diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 036f784..56b8d96 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ahash"
+version = "0.8.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e89da841a80418a9b391ebaea17f5c112ffaaa96f621d2c285b5174da76b9011"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+ "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
 version = "1.1.3"
@@ -587,6 +599,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "zune-inflate",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fallible-iterator"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2acce4a10f12dc2fb14a218589d4f1f62ef011b2d0cc4b3cb1bba8e94da14649"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fallible-streaming-iterator"
+version = "0.1.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7360491ce676a36bf9bb3c56c1aa791658183a54d2744120f27285738d90465a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fast-srgb8"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -722,6 +746,18 @@ name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.14.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e5274423e17b7c9fc20b6e7e208532f9b19825d82dfd615708b70edd83df41f1"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hashlink"
+version = "0.9.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6ba4ff7128dee98c7dc9794b6a411377e1404dba1c97deb8d1a55297bd25d8af"
+dependencies = [
+ "hashbrown",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
@@ -997,6 +1033,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
+[[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-embedded-hal"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -1416,6 +1463,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mime",
  "minijinja",
  "palette",
+ "rusqlite",
  "serde",
  "strum",
  "thiserror",
@@ -1709,6 +1757,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rusqlite"
+version = "0.32.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7753b721174eb8ff87a9a0e799e2d7bc3749323e773db92e0984debb00019d6e"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "fallible-iterator",
+ "fallible-streaming-iterator",
+ "hashlink",
+ "libsqlite3-sys",
+ "smallvec",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.24"
@@ -2231,6 +2293,12 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vcpkg"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version-compare"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -2442,6 +2510,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.35"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1b9b4fd18abc82b8136838da5d50bae7bdea537c574d8dc1a34ed098d6c166f0"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.35"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fa4f8080344d4671fb4e831a13ad1e68092748387dfc4f55e356242fae12ce3e"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zune-core"
 version = "0.4.12"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 493e3f4..fee9c2f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ linux-embedded-hal = { version = "0.4.0"}
 mime = "0.3.17"
 minijinja = "2.1.0"
 palette = "0.7.6"
+rusqlite = { version = "0.32.1", features = ["bundled"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.204", features = ["derive"] }
 strum = { version = "0.26.3", features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = "1.0.63"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6286bd9..d385dd1 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 pub mod api;
 pub mod display;
 pub mod dither;
-pub mod errors;
 pub mod eink;
 
 use std::path::PathBuf;
@@ -18,9 +17,11 @@ use tracing::{error, info};
 
 
 /// Application config, including sqlite db path, scan folders, and scheduling.
-#[derive(Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
 struct Config {
-
+    database_path: PathBuf,
+    search_paths: Vec<PathBuf>,
+    
 }
 
 /// Display images on E-Ink Displays