diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.lock b/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.lock
index a022ec6..933ae3f 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.lock
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.lock
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ansi_term"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ee49baf6cb617b853aa8d93bf420db2383fab46d314482ca2803b40d5fde979b"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "arrayref"
 version = "0.3.6"
@@ -72,6 +81,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "atty"
+version = "0.2.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d9b39be18770d11421cdb1b9947a45dd3f37e93092cbf377614828a319d5fee8"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi",
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -203,6 +223,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "2.33.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "37e58ac78573c40708d45522f0d80fa2f01cc4f9b4e2bf749807255454312002"
+dependencies = [
+ "ansi_term",
+ "atty",
+ "bitflags",
+ "strsim",
+ "textwrap",
+ "unicode-width",
+ "vec_map",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "constant_time_eq"
 version = "0.1.5"
@@ -637,9 +672,11 @@ name = "mediarepo"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "mediarepo-core",
- "mediarepo-database",
+ "mediarepo-model",
  "mediarepo-socket",
+ "structopt",
  "tokio",
+ "toml",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -649,10 +686,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "multibase",
  "multihash",
+ "rmp-ipc",
  "sea-orm",
+ "serde",
  "sqlx",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
+ "toml",
+ "typemap_rev",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -665,6 +706,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "sqlx",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mediarepo-model"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "chrono",
+ "mediarepo-core",
+ "mediarepo-database",
+ "sea-orm",
+ "tokio",
+ "typemap_rev",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mediarepo-socket"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1087,9 +1140,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rmp-ipc"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "89adfd1783c5091d67736f75c3e257e672303287b5faf4696ab209cb56385f9a"
+checksum = "af495ca346adde10163eb920b52b5a3992fb209b31df58ece4ed0f855661978c"
 dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
@@ -1097,6 +1150,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
+ "typemap_rev",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1428,6 +1482,36 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-normalization",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8ea5119cdb4c55b55d432abb513a0429384878c15dde60cc77b1c99de1a95a6a"
+
+[[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 1.0.4",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.78"
@@ -1476,20 +1560,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "textwrap"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d326610f408c7a4eb6f51c37c330e496b08506c9457c9d34287ecc38809fb060"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
-version = "1.0.29"
+version = "1.0.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "602eca064b2d83369e2b2f34b09c70b605402801927c65c11071ac911d299b88"
+checksum = "854babe52e4df1653706b98fcfc05843010039b406875930a70e4d9644e5c417"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror-impl",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "1.0.29"
+version = "1.0.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bad553cc2c78e8de258400763a647e80e6d1b31ee237275d756f6836d204494c"
+checksum = "aa32fd3f627f367fe16f893e2597ae3c05020f8bba2666a4e6ea73d377e5714b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1580,6 +1673,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "typemap_rev"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ed5b74f0a24b5454580a79abb6994393b09adf0ab8070f15827cb666255de155"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typenum"
 version = "1.14.0"
@@ -1607,6 +1706,12 @@ 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 = "0.2.2"
@@ -1653,6 +1758,12 @@ version = "0.2.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vec_map"
+version = "0.8.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f1bddf1187be692e79c5ffeab891132dfb0f236ed36a43c7ed39f1165ee20191"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.3"
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.toml b/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.toml
index 78c7434..a32bf64 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,16 +6,18 @@ edition = "2018"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+toml = "0.5.8"
+structopt = "0.3.23"
 
 [dependencies.mediarepo-core]
 path = "./mediarepo-core"
 
-[dependencies.mediarepo-database]
-path = "./mediarepo-database"
+[dependencies.mediarepo-model]
+path = "./mediarepo-model"
 
 [dependencies.mediarepo-socket]
 path = "./mediarepo-socket"
 
 [dependencies.tokio]
 version = "1.12.0"
-features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"]
\ No newline at end of file
+features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread", "io-std", "io-util"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/Cargo.lock b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/Cargo.lock
index 560442e..7e3bb88 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/Cargo.lock
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/Cargo.lock
@@ -556,10 +556,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "multibase",
  "multihash",
+ "rmp-ipc",
  "sea-orm",
+ "serde",
  "sqlx",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
+ "toml",
+ "typemap_rev",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -574,6 +578,28 @@ version = "0.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0c835948974f68e0bd58636fc6c5b1fbff7b297e3046f11b3b3c18bbac012c6d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mio"
+version = "0.7.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8c2bdb6314ec10835cd3293dd268473a835c02b7b352e788be788b3c6ca6bb16"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "miow",
+ "ntapi",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "miow"
+version = "0.3.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b9f1c5b025cda876f66ef43a113f91ebc9f4ccef34843000e0adf6ebbab84e21"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "multibase"
 version = "0.9.1"
@@ -627,6 +653,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ntapi"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3f6bb902e437b6d86e03cce10a7e2af662292c5dfef23b65899ea3ac9354ad44"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
 version = "0.2.14"
@@ -764,6 +799,42 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rmp"
+version = "0.8.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4f55e5fa1446c4d5dd1f5daeed2a4fe193071771a2636274d0d7a3b082aa7ad6"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rmp-ipc"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "af495ca346adde10163eb920b52b5a3992fb209b31df58ece4ed0f855661978c"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "log",
+ "rmp-serde",
+ "serde",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "typemap_rev",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rmp-serde"
+version = "0.15.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "723ecff9ad04f4ad92fe1c8ca6c20d2196d9286e9c60727c4cb5511629260e9d"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "rmp",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "scopeguard"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -1006,18 +1077,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
-version = "1.0.29"
+version = "1.0.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "602eca064b2d83369e2b2f34b09c70b605402801927c65c11071ac911d299b88"
+checksum = "854babe52e4df1653706b98fcfc05843010039b406875930a70e4d9644e5c417"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror-impl",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "1.0.29"
+version = "1.0.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bad553cc2c78e8de258400763a647e80e6d1b31ee237275d756f6836d204494c"
+checksum = "aa32fd3f627f367fe16f893e2597ae3c05020f8bba2666a4e6ea73d377e5714b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1047,8 +1118,11 @@ checksum = "c2c2416fdedca8443ae44b4527de1ea633af61d8f7169ffa6e72c5b53d24efcc"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
  "bytes",
+ "libc",
  "memchr",
+ "mio",
  "pin-project-lite",
+ "winapi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1060,6 +1134,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "typemap_rev"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ed5b74f0a24b5454580a79abb6994393b09adf0ab8070f15827cb666255de155"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typenum"
 version = "1.14.0"
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/Cargo.toml b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/Cargo.toml
index b1ce352..db4e526 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ thiserror = "1.0.29"
 multihash = "0.15.0"
 multibase = "0.9.1"
 base64 = "0.13.0"
+toml = "0.5.8"
+serde = "1.0.130"
+rmp-ipc = "0.4.0"
+typemap_rev = "0.1.5"
 
 [dependencies.sea-orm]
 version = "0.2.4"
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/error.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/error.rs
index c237da5..10f5a5a 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/error.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/error.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ pub enum RepoError {
 
     #[error(transparent)]
     Multibase(#[from] multibase::Error),
+
+    #[error("Config Error: {0}")]
+    TomlDe(#[from] toml::de::Error),
+
+    #[error("Config Error: {0}")]
+    TomlSer(#[from] toml::ser::Error),
+
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    IPC(#[from] rmp_ipc::error::Error),
 }
 
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/lib.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/lib.rs
index e70f174..d065439 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ pub mod context;
 pub mod error;
 pub mod file_hash_store;
 pub mod settings;
+pub mod type_keys;
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/settings.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/settings.rs
index eb066f1..fff82aa 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/settings.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/settings.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+use crate::error::RepoResult;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct Settings {
-    pub repo_path: String,
+    pub listen_address: String,
     pub database_path: String,
     pub default_file_store: String,
 }
@@ -8,9 +11,23 @@ pub struct Settings {
 impl Default for Settings {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
-            repo_path: "".to_string(),
-            database_path: "".to_string(),
-            default_file_store: "".to_string(),
+            listen_address: "127.0.0.1:3425".to_string(),
+            database_path: "./db/database.db".to_string(),
+            default_file_store: "./files".to_string(),
         }
     }
 }
+
+impl Settings {
+    /// Parses settings from a string
+    pub fn from_toml_string(s: &str) -> RepoResult<Self> {
+        let settings = toml::from_str(s)?;
+        Ok(settings)
+    }
+
+    /// Converts the settings into a toml string
+    pub fn to_toml_string(&self) -> RepoResult<String> {
+        let string = toml::to_string(&self)?;
+        Ok(string)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/type_keys.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/type_keys.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e97c2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/type_keys.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+use crate::settings::Settings;
+use typemap_rev::TypeMapKey;
+
+pub struct SettingsKey;
+
+impl TypeMapKey for SettingsKey {
+    type Value = Settings;
+}
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/Cargo.lock b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/Cargo.lock
index 8431ad8..604dc8f 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/Cargo.lock
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/Cargo.lock
@@ -639,10 +639,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "multibase",
  "multihash",
+ "rmp-ipc",
  "sea-orm",
+ "serde",
  "sqlx",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
+ "toml",
+ "typemap_rev",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1057,6 +1061,42 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rmp"
+version = "0.8.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4f55e5fa1446c4d5dd1f5daeed2a4fe193071771a2636274d0d7a3b082aa7ad6"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rmp-ipc"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "af495ca346adde10163eb920b52b5a3992fb209b31df58ece4ed0f855661978c"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "log",
+ "rmp-serde",
+ "serde",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "typemap_rev",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rmp-serde"
+version = "0.15.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "723ecff9ad04f4ad92fe1c8ca6c20d2196d9286e9c60727c4cb5511629260e9d"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "rmp",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rust_decimal"
 version = "1.16.0"
@@ -1425,18 +1465,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
-version = "1.0.29"
+version = "1.0.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "602eca064b2d83369e2b2f34b09c70b605402801927c65c11071ac911d299b88"
+checksum = "854babe52e4df1653706b98fcfc05843010039b406875930a70e4d9644e5c417"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror-impl",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "1.0.29"
+version = "1.0.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bad553cc2c78e8de258400763a647e80e6d1b31ee237275d756f6836d204494c"
+checksum = "aa32fd3f627f367fe16f893e2597ae3c05020f8bba2666a4e6ea73d377e5714b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1514,6 +1554,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "typemap_rev"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ed5b74f0a24b5454580a79abb6994393b09adf0ab8070f15827cb666255de155"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typenum"
 version = "1.14.0"
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/file.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/file.rs
index b02c0e3..ff35d0c 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/file.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/file.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-use sea_orm::prelude::*;
 use chrono::NaiveDateTime;
+use sea_orm::prelude::*;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, DeriveEntityModel)]
 #[sea_orm(table_name = "files")]
 pub struct Model {
     #[sea_orm(primary_key)]
-    pub id: u64,
+    pub id: i64,
     pub file_type: u32,
     pub name: Option<String>,
     pub comment: Option<String>,
-    pub storage_id: u64,
-    pub hash_id: u64,
+    pub storage_id: i64,
+    pub hash_id: i64,
     pub import_time: NaiveDateTime,
     pub creation_time: NaiveDateTime,
     pub change_time: NaiveDateTime,
@@ -18,10 +18,18 @@ pub struct Model {
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, EnumIter, DeriveRelation)]
 pub enum Relation {
-    #[sea_orm(belongs_to = "super::hash::Entity", from = "Column::HashId", to = "super::hash::Column::Id")]
+    #[sea_orm(
+        belongs_to = "super::hash::Entity",
+        from = "Column::HashId",
+        to = "super::hash::Column::Id"
+    )]
     Hash,
 
-    #[sea_orm(belongs_to = "super::storage::Entity", from = "Column::StorageId", to = "super::storage::Column::Id")]
+    #[sea_orm(
+        belongs_to = "super::storage::Entity",
+        from = "Column::StorageId",
+        to = "super::storage::Column::Id"
+    )]
     Storage,
 }
 
@@ -37,4 +45,4 @@ impl Related<super::storage::Entity> for Entity {
     }
 }
 
-impl ActiveModelBehavior for ActiveModel {}
\ No newline at end of file
+impl ActiveModelBehavior for ActiveModel {}
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/hash.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/hash.rs
index 57292e2..984b469 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/hash.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/hash.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use sea_orm::prelude::*;
 #[sea_orm(table_name = "hashes")]
 pub struct Model {
     #[sea_orm(primary_key)]
-    pub id: u64,
+    pub id: i64,
     pub value: String,
 }
 
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/hash_source.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/hash_source.rs
index c54b7da..df5eb6a 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/hash_source.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/hash_source.rs
@@ -4,16 +4,24 @@ use sea_orm::prelude::*;
 #[sea_orm(table_name = "hash_source_mappings")]
 pub struct Model {
     #[sea_orm(primary_key)]
-    pub hash_id: u64,
+    pub hash_id: i64,
     #[sea_orm(primary_key)]
-    pub source_id: u64,
+    pub source_id: i64,
 }
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, EnumIter, DeriveRelation)]
 pub enum Relation {
-    #[sea_orm(belongs_to = "super::hash::Entity", from = "Column::HashId", to = "super::hash::Column::Id")]
+    #[sea_orm(
+        belongs_to = "super::hash::Entity",
+        from = "Column::HashId",
+        to = "super::hash::Column::Id"
+    )]
     Hash,
-    #[sea_orm(belongs_to = "super::source::Entity", from = "Column::SourceId", to = "super::source::Column::Id")]
+    #[sea_orm(
+        belongs_to = "super::source::Entity",
+        from = "Column::SourceId",
+        to = "super::source::Column::Id"
+    )]
     Source,
 }
 
@@ -29,4 +37,4 @@ impl Related<super::source::Entity> for Entity {
     }
 }
 
-impl ActiveModelBehavior for ActiveModel {}
\ No newline at end of file
+impl ActiveModelBehavior for ActiveModel {}
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/hash_tag.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/hash_tag.rs
index 1bb2317..51fb7ea 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/hash_tag.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/hash_tag.rs
@@ -4,16 +4,24 @@ use sea_orm::prelude::*;
 #[sea_orm(table_name = "hash_tag_mappings")]
 pub struct Model {
     #[sea_orm(primary_key)]
-    pub hash_id: u64,
+    pub hash_id: i64,
     #[sea_orm(primary_key)]
-    pub tag_id: u64,
+    pub tag_id: i64,
 }
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, EnumIter, DeriveRelation)]
 pub enum Relation {
-    #[sea_orm(belongs_to = "super::hash::Entity", from = "Column::HashId", to = "super::hash::Column::Id")]
+    #[sea_orm(
+        belongs_to = "super::hash::Entity",
+        from = "Column::HashId",
+        to = "super::hash::Column::Id"
+    )]
     Hash,
-    #[sea_orm(belongs_to = "super::tag::Entity", from = "Column::TagId", to = "super::tag::Column::Id")]
+    #[sea_orm(
+        belongs_to = "super::tag::Entity",
+        from = "Column::TagId",
+        to = "super::tag::Column::Id"
+    )]
     Tag,
 }
 
@@ -29,4 +37,4 @@ impl Related<super::tag::Entity> for Entity {
     }
 }
 
-impl ActiveModelBehavior for ActiveModel {}
\ No newline at end of file
+impl ActiveModelBehavior for ActiveModel {}
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/namespace.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/namespace.rs
index 6574d32..7fd555e 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/namespace.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/namespace.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ use sea_orm::prelude::*;
 #[sea_orm(table_name = "namespaces")]
 pub struct Model {
     #[sea_orm(primary_key)]
-    pub id: u64,
-    pub name: String
+    pub id: i64,
+    pub name: String,
 }
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, EnumIter, DeriveRelation)]
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ impl Related<super::tag::Entity> for Entity {
     }
 }
 
-impl ActiveModelBehavior for ActiveModel {}
\ No newline at end of file
+impl ActiveModelBehavior for ActiveModel {}
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/source.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/source.rs
index f4adcbe..62703e3 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/source.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/source.rs
@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@ use sea_orm::prelude::*;
 #[sea_orm(table_name = "sources")]
 pub struct Model {
     #[sea_orm(primary_key)]
-    pub id: u64,
-    pub url: String
+    pub id: i64,
+    pub url: String,
 }
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, EnumIter, DeriveRelation)]
-pub enum Relation {
-}
+pub enum Relation {}
 
 impl Related<super::hash::Entity> for Entity {
     fn to() -> RelationDef {
@@ -22,4 +21,4 @@ impl Related<super::hash::Entity> for Entity {
     }
 }
 
-impl ActiveModelBehavior for ActiveModel {}
\ No newline at end of file
+impl ActiveModelBehavior for ActiveModel {}
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/storage.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/storage.rs
index bf13b97..10b2ce8 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/storage.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/storage.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 use sea_orm::prelude::*;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, DeriveEntityModel)]
-#[sea_orm(table_name = "storages")]
+#[sea_orm(table_name = "storage_locations")]
 pub struct Model {
     #[sea_orm(primary_key)]
-    pub id: u64,
+    pub id: i64,
     pub name: String,
     pub path: String,
 }
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/tag.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/tag.rs
index eba6841..b890c4c 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/tag.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/tag.rs
@@ -4,14 +4,18 @@ use sea_orm::prelude::*;
 #[sea_orm(table_name = "tags")]
 pub struct Model {
     #[sea_orm(primary_key)]
-    pub id: u64,
+    pub id: i64,
     pub namespace_id: Option<i64>,
     pub name: String,
 }
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, EnumIter, DeriveRelation)]
 pub enum Relation {
-    #[sea_orm(belongs_to = "super::namespace::Entity", from = "Column::NamespaceId", to = "super::namespace::Column::Id")]
+    #[sea_orm(
+        belongs_to = "super::namespace::Entity",
+        from = "Column::NamespaceId",
+        to = "super::namespace::Column::Id"
+    )]
     Namespace,
 }
 
@@ -25,4 +29,4 @@ impl Related<super::namespace::Entity> for Entity {
     }
 }
 
-impl ActiveModelBehavior for ActiveModel {}
\ No newline at end of file
+impl ActiveModelBehavior for ActiveModel {}
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/lib.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/lib.rs
index d7ea59d..2361700 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/lib.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use mediarepo_core::error::RepoDatabaseResult;
 use sea_orm::{Database, DatabaseConnection};
+use sqlx::migrate::MigrateDatabase;
 
 pub mod entities;
 
@@ -13,6 +14,9 @@ pub async fn get_database<S: AsRef<str>>(uri: S) -> RepoDatabaseResult<DatabaseC
 
 async fn migrate(uri: &str) -> RepoDatabaseResult<()> {
     use sqlx::Connection;
+    if !sqlx::Sqlite::database_exists(uri).await? {
+        sqlx::Sqlite::create_database(uri).await?;
+    }
     let mut conn = sqlx::SqliteConnection::connect(uri).await?;
     sqlx::migrate!().run(&mut conn).await?;
 
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/Cargo.lock b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/Cargo.lock
index f990c4a..bcb5b70 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/Cargo.lock
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/Cargo.lock
@@ -639,10 +639,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "multibase",
  "multihash",
+ "rmp-ipc",
  "sea-orm",
+ "serde",
  "sqlx",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
+ "toml",
+ "typemap_rev",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -664,6 +668,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mediarepo-database",
  "sea-orm",
  "tokio",
+ "typemap_rev",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1068,6 +1073,42 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rmp"
+version = "0.8.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4f55e5fa1446c4d5dd1f5daeed2a4fe193071771a2636274d0d7a3b082aa7ad6"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rmp-ipc"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "af495ca346adde10163eb920b52b5a3992fb209b31df58ece4ed0f855661978c"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "log",
+ "rmp-serde",
+ "serde",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "typemap_rev",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rmp-serde"
+version = "0.15.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "723ecff9ad04f4ad92fe1c8ca6c20d2196d9286e9c60727c4cb5511629260e9d"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "rmp",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rust_decimal"
 version = "1.16.0"
@@ -1436,18 +1477,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
-version = "1.0.29"
+version = "1.0.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "602eca064b2d83369e2b2f34b09c70b605402801927c65c11071ac911d299b88"
+checksum = "854babe52e4df1653706b98fcfc05843010039b406875930a70e4d9644e5c417"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror-impl",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "1.0.29"
+version = "1.0.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bad553cc2c78e8de258400763a647e80e6d1b31ee237275d756f6836d204494c"
+checksum = "aa32fd3f627f367fe16f893e2597ae3c05020f8bba2666a4e6ea73d377e5714b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1526,6 +1567,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "typemap_rev"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ed5b74f0a24b5454580a79abb6994393b09adf0ab8070f15827cb666255de155"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typenum"
 version = "1.14.0"
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/Cargo.toml b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/Cargo.toml
index 3dc7e80..4fe34cd 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 chrono = "0.4.19"
+typemap_rev = "0.1.5"
 
 [dependencies.mediarepo-core]
 path = "../mediarepo-core"
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/models/file.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/file.rs
similarity index 96%
rename from mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/models/file.rs
rename to mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/file.rs
index aef89b3..a5eb9e4 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/models/file.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/file.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-use crate::models::file_type::FileType;
-use crate::models::storage::Storage;
+use crate::file_type::FileType;
+use crate::storage::Storage;
 use chrono::NaiveDateTime;
 use mediarepo_core::error::RepoResult;
 use mediarepo_database::entities::file;
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ impl File {
     }
 
     /// Fetches the file by id
-    pub async fn by_id(db: DatabaseConnection, id: u64) -> RepoResult<Option<Self>> {
+    pub async fn by_id(db: DatabaseConnection, id: i64) -> RepoResult<Option<Self>> {
         if let Some((model, Some(hash))) = file::Entity::find_by_id(id)
             .find_also_related(hash::Entity)
             .one(&db)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ impl File {
     }
 
     /// Returns the unique identifier of the file
-    pub fn id(&self) -> u64 {
+    pub fn id(&self) -> i64 {
         self.model.id
     }
 
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/models/file_type.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/file_type.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/models/file_type.rs
rename to mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/file_type.rs
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/lib.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/lib.rs
index ff92946..dc1152b 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/lib.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/lib.rs
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
-pub mod models;
\ No newline at end of file
+pub mod file;
+pub mod file_type;
+pub mod repo;
+pub mod storage;
+pub mod type_keys;
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/models/mod.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/models/mod.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d43719..0000000
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/models/mod.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-pub mod file;
-pub mod file_type;
-pub mod storage;
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/repo.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/repo.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7505124
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/repo.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+use crate::storage::Storage;
+use mediarepo_core::error::RepoResult;
+use mediarepo_database::get_database;
+use sea_orm::DatabaseConnection;
+
+pub struct Repo {
+    db: DatabaseConnection,
+}
+
+impl Repo {
+    pub(crate) fn new(db: DatabaseConnection) -> Self {
+        Self { db }
+    }
+
+    /// Connects to the database with the given uri
+    pub async fn connect<S: AsRef<str>>(uri: S) -> RepoResult<Self> {
+        let db = get_database(uri).await?;
+        Ok(Self::new(db))
+    }
+
+    /// Adds a storage to the repository
+    pub async fn add_storage<S1: ToString, S2: ToString>(
+        &self,
+        name: S1,
+        path: S2,
+    ) -> RepoResult<Storage> {
+        Storage::create(self.db.clone(), name, path).await
+    }
+}
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/models/storage.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/storage.rs
similarity index 97%
rename from mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/models/storage.rs
rename to mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/storage.rs
index d4ee185..eaacb47 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/models/storage.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/storage.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ impl Storage {
     }
 
     /// Returns the storage by id
-    pub async fn by_id(db: DatabaseConnection, id: u64) -> RepoResult<Option<Self>> {
+    pub async fn by_id(db: DatabaseConnection, id: i64) -> RepoResult<Option<Self>> {
         if let Some(model) = storage::Entity::find_by_id(id).one(&db).await? {
             let storage = Self::new(db, model);
             Ok(Some(storage))
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ impl Storage {
     }
 
     /// Returns the unique identifier of this storage
-    pub fn id(&self) -> u64 {
+    pub fn id(&self) -> i64 {
         self.model.id
     }
 
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/type_keys.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/type_keys.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1105ea8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/type_keys.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+use crate::repo::Repo;
+use typemap_rev::TypeMapKey;
+
+pub struct RepoKey;
+
+impl TypeMapKey for RepoKey {
+    type Value = Repo;
+}
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/Cargo.toml b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/Cargo.toml
index 6c7f799..96c909d 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-rmp-ipc = "0.2.1"
+rmp-ipc = "0.4.0"
 
 [dependencies.tokio]
 version = "1.12.0"
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/lib.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/lib.rs
index 31e1bb2..58ac1c3 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/lib.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    #[test]
-    fn it_works() {
-        assert_eq!(2 + 2, 4);
-    }
+use rmp_ipc::IPCBuilder;
+
+mod namespaces;
+
+pub fn get_builder(address: &str) -> IPCBuilder {
+    IPCBuilder::new().address(address)
 }
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/namespaces/mod.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/namespaces/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/src/constants.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/src/constants.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d39e62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/src/constants.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pub static SETTINGS_PATH: &str = "./repo.toml";
+pub static DEFAULT_STORAGE_NAME: &str = "Main";
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/src/main.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/src/main.rs
index 7f755fb..5c5f6a9 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/src/main.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/src/main.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,85 @@
+mod constants;
+mod utils;
+
+use crate::constants::{DEFAULT_STORAGE_NAME, SETTINGS_PATH};
+use crate::utils::{create_paths_for_repo, get_repo, load_settings};
+use mediarepo_core::error::RepoResult;
+use mediarepo_core::settings::Settings;
+use mediarepo_core::type_keys::SettingsKey;
+use mediarepo_model::type_keys::RepoKey;
+use mediarepo_socket::get_builder;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use structopt::StructOpt;
+use tokio::fs;
+
+#[derive(Debug, StructOpt)]
+#[structopt(name = "mediarepo", about = "A multimedia repository")]
+struct Opt {
+    /// The path to the repository. Defaults to the current working directory
+    #[structopt(long, short, parse(from_os_str), default_value = ".")]
+    repo: PathBuf,
+
+    /// The subcommand to invoke
+    #[structopt(subcommand)]
+    cmd: SubCommand,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, StructOpt)]
+enum SubCommand {
+    /// Initializes an empty repository
+    Init {
+        /// Forces the creation of a new repository. This will delete everything in the repository
+        /// path to create an empty repository.
+        #[structopt(short, long)]
+        force: bool,
+    },
+
+    /// Starts the event server for the selected repository
+    Start,
+}
+
 #[tokio::main]
-async fn main() {}
+async fn main() -> RepoResult<()> {
+    let opt: Opt = Opt::from_args();
+    match opt.cmd {
+        SubCommand::Init { force } => init(opt, force).await,
+        SubCommand::Start => start_server(opt).await,
+    }?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Starts the server
+async fn start_server(opt: Opt) -> RepoResult<()> {
+    let settings = load_settings(&opt.repo.join(SETTINGS_PATH)).await?;
+    let repo = get_repo(&opt.repo.join(&settings.database_path).to_str().unwrap()).await?;
+
+    get_builder(&settings.listen_address)
+        .insert::<SettingsKey>(settings)
+        .insert::<RepoKey>(repo)
+        .build_server()
+        .await?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Initializes an empty repository
+async fn init(opt: Opt, force: bool) -> RepoResult<()> {
+    if force {
+        fs::remove_dir_all(&opt.repo).await?;
+    }
+    let settings = Settings::default();
+    create_paths_for_repo(&opt.repo, &settings).await?;
+    let db_path = opt.repo.join(&settings.database_path);
+    if db_path.exists() {
+        panic!("Database already exists in location. Use --force with init to delete everything and start a new repository");
+    }
+    let repo = get_repo(&db_path.to_str().unwrap()).await?;
+    let storage_path = opt.repo.join(&settings.default_file_store);
+    repo.add_storage(DEFAULT_STORAGE_NAME, storage_path.to_str().unwrap())
+        .await?;
+    let settings_string = settings.to_toml_string()?;
+    fs::write(opt.repo.join(SETTINGS_PATH), &settings_string.into_bytes()).await?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/src/utils.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/src/utils.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91f5d9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/src/utils.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+use mediarepo_core::error::RepoResult;
+use mediarepo_core::settings::Settings;
+use mediarepo_model::repo::Repo;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use tokio::fs;
+
+/// Loads the settings from a toml path
+pub async fn load_settings(path: &PathBuf) -> RepoResult<Settings> {
+    let contents = fs::read_to_string(path).await?;
+    Settings::from_toml_string(&contents)
+}
+
+pub async fn get_repo(db_path: &str) -> RepoResult<Repo> {
+    Repo::connect(format!("sqlite://{}", db_path)).await
+}
+
+pub async fn create_paths_for_repo(root: &PathBuf, settings: &Settings) -> RepoResult<()> {
+    if !root.exists() {
+        fs::create_dir_all(&root).await?;
+    }
+    let db_path = root.join(&settings.database_path);
+    if !db_path.exists() {
+        fs::create_dir_all(db_path.parent().unwrap()).await?;
+    }
+    let storage_path = root.join(&settings.default_file_store);
+    if !storage_path.exists() {
+        fs::create_dir_all(storage_path).await?;
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}