diff --git a/cmd/sh-api/main.go b/cmd/sh-api/main.go
index a3d7150..3b658bf 100644
--- a/cmd/sh-api/main.go
+++ b/cmd/sh-api/main.go
@@ -1,29 +1,71 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"database/sql"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
+	"time"
 
-	"git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/searchhut/graph"
-	"git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/searchhut/graph/generated"
+	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
+
+	"git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/getopt"
 	"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/graphql/handler"
 	"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/graphql/playground"
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi"
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/middleware"
+
+	"git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/searchhut/config"
+	"git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/searchhut/database"
+	"git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/searchhut/graph"
+	"git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/searchhut/graph/generated"
 )
 
-const defaultPort = "8080"
-
 func main() {
-	port := os.Getenv("PORT")
-	if port == "" {
-		port = defaultPort
+	debug := false
+	opts, _, err := getopt.Getopts(os.Args, "d")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		switch opt.Option {
+		case 'd':
+			debug = true
+		}
 	}
 
-	srv := handler.NewDefaultServer(generated.NewExecutableSchema(generated.Config{Resolvers: &graph.Resolver{}}))
+	conf := config.Load()
+	port, ok := conf.Get("searchhut::api", "bind")
+	if !ok {
+		port = ":8080"
+	}
 
-	http.Handle("/", playground.Handler("GraphQL playground", "/query"))
-	http.Handle("/query", srv)
+	connstr, ok := conf.Get("searchhut", "connection-string")
+	if !ok {
+		log.Fatal("Configuration missing connection string")
+	}
 
-	log.Printf("connect to http://localhost:%s/ for GraphQL playground", port)
-	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":"+port, nil))
+	db, err := sql.Open("postgres", connstr)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	schema := generated.NewExecutableSchema(generated.Config{
+		Resolvers: &graph.Resolver{},
+	})
+	srv := handler.NewDefaultServer(schema)
+
+	router := chi.NewRouter()
+	router.Use(database.Middleware(db))
+	router.Use(middleware.RealIP)
+	router.Use(middleware.Logger)
+	router.Use(middleware.Timeout(10 * time.Second))
+
+	router.Handle("/query", srv)
+	if debug {
+		router.Handle("/", playground.Handler("GraphQL playground", "/query"))
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("Running server on %s", port)
+	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(port, router))
 }
diff --git a/config.example.ini b/config.example.ini
index 0cb3740..e216868 100644
--- a/config.example.ini
+++ b/config.example.ini
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ user-agent=
 
 [searchhut::api]
 #
-# The port to bind the API service to.
-port=8080
+# The address to bind the API service to.
+bind=:8080
 
 [searchhut::web]
 #
-# The port to bind the web service to.
-port=8081
+# The address to bind the web service to.
+bind=:8081
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fa9714f..9b6497b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
+	git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/getopt v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/agnivade/levenshtein v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/andybalholm/cascadia v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/go-chi/chi v1.5.4 // indirect
 	github.com/go-shiori/dom v0.0.0-20210627111528-4e4722cd0d65 // indirect
 	github.com/gogs/chardet v0.0.0-20191104214054-4b6791f73a28 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 12ab3ff..119f8cc 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 cloud.google.com/go v0.26.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
+git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/getopt v1.0.0 h1:/pRHjO6/OCbBF4puqD98n6xtPEgE//oq5U8NXjP7ROc=
+git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/getopt v1.0.0/go.mod h1:wMEGFFFNuPos7vHmWXfszqImLppbc0wEhh6JBfJIUgw=
 github.com/99designs/gqlgen v0.17.12 h1:lH/H5dTYCY5eLNRKXeq22l0wFMavpOnN6v9GAIw+fxY=
 github.com/99designs/gqlgen v0.17.12/go.mod h1:w1brbeOdqVyNJI553BGwtwdVcYu1LKeYE1opLWN9RgQ=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
@@ -37,6 +39,8 @@ github.com/dgryski/trifles v0.0.0-20200323201526-dd97f9abfb48 h1:fRzb/w+pyskVMQ+
 github.com/dgryski/trifles v0.0.0-20200323201526-dd97f9abfb48/go.mod h1:if7Fbed8SFyPtHLHbg49SI7NAdJiC5WIA09pe59rfAA=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
+github.com/go-chi/chi v1.5.4 h1:QHdzF2szwjqVV4wmByUnTcsbIg7UGaQ0tPF2t5GcAIs=
+github.com/go-chi/chi v1.5.4/go.mod h1:uaf8YgoFazUOkPBG7fxPftUylNumIev9awIWOENIuEg=
 github.com/go-kit/kit v0.8.0/go.mod h1:xBxKIO96dXMWWy0MnWVtmwkA9/13aqxPnvrjFYMA2as=
 github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.3.0/go.mod h1:Qt1PoO58o5twSAckw1HlFXLmHsOX5/0LbT9GBnD5lWE=
 github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.4.0/go.mod h1:3RMwSq7FuexP4Kalkev3ejPJsZTpXXBr9+V4qmtdjCk=