diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
index 9e80e72..fd844d8 100644
--- a/src/db.rs
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ pub async fn get_db_pool() -> SqlitePool {
     let conn_opts = SqliteConnectOptions::new()
         .foreign_keys(true)
         //.auto_vacuum(sqlx::sqlite::SqliteAutoVacuum::Incremental)
-        .journal_mode(SqliteJournalMode::Memory)
+        .journal_mode(SqliteJournalMode::Wal)
         .synchronous(sqlx::sqlite::SqliteSynchronous::Off)
         .filename(&db_filename)
         .busy_timeout(Duration::from_secs(TIMEOUT))
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ pub async fn get_db_pool() -> SqlitePool {
         .await
         .expect("can't connect to database");
 
-    let mut conn = pool.acquire().await.unwrap();
-    conn.execute("PRAGMA cache_size = 1000000;").await.unwrap();
-    conn.execute("PRAGMA temp_store = MEMORY;").await.unwrap();
+    // let mut conn = pool.acquire().await.unwrap();
+    // conn.execute("PRAGMA cache_size = 1000000;").await.unwrap();
+    // conn.execute("PRAGMA temp_store = MEMORY;").await.unwrap();
 
     // let the filesystem settle before trying anything
     // possibly not effective?
diff --git a/src/db_id.rs b/src/db_id.rs
index 0a18f0c..24ba42d 100644
--- a/src/db_id.rs
+++ b/src/db_id.rs
@@ -130,6 +130,22 @@ impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for DbIdVisitor {
         }
     }
 
+    fn visit_string<E>(self, v: String) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
+    where
+        E: serde::de::Error,
+    {
+        DbId::from_string(&v)
+            .map_err(|_| serde::de::Error::invalid_value(serde::de::Unexpected::Str(&v), &self))
+    }
+
+    fn visit_str<E>(self, v: &str) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
+    where
+        E: serde::de::Error,
+    {
+        DbId::from_string(v)
+            .map_err(|_| serde::de::Error::invalid_value(serde::de::Unexpected::Str(v), &self))
+    }
+
     fn visit_byte_buf<E>(self, v: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
     where
         E: serde::de::Error,
diff --git a/src/login.rs b/src/login.rs
index 2a4453d..3c9ef8d 100644
--- a/src/login.rs
+++ b/src/login.rs
@@ -70,9 +70,12 @@ pub async fn post_login(
     let pw = &login.password;
     let pw = pw.trim();
 
-    let user = User::try_get(username, &pool)
-        .await
-        .map_err(|_| LoginErrorKind::Unknown)?;
+    let user = User::try_get(username, &pool).await.map_err(|e| {
+        tracing::debug!("{e}");
+        LoginErrorKind::Unknown
+    })?;
+
+    dbg!(&user);
 
     let verifier = Argon2::default();
     let hash = PasswordHash::new(&user.pwhash).map_err(|_| LoginErrorKind::Internal)?;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 9ee5d62..d9c1062 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ async fn main() {
 
     let app = witch_watch::app(pool, &secret).await;
 
-    let addr: SocketAddr = ([127, 0, 0, 1], 3000).into();
+    let addr: SocketAddr = ([0, 0, 0, 0], 3000).into();
     tracing::debug!("binding to {addr:?}");
 
     axum::Server::bind(&addr)