diff --git a/filed/Cargo.lock b/filed/Cargo.lock
index e3fd44e..dcf75ad 100644
--- a/filed/Cargo.lock
+++ b/filed/Cargo.lock
@@ -130,6 +130,16 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "combine"
+version = "4.6.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "35ed6e9d84f0b51a7f52daf1c7d71dd136fd7a3f41a8462b8cdb8c78d920fad4"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cpufeatures"
 version = "0.2.9"
@@ -215,6 +225,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "femme",
  "futures-util",
  "log",
+ "redis",
  "tokio",
  "warp",
 ]
@@ -696,6 +707,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redis"
+version = "0.23.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4f49cdc0bb3f412bf8e7d1bd90fe1d9eb10bc5c399ba90973c14662a27b3f8ba"
+dependencies = [
+ "combine",
+ "itoa",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "ryu",
+ "sha1_smol",
+ "socket2 0.4.9",
+ "tokio",
+ "url",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.23"
@@ -786,6 +813,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sha1_smol"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ae1a47186c03a32177042e55dbc5fd5aee900b8e0069a8d70fba96a9375cd012"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.9"
diff --git a/filed/Cargo.toml b/filed/Cargo.toml
index 94f065b..78067f3 100644
--- a/filed/Cargo.toml
+++ b/filed/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ dotenvy = "0.15.7"
 femme = "2.2.1"
 futures-util = "0.3.28"
 log = "0.4.20"
+redis = { version = "0.23.3", features = ["tokio"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.32.0", features = ["rt", "macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 warp = "0.3.6"
diff --git a/filed/src/db.rs b/filed/src/db.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7cef52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filed/src/db.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*
+ db.rs - The database adapter
+*/
+
+use redis::{Client, RedisError};
+
+use crate::env::Env;
+
+pub fn redis_conn(env: Env) -> Result<Client, RedisError> {
+    log::info!("Connecting to redis DB on {}", env.redis.host);
+    redis::Client::open(format!("redis://{}:{}/", env.redis.host, env.redis.port))
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/filed/src/env.rs b/filed/src/env.rs
index d5cf79a..8df99bf 100644
--- a/filed/src/env.rs
+++ b/filed/src/env.rs
@@ -5,9 +5,19 @@
 
 use std::{env::var, net::SocketAddr};
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct Redis {
+    pub pass: String,
+    pub host: String,
+    pub port: u16,
+    pub prefix: String
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Env {
     pub logging: bool,
-    pub listen: SocketAddr
+    pub listen: SocketAddr,
+    pub redis: Redis,
 }
 
 fn get_var<T: Into<String>, O: From<String>>(name: T) -> Result<O, String> {
@@ -23,7 +33,13 @@ pub fn loadenv() -> Result<Env, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     Ok(
         Env {
             logging: get_var::<&str, String>("APP_LOGGING")?.to_lowercase() == "true",
-            listen: get_var::<&str, String>("APP_HOST")?.parse::<SocketAddr>().unwrap()
+            listen: get_var::<&str, String>("APP_HOST")?.parse::<SocketAddr>().unwrap(),
+            redis: Redis {
+                pass: get_var("REDIS_PASS")?,
+                host: get_var("REDIS_HOST")?,
+                port: get_var::<&str, String>("REDIS_PORT")?.parse().unwrap(),
+                prefix: get_var("REDIS_PREFIX")?
+            }
         }
     )
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/filed/src/main.rs b/filed/src/main.rs
index 2e253dd..e5f4b01 100644
--- a/filed/src/main.rs
+++ b/filed/src/main.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 mod env;
 mod web;
+mod db;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
diff --git a/filed/src/web/forms.rs b/filed/src/web/forms.rs
index 28ed684..1aafa80 100644
--- a/filed/src/web/forms.rs
+++ b/filed/src/web/forms.rs
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
-use warp::{Filter, reply::{Html, Reply}, reject::Rejection, filters::multipart::FormData};
+use warp::{Filter, reply::Reply, reject::Rejection, filters::multipart::FormData};
 use futures_util::TryStreamExt;
 use bytes::BufMut;
 
-pub async fn upload(form: FormData) -> Result<Box<dyn Reply>, Rejection> {
+use super::state::SharedState;
+
+pub async fn upload(form: FormData, _state: SharedState) -> Result<Box<dyn Reply>, Rejection> {
 
     let params: HashMap<String, String> = form.and_then(|mut field| async move {
         let mut bytes: Vec<u8> = vec![];
@@ -23,8 +25,10 @@ pub async fn upload(form: FormData) -> Result<Box<dyn Reply>, Rejection> {
     Ok(Box::new(warp::reply::json(&params)))
 }
 
-pub fn get_routes() -> impl Filter<Extract = impl Reply, Error = Rejection> + Clone {
+pub fn get_routes(state: SharedState) -> impl Filter<Extract = impl Reply, Error = Rejection> + Clone {
     warp::post().and(
-        warp::multipart::form().and_then(upload)
+        warp::multipart::form()
+            .and(warp::any().map(move || state.clone()))
+            .and_then(upload)
     )
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/filed/src/web/mod.rs b/filed/src/web/mod.rs
index 3384853..521786b 100644
--- a/filed/src/web/mod.rs
+++ b/filed/src/web/mod.rs
@@ -10,13 +10,16 @@ use crate::env::Env;
 
 mod pages;
 mod forms;
+mod state;
 
-pub fn routes() -> impl Filter<Extract = impl Reply, Error = Rejection> + Clone {
+use state::SharedState;
+
+pub fn routes(state: SharedState) -> impl Filter<Extract = impl Reply, Error = Rejection> + Clone {
     let staticpath = current_dir().unwrap();
     let staticpath = staticpath.to_str().unwrap().to_string() + "/static";
 
-    pages::get_routes()
-        .or(forms::get_routes())
+    pages::get_routes(state.clone())
+        .or(forms::get_routes(state))
         .or(warp::fs::dir(staticpath.to_string()))
 }
 
@@ -27,5 +30,9 @@ pub async fn serve(env: Env) {
 
     log::info!("Listening on {}", env.listen.to_string());
 
-    warp::serve(routes()).run(env.listen).await;
+    let state = SharedState {
+        redis_cli: crate::db::redis_conn(env.clone()).unwrap()
+    };
+
+    warp::serve(routes(state)).run(env.listen).await;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/filed/src/web/pages.rs b/filed/src/web/pages.rs
index 5fc35c3..3a91a8a 100644
--- a/filed/src/web/pages.rs
+++ b/filed/src/web/pages.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 use warp::{reply::{Reply, Html}, Filter, reject::Rejection};
 use askama::Template;
 
+use super::state::SharedState;
+
 #[derive(Template)]
 #[template( path = "index.html" )]
 struct Index {}
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ pub fn index() -> Html<String> {
     warp::reply::html(rendered.render().unwrap())
 }
 
-pub fn get_routes() -> impl Filter<Extract = impl Reply, Error = Rejection> + Clone {
+pub fn get_routes(_state: SharedState) -> impl Filter<Extract = impl Reply, Error = Rejection> + Clone {
     let index_r = warp::path::end().map(index);
 
     warp::any().and(index_r)
diff --git a/filed/src/web/state.rs b/filed/src/web/state.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78f93f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filed/src/web/state.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+use redis::Client;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct SharedState {
+    pub redis_cli: Client
+}