diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0d2fd56..1659833 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .todo
+db/*
 *.db
 mcchunkie
 deploy.sh
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bbc7c41..8a3c073 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ module git.sr.ht/~qbit/mcchunkie
 go 1.13
 
 require (
+	github.com/google/btree v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/matrix-org/gomatrix v0.0.0-20200128155335-9e7906b6766d
-	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.3
+	github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200128174031-69ecbb4d6d5d
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200124204421-9fbb57f87de9
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bb6805d..c703a29 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+github.com/google/btree v1.0.0 h1:0udJVsspx3VBr5FwtLhQQtuAsVc79tTq0ocGIPAU6qo=
+github.com/google/btree v1.0.0/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Zf8V7Ke586lFgjr2dZNuvo3lPJSGZ5JPQ=
 github.com/matrix-org/gomatrix v0.0.0-20200128155335-9e7906b6766d h1:Vf/EQgAfg8/CBUQv9te7UJreZ9iKKouB2gb8UIRM4jQ=
 github.com/matrix-org/gomatrix v0.0.0-20200128155335-9e7906b6766d/go.mod h1:3fxX6gUjWyI/2Bt7J1OLhpCzOfO/bB3AiX0cJtEKud0=
+github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible h1:UBdAOUP5p4RWqPBg048CAvpKN+vxiaj6gdUUzhl4XmI=
+github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:uqqh8zWWbv1HBMNONnaR/tNboyR3/BZd58JJSHlUSCU=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.3 h1:MUGmc65QhB3pIlaQ5bB4LwqSj6GIonVJXpZiaKNyaKk=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.3/go.mod h1:IbVyRI1SCnLcuJnV2u8VeU0CEYM7e686BmAb1XKL+uU=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 9731070..a6378de 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func main() {
 	flag.StringVar(&server, "server", "", "matrix server")
 	flag.StringVar(&avatar, "avatar", "", "set the avatar of the bot to specified url")
 	flag.BoolVar(&setup, "s", false, "setup account")
-	flag.StringVar(&db, "db", "mcchunkie.db", "full path to database file")
+	flag.StringVar(&db, "db", "db", "full path to database directory")
 
 	flag.Parse()
 
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	if server == "" {
-		server, err = store.get("config", "server")
+		server, err = store.get("server")
 		if server == "" {
 			log.Fatalln("please specify a server")
 		}
 
 	} else {
-		store.set("config", "server", server)
+		store.set("server", server)
 	}
 
 	log.Printf("connecting to %s\n", server)
@@ -93,16 +93,16 @@ func main() {
 		// No longer need tty now that we have our info
 		pledge("stdio unveil rpath wpath cpath flock dns inet")
 
-		store.set("account", "username", username)
-		store.set("account", "access_token", resp.AccessToken)
-		store.set("account", "user_id", resp.UserID)
+		store.set("username", username)
+		store.set("access_token", resp.AccessToken)
+		store.set("user_id", resp.UserID)
 
 		accessToken = resp.AccessToken
 		userID = resp.UserID
 	} else {
-		username, _ = store.get("account", "username")
-		accessToken, _ = store.get("account", "access_token")
-		userID, _ = store.get("account", "user_id")
+		username, _ = store.get("username")
+		accessToken, _ = store.get("access_token")
+		userID, _ = store.get("user_id")
 	}
 
 	cli.SetCredentials(userID, accessToken)
diff --git a/store.go b/store.go
index 7d89ea6..f9594bb 100644
--- a/store.go
+++ b/store.go
@@ -3,93 +3,39 @@ package main
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/gob"
-	"log"
 
 	"github.com/matrix-org/gomatrix"
-	bolt "go.etcd.io/bbolt"
+	"github.com/peterbourgon/diskv"
 )
 
-// MCStore implements a gomatrix.Storer and exposes a bbolt db to be used for
+// MCStore implements a gomatrix.Storer and exposes a diskv db to be used for
 // application storage (account info, config info etc).
 type MCStore struct {
-	db *bolt.DB
+	db *diskv.Diskv
 }
 
 // NewStore creates a new MCStore instance populated with the proper buckets.
 func NewStore(path string) (*MCStore, error) {
-	db, err := bolt.Open(path, 0666, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+	flatTransform := func(s string) []string { return []string{} }
+	db := diskv.New(diskv.Options{
+		BasePath:     "db",
+		Transform:    flatTransform,
+		CacheSizeMax: 1024 * 1024,
+	})
 
 	s := &MCStore{db: db}
 
-	err = s.db.Update(func(tx *bolt.Tx) error {
-		buckets := []string{"filter", "batch", "room", "account", "config", "errata"}
-		for _, b := range buckets {
-			if _, err := tx.CreateBucketIfNotExists([]byte(b)); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-		return nil
-	})
-
-	if err != nil {
-		s.db.Close()
-		return nil, err
-	}
 	return s, nil
 }
 
-func (s *MCStore) set(bucket, key, value string) error {
-	err := s.db.Update(func(tx *bolt.Tx) error {
-		bkt, err := tx.CreateBucketIfNotExists([]byte(bucket))
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		err = bkt.Put([]byte(key), []byte(value))
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		return nil
-	})
-
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	return nil
+func (s *MCStore) set(key string, value string) {
+	v := []byte(value)
+	s.db.Write(key, v)
 }
 
-func (s *MCStore) get(bucket, key string) (string, error) {
-	var result string
-	return result, s.db.View(func(tx *bolt.Tx) error {
-		bkt := tx.Bucket([]byte(bucket))
-		data := bkt.Get([]byte(key))
-
-		if data == nil {
-			return nil
-		}
-
-		result = string(data)
-
-		return nil
-	})
-}
-
-func (s *MCStore) getBytes(bucket, key string) ([]byte, error) {
-	var result []byte
-	return result, s.db.View(func(tx *bolt.Tx) error {
-		bkt := tx.Bucket([]byte(bucket))
-		data := bkt.Get([]byte(key))
-
-		if data == nil {
-			return nil
-		}
-
-		result = data
-		return nil
-	})
+func (s *MCStore) get(key string) (string, error) {
+	b, err := s.db.Read(key)
+	return string(b), err
 }
 
 func (s *MCStore) encodeRoom(room *gomatrix.Room) ([]byte, error) {
@@ -115,36 +61,36 @@ func (s *MCStore) decodeRoom(room []byte) (*gomatrix.Room, error) {
 
 // SaveFilterID exposed for gomatrix
 func (s *MCStore) SaveFilterID(userID, filterID string) {
-	_ = s.set("filter", userID, filterID)
+	s.set(userID, filterID)
 
 }
 
 // LoadFilterID exposed for gomatrix
 func (s *MCStore) LoadFilterID(userID string) string {
-	filter, _ := s.get("filter", userID)
+	filter, _ := s.get(userID)
 	return string(filter)
 }
 
 // SaveNextBatch exposed for gomatrix
 func (s *MCStore) SaveNextBatch(userID, nextBatchToken string) {
-	_ = s.set("batch", userID, nextBatchToken)
+	s.set(userID, nextBatchToken)
 }
 
 // LoadNextBatch exposed for gomatrix
 func (s *MCStore) LoadNextBatch(userID string) string {
-	batch, _ := s.get("batch", userID)
+	batch, _ := s.get(userID)
 	return string(batch)
 }
 
 // SaveRoom exposed for gomatrix
 func (s *MCStore) SaveRoom(room *gomatrix.Room) {
 	b, _ := s.encodeRoom(room)
-	_ = s.set("room", room.ID, string(b))
+	s.set(room.ID, string(b))
 }
 
 // LoadRoom exposed for gomatrix
 func (s *MCStore) LoadRoom(roomID string) *gomatrix.Room {
-	b, _ := s.getBytes("room", roomID)
-	room, _ := s.decodeRoom(b)
+	b, _ := s.get(roomID)
+	room, _ := s.decodeRoom([]byte(b))
 	return room
 }