diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fc9f489..d2cffa6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -98,6 +98,27 @@ version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "23b62fc65de8e4e7f52534fb52b0f3ed04746ae267519eef2a83941e8085068b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-stream"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "22068c0c19514942eefcfd4daf8976ef1aad84e61539f95cd200c35202f80af5"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-stream-impl",
+ "futures-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "async-stream-impl"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "25f9db3b38af870bf7e5cc649167533b493928e50744e2c30ae350230b414670"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-trait"
 version = "0.1.42"
@@ -156,6 +177,12 @@ version = "0.2.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a4521f3e3d031370679b3b140beb36dfe4801b09ac77e30c61941f97df3ef28b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.12.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3441f0f7b02788e948e47f457ca01f1d7e6d92c693bc132c22b087d3141c03ff"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.13.0"
@@ -346,7 +373,7 @@ version = "0.15.0-dev"
 source = "git+https://github.com/SergioBenitez/cookie-rs.git?rev=1c3ca83#1c3ca838543b60a4448d279dc4b903cc7a2bc22a"
 dependencies = [
  "aes-gcm",
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.13.0",
  "hkdf",
  "percent-encoding",
  "rand 0.7.3",
@@ -1668,6 +1695,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_chacha 0.2.2",
  "rand_core 0.5.1",
  "rand_hc 0.2.0",
+ "rand_pcg",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1738,6 +1766,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core 0.6.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_pcg"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "16abd0c1b639e9eb4d7c50c0b8100b0d0f849be2349829c740fe8e6eb4816429"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand_core 0.5.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.1.57"
@@ -1936,7 +1973,7 @@ version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4b18820d944b33caa75a71378964ac46f58517c92b6ae5f762636247c09e78fb"
 dependencies = [
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.13.0",
  "blake2b_simd",
  "constant_time_eq",
  "crossbeam-utils",
@@ -2408,6 +2445,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "sqlx",
  "strum",
  "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "tonic",
+ "tonic-build",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2592,12 +2632,226 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tonic"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "74a5d6e7439ecf910463667080de772a9c7ddf26bc9fb4f3252ac3862e43337d"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-stream",
+ "async-trait",
+ "base64 0.12.3",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "hyper",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project 0.4.27",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-derive",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-balance",
+ "tower-load",
+ "tower-make",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-futures",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tonic-build"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "19970cf58f3acc820962be74c4021b8bbc8e8a1c4e3a02095d0aa60cde5f3633"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "prost-build",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fd3169017c090b7a28fce80abaad0ab4f5566423677c9331bb320af7e49cfe62"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "tower-buffer",
+ "tower-discover",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-limit",
+ "tower-load-shed",
+ "tower-retry",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tower-timeout",
+ "tower-util",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-balance"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a792277613b7052448851efcf98a2c433e6f1d01460832dc60bef676bc275d4c"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "indexmap",
+ "pin-project 0.4.27",
+ "rand 0.7.3",
+ "slab",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-discover",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-load",
+ "tower-make",
+ "tower-ready-cache",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-buffer"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c4887dc2a65d464c8b9b66e0e4d51c2fd6cf5b3373afc72805b0a60bce00446a"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "pin-project 0.4.27",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-discover"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0f6b5000c3c54d269cc695dff28136bb33d08cbf1df2c48129e143ab65bf3c2a"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "pin-project 0.4.27",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-layer"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a35d656f2638b288b33495d1053ea74c40dc05ec0b92084dd71ca5566c4ed1dc"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-limit"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "92c3040c5dbed68abffaa0d4517ac1a454cd741044f33ab0eefab6b8d1361404"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "pin-project 0.4.27",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-load",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-load"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cc79fc3afd07492b7966d7efa7c6c50f8ed58d768a6075dd7ae6591c5d2017b"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "log",
+ "pin-project 0.4.27",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-discover",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-load-shed"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9f021e23900173dc315feb4b6922510dae3e79c689b74c089112066c11f0ae4e"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "pin-project 0.4.27",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-make"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ce50370d644a0364bf4877ffd4f76404156a248d104e2cc234cd391ea5cdc965"
+dependencies = [
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-ready-cache"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4eabb6620e5481267e2ec832c780b31cad0c15dcb14ed825df5076b26b591e1f"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "indexmap",
+ "log",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-retry"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e6727956aaa2f8957d4d9232b308fe8e4e65d99db30f42b225646e86c9b6a952"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "pin-project 0.4.27",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-service"
 version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e987b6bf443f4b5b3b6f38704195592cca41c5bb7aedd3c3693c7081f8289860"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-timeout"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "127b8924b357be938823eaaec0608c482d40add25609481027b96198b2e4b31e"
+dependencies = [
+ "pin-project 0.4.27",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-util"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d1093c19826d33807c72511e68f73b4a0469a3f22c2bd5f7d5212178b4b89674"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "pin-project 0.4.27",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing"
 version = "0.1.22"
@@ -2607,9 +2861,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
  "log",
  "pin-project-lite 0.2.0",
+ "tracing-attributes",
  "tracing-core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-attributes"
+version = "0.1.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "80e0ccfc3378da0cce270c946b676a376943f5cd16aeba64568e7939806f4ada"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-core"
 version = "0.1.17"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5eb49b6..7862f6e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 prost-build = "0.6"
+tonic-build = "0.3"
 
 [dependencies]
+tonic = "0.3"
 prost = "0.6"
 serde = "1.0"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ rust-argon2 = "0.8"
 log = "0.4"
 rand = "0.7"
 futures = "0.3"
+tokio = { version = "0.2", features = ["macros"] }
 strum = { version = "0.20", features = ["derive"] }
 sqlx = { version = "0.4.2", features = [ "offline", "sqlite", "runtime-tokio-native-tls" ] }
 refinery = { version = "0.3", features = ["rusqlite"]}
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index a9bb398..63b2cb9 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,18 @@ fn main() {
     config.btree_map(&["."]);
     config.type_attribute(".", "#[derive(Serialize)]");
     config.type_attribute(".", "#[serde(rename_all = \"camelCase\")]");
-    config
-        .compile_protos(
+    // config
+    //     .compile_protos(
+    //         &["proto/cofd.proto", "proto/cofd_api.proto"],
+    //         &["src/", "proto/"],
+    //     )
+    //     .unwrap();
+
+    tonic_build::configure()
+        .build_server(true)
+        .build_client(false)
+        .compile_with_config(
+            config,
             &["proto/cofd.proto", "proto/cofd_api.proto"],
             &["src/", "proto/"],
         )
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 29b755c..daaa95d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -20,19 +20,43 @@ pub mod migrator;
 pub mod models;
 pub mod routes;
 
-#[rocket::main]
-async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
-    let db_path: &str = match &args[..] {
-        [_, path] => path.as_ref(),
-        [_, _, ..] => panic!("Expected exactly 0 or 1 argument"),
-        _ => "tenebrous.sqlite",
-    };
+async fn gin_and_tonic() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    use crate::models::proto::cofd::api::cofd_api_server::{CofdApi, CofdApiServer};
+    use crate::models::proto::cofd::api::UpdateSkillValueRequest;
+    use crate::models::proto::cofd::cofd_sheet::Skill;
+    use tonic::{transport::Server, Request, Response, Status};
 
-    println!("Using database: {}", db_path);
+    #[derive(Debug, Default)]
+    pub struct MyGreeter {}
 
-    migrator::migrate(db_path).await?;
+    #[tonic::async_trait]
+    impl CofdApi for MyGreeter {
+        async fn update_skill_value(
+            &self,
+            request: Request<UpdateSkillValueRequest>, // Accept request of type HelloRequest
+        ) -> Result<Response<Skill>, Status> {
+            // Return an instance of type HelloReply
+            println!("Got a request: {:?}", request);
 
+            let reply = Skill::default();
+
+            Ok(Response::new(reply)) // Send back our formatted greeting
+        }
+    }
+
+    let addr = "[::1]:50051".parse()?;
+    let greeter = MyGreeter::default();
+
+    println!("Running tonic");
+    Server::builder()
+        .add_service(CofdApiServer::new(greeter))
+        .serve(addr)
+        .await?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn make_rocket(database: sqlx::SqlitePool) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let root_routes: Vec<rocket::Route> = {
         routes::root::routes()
             .into_iter()
@@ -47,7 +71,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     rocket::ignite()
         .attach(Template::fairing())
         //.attach(db::TenebrousDbConn::fairing())
-        .manage(crate::db::create_pool(db_path).await?)
+        .manage(database)
         .mount("/", root_routes)
         .mount("/characters", character_routes)
         .mount("/api", api_routes)
@@ -64,3 +88,32 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         .await
         .map_err(|e| e.into())
 }
+
+#[rocket::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
+    let db_path: &str = match &args[..] {
+        [_, path] => path.as_ref(),
+        [_, _, ..] => panic!("Expected exactly 0 or 1 argument"),
+        _ => "tenebrous.sqlite",
+    };
+
+    println!("Using database: {}", db_path);
+
+    migrator::migrate(db_path).await?;
+
+    let db = crate::db::create_pool(db_path).await?;
+    // let tonic = gin_and_tonic();
+    // let rocket = make_rocket(db);
+
+    tokio::select! {
+        _ = make_rocket(db) => {
+            println!("done with rocket");
+        }
+        _ = gin_and_tonic() => {
+            println!("tonic done");
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/models/proto/cofd.rs b/src/models/proto/cofd.rs
index 6ad0dd5..cc98d1f 100644
--- a/src/models/proto/cofd.rs
+++ b/src/models/proto/cofd.rs
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ use crate::models::characters::CharacterDataType;
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 
 //Add the generated protobuf code into this module.
-include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/models.proto.cofd.rs"));
+//include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/models.proto.cofd.rs"));
+tonic::include_proto!("models.proto.cofd");
 
 //Add the API protobuf genreated code for the api module.
 pub mod api {
-    include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/models.proto.cofd.api.rs"));
+    //include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/models.proto.cofd.api.rs"));
+    tonic::include_proto!("models.proto.cofd.api");
 }
 
 /// Default mental skill names for a regular Chronicles of Darkness