diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index c3d5a6582..2ecb2cbdb 100644
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index 8e6663618..5d8bc7559 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
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+checksum = "3e61f2b7f93d2c7d2b08263acaa4a363b3e276806c68af6134c44f523bf1aacd"
+dependencies = [
+ "gimli",
+]
+
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+
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+ "winapi 0.3.9",
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+dependencies = [
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+ "libc",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
+]
+
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+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
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+ "miniz_oxide 0.4.4",
+ "object",
+ "rustc-demangle",
+]
+
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+dependencies = [
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+dependencies = [
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+dependencies = [
+ "atty",
+ "cargo_metadata",
+ "crates-index",
+ "dirs-next",
+ "dunce",
+ "env_proxy",
+ "error-chain",
+ "git2",
+ "hex",
+ "pathdiff",
+ "regex",
+ "semver 1.0.4",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
+ "structopt",
+ "subprocess",
+ "termcolor",
+ "toml_edit",
+ "ureq",
+ "url",
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+ "semver 1.0.4",
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+ "vec_map",
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+ "memchr",
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+ "log",
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+dependencies = [
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+ "libc",
+ "libssh2-sys",
+ "libz-sys",
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+ "libc",
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+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
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+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
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+ "rusqlite",
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+
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 name = "rustversion"
 version = "1.0.5"
@@ -2536,7 +2930,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8f05ba609c234e60bee0d547fe94a4c7e9da733d1c962cf6e59efa4cd9c8bc75"
 dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2551,18 +2945,32 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d29ab0c6d3fc0ee92fe66e2d99f700eab17a8d57d1c1d3b748380fb20baa78cd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sct"
+version = "0.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b362b83898e0e69f38515b82ee15aa80636befe47c3b6d3d89a911e78fc228ce"
+dependencies = [
+ "ring 0.16.20",
+ "untrusted",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sd"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "cargo-edit",
  "chrono",
  "crossbeam",
  "data-encoding",
+ "int-enum",
  "rebind",
- "ring",
+ "ring 0.17.0-alpha.10",
  "rusqlite",
+ "rusqlite_migration",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "sha256",
  "tauri",
  "tauri-build",
 ]
@@ -2624,6 +3032,9 @@ name = "semver"
 version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "568a8e6258aa33c13358f81fd834adb854c6f7c9468520910a9b1e8fac068012"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "semver-parser"
@@ -2698,6 +3109,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "stable_deref_trait",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sha2"
+version = "0.9.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b69f9a4c9740d74c5baa3fd2e547f9525fa8088a8a958e0ca2409a514e33f5fa"
+dependencies = [
+ "block-buffer",
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "cpufeatures",
+ "digest",
+ "opaque-debug",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sha256"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77f336ed3354742b51d11c47dc0403bf81229548f2e130fcd21ccc471433334a"
+dependencies = [
+ "hex",
+ "sha2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "shader_version"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -2711,7 +3145,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6be9f7d5565b1483af3e72975e2dee33879b3b86bd48c0929fccf6585d79e65a"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2732,6 +3166,16 @@ version = "1.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fe0f37c9e8f3c5a4a66ad655a93c74daac4ad00c441533bf5c6e7990bb42604e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "smartstring"
+version = "0.2.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "31aa6a31c0c2b21327ce875f7e8952322acfcfd0c27569a6e18a647281352c9b"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "static_assertions",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "socket2"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -2739,7 +3183,19 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "765f090f0e423d2b55843402a07915add955e7d60657db13707a159727326cad"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "socks"
+version = "0.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "30f86c7635fadf2814201a4f67efefb0007588ae7422ce299f354ab5c97f61ae"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "libc",
+ "winapi 0.2.8",
+ "ws2_32-sys",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2833,12 +3289,42 @@ dependencies = [
  "quote 1.0.9",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8ea5119cdb4c55b55d432abb513a0429384878c15dde60cc77b1c99de1a95a6a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.9.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6446ced80d6c486436db5c078dde11a9f73d42b57fb273121e160b84f63d894c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "structopt"
+version = "0.3.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bf9d950ef167e25e0bdb073cf1d68e9ad2795ac826f2f3f59647817cf23c0bfa"
+dependencies = [
+ "clap",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "structopt-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "structopt-derive"
+version = "0.4.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "134d838a2c9943ac3125cf6df165eda53493451b719f3255b2a26b85f772d0ba"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro-error",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote 1.0.9",
+ "syn 1.0.74",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strum"
 version = "0.8.0"
@@ -2873,6 +3359,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.74",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "subprocess"
+version = "0.2.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "055cf3ebc2981ad8f0a5a17ef6652f652d87831f79fddcba2ac57bcb9a0aa407"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "subtle"
 version = "2.4.1"
@@ -2960,7 +3456,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "sourceview",
  "unicode-segmentation",
- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
  "x11-dl",
 ]
 
@@ -3077,7 +3573,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tauri-utils",
  "thiserror",
  "uuid",
- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3093,7 +3589,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tauri-runtime",
  "tauri-utils",
  "uuid",
- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
  "wry",
 ]
 
@@ -3127,7 +3623,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand 0.8.4",
  "redox_syscall 0.2.10",
  "remove_dir_all",
- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3141,6 +3637,35 @@ dependencies = [
  "utf-8",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "term_size"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e4129646ca0ed8f45d09b929036bafad5377103edd06e50bf574b353d2b08d9"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "termcolor"
+version = "1.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2dfed899f0eb03f32ee8c6a0aabdb8a7949659e3466561fc0adf54e26d88c5f4"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "textwrap"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d326610f408c7a4eb6f51c37c330e496b08506c9457c9d34287ecc38809fb060"
+dependencies = [
+ "term_size",
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thin-slice"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -3183,7 +3708,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ca8a50ef2360fbd1eeb0ecd46795a87a19024eb4b53c5dc916ca1fd95fe62438"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3221,6 +3746,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_edit"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1d30834716e93eef7db510648299f647427858e7e2c0beeec2699ea2289c7739"
+dependencies = [
+ "combine",
+ "indexmap",
+ "itertools 0.10.1",
+ "serde",
+ "vec1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typenum"
 version = "1.13.0"
@@ -3254,6 +3792,12 @@ version = "1.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8895849a949e7845e06bd6dc1aa51731a103c42707010a5b591c0038fb73385b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-width"
+version = "0.1.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3ed742d4ea2bd1176e236172c8429aaf54486e7ac098db29ffe6529e0ce50973"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-xid"
 version = "0.0.4"
@@ -3272,6 +3816,26 @@ version = "0.7.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a156c684c91ea7d62626509bce3cb4e1d9ed5c4d978f7b4352658f96a4c26b4a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ureq"
+version = "1.5.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b8b063c2d59218ae09f22b53c42eaad0d53516457905f5235ca4bc9e99daa71"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64",
+ "chunked_transfer",
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "qstring",
+ "rustls",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "socks",
+ "url",
+ "webpki",
+ "webpki-roots",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
 version = "2.2.2"
@@ -3306,6 +3870,18 @@ version = "0.2.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vec1"
+version = "1.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5fc1631c774f0f9570797191e01247cbefde789eebfbf128074cb934115a6133"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "vec_map"
+version = "0.8.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f1bddf1187be692e79c5ffeab891132dfb0f236ed36a43c7ed39f1165ee20191"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version-compare"
 version = "0.0.10"
@@ -3337,7 +3913,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "808cf2735cd4b6866113f648b791c6adc5714537bc222d9347bb203386ffda56"
 dependencies = [
  "same-file",
- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
@@ -3473,6 +4049,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "soup-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "webpki"
+version = "0.21.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b8e38c0608262c46d4a56202ebabdeb094cef7e560ca7a226c6bf055188aa4ea"
+dependencies = [
+ "ring 0.16.20",
+ "untrusted",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "webpki-roots"
+version = "0.21.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "aabe153544e473b775453675851ecc86863d2a81d786d741f6b76778f2a48940"
+dependencies = [
+ "webpki",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "webview2"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -3483,7 +4078,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "webview2-sys",
  "widestring",
- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3493,7 +4088,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cc5288cef1e0cbcf7a0b961e6271e33589b8989c80b2e11078504e989b5346ff"
 dependencies = [
  "com",
- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3517,6 +4112,12 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7f44b95f62d34113cf558c93511ac93027e03e9c29a60dd0fd70e6e025c7270a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi"
+version = "0.2.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "167dc9d6949a9b857f3451275e911c3f44255842c1f7a76f33c55103a909087a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -3527,6 +4128,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-build"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2d315eee3b34aca4797b2da6b13ed88266e6d612562a0c46390af8299fc699bc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -3539,7 +4146,7 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "70ec6ce85bb158151cae5e5c87f95a8e97d2c0c4b001223f33a334e3ce5de178"
 dependencies = [
- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3563,7 +4170,7 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7e30cba82e22b083dc5a422c2ee77e20dc7927271a0dc981360c57c1453cb48d"
 dependencies = [
- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3574,7 +4181,7 @@ checksum = "57790eb281688a4682dab44df2a1ba8b78373233bd71cb291c3e75fecb1a01c4"
 dependencies = [
  "strum 0.8.0",
  "strum_macros 0.8.0",
- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
  "winrt",
  "xml-rs",
 ]
@@ -3605,7 +4212,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "webkit2gtk-sys",
  "webview2",
  "webview2-sys",
- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ws2_32-sys"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d59cefebd0c892fa2dd6de581e937301d8552cb44489cdff035c6187cb63fa5e"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi 0.2.8",
+ "winapi-build",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 4de8f10c3..fb7bc578b 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,9 +21,13 @@ serde_json = "1.0"
 rebind = "0.2.1"
 data-encoding = "2.3.2"
 ring = "0.17.0-alpha.10"
-rusqlite = "0.25.3"
+rusqlite = { version = "0.25.3", features = ["chrono"] }
 chrono = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["serde"] }
 crossbeam = "0.8.1"
+cargo-edit = "0.8.0"
+sha256 = "1.0.2"
+int-enum = "0.4.0"
+rusqlite_migration = "0.5.0"
 
 [features]
 default = [ "custom-protocol" ]
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/commands.rs b/src-tauri/src/commands.rs
index 8d006e679..006011881 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/commands.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/commands.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+use crate::filesystem::checksum;
 use crate::filesystem::file;
 use crate::filesystem::file::File;
+
 use tauri::InvokeError;
 
 #[tauri::command(async)]
@@ -7,5 +9,17 @@ pub async fn read_file_command(path: &str) -> Result<File, InvokeError> {
   let file = file::read_file(path)
     .await
     .map_err(|error| InvokeError::from(format!("Failed to read file: {}", error)))?;
+
+  file::commit_file(&file).await;
+
+  Ok(file)
+}
+#[tauri::command(async)]
+pub async fn generate_buffer_checksum(path: &str) -> Result<File, InvokeError> {
+  let mut file = file::read_file(path)
+    .await
+    .map_err(|error| InvokeError::from(format!("Failed to read file: {}", error)))?;
+
+  file.buffer_checksum = Some(checksum::create_hash(&file.uri).await.unwrap());
   Ok(file)
 }
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/crypto/mod.rs b/src-tauri/src/crypto/mod.rs
index 8cec69c26..3703ba59a 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/crypto/mod.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/crypto/mod.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@
+use int_enum::IntEnum;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[repr(u8)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, IntEnum)]
 pub enum Encryption {
-  NONE,
-  AES128,
-  AES192,
-  AES256,
+  NONE = 0,
+  AES128 = 1,
+  AES192 = 2,
+  AES256 = 3,
+}
+
+impl From<i64> for Encryption {
+  fn from(val: i64) -> Self {
+    match val {
+      0 => Encryption::NONE,
+      1 => Encryption::AES128,
+      2 => Encryption::AES192,
+      3 => Encryption::AES256,
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/db/connection.rs b/src-tauri/src/db/connection.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03c976775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-tauri/src/db/connection.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+use crate::app::config;
+use rusqlite;
+use tauri::InvokeError;
+
+pub fn get_connection() -> Result<rusqlite::Connection, InvokeError> {
+  let config = config::get_config();
+
+  rusqlite::Connection::open(config.primary_db)
+    .map_err(|error| InvokeError::from("database_connection_failure"))
+}
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/db/init.rs b/src-tauri/src/db/init.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4366c4230..000000000
--- a/src-tauri/src/db/init.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-use rusqlite;
-// use tauri::api::path;
-use crate::app::config;
-
-pub fn create_connection() -> Result<rusqlite::Connection, rusqlite::Error> {
-  let config = config::get_config();
-
-  rusqlite::Connection::open(config.primary_db)
-}
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/db/mapper.rs b/src-tauri/src/db/mapper.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0a412075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-tauri/src/db/mapper.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+pub(crate) trait ToVec<T> {
+  fn to_vec(self) -> Vec<T>;
+}
+
+pub(crate) type QueryMapper<T> = fn(&rusqlite::Row) -> rusqlite::Result<T>;
+
+impl<T> ToVec<T> for rusqlite::MappedRows<'_, QueryMapper<T>> {
+  fn to_vec(self) -> Vec<T> {
+    let mut list = Vec::new();
+    for row in self {
+      list.push(row.unwrap());
+    }
+    list
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/db/migrate.rs b/src-tauri/src/db/migrate.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4af7d3aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-tauri/src/db/migrate.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+use rusqlite::Connection;
+use rusqlite_migration::{Migrations, M};
+
+pub fn run_migrations(mut connection: Connection) {
+  let migrations = Migrations::new(vec![M::up(
+    "
+    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS files (
+        id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+        uri STRING NOT NULL,
+        meta_checksum STRING NOT NULL,
+        buffer_checksum STRING,
+        name STRING,
+        extension STRING,
+        size_in_bytes INTEGER NOT NULL,
+        encryption INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
+        ipfs_id STRING,
+        user_id STRING,
+        storage_device_id STRING,
+        capture_device_id STRING,
+        parent_file_id STRING
+        date_created TEXT NOT NULL,
+        date_modified TEXT NOT NULL,
+        date_indexed TEXT NOT NULL,
+    );
+",
+  )]);
+
+  migrations.to_latest(&mut connection).unwrap();
+}
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/db/mod.rs b/src-tauri/src/db/mod.rs
index 43763f10a..a5baf7f91 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/db/mod.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/db/mod.rs
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-pub mod init;
+pub mod connection;
+pub mod mapper;
+pub mod migrate;
+pub mod page;
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/db/page.rs b/src-tauri/src/db/page.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0a518e46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-tauri/src/db/page.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub(crate) struct PageRequest {
+  #[serde(default)]
+  pub(crate) page: i64,
+  #[serde(default)]
+  pub(crate) size: i64,
+  #[serde(default)]
+  pub(crate) sort_by: String,
+  #[serde(default)]
+  pub(crate) direction: SortDirection,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub(crate) enum SortDirection {
+  ASC,
+  DESC,
+}
+
+impl Default for SortDirection {
+  fn default() -> Self {
+    SortDirection::ASC
+  }
+}
+
+impl Display for SortDirection {
+  fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+    write!(f, "{:?}", self)
+  }
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub(crate) struct PageResponse<T> {
+  content: Vec<T>,
+  total_pages: i64,
+  total_elements: i64,
+}
+
+impl<T> PageResponse<T> {
+  pub(crate) fn new(content: Vec<T>, total_pages: i64, total_elements: i64) -> Self {
+    PageResponse {
+      content,
+      total_pages,
+      total_elements,
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/filesystem/checksum.rs b/src-tauri/src/filesystem/checksum.rs
index ce2250109..ecda57996 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/filesystem/checksum.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/filesystem/checksum.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-use data_encoding::HEXUPPER;
+use data_encoding::HEXLOWER;
 use ring::digest::{Context, Digest, SHA256};
-use std::fs::File;
+use sha256::digest;
 use std::io;
 use std::io::{BufReader, Read};
+use std::time::Instant;
 
 fn sha256_digest<R: Read>(mut reader: R) -> io::Result<Digest> {
   let mut context = Context::new(&SHA256);
@@ -18,10 +19,15 @@ fn sha256_digest<R: Read>(mut reader: R) -> io::Result<Digest> {
 }
 
 pub async fn create_hash(path: &str) -> io::Result<String> {
-  let input = File::open(path)?;
-  let reader = BufReader::new(input);
-  let digest = sha256_digest(reader)?;
-  let hash = HEXUPPER.encode(digest.as_ref());
-  println!("hashing complete {}", hash);
-  Ok(hash)
+  let start = Instant::now();
+  // read file as buffer and convert to digest
+  let digest = sha256_digest(BufReader::new(std::fs::File::open(path)?))?;
+  // create a lowercase hash from
+  let hex = HEXLOWER.encode(digest.as_ref());
+  println!("hashing complete in {:?} {}", start.elapsed(), hex);
+  Ok(hex)
+}
+
+pub fn create_meta_hash(uri: String, size_in_bytes: u64) -> io::Result<String> {
+  Ok(digest(format!("{}{}", uri, size_in_bytes.to_string())))
 }
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/filesystem/file.rs b/src-tauri/src/filesystem/file.rs
index a24f69e15..b8fffed6c 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/filesystem/file.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/filesystem/file.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 use crate::crypto;
 use chrono::prelude::*;
-use crossbeam::thread;
+use rusqlite::named_params;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::fs;
 use std::io;
 use std::path;
-use std::time::Instant;
 
+use tauri::InvokeError;
+
+use crate::db;
+// use crate::db::mapper::QueryMapper;
 use crate::filesystem::checksum;
 use crate::util::time;
 
@@ -15,7 +18,8 @@ use crate::util::time;
 pub struct File {
   // identity
   pub id: Option<u64>,
-  pub checksum: Option<String>,
+  pub buffer_checksum: Option<String>,
+  pub meta_checksum: String,
   pub uri: String,
   // metadata
   pub name: String,
@@ -35,58 +39,38 @@ pub struct File {
 }
 
 // Read a file from path returning the File struct
-// Generates checksum and extracts metadata
+// Generates meta checksum and extracts metadata
 pub async fn read_file(path: &str) -> io::Result<File> {
-  // let start = Instant::now();
   let path_buff = path::PathBuf::from(path);
-  // extract metadata
-  let metadata = match fs::metadata(&path) {
-    Ok(metadata) => metadata,
-    Err(e) => return Err(e),
-  };
+  let metadata = fs::metadata(&path)?;
 
-  // if metadata.is_dir() {
-  //   return Err();
-  // }
+  if metadata.is_dir() {
+    // return Err();
+  }
 
-  // let checksum = thread::scope(|s| {
-  //   let res = s.spawn(move |_| checksum::create_hash(path).unwrap());
-  //   res.join()
-  // })
-  // .unwrap()
-  // .unwrap();
+  let size = metadata.len();
+  let meta_checksum = checksum::create_meta_hash(path.to_owned(), size)?;
 
-  // let checksum = match checksum {
-  //   Ok(metadata) => metadata, // Err(e) => return Err(e.into()),
-  // };
-
-  // generate checksum
-  // let checksum = match checksum::create_hash(path) {
-  //   Ok(checksum) => checksum,
-  //   Err(e) => return Err(e),
-  // };
   // assemble File struct with initial values
   let file = File {
     name: extract_name(path_buff.file_name()),
     extension: extract_name(path_buff.extension()),
     uri: path.to_owned(),
-    size_in_bytes: metadata.len(),
+    size_in_bytes: size,
     date_created: time::system_time_to_date_time(metadata.created()).unwrap_or(Utc::now()),
     date_modified: time::system_time_to_date_time(metadata.created()).unwrap_or(Utc::now()),
     date_indexed: Utc::now(),
     encryption: crypto::Encryption::NONE,
     // this will be populated later, either by the database or other functions
     id: None,
-    checksum: None,
+    meta_checksum,
+    buffer_checksum: None,
     ipfs_id: None,
     user_id: None,
     storage_device_id: None,
     capture_device_id: None,
     parent_file_id: None,
   };
-
-  checksum::create_hash(path).await;
-
   Ok(file)
 }
 
@@ -98,3 +82,50 @@ fn extract_name(os_string: Option<&OsStr>) -> String {
     .unwrap_or_default()
     .to_owned()
 }
+
+pub async fn commit_file(file: &File) -> Result<(), InvokeError> {
+  let connection = db::connection::get_connection()?;
+
+  connection.execute("
+    INSERT INTO files (uri, meta_checksum, buffer_checksum, name, extension, size_in_bytes, encryption, ipfs_id, user_id, storage_device_id, capture_device_id, parent_file_id, date_created, date_modified, date_indexed) VALUES (:uri, :meta_checksum, :buffer_checksum, :name, :extension, :size_in_bytes, :encryption, :ipfs_id, :user_id, :storage_device_id, :capture_device_id, :parent_file_id, :date_created, :date_modified, :date_indexed)
+  ", named_params! {
+    ":uri": &file.uri,
+    ":meta_checksum": &file.meta_checksum,
+    ":buffer_checksum": &file.buffer_checksum,
+    ":name": &file.name,
+    ":extension": &file.extension,
+    ":size_in_bytes": &file.size_in_bytes,
+    ":encryption": crypto::Encryption::NONE,
+    ":ipfs_id": &file.ipfs_id,
+    ":user_id": &file.user_id,
+    ":storage_device_id": &file.storage_device_id,
+    ":capture_device_id": &file.capture_device_id,
+    ":parent_file_id": &file.parent_file_id,
+    ":date_created": &file.date_created,
+    ":date_modified": &file.date_modified,
+    ":date_indexed": &file.date_indexed
+});
+
+  Ok(())
+}
+
+// const FILE_MAPPER: QueryMapper<File> = |row| {
+//   Ok(File {
+//     id: row.get(0)?,
+//     buffer_checksum: row.get(1)?,
+//     meta_checksum: row.get(2)?,
+//     uri: row.get(3)?,
+//     name: row.get(4)?,
+//     extension: row.get(5)?,
+//     size_in_bytes: row.get(6)?,
+//     encryption: crypto::Encryption::from(row.get(7)?),
+//     ipfs_id: row.get(8)?,
+//     user_id: row.get(9)?,
+//     storage_device_id: row.get(10)?,
+//     capture_device_id: row.get(11)?,
+//     parent_file_id: row.get(12)?,
+//     date_created: chrono::DateTime::parse_from_str(row.get(13).unwrap(), "utc")?,
+//     date_modified: row.get(14)?,
+//     date_indexed: row.get(15)?,
+//   })
+// };
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index 864e82082..c8a866ec1 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -12,12 +12,16 @@ mod util;
 use crate::app::menu;
 
 fn main() {
-  let connection = db::init::create_connection();
+  let connection = db::connection::get_connection().unwrap();
+  db::migrate::run_migrations(connection);
 
-  println!("primary database connected {:?}", connection);
+  println!("primary database connected");
 
   tauri::Builder::default()
-    .invoke_handler(tauri::generate_handler![commands::read_file_command])
+    .invoke_handler(tauri::generate_handler![
+      commands::read_file_command,
+      commands::generate_buffer_checksum
+    ])
     .menu(menu::get_menu())
     .run(tauri::generate_context!())
     .expect("error while running tauri application");
diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index 92df53ff2..248224a8b 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -38,11 +38,21 @@ export default function App() {
 
   return (
     <VechaiProvider theme={theme} colorScheme="pale">
-      <div data-tauri-drag-region className="max-w h-10 bg-primary-800"></div>
+      <div data-tauri-drag-region className="max-w h-4"></div>
       <div className="p-2">
         <div className="flex flex-wrap w-full space-x-2">
-          <Input value={fileInputVal} onChange={(e) => setFileInputVal(e.target.value)} />
-          <input ref={fileUploader} type="file" id="file" onChange={changeHandler} />
+          <Input
+            className="mb-2"
+            value={fileInputVal}
+            onChange={(e) => setFileInputVal(e.target.value)}
+          />
+          <input
+            ref={fileUploader}
+            type="file"
+            id="file"
+            className="hidden"
+            onChange={changeHandler}
+          />
           <Button
             variant="solid"
             color="primary"
@@ -54,8 +64,16 @@ export default function App() {
           >
             Load File
           </Button>
-          <Button variant="solid" color="primary">
-            Reset
+          <Button
+            variant="solid"
+            color="primary"
+            onClick={() => {
+              invoke('generate_buffer_checksum', {
+                path: fileInputVal
+              }).then(console.log);
+            }}
+          >
+            Generate Buffer Checksum
           </Button>
           <Button variant="solid" color="primary">
             Close