",
+ "crc",
+ "digest 0.10.7",
+ "dotenvy",
+ "either",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-util",
+ "generic-array",
+ "hex",
+ "hkdf",
+ "hmac",
+ "itoa",
+ "log",
+ "md-5",
+ "memchr",
+ "once_cell",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "rand 0.8.6",
+ "rsa",
+ "serde",
+ "sha1",
+ "sha2 0.10.9",
+ "smallvec",
+ "sqlx-core",
+ "stringprep",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tracing",
+ "whoami",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlx-postgres"
+version = "0.8.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "db58fcd5a53cf07c184b154801ff91347e4c30d17a3562a635ff028ad5deda46"
+dependencies = [
+ "atoi",
+ "base64",
+ "bitflags",
+ "byteorder",
+ "crc",
+ "dotenvy",
+ "etcetera",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "hex",
+ "hkdf",
+ "hmac",
+ "home",
+ "itoa",
+ "log",
+ "md-5",
+ "memchr",
+ "once_cell",
+ "rand 0.8.6",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "sha2 0.10.9",
+ "smallvec",
+ "sqlx-core",
+ "stringprep",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tracing",
+ "whoami",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlx-sqlite"
+version = "0.8.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2d12fe70b2c1b4401038055f90f151b78208de1f9f89a7dbfd41587a10c3eea"
+dependencies = [
+ "atoi",
+ "flume",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-executor",
+ "futures-intrusive",
+ "futures-util",
+ "libsqlite3-sys",
+ "log",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_urlencoded",
+ "sqlx-core",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tracing",
+ "url",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "stable_deref_trait"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -2143,6 +2726,17 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a2eb9349b6444b326872e140eb1cf5e7c522154d69e7a0ffb0fb81c06b37543f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "stringprep"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7b4df3d392d81bd458a8a621b8bffbd2302a12ffe288a9d931670948749463b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-bidi",
+ "unicode-normalization",
+ "unicode-properties",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "subtle"
 version = "2.6.1"
@@ -2439,12 +3033,33 @@ version = "1.20.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "40ce102ab67701b8526c123c1bab5cbe42d7040ccfd0f64af1a385808d2f43de"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-bidi"
+version = "0.3.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c1cb5db39152898a79168971543b1cb5020dff7fe43c8dc468b0885f5e29df5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.24"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e6e4313cd5fcd3dad5cafa179702e2b244f760991f45397d14d4ebf38247da75"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-normalization"
+version = "0.1.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5fd4f6878c9cb28d874b009da9e8d183b5abc80117c40bbd187a1fde336be6e8"
+dependencies = [
+ "tinyvec",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-properties"
+version = "0.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7df058c713841ad818f1dc5d3fd88063241cc61f49f5fbea4b951e8cf5a8d71d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-xid"
 version = "0.2.6"
@@ -2492,6 +3107,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vcpkg"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.5"
@@ -2531,6 +3152,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wit-bindgen 0.51.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasite"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b8dad83b4f25e74f184f64c43b150b91efe7647395b42289f38e50566d82855b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen"
 version = "0.2.118"
@@ -2649,6 +3276,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustls-pki-types",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "whoami"
+version = "1.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5d4a4db5077702ca3015d3d02d74974948aba2ad9e12ab7df718ee64ccd7e97d"
+dependencies = [
+ "libredox",
+ "wasite",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "widestring"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -2690,6 +3327,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-link",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.48.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "677d2418bec65e3338edb076e806bc1ec15693c5d0104683f2efe857f61056a9"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.48.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.52.0"
@@ -2717,6 +3363,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-link",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-targets"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9a2fa6e2155d7247be68c096456083145c183cbbbc2764150dda45a87197940c"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.48.5",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.48.5",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.48.5",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.48.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.48.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.48.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.48.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-targets"
 version = "0.52.6"
@@ -2750,6 +3411,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.53.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b38e32f0abccf9987a4e3079dfb67dcd799fb61361e53e2882c3cbaf0d905d8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.52.6"
@@ -2762,6 +3429,12 @@ version = "0.53.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a9d8416fa8b42f5c947f8482c43e7d89e73a173cead56d044f6a56104a6d1b53"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dc35310971f3b2dbbf3f0690a219f40e2d9afcf64f9ab7cc1be722937c26b4bc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
 version = "0.52.6"
@@ -2774,6 +3447,12 @@ version = "0.53.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b9d782e804c2f632e395708e99a94275910eb9100b2114651e04744e9b125006"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnu"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a75915e7def60c94dcef72200b9a8e58e5091744960da64ec734a6c6e9b3743e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
 version = "0.52.6"
@@ -2798,6 +3477,12 @@ version = "0.53.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fa7359d10048f68ab8b09fa71c3daccfb0e9b559aed648a8f95469c27057180c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_msvc"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8f55c233f70c4b27f66c523580f78f1004e8b5a8b659e05a4eb49d4166cca406"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
 version = "0.52.6"
@@ -2810,6 +3495,12 @@ version = "0.53.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1e7ac75179f18232fe9c285163565a57ef8d3c89254a30685b57d83a38d326c2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "53d40abd2583d23e4718fddf1ebec84dbff8381c07cae67ff7768bbf19c6718e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
 version = "0.52.6"
@@ -2822,6 +3513,12 @@ version = "0.53.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9c3842cdd74a865a8066ab39c8a7a473c0778a3f29370b5fd6b4b9aa7df4a499"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0b7b52767868a23d5bab768e390dc5f5c55825b6d30b86c844ff2dc7414044cc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.52.6"
@@ -2834,6 +3531,12 @@ version = "0.53.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0ffa179e2d07eee8ad8f57493436566c7cc30ac536a3379fdf008f47f6bb7ae1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ed94fce61571a4006852b7389a063ab983c02eb1bb37b47f8272ce92d06d9538"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
 version = "0.52.6"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a9fed6b..1c67a6e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ axum = "0.8.9"
 dotenv = "0.15.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.228", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.149"
+sqlx = { version = "0.8.6", features = ["runtime-tokio-native-tls", "sqlite"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.52.1", features = ["full"] }
 tokio-stream = "0.1.18"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 2828b8a..b6ba165 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -4,13 +4,17 @@ services:
     image: atcr.io/willdot.net/my-appview:latest
     ports:
       - "3333:3000"
+    volumes:
+      - ./data:/data
     restart: always
     environment:
       APPVIEW_DID: ${APPVIEW_DID}
       APPVIEW_HOSTNAME: ${APPVIEW_HOSTNAME}
       APPVIEW_HOST: ${APPVIEW_HOST}
       APPVIEW_PORT: ${APPVIEW_PORT}
+      USERS_DID: ${USERS_DID}
       TAP_URL: ${TAP_URL}
+      DATABASE_URL: ${DATABASE_URL}
 
   tap:
     container_name: tap
diff --git a/migrations/20260421195050_follows.sql b/migrations/20260421195050_follows.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8265299
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/20260421195050_follows.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+-- Create a follows table
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS follows
+(
+    id          INTEGER PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+    subject     TEXT                NOT NULL,
+    rkey        TEXT                NOT NULL
+);
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index df71053..7b0ed7b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,27 @@
 mod server;
 mod tap;
+use sqlx::migrate::MigrateDatabase;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     dotenv::dotenv().ok();
 
+    let db_url = std::env::var("DATABASE_URL")?;
+
+    if !sqlx::Sqlite::database_exists(&db_url).await? {
+        sqlx::Sqlite::create_database(&db_url).await?;
+    }
+
+    let pool = sqlx::SqlitePool::connect(&db_url).await?;
+
+    // run migrations
+    sqlx::migrate!("./migrations").run(&pool).await?;
+
     // add the users repo to tap to ensure it has all of that when the tap subscribing starts,
     // it has all the users data
     let users_did = std::env::var("USERS_DID").unwrap();
     tap::add_repo(&users_did).await?;
 
-    tokio::join!(server::run_server(), tap::run_tap(users_did));
+    tokio::join!(server::run_server(), tap::run_tap(users_did, &pool));
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/tap.rs b/src/tap.rs
index 3e3ef10..3d6dc7c 100644
--- a/src/tap.rs
+++ b/src/tap.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,24 @@
-use atproto_tap::{TapClient, TapEvent, connect_to};
+use atproto_tap::{RecordAction, RecordEvent, TapClient, TapEvent, connect_to};
+use axum::response::sse::Event;
+use serde::Deserialize;
 use tokio_stream::StreamExt;
 
-pub async fn run_tap(users_did: String) {
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct FollowRecord {
+    subject: String,
+}
+
+pub async fn add_repo(did: &String) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let tap_url = std::env::var("TAP_URL").unwrap_or("localhost:2480".to_string());
+    let client = TapClient::new(tap_url.as_str(), Some("password".to_string()));
+
+    // Add repositories to track
+    client.add_repos(&[did.as_str()]).await?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub async fn run_tap(users_did: String, pool: &sqlx::SqlitePool) {
     let tap_url = std::env::var("TAP_URL").unwrap_or("localhost:2480".to_string());
     let mut stream = connect_to(tap_url.as_str());
 
@@ -9,12 +26,20 @@ pub async fn run_tap(users_did: String) {
         match result {
             Ok(event) => match event.as_ref() {
                 TapEvent::Record { record, .. } => {
-                    // TODO: If the record collection is something other than bsky post and the appview users did
-                    // handle -> such as a follow, block etc
-                    // Otherwise the record collection is a bsky post in which case index
-                    if record.did.clone().into_string() == users_did {
-                        println!("event from user")
+                    let collection = String::from(record.collection.clone());
+
+                    match collection.as_str() {
+                        "app.bsky.graph.follow" => {
+                            if record.did.clone().into_string() == users_did {
+                                handle_user_follow_event(record, pool).await;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        "app.bsky.feed.post" => {
+                            handle_post_event(record, pool).await;
+                        }
+                        _ => {}
                     }
+
                     println!("{} {} {}", record.action, record.collection, record.did);
                 }
                 TapEvent::Identity { identity, .. } => {
@@ -26,12 +51,38 @@ pub async fn run_tap(users_did: String) {
     }
 }
 
-pub async fn add_repo(did: &String) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    let tap_url = std::env::var("TAP_URL").unwrap_or("localhost:2480".to_string());
-    let client = TapClient::new(tap_url.as_str(), Some("password".to_string()));
+async fn handle_user_follow_event(record: &RecordEvent, pool: &sqlx::SqlitePool) {
+    match record.action {
+        RecordAction::Create => {
+            let follow: FollowRecord = record.parse_record().unwrap();
+            let result = sqlx::query("INSERT INTO follows (subject, rkey) VALUES ($1, $2)")
+                .bind(follow.subject)
+                .bind(record.rkey.to_string())
+                .execute(pool)
+                .await;
 
-    // Add repositories to track
-    client.add_repos(&[did.as_str()]).await?;
+            if result.is_err() {
+                println!("Error inserting follow into the database: {result:?}");
+            }
+        }
+        RecordAction::Delete => {
+            let result = sqlx::query("DELETE FROM follows WHERE rkey = $1")
+                .bind(record.rkey.to_string())
+                .execute(pool)
+                .await;
 
-    Ok(())
+            if result.is_err() {
+                println!("Error deleting follow from the database: {result:?}");
+            }
+        }
+        RecordAction::Update => {}
+    }
+}
+
+async fn handle_post_event(record: &RecordEvent, pool: &sqlx::SqlitePool) {
+    match record.action {
+        RecordAction::Create => {}
+        RecordAction::Delete => {}
+        RecordAction::Update => {}
+    }
 }