diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
index e089065..8dc4678 100644
--- a/src/db.rs
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ use diesel::prelude::*;
 #[database("tenebrous_db")]
 pub(crate) struct TenebrousDbConn(diesel::SqliteConnection);
 
+pub(crate) fn load_character_list(
+    conn: TenebrousDbConn,
+    for_user_id: i32,
+) -> QueryResult<Vec<CharacterEntry>> {
+    use crate::schema::characters::dsl::*;
+    characters.filter(user_id.eq(for_user_id)).load(&*conn)
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn load_character(
     conn: TenebrousDbConn,
     character_id: i32,
@@ -13,7 +21,7 @@ pub(crate) fn load_character(
     characters
         .filter(id.eq(character_id))
         .limit(1)
-        .first::<CharacterEntry>(&*conn)
+        .first(&*conn)
         .optional()
 }
 
diff --git a/src/models.rs b/src/models.rs
index 39dd0c8..d127fa9 100644
--- a/src/models.rs
+++ b/src/models.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pub mod characters;
 
 #[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Serialize, Debug)]
 pub struct User {
-    pub id: usize,
+    pub id: i32,
     pub username: String,
 }
 
diff --git a/src/routes/root.rs b/src/routes/root.rs
index e85a2a3..5b93a2f 100644
--- a/src/routes/root.rs
+++ b/src/routes/root.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+use crate::db;
 use crate::db::TenebrousDbConn;
+use crate::errors::Error;
 use crate::models::{characters::CharacterEntry, User};
 use rocket::response::Redirect;
 use rocket_contrib::templates::Template;
@@ -8,31 +10,16 @@ pub fn routes() -> Vec<rocket::Route> {
 }
 
 #[get("/")]
-fn user_index(user: User, conn: TenebrousDbConn) -> Template {
+fn user_index(user: User, conn: TenebrousDbConn) -> Result<Template, Error> {
     use crate::routes::characters::TemplateContext;
-    let characters = vec![
-        CharacterEntry {
-            id: 1,
-            user_id: 1,
-            name: "Bob".to_string(),
-            viewable: true,
-            data: Some(vec![]),
-        },
-        CharacterEntry {
-            id: 2,
-            user_id: 1,
-            name: "Alice".to_string(),
-            viewable: true,
-            data: Some(vec![]),
-        },
-    ];
+    let characters = db::load_character_list(conn, user.id)?;
 
     let context = TemplateContext {
         characters: characters,
         user: user,
     };
 
-    Template::render("index", &context)
+    Ok(Template::render("index", &context))
 }
 
 #[get("/", rank = 2)]