diff --git a/src/db/contact.rs b/src/db/contact.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..18d77f39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/contact.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+use crate::error::Error;
+use crate::globals::GLOBALS;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use tokio::task::spawn_blocking;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct DbContact {
+    pub source: String,
+    pub contact: String,
+    pub relay: Option<String>,
+    pub petname: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl DbContact {
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn fetch(criteria: Option<&str>) -> Result<Vec<DbContact>, Error> {
+        let sql = "SELECT source, contact, relay, petname FROM contact".to_owned();
+        let sql = match criteria {
+            None => sql,
+            Some(crit) => format!("{} WHERE {}", sql, crit),
+        };
+
+        let output: Result<Vec<DbContact>, Error> = spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+            let mut stmt = db.prepare(&sql)?;
+            let rows = stmt.query_map([], |row| {
+                Ok(DbContact {
+                    source: row.get(0)?,
+                    contact: row.get(1)?,
+                    relay: row.get(2)?,
+                    petname: row.get(3)?,
+                })
+            })?;
+
+            let mut output: Vec<DbContact> = Vec::new();
+            for row in rows {
+                output.push(row?);
+            }
+            Ok(output)
+        })
+        .await?;
+
+        output
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn insert(contact: DbContact) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let sql = "INSERT OR IGNORE INTO contact (source, contact, relay, petname) \
+             VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3, ?4)";
+
+        spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+            let mut stmt = db.prepare(sql)?;
+            stmt.execute((
+                &contact.source,
+                &contact.contact,
+                &contact.relay,
+                &contact.petname,
+            ))?;
+            Ok::<(), Error>(())
+        })
+        .await??;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn delete(criteria: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let sql = format!("DELETE FROM contact WHERE {}", criteria);
+
+        spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+            db.execute(&sql, [])?;
+            Ok::<(), Error>(())
+        })
+        .await??;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/db/event.rs b/src/db/event.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..953e24f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/event.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+use super::{DbEventSeen, DbEventTag};
+use crate::error::Error;
+use crate::globals::GLOBALS;
+use nostr_proto::{Event, IdHex, PublicKeyHex, Unixtime, Url};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use tokio::task::spawn_blocking;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct DbEvent {
+    pub id: IdHex,
+    pub raw: String,
+    pub pubkey: PublicKeyHex,
+    pub created_at: i64,
+    pub kind: u64,
+    pub content: String,
+    pub ots: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl DbEvent {
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn fetch(criteria: Option<&str>) -> Result<Vec<DbEvent>, Error> {
+        let sql = "SELECT id, raw, pubkey, created_at, kind, content, ots FROM event".to_owned();
+        let sql = match criteria {
+            None => sql,
+            Some(crit) => format!("{} WHERE {}", sql, crit),
+        };
+
+        let output: Result<Vec<DbEvent>, Error> = spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+            let mut stmt = db.prepare(&sql)?;
+            let rows = stmt.query_map([], |row| {
+                Ok(DbEvent {
+                    id: IdHex(row.get(0)?),
+                    raw: row.get(1)?,
+                    pubkey: PublicKeyHex(row.get(2)?),
+                    created_at: row.get(3)?,
+                    kind: row.get(4)?,
+                    content: row.get(5)?,
+                    ots: row.get(6)?,
+                })
+            })?;
+
+            let mut output: Vec<DbEvent> = Vec::new();
+            for row in rows {
+                output.push(row?);
+            }
+            Ok(output)
+        })
+        .await?;
+
+        output
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn insert(event: DbEvent) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let sql = "INSERT OR IGNORE INTO event (id, raw, pubkey, created_at, kind, content, ots) \
+             VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3, ?4, ?5, ?6, ?7)";
+
+        spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+            let mut stmt = db.prepare(sql)?;
+            stmt.execute((
+                &event.id.0,
+                &event.raw,
+                &event.pubkey.0,
+                &event.created_at,
+                &event.kind,
+                &event.content,
+                &event.ots,
+            ))?;
+            Ok::<(), Error>(())
+        })
+        .await??;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn delete(criteria: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let sql = format!("DELETE FROM event WHERE {}", criteria);
+
+        spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+            db.execute(&sql, [])?;
+            Ok::<(), Error>(())
+        })
+        .await??;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn get_author(id: IdHex) -> Result<Option<PublicKeyHex>, Error> {
+        let sql = "SELECT pubkey FROM event WHERE id=?";
+
+        spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+            let mut stmt = db.prepare(sql)?;
+            let mut rows = stmt.query_map([id.0], |row| row.get(0))?;
+            if let Some(row) = rows.next() {
+                return Ok(Some(PublicKeyHex(row?)));
+            }
+            Ok(None)
+        })
+        .await?
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn save_nostr_event(event: &Event, seen_on: Option<Url>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        // Convert a nostr Event into a DbEvent
+        let db_event = DbEvent {
+            id: event.id.into(),
+            raw: serde_json::to_string(&event)?,
+            pubkey: event.pubkey.into(),
+            created_at: event.created_at.0,
+            kind: event.kind.into(),
+            content: event.content.clone(),
+            ots: event.ots.clone(),
+        };
+
+        // Save into event table
+        DbEvent::insert(db_event).await?;
+
+        // Save the tags into event_tag table
+        for (seq, tag) in event.tags.iter().enumerate() {
+            // convert to vec of strings
+            let v: Vec<String> = serde_json::from_str(&serde_json::to_string(&tag)?)?;
+
+            let db_event_tag = DbEventTag {
+                event: event.id.as_hex_string(),
+                seq: seq as u64,
+                label: v.get(0).cloned(),
+                field0: v.get(1).cloned(),
+                field1: v.get(2).cloned(),
+                field2: v.get(3).cloned(),
+                field3: v.get(4).cloned(),
+            };
+            DbEventTag::insert(db_event_tag).await?;
+        }
+
+        // Save the event into event_seen table
+        if let Some(url) = seen_on {
+            let db_event_seen = DbEventSeen {
+                event: event.id.as_hex_string(),
+                relay: url.0,
+                when_seen: Unixtime::now()?.0 as u64,
+            };
+            DbEventSeen::replace(db_event_seen).await?;
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/db/event_seen.rs b/src/db/event_seen.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fcdd4d81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/event_seen.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+use crate::error::Error;
+use crate::globals::GLOBALS;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use tokio::task::spawn_blocking;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct DbEventSeen {
+    pub event: String,
+    pub relay: String,
+    pub when_seen: u64,
+}
+
+impl DbEventSeen {
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn fetch(criteria: Option<&str>) -> Result<Vec<DbEventSeen>, Error> {
+        let sql = "SELECT event, relay, when_seen FROM event_seen".to_owned();
+        let sql = match criteria {
+            None => sql,
+            Some(crit) => format!("{} WHERE {}", sql, crit),
+        };
+
+        let output: Result<Vec<DbEventSeen>, Error> = spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+            let mut stmt = db.prepare(&sql)?;
+            let rows = stmt.query_map([], |row| {
+                Ok(DbEventSeen {
+                    event: row.get(0)?,
+                    relay: row.get(1)?,
+                    when_seen: row.get(2)?,
+                })
+            })?;
+
+            let mut output: Vec<DbEventSeen> = Vec::new();
+            for row in rows {
+                output.push(row?);
+            }
+            Ok(output)
+        })
+        .await?;
+
+        output
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn replace(event_seen: DbEventSeen) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let sql = "REPLACE INTO event_seen (event, relay, when_seen) \
+             VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3)";
+
+        spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+            let mut stmt = db.prepare(sql)?;
+            stmt.execute((&event_seen.event, &event_seen.relay, &event_seen.when_seen))?;
+            Ok::<(), Error>(())
+        })
+        .await??;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn delete(criteria: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let sql = format!("DELETE FROM event_seen WHERE {}", criteria);
+
+        spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+            db.execute(&sql, [])?;
+            Ok::<(), Error>(())
+        })
+        .await??;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/db/event_tag.rs b/src/db/event_tag.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..16fa495e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/event_tag.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+use crate::error::Error;
+use crate::globals::GLOBALS;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use tokio::task::spawn_blocking;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct DbEventTag {
+    pub event: String,
+    pub seq: u64,
+    pub label: Option<String>,
+    pub field0: Option<String>,
+    pub field1: Option<String>,
+    pub field2: Option<String>,
+    pub field3: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl DbEventTag {
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn fetch(criteria: Option<&str>) -> Result<Vec<DbEventTag>, Error> {
+        let sql =
+            "SELECT event, seq, label, field0, field1, field2, field3 FROM event_tag".to_owned();
+        let sql = match criteria {
+            None => sql,
+            Some(crit) => format!("{} WHERE {}", sql, crit),
+        };
+
+        let output: Result<Vec<DbEventTag>, Error> = spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+            let mut stmt = db.prepare(&sql)?;
+            let rows = stmt.query_map([], |row| {
+                Ok(DbEventTag {
+                    event: row.get(0)?,
+                    seq: row.get(1)?,
+                    label: row.get(2)?,
+                    field0: row.get(3)?,
+                    field1: row.get(4)?,
+                    field2: row.get(5)?,
+                    field3: row.get(6)?,
+                })
+            })?;
+
+            let mut output: Vec<DbEventTag> = Vec::new();
+            for row in rows {
+                output.push(row?);
+            }
+            Ok(output)
+        })
+        .await?;
+
+        output
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn insert(event_tag: DbEventTag) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let sql =
+            "INSERT OR IGNORE INTO event_tag (event, seq, label, field0, field1, field2, field3) \
+             VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3, ?4, ?5, ?6, ?7)";
+
+        spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+            let mut stmt = db.prepare(sql)?;
+            stmt.execute((
+                &event_tag.event,
+                &event_tag.seq,
+                &event_tag.label,
+                &event_tag.field0,
+                &event_tag.field1,
+                &event_tag.field2,
+                &event_tag.field3,
+            ))?;
+            Ok::<(), Error>(())
+        })
+        .await??;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn delete(criteria: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let sql = format!("DELETE FROM event_tag WHERE {}", criteria);
+
+        spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+            db.execute(&sql, [])?;
+            Ok::<(), Error>(())
+        })
+        .await??;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/db/mod.rs b/src/db/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2419868
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+mod event;
+pub use event::DbEvent;
+
+mod event_seen;
+pub use event_seen::DbEventSeen;
+
+mod event_tag;
+pub use event_tag::DbEventTag;
+
+mod relay;
+pub use relay::DbRelay;
+
+mod person;
+pub use person::DbPerson;
+
+mod contact;
+pub use contact::DbContact;
+
+mod person_relay;
+pub use person_relay::DbPersonRelay;
+
+mod setting;
+pub use setting::DbSetting;
+
+use crate::error::Error;
+use crate::globals::GLOBALS;
+use rusqlite::Connection;
+use std::fs;
+use tracing::info;
+
+// This sets up the database
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+#[allow(clippy::or_fun_call)]
+pub async fn setup_database() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let mut data_dir = dirs::data_dir()
+        .ok_or::<Error>("Cannot find a directory to store application data.".into())?;
+    data_dir.push("gossip");
+
+    // Create our data directory only if it doesn't exist
+    fs::create_dir_all(&data_dir)?;
+
+    // Connect to (or create) our database
+    let mut db_path = data_dir.clone();
+    db_path.push("gossip.sqlite");
+    let connection = Connection::open_with_flags(
+        &db_path,
+        rusqlite::OpenFlags::SQLITE_OPEN_READ_WRITE
+            | rusqlite::OpenFlags::SQLITE_OPEN_CREATE
+            | rusqlite::OpenFlags::SQLITE_OPEN_NO_MUTEX
+            | rusqlite::OpenFlags::SQLITE_OPEN_NOFOLLOW,
+    )?;
+
+    // Save the connection globally
+    {
+        let mut db = GLOBALS.db.lock().await;
+        *db = Some(connection);
+    }
+
+    // Check and upgrade our data schema
+    check_and_upgrade().await?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+async fn check_and_upgrade() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.lock().await;
+    let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+    // Load the current version
+    match db.query_row(
+        "SELECT value FROM settings WHERE key=?",
+        ["version"],
+        |row| row.get::<usize, String>(0),
+    ) {
+        Ok(v) => upgrade(db, v.parse::<u16>().unwrap()),
+        Err(_e) => {
+            // Check the error first!
+            upgrade(db, 0)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+macro_rules! apply_sql {
+    ($db:ident, $version:ident, $thisversion:expr, $file:expr) => {{
+        if $version < $thisversion {
+            info!("Upgrading database to version {}", $thisversion);
+            $db.execute_batch(include_str!($file))?;
+            $db.execute(
+                &format!(
+                    "UPDATE settings SET value='{}' WHERE key='version'",
+                    $thisversion
+                ),
+                (),
+            )?;
+            $version = $thisversion;
+        }
+    }};
+}
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+fn upgrade(db: &Connection, mut version: u16) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    apply_sql!(db, version, 1, "schema1.sql");
+
+    info!("Database is at version {}", version);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/db/person.rs b/src/db/person.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3525dadb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/person.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+use crate::error::Error;
+use crate::globals::GLOBALS;
+use nostr_proto::PublicKeyHex;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use tokio::task::spawn_blocking;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct DbPerson {
+    pub pubkey: PublicKeyHex,
+    pub name: Option<String>,
+    pub about: Option<String>,
+    pub picture: Option<String>,
+    pub dns_id: Option<String>,
+    pub dns_id_valid: u8,
+    pub dns_id_last_checked: Option<u64>,
+    pub metadata_at: Option<i64>,
+    pub followed: u8,
+}
+
+impl DbPerson {
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub fn new(pubkey: PublicKeyHex) -> DbPerson {
+        DbPerson {
+            pubkey,
+            name: None,
+            about: None,
+            picture: None,
+            dns_id: None,
+            dns_id_valid: 0,
+            dns_id_last_checked: None,
+            metadata_at: None,
+            followed: 0,
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn fetch(criteria: Option<&str>) -> Result<Vec<DbPerson>, Error> {
+        let sql =
+            "SELECT pubkey, name, about, picture, dns_id, dns_id_valid, dns_id_last_checked, metadata_at, followed FROM person".to_owned();
+        let sql = match criteria {
+            None => sql,
+            Some(crit) => format!("{} WHERE {}", sql, crit),
+        };
+
+        let output: Result<Vec<DbPerson>, Error> = spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+            let mut stmt = db.prepare(&sql)?;
+            let rows = stmt.query_map([], |row| {
+                Ok(DbPerson {
+                    pubkey: PublicKeyHex(row.get(0)?),
+                    name: row.get(1)?,
+                    about: row.get(2)?,
+                    picture: row.get(3)?,
+                    dns_id: row.get(4)?,
+                    dns_id_valid: row.get(5)?,
+                    dns_id_last_checked: row.get(6)?,
+                    metadata_at: row.get(7)?,
+                    followed: row.get(8)?,
+                })
+            })?;
+
+            let mut output: Vec<DbPerson> = Vec::new();
+            for row in rows {
+                output.push(row?);
+            }
+            Ok(output)
+        })
+        .await?;
+
+        output
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn fetch_one(pubkey: PublicKeyHex) -> Result<Option<DbPerson>, Error> {
+        let people = DbPerson::fetch(Some(&format!("pubkey='{}'", pubkey))).await?;
+
+        if people.is_empty() {
+            Ok(None)
+        } else {
+            Ok(Some(people[0].clone()))
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn insert(person: DbPerson) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let sql =
+            "INSERT OR IGNORE INTO person (pubkey, name, about, picture, dns_id, dns_id_valid, dns_id_last_checked, metadata_at, followed) \
+             VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3, ?4, ?5, ?6, ?7, ?8, ?9)";
+
+        spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+            let mut stmt = db.prepare(sql)?;
+            stmt.execute((
+                &person.pubkey.0,
+                &person.name,
+                &person.about,
+                &person.picture,
+                &person.dns_id,
+                &person.dns_id_valid,
+                &person.dns_id_last_checked,
+                &person.metadata_at,
+                &person.followed,
+            ))?;
+            Ok::<(), Error>(())
+        })
+        .await??;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn update(person: DbPerson) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let sql =
+            "UPDATE person SET name=?, about=?, picture=?, dns_id=?, dns_id_valid=?, dns_id_last_checked=?, metadata_at=?, followed=? WHERE pubkey=?";
+
+        spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+            let mut stmt = db.prepare(sql)?;
+            stmt.execute((
+                &person.name,
+                &person.about,
+                &person.picture,
+                &person.dns_id,
+                &person.dns_id_valid,
+                &person.dns_id_last_checked,
+                &person.metadata_at,
+                &person.followed,
+                &person.pubkey.0,
+            ))?;
+            Ok::<(), Error>(())
+        })
+        .await??;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn delete(criteria: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let sql = format!("DELETE FROM person WHERE {}", criteria);
+
+        spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+            db.execute(&sql, [])?;
+            Ok::<(), Error>(())
+        })
+        .await??;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn populate_new_people(follow_everybody: bool) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let sql = if follow_everybody {
+            "INSERT or IGNORE INTO person (pubkey, followed) SELECT DISTINCT pubkey, 1 FROM EVENT"
+        } else {
+            "INSERT or IGNORE INTO person (pubkey) SELECT DISTINCT pubkey FROM EVENT"
+        };
+
+        spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+            db.execute(sql, [])?;
+            Ok::<(), Error>(())
+        })
+        .await??;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/db/person_relay.rs b/src/db/person_relay.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03b335ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/person_relay.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+use crate::error::Error;
+use crate::globals::GLOBALS;
+use nostr_proto::PublicKeyHex;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use tokio::task::spawn_blocking;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct DbPersonRelay {
+    pub person: String,
+    pub relay: String,
+    pub recommended: u8,
+    pub last_fetched: Option<u64>,
+}
+
+impl DbPersonRelay {
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn fetch(criteria: Option<&str>) -> Result<Vec<DbPersonRelay>, Error> {
+        let sql = "SELECT person, relay, recommended, last_fetched FROM person_relay".to_owned();
+        let sql = match criteria {
+            None => sql,
+            Some(crit) => format!("{} WHERE {}", sql, crit),
+        };
+
+        let output: Result<Vec<DbPersonRelay>, Error> = spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+            let mut stmt = db.prepare(&sql)?;
+            let rows = stmt.query_map([], |row| {
+                Ok(DbPersonRelay {
+                    person: row.get(0)?,
+                    relay: row.get(1)?,
+                    recommended: row.get(2)?,
+                    last_fetched: row.get(3)?,
+                })
+            })?;
+
+            let mut output: Vec<DbPersonRelay> = Vec::new();
+            for row in rows {
+                output.push(row?);
+            }
+            Ok(output)
+        })
+        .await?;
+
+        output
+    }
+
+    /// Fetch records matching the given public keys, ordered from highest to lowest rank
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn fetch_for_pubkeys(pubkeys: &[PublicKeyHex]) -> Result<Vec<DbPersonRelay>, Error> {
+        if pubkeys.is_empty() {
+            return Ok(vec![]);
+        }
+
+        let sql = format!(
+            "SELECT person, relay, recommended, person_relay.last_fetched \
+             FROM person_relay \
+             INNER JOIN relay ON person_relay.relay=relay.url \
+             WHERE person IN ({}) ORDER BY person, relay.rank DESC",
+            repeat_vars(pubkeys.len())
+        );
+
+        let pubkey_strings: Vec<String> = pubkeys.iter().map(|p| p.0.clone()).collect();
+
+        let output: Result<Vec<DbPersonRelay>, Error> = spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+            let mut stmt = db.prepare(&sql)?;
+            let rows = stmt.query_map(rusqlite::params_from_iter(pubkey_strings), |row| {
+                Ok(DbPersonRelay {
+                    person: row.get(0)?,
+                    relay: row.get(1)?,
+                    recommended: row.get(2)?,
+                    last_fetched: row.get(3)?,
+                })
+            })?;
+
+            let mut output: Vec<DbPersonRelay> = Vec::new();
+            for row in rows {
+                output.push(row?);
+            }
+            Ok(output)
+        })
+        .await?;
+
+        output
+    }
+
+    /// Fetch oldest last_fetched among a set of public keys for a relay
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn fetch_oldest_last_fetched(
+        pubkeys: &[PublicKeyHex],
+        relay: &str,
+    ) -> Result<u64, Error> {
+        if pubkeys.is_empty() {
+            return Ok(0);
+        }
+
+        let sql = format!(
+            "SELECT min(coalesce(last_fetched,0)) FROM person_relay
+             WHERE relay=? AND person in ({})",
+            repeat_vars(pubkeys.len())
+        );
+
+        let mut params: Vec<String> = vec![relay.to_string()];
+        params.extend(pubkeys.iter().map(|p| p.0.clone()));
+
+        let output: Result<u64, Error> = spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+            let mut stmt = db.prepare(&sql)?;
+            let mut rows = stmt.query_map(rusqlite::params_from_iter(params), |row| row.get(0))?;
+            if let Some(result) = rows.next() {
+                Ok(result?)
+            } else {
+                Ok(0)
+            }
+        })
+        .await?;
+
+        output
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn insert(person_relay: DbPersonRelay) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let sql = "INSERT OR IGNORE INTO person_relay (person, relay, recommended, last_fetched) \
+             VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3, ?4)";
+
+        spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+            let mut stmt = db.prepare(sql)?;
+            stmt.execute((
+                &person_relay.person,
+                &person_relay.relay,
+                &person_relay.recommended,
+                &person_relay.last_fetched,
+            ))?;
+            Ok::<(), Error>(())
+        })
+        .await??;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn update_last_fetched(relay: String, last_fetched: u64) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let sql = "UPDATE person_relay SET last_fetched=? where relay=?";
+
+        spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+            let mut stmt = db.prepare(sql)?;
+            stmt.execute((&last_fetched, &*relay))?;
+            Ok::<(), Error>(())
+        })
+        .await??;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn delete(criteria: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let sql = format!("DELETE FROM person_relay WHERE {}", criteria);
+
+        spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+            db.execute(&sql, [])?;
+            Ok::<(), Error>(())
+        })
+        .await??;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+fn repeat_vars(count: usize) -> String {
+    assert_ne!(count, 0);
+    let mut s = "?,".repeat(count);
+    // Remove trailing comma
+    s.pop();
+    s
+}
diff --git a/src/db/relay.rs b/src/db/relay.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f40eef0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/relay.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+use crate::error::Error;
+use crate::globals::GLOBALS;
+use nostr_proto::Url;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use tokio::task::spawn_blocking;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct DbRelay {
+    pub url: String,
+    pub success_count: u64,
+    pub failure_count: u64,
+    pub rank: Option<u64>,
+}
+
+impl DbRelay {
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub fn new(url: String) -> DbRelay {
+        DbRelay {
+            url,
+            success_count: 0,
+            failure_count: 0,
+            rank: Some(3),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn fetch(criteria: Option<&str>) -> Result<Vec<DbRelay>, Error> {
+        let sql = "SELECT url, success_count, failure_count, rank FROM relay".to_owned();
+        let sql = match criteria {
+            None => sql,
+            Some(crit) => format!("{} WHERE {}", sql, crit),
+        };
+
+        let output: Result<Vec<DbRelay>, Error> = spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+            let mut stmt = db.prepare(&sql)?;
+            let rows = stmt.query_map([], |row| {
+                Ok(DbRelay {
+                    url: row.get(0)?,
+                    success_count: row.get(1)?,
+                    failure_count: row.get(2)?,
+                    rank: row.get(3)?,
+                })
+            })?;
+
+            let mut output: Vec<DbRelay> = Vec::new();
+            for row in rows {
+                output.push(row?);
+            }
+            Ok(output)
+        })
+        .await?;
+
+        output
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn fetch_one(url: &Url) -> Result<Option<DbRelay>, Error> {
+        let relays = DbRelay::fetch(Some(&format!("url='{}'", url))).await?;
+
+        if relays.is_empty() {
+            Ok(None)
+        } else {
+            Ok(Some(relays[0].clone()))
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn insert(relay: DbRelay) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let sql = "INSERT OR IGNORE INTO relay (url, success_count, failure_count, rank) \
+             VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3, ?4)";
+
+        spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+            let mut stmt = db.prepare(sql)?;
+            stmt.execute((
+                &relay.url,
+                &relay.success_count,
+                &relay.failure_count,
+                &relay.rank,
+            ))?;
+            Ok::<(), Error>(())
+        })
+        .await??;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn update(relay: DbRelay) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let sql = "UPDATE relay SET success_count=?, failure_count=?, rank=? WHERE url=?";
+
+        spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+            let mut stmt = db.prepare(sql)?;
+            stmt.execute((
+                &relay.success_count,
+                &relay.failure_count,
+                &relay.rank,
+                &relay.url,
+            ))?;
+            Ok::<(), Error>(())
+        })
+        .await??;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn delete(criteria: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let sql = format!("DELETE FROM relay WHERE {}", criteria);
+
+        spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+            db.execute(&sql, [])?;
+            Ok::<(), Error>(())
+        })
+        .await??;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn populate_new_relays() -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let sql =
+            "INSERT OR IGNORE INTO relay (url, rank) SELECT DISTINCT relay, 3 FROM person_relay";
+
+        spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+            db.execute(sql, [])?;
+            Ok::<(), Error>(())
+        })
+        .await??;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/db/schema1.sql b/src/db/schema1.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5e30768
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/schema1.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+CREATE TABLE settings (
+    key TEXT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+    value TEXT NOT NULL
+) WITHOUT ROWID;
+
+CREATE TABLE person (
+    pubkey TEXT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+    name TEXT DEFAULT NULL,
+    about TEXT DEFAULT NULL,
+    picture TEXT DEFAULT NULL,
+    dns_id TEXT DEFAULT NULL,
+    dns_id_valid INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
+    dns_id_last_checked INTEGER DEFAULT NULL,
+    metadata_at INTEGER DEFAULT NULL,
+    followed INTEGER DEFAULT 0
+) WITHOUT ROWID;
+
+CREATE TABLE relay (
+    url TEXT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+    success_count INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    failure_count INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    rank INTEGER DEFAULT 3
+) WITHOUT ROWID;
+
+CREATE TABLE person_relay (
+    person TEXT NOT NULL,
+    relay TEXT NOT NULL,
+    recommended INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
+    last_fetched INTEGER DEFAULT NULL,
+    UNIQUE(person, relay)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE contact (
+    source TEXT NOT NULL,
+    contact TEXT NOT NULL,
+    relay TEXT DEFAULT NULL,
+    petname TEXT DEFAULT NULL,
+    UNIQUE(source, contact)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE event (
+    id TEXT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+    raw TEXT NOT NULL,
+    pubkey TEXT NOT NULL,
+    created_at INTEGER NOT NULL,
+    kind INTEGER NOT NULL,
+    content TEXT NOT NULL,
+    ots TEXT DEFAULT NULL
+) WITHOUT ROWID;
+
+CREATE TABLE event_tag (
+    event TEXT NOT NULL,
+    seq INTEGER NOT NULL,
+    label TEXT DEFAULT NULL,
+    field0 TEXT DEFAULT NULL,
+    field1 TEXT DEFAULT NULL,
+    field2 TEXT DEFAULT NULL,
+    field3 TEXT DEFAULT NULL,
+    CONSTRAINT fk_event
+      FOREIGN KEY (event) REFERENCES event (id)
+      ON DELETE CASCADE
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE event_seen (
+    event TEXT NOT NULL,
+    relay TEXT NOT NULL,
+    when_seen INTEGER NOT NULL,
+    UNIQUE (event, relay),
+    CONSTRAINT fk_event
+      FOREIGN KEY (event) REFERENCES event (id)
+      ON DELETE CASCADE
+);
+
+INSERT INTO settings (key, value) values ('version', '1');
+-- INSERT INTO settings (key, value) values ('user_private_key', ''); -- no setting if no key
+INSERT INTO settings (key, value) values ('overlap', '600');
+INSERT INTO settings (key, value) values ('feed_chunk', '43200');
+INSERT INTO settings (key, value) values ('autofollow', '0');
+
+INSERT OR IGNORE INTO relay (url) values
+('wss://nostr-pub.wellorder.net'),
+('wss://nostr.bitcoiner.social'),
+('wss://nostr-relay.wlvs.space'),
+('wss://nostr-pub.semisol.dev'),
+('wss://relay.damus.io'),
+('wss://nostr.openchain.fr'),
+('wss://nostr.delo.software'),
+('wss://relay.nostr.info'),
+('wss://nostr.oxtr.dev'),
+('wss://nostr.ono.re'),
+('wss://relay.grunch.dev'),
+('wss://nostr.sandwich.farm');
diff --git a/src/db/setting.rs b/src/db/setting.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e65d2f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/setting.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+use crate::error::Error;
+use crate::globals::GLOBALS;
+use rusqlite::ToSql;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use tokio::task::spawn_blocking;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct DbSetting {
+    pub key: String,
+    pub value: String,
+}
+
+impl DbSetting {
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn fetch(criteria: Option<&str>) -> Result<Vec<DbSetting>, Error> {
+        let sql = "SELECT key, value FROM settings".to_owned();
+        let sql = match criteria {
+            None => sql,
+            Some(crit) => format!("{} WHERE {}", sql, crit),
+        };
+
+        let output: Result<Vec<DbSetting>, Error> = spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+            let mut stmt = db.prepare(&sql)?;
+            let rows = stmt.query_map([], |row| {
+                Ok(DbSetting {
+                    key: row.get(0)?,
+                    value: row.get(1)?,
+                })
+            })?;
+
+            let mut output: Vec<DbSetting> = Vec::new();
+            for row in rows {
+                output.push(row?);
+            }
+            Ok(output)
+        })
+        .await?;
+
+        output
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn fetch_setting(key: &str) -> Result<Option<String>, Error> {
+        let db_settings = DbSetting::fetch(Some(&format!("key='{}'", key))).await?;
+
+        if db_settings.is_empty() {
+            Ok(None)
+        } else {
+            Ok(Some(db_settings[0].value.clone()))
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn fetch_setting_or_default(key: &str, default: &str) -> Result<String, Error> {
+        let db_settings = DbSetting::fetch(Some(&format!("key='{}'", key))).await?;
+
+        if db_settings.is_empty() {
+            Ok(default.to_string())
+        } else {
+            Ok(db_settings[0].value.clone())
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn fetch_setting_u64_or_default(key: &str, default: u64) -> Result<u64, Error> {
+        let db_settings = DbSetting::fetch(Some(&format!("key='{}'", key))).await?;
+
+        if db_settings.is_empty() {
+            Ok(default)
+        } else {
+            Ok(db_settings[0].value.parse::<u64>().unwrap_or(default))
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn set(setting: DbSetting) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let sql = "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO settings (key, value) VALUES (?1, ?2)";
+
+        spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+            let mut stmt = db.prepare(sql)?;
+            stmt.execute((&setting.key, &setting.value))?;
+            Ok::<(), Error>(())
+        })
+        .await??;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn insert(setting: DbSetting) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let sql = "INSERT OR IGNORE INTO settings (key, value) \
+             VALUES (?1, ?2)";
+
+        spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+            let mut stmt = db.prepare(sql)?;
+            stmt.execute((&setting.key, &setting.value))?;
+            Ok::<(), Error>(())
+        })
+        .await??;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn update<T: ToSql + Send + 'static>(key: String, value: T) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let sql = "UPDATE settings SET value=? WHERE key=?";
+
+        spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+            let mut stmt = db.prepare(sql)?;
+            stmt.execute((&value, &key))?;
+            Ok::<(), Error>(())
+        })
+        .await??;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn delete(criteria: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let sql = format!("DELETE FROM settings WHERE {}", criteria);
+
+        spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let maybe_db = GLOBALS.db.blocking_lock();
+            let db = maybe_db.as_ref().unwrap();
+            db.execute(&sql, [])?;
+            Ok::<(), Error>(())
+        })
+        .await??;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/globals.rs b/src/globals.rs
index 884f9f21..d04ca580 100644
--- a/src/globals.rs
+++ b/src/globals.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 use crate::comms::BusMessage;
+use rusqlite::Connection;
 use tokio::sync::{broadcast, mpsc, Mutex};
 
 /// Only one of these is ever created, via lazy_static!, and represents
 /// global state for the rust application
 pub struct Globals {
+    /// This is our connection to SQLite. Only one thread at a time.
+    pub db: Mutex<Option<Connection>>,
+
     /// This is a broadcast channel. All Minions should listen on it.
     /// To create a receiver, just run .subscribe() on it.
     pub to_minions: broadcast::Sender<BusMessage>,
@@ -27,6 +31,7 @@ lazy_static! {
         let (to_overlord, from_minions) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
 
         Globals {
+            db: Mutex::new(None),
             to_minions,
             to_overlord,
             from_minions: Mutex::new(Some(from_minions)),
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7fb960e8..92b909a6 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 extern crate lazy_static;
 
 mod comms;
+mod db;
 mod error;
 mod globals;