diff --git a/digimarks.py b/digimarks.py
index 9d72588..af2e9d9 100644
--- a/digimarks.py
+++ b/digimarks.py
@@ -12,19 +12,19 @@ import bs4
 import requests
 from dateutil import tz
 from feedgen.feed import FeedGenerator
-from flask import (Flask, abort, jsonify, make_response, redirect,
-                   render_template, request, url_for)
-from peewee import *  # noqa
+#from flask import (Flask, abort, jsonify, make_response, redirect,
+#                   render_template, request, url_for)
+from typing import List
 
-try:
-    # Python 3
-    from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlparse, urlunparse
-except ImportError:
-    # Python 2
-    from urlparse import urljoin, urlparse, urlunparse
+import databases
+import sqlalchemy
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+from urlparse import urljoin, urlparse, urlunparse
 
 
-DIGIMARKS_USER_AGENT = 'digimarks/1.2.0-dev'
+DIGIMARKS_USER_AGENT = 'digimarks/2.0.0-dev'
 
 DEFAULT_THEME = 'freshgreen'
 themes = {
@@ -164,13 +164,18 @@ DATABASE = {
     'name': os.path.join(APP_ROOT, 'bookmarks.db'),
     'engine': 'peewee.SqliteDatabase',
 }
+DATABASE_URL = os.path.join(APP_ROOT, 'bookmarks.db')
 #PHANTOM = '/usr/local/bin/phantomjs'
 #SCRIPT = os.path.join(APP_ROOT, 'screenshot.js')
 
 # create our flask app and a database wrapper
-app = Flask(__name__)
-app.config.from_object(__name__)
-database = SqliteDatabase(os.path.join(APP_ROOT, 'bookmarks.db'))
+#app = Flask(__name__)
+#app.config.from_object(__name__)
+#database = SqliteDatabase(os.path.join(APP_ROOT, 'bookmarks.db'))
+
+database = databases.Database(DATABASE_URL)
+
+metadata = sqlalchemy.MetaData()
 
 # Strip unnecessary whitespace due to jinja2 codeblocks
 app.jinja_env.trim_blocks = True
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index fa6d866..7b45dfc 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #
 #    pip-compile requirements-dev.in
 #
+anyio==3.6.1
+    # via starlette
 astroid==2.11.7
     # via pylint
 beautifulsoup4==4.11.1
@@ -14,34 +16,30 @@ certifi==2022.6.15
     # via requests
 charset-normalizer==2.1.0
     # via requests
-click==8.1.3
-    # via flask
 dill==0.3.5.1
     # via pylint
+fastapi==0.79.0
+    # via -r requirements.in
 feedgen==0.9.0
     # via -r requirements.in
-flask==2.1.3
-    # via -r requirements.in
+greenlet==1.1.2
+    # via sqlalchemy
 idna==3.3
-    # via requests
+    # via
+    #   anyio
+    #   requests
 isort==5.10.1
     # via pylint
-itsdangerous==2.1.2
-    # via flask
-jinja2==3.1.2
-    # via flask
 lazy-object-proxy==1.7.1
     # via astroid
 lxml==4.9.1
     # via feedgen
-markupsafe==2.1.1
-    # via jinja2
 mccabe==0.7.0
     # via pylint
-peewee==3.15.1
-    # via -r requirements.in
 platformdirs==2.5.2
     # via pylint
+pydantic==1.9.1
+    # via fastapi
 pylint==2.14.5
     # via -r requirements-dev.in
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
@@ -50,16 +48,22 @@ requests==2.28.1
     # via -r requirements.in
 six==1.16.0
     # via python-dateutil
+sniffio==1.2.0
+    # via anyio
 soupsieve==2.3.2.post1
     # via beautifulsoup4
+sqlalchemy==1.4.39
+    # via -r requirements.in
+starlette==0.19.1
+    # via fastapi
 tomli==2.0.1
     # via pylint
 tomlkit==0.11.1
     # via pylint
-urllib3==1.26.10
+typing-extensions==4.3.0
+    # via pydantic
+urllib3==1.26.11
     # via requests
-werkzeug==2.1.2
-    # via flask
 wrapt==1.14.1
     # via astroid
 
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index 1b379b0..7eac957 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Core application
-flask
-peewee
+fastapi
+sqlalchemy
 
 # Fetch title etc from links
 bs4