diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index aaca994..f9261c0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ahash"
+version = "0.8.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "android-tzdata"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -43,7 +54,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "axum-core",
  "axum-macros",
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
  "http",
@@ -117,6 +128,12 @@ version = "1.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitflags"
+version = "2.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6776fc96284a0bb647b615056fc496d1fe1644a7ab01829818a6d91cae888b84"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.13.0"
@@ -240,6 +257,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fallible-iterator"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4443176a9f2c162692bd3d352d745ef9413eec5782a80d8fd6f8a1ac692a07f7"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fallible-streaming-iterator"
+version = "0.1.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7360491ce676a36bf9bb3c56c1aa791658183a54d2744120f27285738d90465a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fastrand"
 version = "1.9.0"
@@ -337,6 +366,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "getrandom"
+version = "0.2.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "be4136b2a15dd319360be1c07d9933517ccf0be8f16bf62a3bee4f0d618df427"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "h2"
 version = "0.3.19"
@@ -362,6 +402,24 @@ version = "0.12.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8a9ee70c43aaf417c914396645a0fa852624801b24ebb7ae78fe8272889ac888"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.13.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "43a3c133739dddd0d2990f9a4bdf8eb4b21ef50e4851ca85ab661199821d510e"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hashlink"
+version = "0.8.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0761a1b9491c4f2e3d66aa0f62d0fba0af9a0e2852e4d48ea506632a4b56e6aa"
+dependencies = [
+ "hashbrown 0.13.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -500,7 +558,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bd070e393353796e801d209ad339e89596eb4c8d430d18ede6a1cced8fafbd99"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
- "hashbrown",
+ "hashbrown 0.12.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -556,6 +614,16 @@ version = "0.2.144"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2b00cc1c228a6782d0f076e7b232802e0c5689d41bb5df366f2a6b6621cfdfe1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libsqlite3-sys"
+version = "0.26.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "afc22eff61b133b115c6e8c74e818c628d6d5e7a502afea6f64dee076dd94326"
+dependencies = [
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
 version = "0.3.8"
@@ -617,6 +685,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "lazy_static",
  "openssl",
+ "r2d2",
+ "r2d2_sqlite",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde-aux",
@@ -704,7 +774,7 @@ version = "0.10.54"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "69b3f656a17a6cbc115b5c7a40c616947d213ba182135b014d6051b73ab6f019"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "cfg-if",
  "foreign-types",
  "libc",
@@ -850,6 +920,12 @@ version = "0.3.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "26072860ba924cbfa98ea39c8c19b4dd6a4a25423dbdf219c1eca91aa0cf6964"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ppv-lite86"
+version = "0.2.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5b40af805b3121feab8a3c29f04d8ad262fa8e0561883e7653e024ae4479e6de"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.59"
@@ -868,13 +944,65 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "r2d2"
+version = "0.8.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "51de85fb3fb6524929c8a2eb85e6b6d363de4e8c48f9e2c2eac4944abc181c93"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "parking_lot 0.12.1",
+ "scheduled-thread-pool",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "r2d2_sqlite"
+version = "0.22.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "99f31323d6161385f385046738df520e0e8694fa74852d35891fc0be08348ddc"
+dependencies = [
+ "r2d2",
+ "rusqlite",
+ "uuid",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand"
+version = "0.8.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "rand_chacha",
+ "rand_core",
+]
+
+[[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",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_core"
+version = "0.6.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.2.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fb5a58c1855b4b6819d59012155603f0b22ad30cad752600aadfcb695265519a"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -883,7 +1011,7 @@ version = "0.3.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "567664f262709473930a4bf9e51bf2ebf3348f2e748ccc50dea20646858f8f29"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -953,13 +1081,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "winreg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rusqlite"
+version = "0.29.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "549b9d036d571d42e6e85d1c1425e2ac83491075078ca9a15be021c56b1641f2"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.3.1",
+ "fallible-iterator",
+ "fallible-streaming-iterator",
+ "hashlink",
+ "libsqlite3-sys",
+ "smallvec",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
 version = "0.37.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "acf8729d8542766f1b2cf77eb034d52f40d375bb8b615d0b147089946e16613d"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "errno",
  "io-lifetimes",
  "libc",
@@ -988,6 +1130,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.42.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "scheduled-thread-pool"
+version = "0.2.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3cbc66816425a074528352f5789333ecff06ca41b36b0b0efdfbb29edc391a19"
+dependencies = [
+ "parking_lot 0.12.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "scopeguard"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -1000,7 +1151,7 @@ version = "2.9.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1fc758eb7bffce5b308734e9b0c1468893cae9ff70ebf13e7090be8dcbcc83a8"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "core-foundation",
  "core-foundation-sys",
  "libc",
@@ -1281,7 +1432,7 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5d1d42a9b3f3ec46ba828e8d376aec14592ea199f70a06a548587ecd1c4ab658"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "bytes",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
@@ -1407,6 +1558,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "uuid"
+version = "1.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "345444e32442451b267fc254ae85a209c64be56d2890e601a0c37ff0c3c5ecd2"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom",
+ "rand",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "valuable"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1419,6 +1580,12 @@ version = "0.2.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "version_check"
+version = "0.9.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "want"
 version = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9536454..b2670b9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 lazy_static = "1.4"
 serde-aux = "4"
 bincode = "1.3"
+r2d2_sqlite = "0.22"
+r2d2 = "0.8"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index cb3a246..c13c852 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use axum::{
     routing::get,
     Json, Router,
 };
+use r2d2_sqlite::{rusqlite::params, SqliteConnectionManager};
 use std::{env, net::SocketAddr};
 use tokio::task::JoinSet;
 use types::{World, Zone};
@@ -24,20 +25,32 @@ async fn main() {
         // .with_max_level(Level::DEBUG)
         .init();
 
-    let db = sled::open("/tmp/metagame").expect("open");
+    // let db = sqlite::Connection::open_with_full_mutex(":memory:").unwrap();
+    // db.execute("CREATE TABLE worlds (id INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, data BLOB);")
+    //     .unwrap();
+
+    let sqlite_manager = SqliteConnectionManager::memory();
+    let pool = r2d2::Pool::new(sqlite_manager).unwrap();
+    pool.get()
+        .unwrap()
+        .execute(
+            "CREATE TABLE worlds (id INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, data BLOB);",
+            params![],
+        )
+        .unwrap();
 
     let app = Router::new()
         .layer(tower_http::trace::TraceLayer::new_for_http())
         .route("/:world", get(get_one_world))
         .route("/all", get(get_all_worlds))
         .route("/", get(root))
-        .with_state(db.clone());
+        .with_state(pool.clone());
 
     tokio::spawn(async move {
         loop {
             let mut set = JoinSet::new();
             for world in vec![1, 10, 13, 17, 19, 40, 1000, 2000] {
-                set.spawn(get_world(db.clone(), world, true));
+                set.spawn(get_world(pool.clone(), world, true));
             }
 
             while let Some(_) = set.join_next().await {}
@@ -64,11 +77,16 @@ async fn root() -> Html<&'static str> {
     Html(include_str!("./html/index.html"))
 }
 
-pub async fn get_one_world(State(db): State<sled::Db>, Path(world): Path<i32>) -> Json<World> {
+pub async fn get_one_world(
+    State(db): State<r2d2::Pool<SqliteConnectionManager>>,
+    Path(world): Path<i32>,
+) -> Json<World> {
     Json(get_world(db, world, false).await)
 }
 
-pub async fn get_all_worlds(State(db): State<sled::Db>) -> Json<Vec<World>> {
+pub async fn get_all_worlds(
+    State(db): State<r2d2::Pool<SqliteConnectionManager>>,
+) -> Json<Vec<World>> {
     let mut set = JoinSet::new();
     let mut worlds = vec![World::default(); 8];
 
@@ -85,7 +103,11 @@ pub async fn get_all_worlds(State(db): State<sled::Db>) -> Json<Vec<World>> {
     Json(worlds)
 }
 
-pub async fn get_world(db: sled::Db, world: i32, skip_cache: bool) -> World {
+pub async fn get_world(
+    db: r2d2::Pool<SqliteConnectionManager>,
+    world: i32,
+    skip_cache: bool,
+) -> World {
     if !skip_cache {
         match world_from_cache(db.clone(), world) {
             Ok(response) => return response,
@@ -114,19 +136,21 @@ pub async fn get_world(db: sled::Db, world: i32, skip_cache: bool) -> World {
         cached_at: chrono::Utc::now(),
     };
 
-    world_to_cache(db, world, &response);
+    world_to_cache(db.clone(), world, &response);
 
     response
 }
 
-fn world_from_cache(db: sled::Db, world: i32) -> Result<World, ()> {
-    let key = format!("world:{}", world);
-    let value = match db.get(key) {
-        Ok(Some(value)) => value,
-        _ => return Err(()),
-    };
+fn world_from_cache(db: r2d2::Pool<SqliteConnectionManager>, world: i32) -> Result<World, ()> {
+    let db = db.get().unwrap();
+    let mut query = db.prepare("SELECT data FROM worlds WHERE id = ?").unwrap();
+    let value: Result<Vec<u8>, _> = query.query_row(params![world], |r| r.get(0));
 
-    match bincode::deserialize::<World>(&value) {
+    if value.is_err() {
+        return Err(());
+    }
+
+    match bincode::deserialize::<World>(value.unwrap().as_slice()) {
         Ok(response) => {
             if response.cached_at + chrono::Duration::minutes(5) < chrono::Utc::now() {
                 return Err(());
@@ -137,8 +161,9 @@ fn world_from_cache(db: sled::Db, world: i32) -> Result<World, ()> {
     }
 }
 
-fn world_to_cache(db: sled::Db, world: i32, response: &World) {
-    let key = format!("world:{}", world);
+fn world_to_cache(db: r2d2::Pool<SqliteConnectionManager>, world: i32, response: &World) {
     let value = bincode::serialize(response).unwrap();
-    db.insert(key, value).unwrap();
+    let db = db.get().unwrap();
+    let mut query = db.prepare("INSERT INTO worlds (id, data) VALUES (?, ?) ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE SET data=excluded.data").unwrap();
+    query.execute(params![world, value]).unwrap();
 }