diff --git a/src/model.rs b/src/bubble.rs
similarity index 84%
rename from src/model.rs
rename to src/bubble.rs
index 1a6b9f9..309eceb 100644
--- a/src/model.rs
+++ b/src/bubble.rs
@@ -3,23 +3,10 @@ use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Arc};
 use serde::Serialize;
 use tokio::sync::{mpsc, RwLock};
 
-pub struct MapCollector {
-	nodes_rx: mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<NodeDomain>,
-	vertices_rx: mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<VertexDomain>,
-}
+pub struct BubbleCharter {}
 
-pub fn create_map_collector() -> (MapCollector, MapHandle) {
-	let (nodes_tx, nodes_rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
-	let (vertices_tx, vertices_rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
-	let scanned = Arc::new(RwLock::new(Vec::new()));
-	(
-		MapCollector { nodes_rx, vertices_rx },
-		MapHandle { nodes_tx, vertices_tx, scanned },
-	)
-}
-
-impl MapCollector {
-	pub async fn collect(mut self) -> MapResult {
+impl BubbleCharter {
+	pub async fn collect(self) -> MapResult {
 		let mut nodes_domains = Vec::new();
 		let mut vertices_domains = Vec::new();
 		loop {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 13d0a94..96a5c3a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::{net::SocketAddr, collections::HashSet};
 
+use sea_orm::{DatabaseConnection, EntityTrait, Database};
 use serde::Deserialize;
 
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
@@ -7,12 +8,13 @@ use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use axum::{routing::get, extract::Query, Json, Router};
 use set::{SetHandle, InstanceRelation, create_set_collector};
 
-use crate::{model::{MapResult, MapHandle, create_map_collector}, cache::CACHE};
+use crate::{bubble::{MapResult, MapHandle}, cache::CACHE, entities::node_info::Entity, nodeinfo::model::NodeInfoOwned};
 
-mod model;
+mod bubble;
 mod set;
 mod cache;
 mod nodeinfo;
+mod collector;
 
 mod entities;
 
@@ -93,8 +95,9 @@ struct Params {
 
 async fn route_crawl_domain(Query(params): Query<Params>) -> Json<MapResult> {
 	tracing::info!("starting new crawl from {}", params.domain);
+	let db = Database::connect("sqlite://./test.db").await.expect("could not connect to database");
 	let (collector, handle) = create_map_collector();
-	bubble_crawl_instance(&params.domain, handle).await;
+	bubble_crawl_instance(&params.domain, handle, db).await;
 	axum::Json(collector.collect().await)
 }
 
@@ -105,7 +108,7 @@ async fn peers_crawl_instance(domain: &str, set: SetHandle, depth: usize, maxdep
 	if set.already_scanned(domain).await { return };
 
 	match reqwest::get(format!("https://{}/api/v1/instance/peers", domain)).await {
-		Err(e) => return tracing::error!("could not fetch peer list for {} : {}", domain, e),
+		Err(e) => tracing::error!("could not fetch peer list for {} : {}", domain, e),
 		Ok(x) => {
 			let peers : Vec<String> = x.json().await.unwrap_or(vec![]);
 			set.add_instance(InstanceRelation {
@@ -125,13 +128,14 @@ async fn peers_crawl_instance(domain: &str, set: SetHandle, depth: usize, maxdep
 }
 
 #[async_recursion::async_recursion]
-async fn bubble_crawl_instance(domain: &str, map: MapHandle) {
+async fn bubble_crawl_instance(domain: &str, map: MapHandle, db: DatabaseConnection) {
 	if map.already_scanned(domain).await { return };
 
 	tracing::debug!("scanning instance {}", domain);
-	let info = match CACHE.instance_metadata(domain).await {
-		Ok(r) => r,
-		Err(e) => return tracing::warn!("could not fetch metadata for {}: {}", domain, e),
+	let info : NodeInfoOwned = match Entity::find_by_id(domain).one(&db).await {
+		Ok(Some(x)) => serde_json::from_str(&x.data).expect("could not deserialize nodeinfo in database"),
+		Ok(None) => return tracing::warn!("could not find data for instance {}", domain),
+		Err(e) => return tracing::error!("could not fetch data for instance {}: {}", domain, e),
 	};
 
 	let node_name = info.metadata
@@ -155,7 +159,8 @@ async fn bubble_crawl_instance(domain: &str, map: MapHandle) {
 
 	for bubble_instance in local_bubble.iter().filter_map(|x| x.as_str().map(|x| x.to_string())) {
 		let _map = map.clone();
+		let _db = db.clone();
 		map.add_vertex(domain.to_string(), bubble_instance.clone());
-		tasks.push(tokio::spawn(async move { bubble_crawl_instance(&bubble_instance, _map).await; }));
+		tasks.push(tokio::spawn(async move { bubble_crawl_instance(&bubble_instance, _map, _db).await; }));
 	}
 }