diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 61eb6a2..43ff2c2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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+dependencies = [
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+ "lazy_static",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "616896e05fc0e2649463a93a15183c6a16bf03413a7af88ef1285ddedfa9cda5"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a7ba35e9565969edb811639dbebfe34edc0368e472c5018474c8eb2543397f81"
+dependencies = [
+ "funty",
+ "radium",
+ "tap",
+ "wyz",
+]
+
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@@ -201,6 +239,12 @@ dependencies = [
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+checksum = "83f95cf4bf0dda0ac2e65371ae7215d0dce3c187613a9dbf23aaa9374186f97a"
+dependencies = [
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+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0a89e2ae426ea83155dccf10c0fa6b1463ef6d5fcb44cee0b224a408fa640a62"
+dependencies = [
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+ "libc",
+]
+
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+
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+dependencies = [
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+
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+dependencies = [
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+dependencies = [
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+ "crossbeam-utils",
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+dependencies = [
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+dependencies = [
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+ "percent-encoding",
+]
+
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+
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+dependencies = [
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+
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+dependencies = [
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+
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+dependencies = [
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+ "unicode-bidi",
+ "unicode-normalization",
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+dependencies = [
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+
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+ "ryu",
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+checksum = "64d31059f22935e6c31830db5249ba2b7ecd54fd73a9909286f0a67aa55c2fbd"
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+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "openssl",
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "openssl-sys",
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+ "security-framework-sys",
+ "tempfile",
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+ "memchr",
+ "version_check",
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+ "lazy_static",
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+dependencies = [
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+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
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- "getrandom",
+ "getrandom 0.1.15",
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+[[package]]
+name = "semver-parser"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0e012c6c5380fb91897ba7b9261a0f565e624e869d42fe1a1d03fa0d68a083d5"
+dependencies = [
+ "pest",
+ "pest_derive",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.117"
@@ -1765,6 +2032,101 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlformat"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "74c70f0235b9925cbb106c52af1a28b5ea4885a8b851e328b8562e257a389c2d"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "maplit",
+ "nom",
+ "regex",
+ "unicode_categories",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlx"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e1a98f9bf17b690f026b6fec565293a995b46dfbd6293debcb654dcffd2d1b34"
+dependencies = [
+ "sqlx-core",
+ "sqlx-macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlx-core"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "36bb6a2ca3345a86493bc3b71eabc2c6c16a8bb1aa476cf5303bee27f67627d7"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash 0.6.2",
+ "atoi",
+ "bitflags",
+ "byteorder",
+ "bytes",
+ "crc",
+ "crossbeam-channel",
+ "crossbeam-queue",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "either",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "hashlink",
+ "hex",
+ "itoa",
+ "libc",
+ "libsqlite3-sys",
+ "log",
+ "memchr",
+ "once_cell",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "sha2",
+ "smallvec",
+ "sqlformat",
+ "sqlx-rt",
+ "stringprep",
+ "thiserror",
+ "url",
+ "whoami",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlx-macros"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b5ada8b3b565331275ce913368565a273a74faf2a34da58c4dc010ce3286844"
+dependencies = [
+ "cargo_metadata",
+ "dotenv",
+ "either",
+ "futures",
+ "heck",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "sha2",
+ "sqlx-core",
+ "sqlx-rt",
+ "syn",
+ "url",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlx-rt"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "63fc5454c9dd7aaea3a0eeeb65ca40d06d0d8e7413a8184f7c3a3ffa5056190b"
+dependencies = [
+ "native-tls",
+ "once_cell",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "standback"
 version = "0.2.13"
@@ -1780,6 +2142,12 @@ version = "0.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3015a7d0a5fd5105c91c3710d42f9ccf0abfb287d62206484dcc67f9569a6483"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "static_assertions"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a2eb9349b6444b326872e140eb1cf5e7c522154d69e7a0ffb0fb81c06b37543f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "stdweb"
 version = "0.4.20"
@@ -1829,6 +2197,16 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "213701ba3370744dcd1a12960caa4843b3d68b4d1c0a5d575e0d65b2ee9d16c0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "stringprep"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8ee348cb74b87454fff4b551cbf727025810a004f88aeacae7f85b87f4e9a1c1"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-bidi",
+ "unicode-normalization",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strum"
 version = "0.20.0"
@@ -1867,6 +2245,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-xid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tap"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "36474e732d1affd3a6ed582781b3683df3d0563714c59c39591e8ff707cf078e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
 version = "3.1.0"
@@ -1885,8 +2269,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "tenebrous-sheets"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "diesel",
- "diesel-derive-enum",
  "erased-serde",
  "futures",
  "log",
@@ -1899,6 +2281,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
+ "sqlx",
  "strum",
  "thiserror",
 ]
@@ -2003,6 +2386,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tinyvec"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ccf8dbc19eb42fba10e8feaaec282fb50e2c14b2726d6301dbfeed0f73306a6f"
+dependencies = [
+ "tinyvec_macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tinyvec_macros"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cda74da7e1a664f795bb1f8a87ec406fb89a02522cf6e50620d016add6dbbf5c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
 version = "0.2.24"
@@ -2037,6 +2435,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-native-tls"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cd608593a919a8e05a7d1fc6df885e40f6a88d3a70a3a7eff23ff27964eda069"
+dependencies = [
+ "native-tls",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-util"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -2183,6 +2591,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "unic-common",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-bidi"
+version = "0.3.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "49f2bd0c6468a8230e1db229cff8029217cf623c767ea5d60bfbd42729ea54d5"
+dependencies = [
+ "matches",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-normalization"
+version = "0.1.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a13e63ab62dbe32aeee58d1c5408d35c36c392bba5d9d3142287219721afe606"
+dependencies = [
+ "tinyvec",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-segmentation"
 version = "1.7.1"
@@ -2195,6 +2621,12 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f7fe0bb3479651439c9112f72b6c505038574c9fbb575ed1bf3b797fa39dd564"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode_categories"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "39ec24b3121d976906ece63c9daad25b85969647682eee313cb5779fdd69e14e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "universal-hash"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -2205,6 +2637,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "subtle",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "url"
+version = "2.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5909f2b0817350449ed73e8bcd81c8c3c8d9a7a5d8acba4b27db277f1868976e"
+dependencies = [
+ "form_urlencoded",
+ "idna",
+ "matches",
+ "percent-encoding",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vcpkg"
 version = "0.2.10"
@@ -2304,6 +2748,16 @@ version = "0.2.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7e7811dd7f9398f14cc76efd356f98f03aa30419dea46aa810d71e819fc97158"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "web-sys"
+version = "0.3.46"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "222b1ef9334f92a21d3fb53dc3fd80f30836959a90f9274a626d7e06315ba3c3"
+dependencies = [
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "which"
 version = "3.1.1"
@@ -2313,6 +2767,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "whoami"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e35495e7faf4c657051a8e9725d9c37ac57879e915be3ed55bb401af84382035"
+dependencies = [
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "web-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.2.8"
@@ -2366,6 +2830,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-build",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wyz"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "85e60b0d1b5f99db2556934e21937020776a5d31520bf169e851ac44e6420214"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "yansi"
 version = "0.5.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 16babc0..c60e66e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,14 +14,13 @@ serde = "1.0"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 erased-serde = "0.3"
-diesel = "1.4"
-diesel-derive-enum = { version = "1", features = ["sqlite"] }
 thiserror = "1.0"
 rust-argon2 = "0.8"
 log = "0.4"
 rand = "0.7"
 futures = "0.3"
 strum = { version = "0.20", features = ["derive"] }
+sqlx = { version = "0.4.2", features = [ "sqlite", "runtime-tokio-native-tls" ] }
 
 [dependencies.rocket]
 git = "https://github.com/SergioBenitez/Rocket"
@@ -32,4 +31,4 @@ features = ["secrets"]
 git = "https://github.com/SergioBenitez/Rocket"
 branch = "master"
 default-features = false
-features = [ "tera_templates", "diesel_sqlite_pool", "serve" ]
\ No newline at end of file
+features = [ "tera_templates",  "serve" ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
index 069573f..b5365c0 100644
--- a/src/db.rs
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -1,120 +1,119 @@
-use crate::models::characters::{Character, NewCharacter, StrippedCharacter};
+use crate::errors::Error;
+use crate::models::characters::{Character, CharacterDataType, NewCharacter, StrippedCharacter};
 use crate::models::users::{NewUser, User};
-use crate::schema::characters;
-use diesel::prelude::*;
-use rocket_contrib::databases::diesel;
+use sqlx::database::HasValueRef;
+use sqlx::sqlite::{SqlitePool, SqlitePoolOptions};
+use sqlx::Decode;
 
-#[database("tenebrous_db")]
-pub(crate) struct TenebrousDbConn(SqliteConnection);
+pub type TenebrousDbConn<'a> = rocket::State<'a, SqlitePool>;
+
+pub(crate) async fn create_pool() -> Result<SqlitePool, crate::errors::Error> {
+    SqlitePoolOptions::new()
+        .max_connections(5)
+        .connect("tenebrous.sqlite")
+        .await
+        .map_err(|e| e.into())
+}
 
 #[rocket::async_trait]
 pub(crate) trait Dao {
-    async fn load_user_by_id(&self, id: i32) -> QueryResult<Option<User>>;
+    async fn load_user_by_id(&self, id: i32) -> Result<Option<User>, Error>;
 
-    async fn load_user(&self, for_username: String) -> QueryResult<Option<User>>;
+    async fn load_user(&self, for_username: &str) -> Result<Option<User>, Error>;
 
-    async fn insert_user(&self, new_user: NewUser) -> QueryResult<User>;
+    async fn insert_user(&self, new_user: NewUser<'_>) -> Result<User, Error>;
 
-    async fn load_character_list(&self, for_user_id: i32) -> QueryResult<Vec<StrippedCharacter>>;
+    async fn load_character_list(&self, for_user_id: i32) -> Result<Vec<StrippedCharacter>, Error>;
 
-    async fn load_character(&self, character_id: i32) -> QueryResult<Option<Character>>;
+    async fn load_character(&self, character_id: i32) -> Result<Option<Character>, Error>;
 
-    async fn insert_character(&self, new_character: NewCharacter) -> QueryResult<()>;
+    async fn insert_character(&self, new_character: NewCharacter<'_>) -> Result<(), Error>;
 
-    async fn update_character_sheet(&self, character: Character) -> QueryResult<()>;
+    async fn update_character_sheet<'a>(&self, character: &'a Character) -> Result<(), Error>;
 }
 
-type StrippedCharacterColumns = (
-    characters::id,
-    characters::user_id,
-    characters::viewable,
-    characters::character_name,
-    characters::data_type,
-    characters::data_version,
-);
-
-const STRIPPED_CHARACTER_COLUMNS: StrippedCharacterColumns = (
-    characters::id,
-    characters::user_id,
-    characters::viewable,
-    characters::character_name,
-    characters::data_type,
-    characters::data_version,
-);
-
+//TODO is:
+// - reimplement all methods
+// - remove owned data
+// - return sqlx result so we don't have .into() calls everywhere
+// - use compile time queries
+// - find replacement for diesel migrations
 #[rocket::async_trait]
-impl Dao for TenebrousDbConn {
-    async fn load_user_by_id(&self, user_id: i32) -> QueryResult<Option<User>> {
-        use crate::schema::users::dsl::*;
-        self.run(move |conn| users.filter(id.eq(user_id)).first(conn).optional())
+impl Dao for SqlitePool {
+    async fn load_user_by_id(&self, user_id: i32) -> Result<Option<User>, Error> {
+        sqlx::query_as::<_, User>("SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ?")
+            .bind(user_id)
+            .fetch_optional(self)
             .await
+            .map_err(|e| e.into())
     }
 
-    async fn load_user(&self, for_username: String) -> QueryResult<Option<User>> {
-        use crate::schema::users::dsl::*;
+    async fn load_user(&self, for_username: &str) -> Result<Option<User>, Error> {
+        sqlx::query_as::<_, User>("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = ?")
+            .bind(for_username)
+            .fetch_optional(self)
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| e.into())
+    }
 
-        self.run(move |conn| {
-            users
-                .filter(username.eq(for_username))
-                .first(conn)
-                .optional()
-        })
+    async fn insert_user(&self, new_user: NewUser<'_>) -> Result<User, Error> {
+        sqlx::query("INSERT INTO users (username, password) values (?, ?)")
+            .bind(new_user.username)
+            .bind(new_user.password)
+            .execute(self)
+            .await?;
+
+        self.load_user(new_user.username)
+            .await
+            .and_then(|user| user.ok_or(Error::NotFound))
+    }
+
+    async fn load_character_list(&self, for_user_id: i32) -> Result<Vec<StrippedCharacter>, Error> {
+        sqlx::query_as::<_, StrippedCharacter>(
+            "SELECT id, user_id, viewable, character_name, data_type, data_version
+             FROM characters WHERE user_id = ?",
+        )
+        .bind(for_user_id)
+        .fetch_all(self)
         .await
+        .map_err(|e| e.into())
     }
 
-    async fn insert_user(&self, new_user: NewUser) -> QueryResult<User> {
-        self.run(move |conn| {
-            diesel::insert_into(users).values(&new_user).execute(conn)?;
-
-            use crate::schema::users::dsl::*;
-            users.filter(username.eq(new_user.username)).first(conn)
-        })
+    async fn load_character(&self, character_id: i32) -> Result<Option<Character>, Error> {
+        sqlx::query_as::<_, Character>(
+            "SELECT id, user_id, viewable, character_name, data_type, data_version, data
+             FROM characters WHERE id = ?",
+        )
+        .bind(character_id)
+        .fetch_optional(self)
         .await
+        .map_err(|e| e.into())
     }
 
-    async fn load_character_list(&self, for_user_id: i32) -> QueryResult<Vec<StrippedCharacter>> {
-        use crate::schema::characters::dsl::*;
-
-        self.run(move |conn| {
-            characters
-                .filter(user_id.eq(for_user_id))
-                .select(STRIPPED_CHARACTER_COLUMNS)
-                .load(conn)
-        })
-        .await
-    }
-
-    async fn load_character(&self, character_id: i32) -> QueryResult<Option<Character>> {
-        use crate::schema::characters::dsl::*;
-
-        self.run(move |conn| {
-            characters
-                .filter(id.eq(character_id))
-                .first(conn)
-                .optional()
-        })
-        .await
-    }
-
-    async fn insert_character(&self, new_character: NewCharacter) -> QueryResult<()> {
-        self.run(|conn| {
-            diesel::insert_into(characters::table)
-                .values(new_character)
-                .execute(conn)
-        })
+    async fn insert_character(&self, new_character: NewCharacter<'_>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        sqlx::query(
+            "INSERT INTO characters
+                    (user_id, viewable, character_name, data_type, data_version, data)
+                    values (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)",
+        )
+        .bind(new_character.user_id)
+        .bind(new_character.viewable)
+        .bind(new_character.character_name)
+        .bind(new_character.data_type)
+        .bind(new_character.data_version)
+        .bind(new_character.data)
+        .execute(self)
         .await?;
 
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    async fn update_character_sheet(&self, character: Character) -> QueryResult<()> {
-        use crate::schema::characters::dsl::*;
-        self.run(move |conn| {
-            diesel::update(&character)
-                .set(data.eq(&character.data))
-                .execute(conn)
-        })
-        .await?;
+    async fn update_character_sheet<'a>(&self, character: &'a Character) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        sqlx::query("UPDATE characters set data = ? where id = ?")
+            .bind(&character.data)
+            .bind(character.id)
+            .execute(self)
+            .await?;
 
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/src/errors.rs b/src/errors.rs
index 79b32ec..adce3ac 100644
--- a/src/errors.rs
+++ b/src/errors.rs
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ pub enum Error {
     #[error("invalid input")]
     InvalidInput,
 
-    #[error("query error: {0}")]
-    QueryError(#[from] diesel::result::Error),
-
     #[error("serialization error: {0}")]
     SerializationError(#[from] prost::EncodeError),
 
@@ -31,6 +28,12 @@ pub enum Error {
 
     #[error("i/o error: {0}")]
     IoError(#[from] std::io::Error),
+
+    #[error("query error: {0}")]
+    QueryError(#[from] sqlx::Error),
+
+    #[error("rocket error: {0}")]
+    RocketError(#[from] rocket::error::Error),
 }
 
 impl Error {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6bb0262..a94618e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ extern crate rocket;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate rocket_contrib;
 
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate diesel;
-
 // Seemingly necessary to get serde::Serialize into scope for Prost
 // code generation.
 #[macro_use]
@@ -20,10 +17,9 @@ pub mod db;
 pub mod errors;
 pub mod models;
 pub mod routes;
-pub mod schema;
 
 #[rocket::main]
-async fn main() -> Result<(), rocket::error::Error> {
+async fn main() -> Result<(), crate::errors::Error> {
     let root_routes: Vec<rocket::Route> = {
         routes::root::routes()
             .into_iter()
@@ -37,7 +33,8 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), rocket::error::Error> {
 
     rocket::ignite()
         .attach(Template::fairing())
-        .attach(db::TenebrousDbConn::fairing())
+        //.attach(db::TenebrousDbConn::fairing())
+        .manage(crate::db::create_pool().await?)
         .mount("/", root_routes)
         .mount("/characters", character_routes)
         .mount("/api", api_routes)
@@ -52,4 +49,5 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), rocket::error::Error> {
         .register(catchers)
         .launch()
         .await
+        .map_err(|e| e.into())
 }
diff --git a/src/models/characters.rs b/src/models/characters.rs
index ca0bd75..3742a5c 100644
--- a/src/models/characters.rs
+++ b/src/models/characters.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 use crate::errors::Error;
 use crate::models::proto::cofd::*;
 use crate::models::users::User;
-use crate::schema::characters;
-use diesel_derive_enum::DbEnum;
 use prost::bytes::BytesMut;
 use serde_derive::Serialize;
 use strum::{EnumIter, EnumString};
@@ -41,7 +39,8 @@ pub(crate) trait Visibility {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(DbEnum, Debug, Serialize, PartialEq, Clone, Copy, EnumIter, EnumString)]
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, PartialEq, Clone, Copy, EnumIter, EnumString, sqlx::Type)]
+#[sqlx(rename_all = "snake_case")]
 pub enum CharacterDataType {
     ChroniclesOfDarknessV1,
     ChangelingV1,
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ impl CharacterDataType {
 
 /// An entry that appears in a user's character list. Properties are
 /// in order of table columns.
-#[derive(Serialize, Debug, Queryable, Identifiable, AsChangeset)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Debug, sqlx::FromRow)]
 pub struct Character {
     pub id: i32,
     pub user_id: i32,
@@ -145,7 +144,7 @@ impl Character {
 
 /// Same as regular character type, but without the actual protobuf
 /// data loaded into memory.
-#[derive(Serialize, Debug, Queryable)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Debug, sqlx::FromRow)]
 pub struct StrippedCharacter {
     pub id: i32,
     pub user_id: i32,
@@ -167,13 +166,11 @@ impl Visibility for StrippedCharacter {
 
 /// Represents insert of a new character into the database. Property
 /// names correspond to columns.
-#[derive(Insertable)]
-#[table_name = "characters"]
-pub struct NewCharacter {
+pub struct NewCharacter<'a> {
     pub user_id: i32,
     pub viewable: bool,
-    pub character_name: String,
+    pub character_name: &'a str,
     pub data_type: CharacterDataType,
     pub data_version: i32,
-    pub data: Vec<u8>,
+    pub data: &'a [u8],
 }
diff --git a/src/models/users.rs b/src/models/users.rs
index ab0bb57..96278b1 100644
--- a/src/models/users.rs
+++ b/src/models/users.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use crate::db::{Dao, TenebrousDbConn};
-use crate::schema::users;
 use argon2::{self, Config, Error as ArgonError};
 use rand::Rng;
 use rocket::outcome::IntoOutcome;
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ pub(crate) fn hash_password(raw_password: &str) -> Result<String, ArgonError> {
     argon2::hash_encoded(raw_password.as_bytes(), &salt, &config)
 }
 
-#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Serialize, Debug, Queryable)]
+#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Serialize, Debug, sqlx::FromRow)]
 pub struct User {
     pub id: i32,
     pub username: String,
@@ -25,10 +24,11 @@ impl User {
     }
 }
 
-async fn attempt_load_user<'a>(db: &'a TenebrousDbConn, id: i32) -> Option<User> {
+async fn attempt_load_user<'a>(db: &'a TenebrousDbConn<'a>, id: i32) -> Option<User> {
     db.load_user_by_id(id).await.ok().flatten()
 }
 
+/// Trait implementation to get the logged in user.
 #[rocket::async_trait]
 impl<'a, 'r> FromRequest<'a, 'r> for &'a User {
     type Error = ();
@@ -53,9 +53,7 @@ impl<'a, 'r> FromRequest<'a, 'r> for &'a User {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Insertable)]
-#[table_name = "users"]
-pub struct NewUser {
-    pub username: String,
-    pub password: String,
+pub struct NewUser<'a> {
+    pub username: &'a str,
+    pub password: &'a str,
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/api.rs b/src/routes/api.rs
index 0ebcabd..443485a 100644
--- a/src/routes/api.rs
+++ b/src/routes/api.rs
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ pub(crate) fn routes() -> Vec<rocket::Route> {
 /// logged in, the owner of the character is not found, or the logged
 /// in user does not have the permission to access this character.
 async fn load_character(
-    conn: &TenebrousDbConn,
+    conn: &TenebrousDbConn<'_>,
     logged_in_user: Option<&User>,
     owner: String,
     character_id: i32,
 ) -> Result<Character, Error> {
     let logged_in_user = logged_in_user.ok_or(Error::NotLoggedIn)?;
-    let owner = conn.load_user(owner).await?.ok_or(Error::NotFound)?;
+    let owner = conn.load_user(&owner).await?.ok_or(Error::NotFound)?;
     let character: Character = conn
         .load_character(character_id)
         .await?
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ mod cofd {
         owner: String,
         character_id: i32,
         attr_update: Proto<Attribute>,
-        conn: TenebrousDbConn,
+        conn: TenebrousDbConn<'_>,
         logged_in_user: Option<&User>,
     ) -> Result<&'a str, Error> {
         let mut character = load_character(&conn, logged_in_user, owner, character_id).await?;
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ mod cofd {
         );
 
         character.update_data(sheet)?;
-        conn.update_character_sheet(character).await?;
+        conn.update_character_sheet(&character).await?;
         Ok("lol")
     }
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ mod cofd {
         owner: String,
         character_id: i32,
         info: Proto<Skills>,
-        conn: TenebrousDbConn,
+        conn: TenebrousDbConn<'_>,
     ) -> &'a str {
         "lol"
     }
diff --git a/src/routes/auth.rs b/src/routes/auth.rs
index a1c9b21..c3f1d05 100644
--- a/src/routes/auth.rs
+++ b/src/routes/auth.rs
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ fn registration_error_redirect<S: AsRef<str>>(message: S) -> Flash<Redirect> {
 async fn login(
     cookies: &CookieJar<'_>,
     login: Form<Login>,
-    conn: TenebrousDbConn,
+    conn: TenebrousDbConn<'_>,
 ) -> Result<Redirect, Flash<Redirect>> {
     let user = conn
-        .load_user(login.username.clone())
+        .load_user(&login.username)
         .await
         .map_err(|e| {
             error!("login - error loading user user: {}", e);
@@ -104,15 +104,12 @@ fn register_page(flash: Option<FlashMessage>) -> Template {
 async fn register(
     mut cookies: &CookieJar<'_>,
     registration: Form<Registration>,
-    conn: TenebrousDbConn,
+    conn: TenebrousDbConn<'_>,
 ) -> Result<Redirect, Flash<Redirect>> {
-    let existing_user = conn
-        .load_user(registration.username.clone())
-        .await
-        .map_err(|e| {
-            error!("registration - error loading existing user: {}", e);
-            registration_error_redirect("There was an error attempting to register.")
-        })?;
+    let existing_user = conn.load_user(&registration.username).await.map_err(|e| {
+        error!("registration - error loading existing user: {}", e);
+        registration_error_redirect("There was an error attempting to register.")
+    })?;
 
     if existing_user.is_some() {
         return Err(registration_error_redirect(format!(
@@ -127,8 +124,8 @@ async fn register(
     })?;
 
     let user = NewUser {
-        username: registration.username.clone(),
-        password: hashed_pw,
+        username: &registration.username,
+        password: &hashed_pw,
     };
 
     let user = conn.insert_user(user).await.map_err(|e| {
diff --git a/src/routes/characters.rs b/src/routes/characters.rs
index d28a0ad..f2bc09c 100644
--- a/src/routes/characters.rs
+++ b/src/routes/characters.rs
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ fn view_character_template(user: &User, character: Character) -> Result<Template
 async fn view_character(
     character_id: i32,
     username: String,
-    conn: TenebrousDbConn,
+    conn: TenebrousDbConn<'_>,
     logged_in_user: Option<&User>,
 ) -> Result<Template, Error> {
-    let user = &conn.load_user(username).await?.ok_or(Error::NotFound)?;
+    let user = &conn.load_user(&username).await?.ok_or(Error::NotFound)?;
 
     let character = conn
         .load_character(character_id)
diff --git a/src/routes/characters/edit.rs b/src/routes/characters/edit.rs
index aea6bf4..5b84b05 100644
--- a/src/routes/characters/edit.rs
+++ b/src/routes/characters/edit.rs
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ pub(super) async fn edit_character_page(
     character_id: i32,
     owner: String,
     logged_in_user: Option<&User>,
-    conn: TenebrousDbConn,
+    conn: TenebrousDbConn<'_>,
 ) -> Result<Template, Error> {
-    let owner = conn.load_user(owner).await?.ok_or(Error::NotFound)?;
+    let owner = conn.load_user(&owner).await?.ok_or(Error::NotFound)?;
 
     let logged_in_user = logged_in_user.ok_or(Error::NotLoggedIn)?;
     let character = conn
diff --git a/src/routes/characters/new.rs b/src/routes/characters/new.rs
index 412866c..0499915 100644
--- a/src/routes/characters/new.rs
+++ b/src/routes/characters/new.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ impl NewCharacterContext {
 async fn create_new_character(
     form: &Form<NewCharacterForm>,
     user_id: i32,
-    conn: TenebrousDbConn,
+    conn: TenebrousDbConn<'_>,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let system: CharacterDataType = *form.system.as_ref().unwrap();
     let sheet: Vec<u8> = system.create_data()?.to_vec();
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ async fn create_new_character(
     let insert = NewCharacter {
         user_id: user_id,
         viewable: true,
-        character_name: form.name.clone(),
+        character_name: &form.name,
         data_type: system,
         data_version: 1,
-        data: sheet,
+        data: &sheet,
     };
 
     conn.insert_character(insert).await?;
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ pub(super) fn new_character_page(_logged_in_user: &User) -> Result<Template, Err
 pub(super) async fn new_character_submit(
     form: Form<NewCharacterForm>,
     logged_in_user: &User,
-    conn: TenebrousDbConn,
+    conn: TenebrousDbConn<'_>,
 ) -> Result<Redirect, Template> {
     if let Err(e) = &form.system {
         return Err(render_error(&form, e.to_string().clone()));
diff --git a/src/routes/root.rs b/src/routes/root.rs
index fb7c2dc..b2cf619 100644
--- a/src/routes/root.rs
+++ b/src/routes/root.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pub struct UserHomeContext<'a> {
 }
 
 #[get("/")]
-async fn user_index(user: &User, conn: TenebrousDbConn) -> Result<Template, Error> {
+async fn user_index(user: &User, conn: TenebrousDbConn<'_>) -> Result<Template, Error> {
     let characters: Vec<StrippedCharacter> = conn
         .load_character_list(user.id)
         .await?
diff --git a/src/schema.rs b/src/schema.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index b9a6d68..0000000
--- a/src/schema.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-table! {
-    use diesel::sql_types::*;
-    use crate::models::characters::*;
-
-    characters (id) {
-        id -> Integer,
-        user_id -> Integer,
-        viewable -> Bool,
-        character_name -> Text,
-        data_type -> CharacterDataTypeMapping,
-        data_version -> Integer,
-        data -> Binary,
-    }
-}
-
-table! {
-    use diesel::sql_types::*;
-    use crate::models::characters::*;
-
-    users (id) {
-        id -> Integer,
-        username -> Text,
-        password -> Text,
-    }
-}
-
-allow_tables_to_appear_in_same_query!(
-    characters,
-    users,
-);