diff --git a/bffhd/actors/dummy.rs b/bffhd/actors/dummy.rs
index 20e100d..4cf19e2 100644
--- a/bffhd/actors/dummy.rs
+++ b/bffhd/actors/dummy.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use futures_util::future;
 use futures_util::future::BoxFuture;
+use rkyv::Archived;
 use crate::actors::Actor;
+use crate::db::ArchivedValue;
 use crate::resources::state::State;
 
 pub struct Dummy {
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ impl Dummy {
 }
 
 impl Actor for Dummy {
-    fn apply(&mut self, state: State) -> BoxFuture<'static, ()> {
+    fn apply(&mut self, state: ArchivedValue<State>) -> BoxFuture<'static, ()> {
         tracing::info!(name=%self.name, params=?self.params, ?state, "dummy actor updating state");
         Box::pin(future::ready(()))
     }
diff --git a/bffhd/actors/mod.rs b/bffhd/actors/mod.rs
index 791b882..c52c2e7 100644
--- a/bffhd/actors/mod.rs
+++ b/bffhd/actors/mod.rs
@@ -20,17 +20,14 @@ use rustls::{RootCertStore};
 use url::Url;
 use crate::actors::dummy::Dummy;
 use crate::actors::process::Process;
+use crate::db::ArchivedValue;
 
 mod shelly;
 mod process;
 mod dummy;
 
 pub trait Actor {
-    fn apply(&mut self, state: State) -> BoxFuture<'static, ()>;
-}
-
-fn loader<S: Signal<Item = State>>(cell: &Cell<Option<S>>) -> Option<S> {
-    cell.take()
+    fn apply(&mut self, state: ArchivedValue<State>) -> BoxFuture<'static, ()>;
 }
 
 pub struct ActorDriver<S: 'static> {
@@ -40,7 +37,7 @@ pub struct ActorDriver<S: 'static> {
     future: Option<BoxFuture<'static, ()>>,
 }
 
-impl<S: Signal<Item = State>> ActorDriver<S> {
+impl<S: Signal<Item = ArchivedValue<State>>> ActorDriver<S> {
     pub fn new(signal: S, actor: Box<dyn Actor + Send + Sync>) -> Self {
         Self {
             signal,
@@ -52,7 +49,7 @@ impl<S: Signal<Item = State>> ActorDriver<S> {
 
 impl<S> Future for ActorDriver<S>
 where
-    S: Signal<Item = State> + Unpin + Send,
+    S: Signal<Item = ArchivedValue<State>> + Unpin + Send,
 {
     type Output = ();
 
diff --git a/bffhd/actors/process.rs b/bffhd/actors/process.rs
index 066d3d4..839c355 100644
--- a/bffhd/actors/process.rs
+++ b/bffhd/actors/process.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
 use futures_util::future::BoxFuture;
+use rkyv::Archived;
 use crate::actors::Actor;
-use crate::resources::modules::fabaccess::Status;
+use crate::db::ArchivedValue;
+use crate::resources::modules::fabaccess::ArchivedStatus;
 use crate::resources::state::State;
 
 pub struct Process {
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ impl Process {
 }
 
 impl Actor for Process {
-    fn apply(&mut self, state: State) -> BoxFuture<'static, ()> {
+    fn apply(&mut self, state: ArchivedValue<State>) -> BoxFuture<'static, ()> {
         tracing::debug!(name=%self.name, cmd=%self.cmd, ?state,
             "Process actor updating state");
         let mut command = Command::new(&self.cmd);
@@ -38,25 +40,25 @@ impl Actor for Process {
             .args(self.args.iter())
             .arg(&self.name);
 
-        match state.inner.state {
-            Status::Free => {
+        match &state.as_ref().inner.state {
+            ArchivedStatus::Free => {
                 command.arg("free");
             }
-            Status::InUse(ref by) => {
-                command.arg("inuse").arg(format!("{}", by.get_username()));
+            ArchivedStatus::InUse(by) => {
+                command.arg("inuse").arg(by.id.as_str());
             }
-            Status::ToCheck(ref by) => {
+            ArchivedStatus::ToCheck(by) => {
                 command.arg("tocheck")
-                       .arg(format!("{}", by.get_username()));
+                       .arg(by.id.as_str());
             }
-            Status::Blocked(ref by) => {
+            ArchivedStatus::Blocked(by) => {
                 command.arg("blocked")
-                       .arg(format!("{}", by.get_username()));
+                       .arg(by.id.as_str());
             }
-            Status::Disabled => { command.arg("disabled"); },
-            Status::Reserved(ref by) => {
+            ArchivedStatus::Disabled => { command.arg("disabled"); },
+            ArchivedStatus::Reserved(by) => {
                 command.arg("reserved")
-                       .arg(format!("{}", by.get_username()));
+                       .arg(by.id.as_str());
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/bffhd/actors/shelly.rs b/bffhd/actors/shelly.rs
index 218fcd6..3a52175 100644
--- a/bffhd/actors/shelly.rs
+++ b/bffhd/actors/shelly.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use futures_util::future::BoxFuture;
+use rkyv::Archived;
 use rumqttc::{AsyncClient, QoS};
 use crate::actors::Actor;
-use crate::resources::modules::fabaccess::Status;
+use crate::db::ArchivedValue;
+use crate::resources::modules::fabaccess::ArchivedStatus;
 use crate::resources::state::State;
 
 /// An actuator for a Shellie connected listening on one MQTT broker
@@ -38,12 +40,12 @@ impl Shelly {
 
 
 impl Actor for Shelly {
-    fn apply(&mut self, state: State) -> BoxFuture<'static, ()> {
+    fn apply(&mut self, state: ArchivedValue<State>) -> BoxFuture<'static, ()> {
         tracing::debug!(?state, name=%self.name,
             "Shelly changing state"
         );
-        let pl = match state.inner.state {
-            Status::InUse(_) => "on",
+        let pl = match state.as_ref().inner.state {
+            ArchivedStatus::InUse(_) => "on",
             _ => "off",
         };
 
diff --git a/bffhd/db/mod.rs b/bffhd/db/mod.rs
index 4177614..c8bc6b2 100644
--- a/bffhd/db/mod.rs
+++ b/bffhd/db/mod.rs
@@ -1,57 +1,7 @@
-use std::marker::PhantomData;
-
-pub use lmdb::{
-    Environment,
-
-    DatabaseFlags,
-    WriteFlags,
-    EnvironmentFlags,
-
-    Transaction,
-    RoTransaction,
-    RwTransaction,
-};
-
-use rkyv::{Fallible, Serialize, ser::serializers::AllocSerializer, AlignedVec};
-
 mod raw;
 pub use raw::RawDB;
 
-use lmdb::Error;
-use rkyv::Deserialize;
-use rkyv::ser::serializers::AlignedSerializer;
+mod typed;
+pub use typed::{DB, ArchivedValue, Adapter, AlignedAdapter};
 
-
-use crate::users::db::{User};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
-use rkyv::Infallible;
-use crate::resources::state::{State};
-use std::iter::FromIterator;
-use std::ops::Deref;
-use crate::resources::search::ResourcesHandle;
-
-
-use crate::Users;
-
-#[derive(Debug, serde::Serialize)]
-pub struct Dump {
-    users: HashMap<String, User>,
-    states: HashMap<String, State>,
-}
-
-impl Dump {
-    pub fn new(userdb: Users, resources: ResourcesHandle) -> Result<Self> {
-        let users = HashMap::from_iter(userdb.into_inner().get_all()?.into_iter());
-        let mut states = HashMap::new();
-        for resource in resources.list_all().into_iter() {
-            if let Some(output) = resource.get_raw_state() {
-                let output: State = Deserialize::<State, _>::deserialize(output.deref(), &mut Infallible).unwrap();
-                let old = states.insert(resource.get_id().to_string(), output);
-                assert!(old.is_none());
-            }
-        }
-
-        Ok(Self { users, states })
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+pub type Error = lmdb::Error;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bffhd/db/raw.rs b/bffhd/db/raw.rs
index 64d8105..6302ed1 100644
--- a/bffhd/db/raw.rs
+++ b/bffhd/db/raw.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ impl RawDB {
         txn.put(self.db, key, value, flags)
     }
 
-    pub fn reserve<'txn, K>(&self, txn: &'txn mut RwTransaction, key: &K, size: usize, flags: WriteFlags) 
+    pub fn reserve<'txn, K>(&self, txn: &'txn mut RwTransaction, key: &K, size: usize, flags: WriteFlags)
         -> lmdb::Result<&'txn mut [u8]>
         where K: AsRef<[u8]>
     {
diff --git a/bffhd/db/typed.rs b/bffhd/db/typed.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..984a031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bffhd/db/typed.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+use crate::db::RawDB;
+use lmdb::{Cursor, RwTransaction, Transaction, WriteFlags};
+use rkyv::{AlignedVec, Archive, Archived, Serialize};
+use std::fmt;
+use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter};
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
+use std::pin::Pin;
+use crate::db;
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+/// Packed, sendable resource state
+pub struct ArchivedValue<T> {
+    /// State is encoded using rkyv making it trivially serializable
+    data: AlignedVec,
+    _marker: PhantomData<T>,
+}
+impl<T> ArchivedValue<T> {
+    pub fn new(data: AlignedVec) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            data,
+            _marker: PhantomData,
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn build(data: &[u8]) -> Self {
+        let mut v = AlignedVec::with_capacity(data.len());
+        v.extend_from_slice(data);
+        Self::new(v)
+    }
+
+    pub fn as_mut(&mut self) -> &mut AlignedVec {
+        &mut self.data
+    }
+
+    pub fn as_slice(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        self.data.as_slice()
+    }
+    pub fn as_mut_slice(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
+        self.data.as_mut_slice()
+    }
+}
+impl<T: Archive> AsRef<Archived<T>> for ArchivedValue<T> {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &Archived<T> {
+        unsafe { rkyv::archived_root::<T>(self.as_slice()) }
+    }
+}
+
+//
+// Debug implementation shows wrapping SendState
+//
+impl<T: Archive> Debug for ArchivedValue<T>
+where
+    <T as Archive>::Archived: Debug,
+{
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_tuple("SendState").field(self.as_ref()).finish()
+    }
+}
+
+//
+// Display implementation hides wrapping SendState
+//
+impl<T: Archive> Display for ArchivedValue<T>
+where
+    <T as Archive>::Archived: Display,
+{
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        Display::fmt(self.as_ref(), f)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Adapter trait handling de-/serialization
+///
+/// Values must be read from raw, unaligned byte buffers provided by LMDB.
+pub trait Adapter {
+    type Item;
+
+    /// Decode data from a short-lived byte buffer into a durable format
+    fn decode(data: &[u8]) -> Self::Item;
+
+    fn encoded_len(item: &Self::Item) -> usize;
+    fn encode_into(item: &Self::Item, buf: &mut [u8]);
+}
+
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Ord, PartialOrd, Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
+pub struct AlignedAdapter<V>(PhantomData<V>);
+impl<V> Adapter for AlignedAdapter<V> {
+    type Item = ArchivedValue<V>;
+
+    fn decode(data: &[u8]) -> Self::Item {
+        ArchivedValue::build(data)
+    }
+
+    fn encoded_len(item: &Self::Item) -> usize {
+        item.as_slice().len()
+    }
+
+    fn encode_into(item: &Self::Item, buf: &mut [u8]) {
+        buf.copy_from_slice(item.as_slice())
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[repr(transparent)]
+/// `Typed` database, allowing storing a typed value
+///
+/// Values must be serialized into and deserialized from raw byte buffers.
+/// This is handled by a stateless [Adapter] given by the type parameter `A`
+pub struct DB<A> {
+    db: RawDB,
+    _marker: PhantomData<A>,
+}
+impl<A> DB<A> {
+    pub fn new(db: RawDB) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            db,
+            _marker: PhantomData,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<A: Adapter> DB<A> {
+    pub fn get<T: Transaction>(&self, txn: &T, key: &impl AsRef<[u8]>) -> Result<Option<A::Item>, db::Error> {
+        Ok(self.db.get(txn, key)?.map(A::decode))
+    }
+
+    pub fn put(
+        &self,
+        txn: &mut RwTransaction,
+        key: &impl AsRef<[u8]>,
+        value: &A::Item,
+        flags: WriteFlags,
+    ) -> Result<(), db::Error>
+    {
+        let len = A::encoded_len(value);
+        let buf = self.db.reserve(txn, key, len, flags)?;
+        assert_eq!(buf.len(), len, "Reserved buffer is not of requested size!");
+        A::encode_into(value, buf);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn del(&self, txn: &mut RwTransaction, key: &impl AsRef<[u8]>) -> Result<(), db::Error> {
+        self.db.del::<_, &[u8]>(txn, key, None)
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_all<'txn, T: Transaction>(&self, txn: &'txn T) -> Result<impl IntoIterator<Item=(&'txn [u8], A::Item)>, db::Error> {
+        let mut cursor = self.db.open_ro_cursor(txn)?;
+        let it = cursor.iter_start();
+        Ok(it.filter_map(|buf| buf.ok().map(|(kbuf,vbuf)| {
+            (kbuf, A::decode(vbuf))
+        })))
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bffhd/error.rs b/bffhd/error.rs
index a7a2ae8..ba6a5ff 100644
--- a/bffhd/error.rs
+++ b/bffhd/error.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 use std::io;
 use std::fmt;
 use rsasl::error::SessionError;
-use crate::db::DBError;
+use crate::db;
+
+type DBError = db::Error;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 /// Shared error type
diff --git a/bffhd/initiators/mod.rs b/bffhd/initiators/mod.rs
index 269e8ac..59d58e7 100644
--- a/bffhd/initiators/mod.rs
+++ b/bffhd/initiators/mod.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use async_channel as channel;
 use async_oneshot as oneshot;
 use futures_signals::signal::Signal;
 use futures_util::future::BoxFuture;
-use crate::resources::driver::{Error, Update};
 use crate::resources::claim::{ResourceID, UserID};
 use crate::resources::state::State;
 
diff --git a/bffhd/lib.rs b/bffhd/lib.rs
index 05c0136..ce2dd2e 100644
--- a/bffhd/lib.rs
+++ b/bffhd/lib.rs
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ pub mod resources;
 
 pub mod actors;
 
-pub mod initiators;
-
 pub mod sensors;
 
 pub mod capnp;
@@ -71,7 +69,7 @@ pub const RELEASE_STRING: &'static str = env!("BFFHD_RELEASE_STRING");
 pub struct Diflouroborane {
     config: Config,
     executor: Executor<'static>,
-    pub statedb: Arc<StateDB>,
+    pub statedb: StateDB,
     pub users: Users,
     pub roles: Roles,
     pub resources: ResourcesHandle,
@@ -90,8 +88,8 @@ impl Diflouroborane {
         let executor = Executor::new();
 
         let env = StateDB::open_env(&config.db_path)?;
-        let statedb = Arc::new(StateDB::create_with_env(env.clone())
-            .context("Failed to open state DB file")?);
+        let statedb = StateDB::create_with_env(env.clone())
+            .context("Failed to open state DB file")?;
 
         let users = Users::new(env.clone()).context("Failed to open users DB file")?;
         let roles = Roles::new(config.roles.clone());
diff --git a/bffhd/resources/claim.rs b/bffhd/resources/claim.rs
index 4fe699f..20b9fd9 100644
--- a/bffhd/resources/claim.rs
+++ b/bffhd/resources/claim.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use async_channel::Sender;
 use lmdb::Environment;
-use crate::resources::driver::Update;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 /// Database of currently valid claims, interests and notify, as far as applicable
diff --git a/bffhd/resources/driver.rs b/bffhd/resources/driver.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e188b7..0000000
--- a/bffhd/resources/driver.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,141 +0,0 @@
-use std::fmt::Debug;
-use async_trait::async_trait;
-
-use futures_signals::signal::Mutable;
-use async_oneshot::Sender;
-use async_channel::Receiver;
-use crate::resources::state::db::StateDB;
-
-use super::state::State;
-
-/// A resources in BFFH has to contain several different parts;
-/// - Currently set state
-/// - Execution state of attached actors (⇒ BFFH's job)
-/// - Output of interal logic of a resources
-/// ⇒ Resource logic gets read access to set state and write access to output state.
-/// ⇒ state `update` happens via resources logic. This logic should do access control. If the update
-///   succeeds then BFFH stores those input parameters ("set" state) and results / output state.
-///   Storing input parameters is relevant so that BFFH can know that an "update" is a no-op
-///   without having to run the module code.
-/// ⇒ in fact actors only really care about the output state, and shouldn't (need to) see "set"
-/// state.
-/// ⇒ example reserving:
-///   - Claimant sends 'update' message with a new state
-///     - Doesn't set the state until `update` has returned Ok.
-///   - This runs the `update` function with that new state and the claimants user context returning
-///     either an Ok or an Error.
-///     - Error is returned to Claimant to show user, stop.
-///   - On ok:
-///     - Commit new "set" state, storing it and making it visible to all other claimants
-///     - Commit new output state, storing it and notifying all connected actors / Notify
-/// ⇒ BFFHs job in this whole ordeal is:
-///   - Message passing primitives so that update message are queued
-///   - As reliable as possible storage system for input and output state
-///   - Again message passing so that updates are broadcasted to all Notify and Actors.
-/// ⇒ Resource module's job is:
-///   - Validating updates semantically i.e. are the types correct
-///   - Check authorization of updates i.e. is this user allowed to do that
-#[async_trait]
-pub trait ResourceModel: Debug {
-    /// Run whatever internal logic this resources has for the given State update, and return the
-    /// new output state that this update produces.
-    async fn on_update(&mut self, input: &State) -> Result<State, Error>;
-    async fn shutdown(&mut self);
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct Passthrough;
-#[async_trait]
-impl ResourceModel for Passthrough {
-    async fn on_update(&mut self, input: &State) -> Result<State, Error> {
-        Ok(input.clone())
-    }
-
-    async fn shutdown(&mut self) {}
-}
-
-/// Error type a resources implementation can produce
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub enum Error {
-    Internal(Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send>),
-    Denied,
-}
-
-// TODO: more message context
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct Update {
-    pub state: State,
-    pub errchan: Sender<Error>,
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct ResourceDriver {
-    // putput
-    res: Box<dyn ResourceModel>,
-
-    // input
-    rx: Receiver<Update>,
-
-    // output
-    db: StateDB,
-    key: String,
-
-    signal: Mutable<State>,
-}
-
-impl ResourceDriver {
-    pub async fn drive_to_end(&mut self) {
-        while let Ok(update) = self.rx.recv().await {
-            let state = update.state;
-            let mut errchan = update.errchan;
-
-            match self.res.on_update(&state).await {
-                Ok(outstate) => {
-                    // FIXME: Send any error here to some global error collector. A failed write to
-                    //  the DB is not necessarily fatal, but it means that BFFH is now in an
-                    //  inconsistent state until a future update succeeds with writing to the DB.
-                    //  Not applying the new state isn't correct either since we don't know what the
-                    //  internal logic of the resources has done to make this happen.
-                    //  Another half right solution is to unwrap and recreate everything.
-                    //  "Best" solution would be to tell the resources to rollback their interal
-                    //  changes on a fatal failure and then notify the Claimant, while simply trying
-                    //  again for temporary failures.
-                    let _ = self.db.update(self.key.as_bytes(), &state, &outstate);
-                    self.signal.set(outstate);
-                },
-                Err(e) => {
-                    let _ = errchan.send(e);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use std::pin::Pin;
-    use std::task::Poll;
-    use std::future::Future;
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[futures_test::test]
-    async fn test_passthrough_is_id() {
-        let inp = state::tests::gen_random();
-
-        let mut res = Passthrough;
-        let out = res.on_update(&inp).await.unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(inp, out);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_passthrough_is_always_ready() {
-        let inp = State::build().finish();
-
-        let mut res = Passthrough;
-        let mut cx = futures_test::task::panic_context();
-        if let Poll::Ready(_) = Pin::new(&mut res.on_update(&inp)).poll(&mut cx) {
-            return;
-        }
-        panic!("Passthrough returned Poll::Pending")
-    }
-}
diff --git a/bffhd/resources/mod.rs b/bffhd/resources/mod.rs
index 987a537..8784fd1 100644
--- a/bffhd/resources/mod.rs
+++ b/bffhd/resources/mod.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
-
+use std::convert::Infallible;
+use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use futures_signals::signal::{Mutable, Signal, SignalExt};
 use lmdb::RoTransaction;
-use rkyv::Archived;
+use rkyv::{Archived, Deserialize};
+use rkyv::ser::Serializer;
+use rkyv::ser::serializers::AllocSerializer;
 use crate::authorization::permissions::PrivilegesBuf;
 use crate::config::MachineDescription;
-use crate::resources::modules::fabaccess::{MachineState, Status};
+use crate::db::ArchivedValue;
+use crate::resources::modules::fabaccess::{MachineState, Status, ArchivedStatus};
 use crate::resources::state::db::StateDB;
 use crate::resources::state::State;
 use crate::session::SessionHandle;
 use crate::users::UserRef;
 
-pub mod claim;
 pub mod db;
-pub mod driver;
 pub mod search;
 pub mod state;
 
@@ -23,50 +25,56 @@ pub struct PermissionDenied;
 
 pub(crate) struct Inner {
     id: String,
-    db: Arc<StateDB>,
-    signal: Mutable<State>,
+    db: StateDB,
+    signal: Mutable<ArchivedValue<State>>,
     desc: MachineDescription,
 }
 impl Inner {
-    pub fn new(id: String, db: Arc<StateDB>, desc: MachineDescription) -> Self {
-        let state = if let Some(previous) = db.get_output(id.as_bytes()).unwrap() {
-            let state = MachineState::from(&previous);
-            tracing::info!(%id, ?state, "Found previous state");
-            state
+    pub fn new(id: String, db: StateDB, desc: MachineDescription) -> Self {
+        let state = if let Some(previous) = db.get(id.as_bytes()).unwrap() {
+            tracing::info!(%id, ?previous, "Found previous state");
+            previous
         } else {
             tracing::info!(%id, "No previous state, defaulting to `free`");
-            let state = MachineState::used(UserRef::new("test".to_string()), Some(UserRef::new
-                ("prev".to_string())));
+            let state = MachineState::used(UserRef::new("test".to_string()), Some(UserRef::new("prev".to_string())));
+
             let update = state.to_state();
-            db.update(id.as_bytes(), &update, &update).unwrap();
-            state
+
+            let mut serializer = AllocSerializer::<1024>::default();
+            serializer.serialize_value(&update).expect("failed to serialize new default state");
+            let val = ArchivedValue::new(serializer.into_serializer().into_inner());
+            db.put(&id.as_bytes(), &val).unwrap();
+            val
         };
-        let signal = Mutable::new(state.to_state());
+        let signal = Mutable::new(state);
 
         Self { id, db, signal, desc }
     }
 
-    pub fn signal(&self) -> impl Signal<Item=State> {
-        Box::pin(self.signal.signal_cloned().dedupe_cloned())
+    pub fn signal(&self) -> impl Signal<Item=ArchivedValue<State>> {
+        Box::pin(self.signal.signal_cloned())
     }
 
-    fn get_state(&self) -> MachineState {
-        MachineState::from(&self.db.get_output(self.id.as_bytes()).unwrap().unwrap())
+    fn get_state(&self) -> ArchivedValue<State> {
+        self.db.get(self.id.as_bytes())
+            .expect("lmdb error")
+            .expect("state should never be None")
     }
 
-    fn get_raw_state(&self) -> Option<LMDBorrow<RoTransaction, Archived<State>>> {
-        self.db.get_output(self.id.as_bytes()).unwrap()
+    fn get_ref(&self) -> impl Deref<Target=ArchivedValue<State>> + '_ {
+        self.signal.lock_ref()
     }
 
-    fn set_state(&self, state: MachineState) {
-        let span = tracing::debug_span!("set", id = %self.id, ?state, "Updating state");
+    fn set_state(&self, state: ArchivedValue<State>) {
+        let span = tracing::debug_span!("set_state", id = %self.id, ?state);
         let _guard = span.enter();
         tracing::debug!("Updating state");
+
         tracing::trace!("Updating DB");
-        let update = state.to_state();
-        self.db.update(self.id.as_bytes(), &update, &update).unwrap();
+        self.db.put(&self.id.as_bytes(), &state).unwrap();
         tracing::trace!("Updated DB, sending update signal");
-        self.signal.set(update);
+
+        self.signal.set(state);
         tracing::trace!("Sent update signal");
     }
 }
@@ -81,11 +89,7 @@ impl Resource {
         Self { inner }
     }
 
-    pub fn get_raw_state(&self) -> Option<LMDBorrow<RoTransaction, Archived<State>>> {
-        self.inner.get_raw_state()
-    }
-
-    pub fn get_state(&self) -> MachineState {
+    pub fn get_state(&self) -> ArchivedValue<State> {
         self.inner.get_state()
     }
 
@@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ impl Resource {
         &self.inner.id
     }
 
-    pub fn get_signal(&self) -> impl Signal<Item=State> {
+    pub fn get_signal(&self) -> impl Signal<Item=ArchivedValue<State>> {
         self.inner.signal()
     }
 
@@ -102,46 +106,54 @@ impl Resource {
     }
 
     fn set_state(&self, state: MachineState) {
-        self.inner.set_state(state)
+        let mut serializer = AllocSerializer::<1024>::default();
+        serializer.serialize_value(&state);
+        let archived = ArchivedValue::new(serializer.into_serializer().into_inner());
+        self.inner.set_state(archived)
     }
 
     fn set_status(&self, state: Status) {
         let old = self.inner.get_state();
-        let new = MachineState { state, .. old };
+        let oldref: &Archived<State> = old.as_ref();
+        let previous: &Archived<Option<UserRef>> = &oldref.inner.previous;
+        let previous = Deserialize::<Option<UserRef>, _>::deserialize(previous, &mut rkyv::Infallible)
+            .expect("Infallible deserializer failed");
+        let new = MachineState { state, previous };
         self.set_state(new);
     }
 
     pub async fn try_update(&self, session: SessionHandle, new: Status) {
         let old = self.get_state();
+        let old: &Archived<State> = old.as_ref();
         let user = session.get_user();
 
         if session.has_manage(self) // Default allow for managers
 
             || (session.has_write(self) // Decision tree for writers
-                && match (&old.state, &new) {
+                && match (&old.inner.state, &new) {
                 // Going from available to used by the person requesting is okay.
-                (Status::Free, Status::InUse(who))
+                (ArchivedStatus::Free, Status::InUse(who))
                 // Check that the person requesting does not request for somebody else.
                 // *That* is manage privilege.
                 if who == &user => true,
 
                 // Reserving things for ourself is okay.
-                (Status::Free, Status::Reserved(whom))
+                (ArchivedStatus::Free, Status::Reserved(whom))
                 if &user == whom => true,
 
                 // Returning things we've been using is okay. This includes both if
                 // they're being freed or marked as to be checked.
-                (Status::InUse(who), Status::Free | Status::ToCheck(_))
+                (ArchivedStatus::InUse(who), Status::Free | Status::ToCheck(_))
                 if who == &user => true,
 
                 // Un-reserving things we reserved is okay
-                (Status::Reserved(whom), Status::Free)
+                (ArchivedStatus::Reserved(whom), Status::Free)
                 if whom == &user => true,
                 // Using things that we've reserved is okay. But the person requesting
                 // that has to be the person that reserved the machine. Otherwise
                 // somebody could make a machine reserved by a different user as used by
                 // that different user but use it themself.
-                (Status::Reserved(whom), Status::InUse(who))
+                (ArchivedStatus::Reserved(whom), Status::InUse(who))
                 if whom == &user && who == whom => true,
 
                 // Default is deny.
@@ -149,13 +161,13 @@ impl Resource {
             })
 
             // Default permissions everybody has
-            || match (&old.state, &new) {
+            || match (&old.inner.state, &new) {
                 // Returning things we've been using is okay. This includes both if
                 // they're being freed or marked as to be checked.
-                (Status::InUse(who), Status::Free | Status::ToCheck(_)) if who == &user => true,
+                (ArchivedStatus::InUse(who), Status::Free | Status::ToCheck(_)) if who == &user => true,
 
                 // Un-reserving things we reserved is okay
-                (Status::Reserved(whom), Status::Free) if whom == &user => true,
+                (ArchivedStatus::Reserved(whom), Status::Free) if whom == &user => true,
 
                 // Default is deny.
                 _ => false,
@@ -166,11 +178,15 @@ impl Resource {
     }
 
     pub async fn give_back(&self, session: SessionHandle) {
-        if let Status::InUse(user) = self.get_state().state {
+        let state = self.get_state();
+        let s: &Archived<State> = state.as_ref();
+        let i: &Archived<MachineState> = &s.inner;
+        unimplemented!();
+        /*if let Status::InUse(user) = self.get_state().state {
             if user == session.get_user() {
                 self.set_state(MachineState::free(Some(user)));
             }
-        }
+        }*/
     }
 
     pub async fn force_set(&self, new: Status) {
@@ -182,13 +198,13 @@ impl Resource {
     }
 
     pub fn is_owned_by(&self, owner: UserRef) -> bool {
-        match self.get_state().state {
-            Status::Free | Status::Disabled => false,
+        match &self.get_state().as_ref().inner.state {
+            ArchivedStatus::Free | ArchivedStatus::Disabled => false,
 
-            Status::InUse(user)
-            | Status::ToCheck(user)
-            | Status::Blocked(user)
-            | Status::Reserved(user) => user == owner,
+            ArchivedStatus::InUse(user)
+            | ArchivedStatus::ToCheck(user)
+            | ArchivedStatus::Blocked(user)
+            | ArchivedStatus::Reserved(user) => user == &owner,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/bffhd/resources/state/db.rs b/bffhd/resources/state/db.rs
index b35cfc7..7f39394 100644
--- a/bffhd/resources/state/db.rs
+++ b/bffhd/resources/state/db.rs
@@ -1,74 +1,52 @@
-use std::{
-    sync::Arc,
-    path::Path,
-};
-
-use rkyv::Archived;
-
-use crate::db::{
-    DB,
-    Environment,
-
-    EnvironmentFlags,
-    DatabaseFlags,
+use crate::db;
+use crate::db::{ArchivedValue, RawDB, DB, AlignedAdapter};
+use lmdb::{
+    DatabaseFlags, Environment, EnvironmentFlags, RoTransaction, RwTransaction, Transaction,
     WriteFlags,
-
-    Adapter,
-    AllocAdapter,
-    DBError,
-
-    Transaction,
-    RoTransaction,
-    RwTransaction,
-
 };
+use std::{path::Path, sync::Arc};
 
 use crate::resources::state::State;
 
-type StateAdapter = AllocAdapter<State>;
-
-/// State Database containing the currently set state
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct StateDB {
-    /// The environment for all the databases below
     env: Arc<Environment>,
-
-    input: DB<StateAdapter>,
-    output: DB<StateAdapter>,
-
-    // TODO: Index resources name/id/uuid -> u64
+    db: DB<AlignedAdapter<State>>,
 }
 
 impl StateDB {
     pub fn open_env<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> lmdb::Result<Arc<Environment>> {
         Environment::new()
-            .set_flags( EnvironmentFlags::WRITE_MAP
-                      | EnvironmentFlags::NO_SUB_DIR
-                      | EnvironmentFlags::NO_TLS
-                      | EnvironmentFlags::NO_READAHEAD)
-            .set_max_dbs(4)
+            .set_flags(
+                EnvironmentFlags::WRITE_MAP
+                    | EnvironmentFlags::NO_SUB_DIR
+                    | EnvironmentFlags::NO_TLS
+                    | EnvironmentFlags::NO_READAHEAD,
+            )
             .open(path.as_ref())
             .map(Arc::new)
     }
 
-    fn new(env: Arc<Environment>, input: DB<StateAdapter>, output: DB<StateAdapter>) -> Self {
-        Self { env: env, input, output }
+    fn new(env: Arc<Environment>, db: RawDB) -> Self {
+        let db = DB::new(db);
+        Self { env, db }
+    }
+
+    pub fn open_with_env(env: Arc<Environment>) -> lmdb::Result<Self> {
+        let db = unsafe { RawDB::open(&env, Some("state"))? };
+        Ok(Self::new(env, db))
     }
 
     pub fn open<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> lmdb::Result<Self> {
         let env = Self::open_env(path)?;
-        let input = unsafe { DB::open(&env, Some("input"))?  };
-        let output = unsafe { DB::open(&env, Some("output"))?  };
-
-        Ok(Self::new(env, input, output))
+        Self::open_with_env(env)
     }
 
     pub fn create_with_env(env: Arc<Environment>) -> lmdb::Result<Self> {
         let flags = DatabaseFlags::empty();
-        let input = unsafe { DB::create(&env, Some("input"), flags)?  };
-        let output = unsafe { DB::create(&env, Some("output"), flags)?  };
+        let db = unsafe { RawDB::create(&env, Some("state"), flags)? };
 
-        Ok(Self::new(env, input, output))
+        Ok(Self::new(env, db))
     }
 
     pub fn create<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> lmdb::Result<Self> {
@@ -76,46 +54,28 @@ impl StateDB {
         Self::create_with_env(env)
     }
 
-    fn update_txn(&self, txn: &mut RwTransaction, key: impl AsRef<[u8]>, input: &State, output: &State)
-        -> Result<(), DBError>
-    {
+    pub fn begin_ro_txn(&self) -> Result<impl Transaction + '_, db::Error> {
+        self.env.begin_ro_txn()
+    }
+
+    pub fn get(&self, key: impl AsRef<[u8]>) -> Result<Option<ArchivedValue<State>>, db::Error> {
+        let txn = self.env.begin_ro_txn()?;
+        self.db.get(&txn, &key.as_ref())
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_all<'txn, T: Transaction>(
+        &self,
+        txn: &'txn T,
+    ) -> Result<impl IntoIterator<Item = (&'txn [u8], ArchivedValue<State>)>, db::Error, > {
+        self.db.get_all(txn)
+    }
+
+    pub fn put(&self, key: &impl AsRef<[u8]>, val: &ArchivedValue<State>) -> Result<(), db::Error> {
+        let mut txn = self.env.begin_rw_txn()?;
         let flags = WriteFlags::empty();
-        let k = key.as_ref();
-        self.input.put(txn, &k, input, flags)?;
-        self.output.put(txn, &k, output, flags)?;
-        Ok(())
+        self.db.put(&mut txn, key, val, flags)?;
+        txn.commit()
     }
-
-    pub fn update(&self, key: impl AsRef<[u8]>, input: &State, output: &State)
-        -> Result<(), DBError>
-    {
-        let mut txn = self.env.begin_rw_txn().map_err(StateAdapter::from_db_err)?;
-        self.update_txn(&mut txn, key, input, output)?;
-
-        txn.commit().map_err(StateAdapter::from_db_err)
-    }
-
-    fn get(&self, db: &DB<StateAdapter>, key: impl AsRef<[u8]>)
-        -> Result<Option<LMDBorrow<RoTransaction, Archived<State>>>, DBError> 
-    {
-        let txn = self.env.begin_ro_txn().map_err(StateAdapter::from_db_err)?;
-        if let Some(state) = db.get(&txn, &key.as_ref())? {
-            let ptr = state.into();
-            Ok(Some(unsafe { LMDBorrow::new(ptr, txn) }))
-        } else {
-            Ok(None)
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn get_input(&self, key: impl AsRef<[u8]>)
-        -> Result<Option<LMDBorrow<RoTransaction, Archived<State>>>, DBError> 
-    { self.get(&self.input, key) }
-
-    #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn get_output(&self, key: impl AsRef<[u8]>)
-        -> Result<Option<LMDBorrow<RoTransaction, Archived<State>>>, DBError> 
-    { self.get(&self.output, key) }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -123,7 +83,7 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
     use crate::resource::state::value::Vec3u8;
-    use crate::resource::state::value::{OID_COLOUR, OID_POWERED, OID_INTENSITY};
+    use crate::resource::state::value::{OID_COLOUR, OID_INTENSITY, OID_POWERED};
     use std::ops::Deref;
 
     #[test]
@@ -133,14 +93,14 @@ mod tests {
         tmppath.push("db");
         let db = StateDB::create(tmppath).unwrap();
         let b = State::build()
-            .add(OID_COLOUR.clone(), Box::new(Vec3u8 { a: 1, b: 2, c: 3}))
+            .add(OID_COLOUR.clone(), Box::new(Vec3u8 { a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 }))
             .add(OID_POWERED.clone(), Box::new(true))
             .add(OID_INTENSITY.clone(), Box::new(1023))
             .finish();
         println!("({}) {:?}", b.hash(), b);
 
         let c = State::build()
-            .add(OID_COLOUR.clone(), Box::new(Vec3u8 { a: 1, b: 2, c: 3}))
+            .add(OID_COLOUR.clone(), Box::new(Vec3u8 { a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 }))
             .add(OID_POWERED.clone(), Box::new(true))
             .add(OID_INTENSITY.clone(), Box::new(1023))
             .finish();
diff --git a/bffhd/resources/state/mod.rs b/bffhd/resources/state/mod.rs
index 8859169..5d244e1 100644
--- a/bffhd/resources/state/mod.rs
+++ b/bffhd/resources/state/mod.rs
@@ -4,15 +4,12 @@ use std::{
         Hasher
     },
 };
-use std::fmt::Formatter;
+use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter};
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::ops::Deref;
+use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use rkyv::{
-    Archive,
-    Deserialize,
-    out_field,
-    Serialize,
-};
+use rkyv::{AlignedVec, Archive, Archived, Deserialize, out_field, Serialize};
 use serde::de::{Error, MapAccess, Unexpected};
 use serde::Deserializer;
 use serde::ser::SerializeMap;
diff --git a/bffhd/session/db.rs b/bffhd/session/db.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 37e0eb3..0000000
--- a/bffhd/session/db.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-use std::sync::Arc;
-use lmdb::{DatabaseFlags, Environment};
-
-use rkyv::{Archive, Serialize, Deserialize};
-
-use crate::db::{AllocAdapter, DB, RawDB};
-use crate::users::UserRef;
-
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
-#[derive(Archive, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct Session {
-   userid: UserRef,
-}
-
-type Adapter = AllocAdapter<Session>;
-pub struct SessionCache {
-    env: Arc<Environment>,
-    db: DB<Adapter>,
-}
-
-impl SessionCache {
-    pub unsafe fn new(env: Arc<Environment>, db: RawDB) -> Self {
-        let db = DB::new_unchecked(db);
-        Self { env, db }
-    }
-
-    pub unsafe fn open(env: Arc<Environment>) -> lmdb::Result<Self> {
-        let db = RawDB::open(&env, Some("sessions"))?;
-        Ok(Self::new(env, db))
-    }
-
-    pub unsafe fn create(env: Arc<Environment>) -> lmdb::Result<Self> {
-        let flags = DatabaseFlags::empty();
-        let db = RawDB::create(&env, Some("sessions"), flags)?;
-        Ok(Self::new(env, db))
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bffhd/session/mod.rs b/bffhd/session/mod.rs
index 84635df..577a0bc 100644
--- a/bffhd/session/mod.rs
+++ b/bffhd/session/mod.rs
@@ -5,13 +5,9 @@
 use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
 use crate::authorization::roles::{Roles};
 use crate::resources::Resource;
-use crate::session::db::SessionCache;
 use crate::Users;
 use crate::users::UserRef;
 
-mod db;
-
-static SESSION_CACHE: OnceCell<SessionCache> = OnceCell::new();
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct SessionManager {
diff --git a/bffhd/users/db.rs b/bffhd/users/db.rs
index f0da9ba..1af3b8c 100644
--- a/bffhd/users/db.rs
+++ b/bffhd/users/db.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-use crate::db::{AllocAdapter, Environment, RawDB, Result, DB};
-use crate::db::{DatabaseFlags, RoTransaction, WriteFlags};
-use lmdb::{Transaction};
+use lmdb::{DatabaseFlags, Environment, Transaction, WriteFlags};
 use std::collections::{HashMap};
+use rkyv::Infallible;
 
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use anyhow::Context;
 
 use rkyv::{Archived, Deserialize};
+use rkyv::ser::Serializer;
+use rkyv::ser::serializers::AllocSerializer;
+use crate::db;
+use crate::db::{AlignedAdapter, ArchivedValue, DB, RawDB};
 
 #[derive(
     Clone,
@@ -72,58 +75,55 @@ impl UserData {
     }
 }
 
-type Adapter = AllocAdapter<User>;
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct UserDB {
     env: Arc<Environment>,
-    db: DB<Adapter>,
+    db: DB<AlignedAdapter<User>>,
 }
 
 impl UserDB {
     pub unsafe fn new(env: Arc<Environment>, db: RawDB) -> Self {
-        let db = DB::new_unchecked(db);
+        let db = DB::new(db);
         Self { env, db }
     }
 
-    pub unsafe fn open(env: Arc<Environment>) -> Result<Self> {
+    pub unsafe fn open(env: Arc<Environment>) -> Result<Self, db::Error> {
         let db = RawDB::open(&env, Some("user"))?;
         Ok(Self::new(env, db))
     }
 
-    pub unsafe fn create(env: Arc<Environment>) -> Result<Self> {
+    pub unsafe fn create(env: Arc<Environment>) -> Result<Self, db::Error> {
         let flags = DatabaseFlags::empty();
         let db = RawDB::create(&env, Some("user"), flags)?;
         Ok(Self::new(env, db))
     }
 
-    pub fn get(&self, uid: &str) -> Result<Option<LMDBorrow<RoTransaction, Archived<User>>>> {
+    pub fn get(&self, uid: &str) -> Result<Option<ArchivedValue<User>>, db::Error> {
         let txn = self.env.begin_ro_txn()?;
-        if let Some(state) = self.db.get(&txn, &uid.as_bytes())? {
-            let ptr = state.into();
-            Ok(Some(unsafe { LMDBorrow::new(ptr, txn) }))
-        } else {
-            Ok(None)
-        }
+        self.db.get(&txn, &uid.as_bytes())
     }
 
-    pub fn put(&self, uid: &str, user: &User) -> Result<()> {
+    pub fn put(&self, uid: &str, user: &User) -> Result<(), db::Error> {
+        let mut serializer = AllocSerializer::<1024>::default();
+        let pos = serializer.serialize_value(user).expect("rkyv error");
+        assert_eq!(pos, 0);
+        let v = serializer.into_serializer().into_inner();
+        let value = ArchivedValue::new(v);
+
         let mut txn = self.env.begin_rw_txn()?;
         let flags = WriteFlags::empty();
-        self.db.put(&mut txn, &uid.as_bytes(), user, flags)?;
+        self.db.put(&mut txn, &uid.as_bytes(), &value, flags)?;
         txn.commit()?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub fn get_all(&self) -> Result<Vec<(String, User)>> {
+    pub fn get_all(&self) -> Result<Vec<(String, User)>, db::Error> {
         let txn = self.env.begin_ro_txn()?;
-        let mut cursor = self.db.open_ro_cursor(&txn)?;
-        let iter = cursor.iter_start();
+        let mut iter = self.db.get_all(&txn)?;
         let mut out = Vec::new();
-        let mut deserializer = rkyv::Infallible;
-        for user in iter {
-            let (uid, user) = user?;
+        for (uid, user) in iter {
             let uid = unsafe { std::str::from_utf8_unchecked(uid).to_string() };
-            let user: User = user.deserialize(&mut deserializer).unwrap();
+            let user: User = Deserialize::<User, _>::deserialize(user.as_ref(), &mut Infallible).unwrap();
             out.push((uid, user));
         }
 
diff --git a/bffhd/users/mod.rs b/bffhd/users/mod.rs
index efc3bbb..eb1668c 100644
--- a/bffhd/users/mod.rs
+++ b/bffhd/users/mod.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,18 @@ use crate::UserDB;
 )]
 #[archive_attr(derive(Debug, PartialEq))]
 pub struct UserRef {
-    id: String,
+    pub id: String,
+}
+
+impl PartialEq<ArchivedUserRef> for UserRef {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &ArchivedUserRef) -> bool {
+        self.id == other.id
+    }
+}
+impl PartialEq<UserRef> for ArchivedUserRef {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &UserRef) -> bool {
+        self.id == other.id
+    }
 }
 
 impl UserRef {
@@ -88,7 +99,7 @@ impl Users {
         self.userdb
             .get(uid)
             .unwrap()
-            .map(|user| Deserialize::<db::User, _>::deserialize(user.deref(), &mut Infallible).unwrap())
+            .map(|user| Deserialize::<db::User, _>::deserialize(user.as_ref(), &mut Infallible).unwrap())
     }
 
     pub fn load_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(&self, path: P) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
diff --git a/bin/bffhd/main.rs b/bin/bffhd/main.rs
index b33856c..f07f9f8 100644
--- a/bin/bffhd/main.rs
+++ b/bin/bffhd/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use clap::{Arg, Command};
-use diflouroborane::db::Dump;
 use diflouroborane::{config, Diflouroborane};
 
 
@@ -112,9 +111,7 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let mut config = config::read(&PathBuf::from_str(configpath).unwrap()).unwrap();
 
     if matches.is_present("dump") {
-        let bffh = Diflouroborane::new(config)?;
-        let dump = Dump::new(bffh.users, bffh.resources)?;
-        println!("{:?}", dump);
+        unimplemented!()
     } else if matches.is_present("load") {
         let bffh = Diflouroborane::new(config)?;
         bffh.users.load_file(matches.value_of("load").unwrap());