diff --git a/src/cli/faker.rs b/src/cli/faker.rs
index ee0a591..4d9da60 100644
--- a/src/cli/faker.rs
+++ b/src/cli/faker.rs
@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@ use crate::model::{addressing, config, credential, activity, object, user, Audie
 use openssl::rsa::Rsa;
 use sea_orm::IntoActiveModel;
 
-pub async fn faker(db: &sea_orm::DatabaseConnection, domain: String, count: u64) -> Result<(), sea_orm::DbErr> {
+pub async fn faker(ctx: crate::server::Context, count: u64) -> Result<(), sea_orm::DbErr> {
 	use sea_orm::{EntityTrait, Set};
 
+	let domain = ctx.domain();
+	let db = ctx.db();
+
 	let key = Rsa::generate(2048).unwrap();
 	let test_user = user::Model {
 		id: format!("{domain}/users/test"),
 		name: Some("μpub".into()),
-		domain: clean_domain(&domain),
+		domain: clean_domain(domain),
 		preferred_username: "test".to_string(),
 		summary: Some("hello world! i'm manually generated but served dynamically from db! check progress at https://git.alemi.dev/upub.git".to_string()),
 		following: None,
diff --git a/src/cli/fetch.rs b/src/cli/fetch.rs
index b674995..0f1c4f7 100644
--- a/src/cli/fetch.rs
+++ b/src/cli/fetch.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,9 @@ use sea_orm::{EntityTrait, IntoActiveModel};
 
 use crate::server::fetcher::Fetchable;
 
-pub async fn fetch(db: sea_orm::DatabaseConnection, domain: String, uri: String, save: bool) -> crate::Result<()> {
+pub async fn fetch(ctx: crate::server::Context, uri: String, save: bool) -> crate::Result<()> {
 	use apb::Base;
 
-	let ctx = crate::server::Context::new(db, domain)
-		.await.expect("failed creating server context");
-
 	let mut node = apb::Node::link(uri.to_string());
 	node.fetch(&ctx).await?;
 
diff --git a/src/cli/fix.rs b/src/cli/fix.rs
index 027d0b7..9ad85d8 100644
--- a/src/cli/fix.rs
+++ b/src/cli/fix.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 use sea_orm::EntityTrait;
 
 
-pub async fn fix(db: sea_orm::DatabaseConnection, likes: bool, shares: bool, replies: bool) -> crate::Result<()> {
+pub async fn fix(ctx: crate::server::Context, likes: bool, shares: bool, replies: bool) -> crate::Result<()> {
 	use futures::TryStreamExt;
+	let db = ctx.db();
 
 	if likes {
 		tracing::info!("fixing likes...");
 		let mut store = std::collections::HashMap::new();
 		{
-			let mut stream = crate::model::like::Entity::find().stream(&db).await?;
+			let mut stream = crate::model::like::Entity::find().stream(db).await?;
 			while let Some(like) = stream.try_next().await? {
 				store.insert(like.likes.clone(), store.get(&like.likes).unwrap_or(&0) + 1);
 			}
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ pub async fn fix(db: sea_orm::DatabaseConnection, likes: bool, shares: bool, rep
 				..Default::default()
 			};
 			if let Err(e) = crate::model::object::Entity::update(m)
-				.exec(&db)
+				.exec(db)
 				.await
 			{
 				tracing::warn!("record not updated ({k}): {e}");
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ pub async fn fix(db: sea_orm::DatabaseConnection, likes: bool, shares: bool, rep
 		tracing::info!("fixing shares...");
 		let mut store = std::collections::HashMap::new();
 		{
-			let mut stream = crate::model::share::Entity::find().stream(&db).await?;
+			let mut stream = crate::model::share::Entity::find().stream(db).await?;
 			while let Some(share) = stream.try_next().await? {
 				store.insert(share.shares.clone(), store.get(&share.shares).unwrap_or(&0) + 1);
 			}
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ pub async fn fix(db: sea_orm::DatabaseConnection, likes: bool, shares: bool, rep
 				..Default::default()
 			};
 			if let Err(e) = crate::model::object::Entity::update(m)
-				.exec(&db)
+				.exec(db)
 				.await
 			{
 				tracing::warn!("record not updated ({k}): {e}");
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ pub async fn fix(db: sea_orm::DatabaseConnection, likes: bool, shares: bool, rep
 		tracing::info!("fixing replies...");
 		let mut store = std::collections::HashMap::new();
 		{
-			let mut stream = crate::model::object::Entity::find().stream(&db).await?;
+			let mut stream = crate::model::object::Entity::find().stream(db).await?;
 			while let Some(object) = stream.try_next().await? {
 				if let Some(reply) = object.in_reply_to {
 					let before = store.get(&reply).unwrap_or(&0);
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ pub async fn fix(db: sea_orm::DatabaseConnection, likes: bool, shares: bool, rep
 				..Default::default()
 			};
 			if let Err(e) = crate::model::object::Entity::update(m)
-				.exec(&db)
+				.exec(db)
 				.await
 			{
 				tracing::warn!("record not updated ({k}): {e}");
diff --git a/src/cli/mod.rs b/src/cli/mod.rs
index ecc576e..707ba1f 100644
--- a/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ pub use faker::*;
 mod relay;
 pub use relay::*;
 
-mod register;
-pub use register::*;
+//mod register;
+//pub use register::*;
 
 mod update;
 pub use update::*;
@@ -71,17 +71,21 @@ pub async fn run(
 	command: CliCommand,
 	db: sea_orm::DatabaseConnection,
 	domain: String,
+	config: crate::config::Config,
 ) -> crate::Result<()> {
+	let ctx = crate::server::Context::new(
+		db, domain, config,
+	).await?;
 	match command {
 		CliCommand::Faker { count } =>
-			Ok(faker(&db, domain, count).await?),
+			Ok(faker(ctx, count).await?),
 		CliCommand::Fetch { uri, save } =>
-			Ok(fetch(db, domain, uri, save).await?),
+			Ok(fetch(ctx, uri, save).await?),
 		CliCommand::Relay { actor, accept } =>
-			Ok(relay(db, domain, actor, accept).await?),
+			Ok(relay(ctx, actor, accept).await?),
 		CliCommand::Fix { likes, shares, replies } =>
-			Ok(fix(db, likes, shares, replies).await?),
+			Ok(fix(ctx, likes, shares, replies).await?),
 		CliCommand::Update { days } =>
-			Ok(update_users(db, domain, days).await?),
+			Ok(update_users(ctx, days).await?),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/cli/relay.rs b/src/cli/relay.rs
index 888853d..10c565a 100644
--- a/src/cli/relay.rs
+++ b/src/cli/relay.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 use sea_orm::{ColumnTrait, EntityTrait, IntoActiveModel, QueryFilter, QueryOrder};
 
-pub async fn relay(db: sea_orm::DatabaseConnection, domain: String, actor: String, accept: bool) -> crate::Result<()> {
-	let ctx = crate::server::Context::new(db, domain).await?;
-
+pub async fn relay(ctx: crate::server::Context, actor: String, accept: bool) -> crate::Result<()> {
 	let aid = ctx.aid(uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string());
 
 	let mut activity_model = crate::model::activity::Model {
diff --git a/src/cli/update.rs b/src/cli/update.rs
index 7c6843c..d5318ce 100644
--- a/src/cli/update.rs
+++ b/src/cli/update.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 use futures::TryStreamExt;
 use sea_orm::{ColumnTrait, EntityTrait, IntoActiveModel, QueryFilter};
 
-use crate::server::{fetcher::Fetcher, Context};
+use crate::server::fetcher::Fetcher;
 
-pub async fn update_users(db: sea_orm::DatabaseConnection, domain: String, days: i64) -> crate::Result<()> {
-	let ctx = Context::new(db, domain).await?;
+pub async fn update_users(ctx: crate::server::Context, days: i64) -> crate::Result<()> {
 	let mut count = 0;
 	let mut insertions = Vec::new();