diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 64ab212..a057d7f 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -13,25 +13,31 @@ source=(
 )
 md5sums=('SKIP')  # SKIP if local files
 build() {
-  cd "$srcdir"
-  cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
-  make
+  cmake -S "${srcdir}" \
+        -B build \
+        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
+
+  cmake --build build
 }
 package() {
-    install -Dm755 "$srcdir/${pkgname}" \
+    local src="${srcdir}"
+
+    # Binary (built by CMake into build/)
+    install -Dm755 "$src/build/${pkgname}" \
         "$pkgdir/usr/bin/${pkgname}"
 
     # Frontend build output
     install -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/${pkgname}/frontend/build"
-    cp -a "$srcdir/frontend/build/." \
-        "$pkgdir/usr/share/${pkgname}/frontend/build"
+    cp -a "$src/frontend/build/." \
+        "$pkgdir/usr/share/${pkgname}/frontend/build/"
 
     # Assets directory
     install -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/${pkgname}/assets"
-    cp -a "$srcdir/assets/." \
+    cp -a "$src/assets/." \
         "$pkgdir/usr/share/${pkgname}/assets/"
 
     # systemd service
-    install -Dm644 "$srcdir/shadowrun-server.service" \
+    install -Dm644 "$src/shadowrun-server.service" \
         "$pkgdir/usr/lib/systemd/system/shadowrun-server.service"
 }
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diff --git a/assets/settings.json b/assets/settings.json
index 6bb46b7..bd6747c 100644
--- a/assets/settings.json
+++ b/assets/settings.json
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "httpPort" : 3010
+  "http_port" : 3010,
+  "db_path": "/var/lib/shadowrun-server/shadowrun.db"
 }
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diff --git a/src/database/database.cpp b/src/database/database.cpp
index 4680b36..fe96507 100644
--- a/src/database/database.cpp
+++ b/src/database/database.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #include "databasepool.h"
 
-DatabasePool dbpool(std::thread::hardware_concurrency());
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+std::unique_ptr<DatabasePool> dbpool = nullptr;
+
diff --git a/src/database/database.hpp b/src/database/database.hpp
index 94bce4b..f8d1d14 100644
--- a/src/database/database.hpp
+++ b/src/database/database.hpp
@@ -6,12 +6,8 @@
 #include "ShadowrunDb.hpp"
 #include "loginDb.hpp"
 
-namespace Database {
-    static constexpr std::string dbFile = "shadowrun.db";
-}
-
-inline auto make_database() {
-    auto storage = sqlite_orm::make_storage(Database::dbFile,
+inline auto make_database(const std::string& path) {
+    auto storage = sqlite_orm::make_storage(path,
         sqlite_orm::make_table("users",
             sqlite_orm::make_column("id", &login::User::id, sqlite_orm::primary_key()),
             sqlite_orm::make_column("username", &login::User::username, sqlite_orm::unique() ),
diff --git a/src/database/databasepool.h b/src/database/databasepool.h
index 0b34b47..7388df7 100644
--- a/src/database/databasepool.h
+++ b/src/database/databasepool.h
@@ -7,19 +7,35 @@
 
 class DatabasePool {
 public:
-    DatabasePool(size_t size) {
-        // allow multithreaded access to database
+    // Construct pool with path + size
+    DatabasePool(const std::string& path)
+        : db_path(path)
+    {
+        // Enable multithreaded SQLite
         assert(sqlite3_config(SQLITE_CONFIG_MULTITHREAD) == SQLITE_OK);
         assert(sqlite3_initialize() == SQLITE_OK);
+    }
 
-        for (size_t i = 0; i < size; ++i){
-            auto db = std::make_shared<decltype(make_database())>(make_database());
-            db->sync_schema();
-            pool.push(db);
+    bool init(size_t size){
+        try{
+            // Pre-create the pool
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
+                auto db = std::make_shared<decltype(make_database(db_path))>(make_database(db_path));
+                db->sync_schema();
+                pool.push(db);
+            }
+            // init the database
+            auto db = acquire();
+            release(db);
+            return true;
+        }
+        catch (...) {
+            return false;
         }
     }
 
-    std::shared_ptr<decltype(make_database())> acquire() {
+    // Acquire a database connection from the pool
+    std::shared_ptr<decltype(make_database(std::string{}))> acquire() {
         std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mutex);
         cv.wait(lock, [&]{ return !pool.empty(); });
         auto db = pool.front();
@@ -27,7 +43,8 @@ public:
         return db;
     }
 
-    void release(std::shared_ptr<decltype(make_database())> db) {
+    // Return a connection to the pool
+    void release(std::shared_ptr<decltype(make_database(std::string{}))> db) {
         std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mutex);
         pool.push(db);
         lock.unlock();
@@ -35,9 +52,10 @@ public:
     }
 
 private:
-    std::queue<std::shared_ptr<decltype(make_database())>> pool;
+    std::queue<std::shared_ptr<decltype(make_database(std::string{}))>> pool;
     std::mutex mutex;
     std::condition_variable cv;
+    const std::string db_path;
 };
 
-extern DatabasePool dbpool;
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+extern std::unique_ptr<DatabasePool> dbpool;
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diff --git a/src/json_settings.cpp b/src/json_settings.cpp
index 007568a..106fbee 100644
--- a/src/json_settings.cpp
+++ b/src/json_settings.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ using namespace::AppSettings;
 
 Settings AppSettings::deafult(){
     return Settings {
-        .httpPort = 3010
+        .http_port = 3010,
+        .db_path = "/var/lib/shadowrun-server/shadowrun.db"
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/json_settings.h b/src/json_settings.h
index 6dd363f..88aea3d 100644
--- a/src/json_settings.h
+++ b/src/json_settings.h
@@ -2,17 +2,19 @@
 #define JSON_SETTINGS_H
 
 #include "json.hpp"
+#include <string>
 
 namespace AppSettings {
 
 static constexpr char settingsFile[] = "assets/settings.json";
 struct Settings {
-    int httpPort;
+    int http_port;
+    std::string db_path;
 };
 
 Settings load();
 Settings deafult();
 
-NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_NON_INTRUSIVE(Settings, httpPort);
+NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_NON_INTRUSIVE(Settings, http_port, db_path);
 }
 #endif // JSON_SETTINGS_H
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diff --git a/src/login/loginDb.cpp b/src/login/loginDb.cpp
index f8e7f7b..183b28a 100644
--- a/src/login/loginDb.cpp
+++ b/src/login/loginDb.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ int createUser(const std::string& username, const std::string& password){
         return -1;
 
     int64_t id = -1;
-    auto db = dbpool.acquire();
+    auto db = dbpool->acquire();
 
     for (auto &u : db->get_all<login::User>()) {
         if (u.username == username){
@@ -73,16 +73,16 @@ int createUser(const std::string& username, const std::string& password){
         createPasswordHash(usr, password);
         id = db->insert(usr);
     }
-    dbpool.release(db);
+    dbpool->release(db);
     return id;
 }
 
 std::optional<User> getUser(const std::string& username){
-    auto db = dbpool.acquire();
+    auto db = dbpool->acquire();
     auto user = db->get_all<login::User>(
         where(c(&login::User::username) == username)
     );
-    dbpool.release(db);
+    dbpool->release(db);
 
     if(user.size() > 0){
         return user[0];
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 56b7cee..36461db 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -4,23 +4,26 @@
 #include "utils.hpp"
 #include "login.hpp"
 #include "ShadowrunApi.hpp"
+#include "databasepool.h"
 
 using namespace std;
 
 int main() {
     crow::SimpleApp app;
 
-    // Root route
-    CROW_ROUTE(app, "/")([&]() {
-        auto data = utils::read_file(utils::build_dir / "index.html");
-        return crow::response(200, "text/html", data);
-    });
-
     auto settings = AppSettings::load();
-    auto opt_isPortOpen = utils::isLocalPortOpen(settings.httpPort);
+
+    // create global database 
+    dbpool = std::make_unique<DatabasePool>(settings.db_path);
+    if (!dbpool->init(std::thread::hardware_concurrency())){
+        CROW_LOG_ERROR << "Failed to create database at : " << settings.db_path;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    auto opt_isPortOpen = utils::isLocalPortOpen(settings.http_port);
     if (opt_isPortOpen.has_value()){
         if (opt_isPortOpen.value()){
-            CROW_LOG_ERROR << "Local port : " << settings.httpPort << " is already open";
+            CROW_LOG_ERROR << "Local port : " << settings.http_port << " is already open";
             return 1;
         }
     }
@@ -29,6 +32,12 @@ int main() {
         return 1;
     }
 
+    // Root route
+    CROW_ROUTE(app, "/")([&]() {
+        auto data = utils::read_file(utils::build_dir / "index.html");
+        return crow::response(200, "text/html", data);
+    });
+
     shadowrun::initApi(app);
     login::initLogin(app);
 
@@ -53,5 +62,5 @@ int main() {
     });
 
     app.loglevel(crow::LogLevel::INFO);
-    app.bindaddr("0.0.0.0").port(settings.httpPort).multithreaded().run();
+    app.bindaddr("0.0.0.0").port(settings.http_port).multithreaded().run();
 }
diff --git a/src/shadowrun/ShadowrunDb.cpp b/src/shadowrun/ShadowrunDb.cpp
index 15c34be..7530bf3 100644
--- a/src/shadowrun/ShadowrunDb.cpp
+++ b/src/shadowrun/ShadowrunDb.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ int64_t createCharacter(const string& name){
         return -1;
 
     int64_t id;
-    auto db = dbpool.acquire();
+    auto db = dbpool->acquire();
 
     auto character = db->get_optional<ShadowrunCharacter>(
     where(c(&ShadowrunCharacter::name) == name)
@@ -26,38 +26,38 @@ int64_t createCharacter(const string& name){
         auto c = newShadowrunCharacter(name);
         id = db->insert(c);
     }
-    dbpool.release(db);
+    dbpool->release(db);
     return id;
 }
 
 std::vector<ShadowrunCharacter> getCharacters(){
-    auto db = dbpool.acquire();
+    auto db = dbpool->acquire();
     auto characters = db->get_all<ShadowrunCharacter>();
-    dbpool.release(db);
+    dbpool->release(db);
     return characters;
 }
 
 optional<ShadowrunCharacter> getChracter(int id)
 {
-    auto db = dbpool.acquire();
+    auto db = dbpool->acquire();
     optional<ShadowrunCharacter> character = db->get_optional<ShadowrunCharacter>(id);
-    dbpool.release(db);
+    dbpool->release(db);
     return character;
 }
 
 vector<ShadowrunCharacterData> getChracterData(int character_id)
 {
-    auto db = dbpool.acquire();
+    auto db = dbpool->acquire();
     auto characterData = db->get_all<ShadowrunCharacterData>(
         where(c(&ShadowrunCharacterData::character_id) == character_id)
     );
-    dbpool.release(db);
+    dbpool->release(db);
     return characterData;
 }
 
 int storeCharacterData(int characterId, const Type type, const string& json){
     int id;
-    auto db = dbpool.acquire();
+    auto db = dbpool->acquire();
     auto characterData = db->get_all<ShadowrunCharacterData>(
         where(
             (c(&ShadowrunCharacterData::character_id) == characterId) and 
@@ -78,13 +78,13 @@ int storeCharacterData(int characterId, const Type type, const string& json){
         db->update(character);
         id = character.id;
     }
-    dbpool.release(db);
+    dbpool->release(db);
     return id;
 }
 
 int storeCharacterData(const ShadowrunCharacterData& data){
     int id;
-    auto db = dbpool.acquire();
+    auto db = dbpool->acquire();
     auto characterData = db->get_optional<ShadowrunCharacterData>(data.id);
 
     if(!characterData.has_value()){
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ int storeCharacterData(const ShadowrunCharacterData& data){
         db->update(data);
         id = data.id;
     }
-    dbpool.release(db);
+    dbpool->release(db);
     return id;
 }