diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 399e9e0..8e12235 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,21 +16,14 @@ serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 csv = "1.1"
 jql = { version = "4", default-features = false }
-rfd = "0.9"
 eframe = { version = "0.19", features = ["persistence"] }
-tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
-clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
 futures = "0.3"
-sea-orm = { version = "0.10", features = [ "runtime-tokio-rustls", "sqlx-sqlite", "sqlx-postgres", "macros" ] }
 reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["json"] }
-
-[target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
+sea-orm = { version = "0.10", features = [ "runtime-tokio-rustls", "sqlx-sqlite", "sqlx-postgres", "macros" ] }
+clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
 ctrlc = "3.2.3"
 
-[target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
-console_error_panic_hook = "0.1.6"
-tracing-wasm = "0.2"
-
 [profile.dev.package."*"]
 opt-level = 3
diff --git a/src/gui/mod.rs b/src/gui/mod.rs
index b5699e1..9552436 100644
--- a/src/gui/mod.rs
+++ b/src/gui/mod.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ pub struct App {
 impl App {
 	pub fn new(
 		_cc: &eframe::CreationContext,
+		initial_uri: Option<String>,
 		db_uri_tx: mpsc::Sender<String>,
 		interval: i64,
 		view: AppStateView,
@@ -51,9 +52,14 @@ impl App {
 		logger_view: watch::Receiver<Vec<String>>,
 	) -> Self {
 		let panels = view.panels.borrow().clone();
+		if let Some(initial_uri) = &initial_uri {
+			if let Err(e) = db_uri_tx.blocking_send(initial_uri.clone()) {
+				error!(target: "app", "Could not send initial uri: {:?}", e);
+			}
+		}
 		Self {
 			db_uri_tx, interval, panels, width_tx, view, logger_view,
-			db_uri: "".into(),
+			db_uri: initial_uri.unwrap_or("".into()),
 			buffer_source: entities::sources::Model::default(),
 			buffer_metric: entities::metrics::Model::default(),
 			last_redraw: 0,
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 2b9ca57..7dbc5e6 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -52,21 +52,12 @@ enum Mode {
 	},
 	/// Run as foreground user interface displaying collected data
 	GUI {
-
+		/// Immediately connect to this database on startup
+		#[arg(short, long)]
+		db_uri: Option<String>,
 	},
 }
 
-// When compiling for web:
-#[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
-fn setup_tracing(_layer: Option<InternalLoggerLayer>) {
-	// Make sure panics are logged using `console.error`.
-	console_error_panic_hook::set_once();
-	// Redirect tracing to console.log and friends:
-	tracing_wasm::set_as_global_default();
-}
-
-// When compiling natively:
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn setup_tracing(layer: Option<InternalLoggerLayer>) {
 	let sub = tracing_subscriber::registry()
 		.with(LevelFilter::INFO)
@@ -146,7 +137,7 @@ fn main() {
 			worker.join().expect("Failed joining worker thread");
 		},
 
-		Mode::GUI { } => {
+		Mode::GUI { db_uri } => {
 			let (uri_tx, uri_rx) = mpsc::channel(10);
 			let (width_tx, width_rx) = watch::channel(0);
 
@@ -226,6 +217,7 @@ fn main() {
 						Box::new(
 							App::new(
 								cc,
+								db_uri,
 								uri_tx,
 								args.interval as i64,
 								view,