diff --git a/meta.sample.json b/meta.sample.json
index 6c05682..d5fc4b4 100644
--- a/meta.sample.json
+++ b/meta.sample.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
 	"name":"Curious Greg",
 	"website":"https://git.lynnesbian.space/lynnesbian/curious-greg",
-	"flask_key":"put a secure secret key here, and rename this file to 'meta.json'"
+	"flask_key":"put a secure secret key here, and rename this file to 'meta.json'",
+	"dbuser":"curiousgreg",
+	"dbpass":"choose a good password for the mysql user and put it here",
+	"dbname":"curiousgreg"
 }
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a22d459..f4174a4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 Flask==1.0.2
-bcrypt==3.1.4
\ No newline at end of file
+bcrypt==3.1.4
+mysql-connector-python<9
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web.py b/web.py
index 458a889..a881565 100755
--- a/web.py
+++ b/web.py
@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-import requests, sqlite3, json, hashlib
+import requests, json, hashlib, urllib
 from mastodon import Mastodon
 from flask import Flask, render_template, request, session, redirect, url_for
+import mysql.connector
 import bcrypt
-import urllib
 
 cfg = json.load(open("meta.json"))
 scopes = ["read:accounts", "write:statuses"]
 
-db = sqlite3.connect("database.db") #TODO: switch to mysql so concurrency is possible
+db = mysql.connector.connect(user=cfg['dbuser'], password=cfg['dbpass'], database=cfg['dbname'])
 c = db.cursor()
-c.execute("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `data` (username TEXT NOT NULL, instance TEXT NOT NULL, password TEXT NOT NULL, avi TEXT NOT NULL, secret TEXT NOT NULL, client_id TEXT NOT NULL, client_secret TEXT NOT NULL, cc TEXT, latest_post TEXT, latest_timestamp TEXT, time_between_checks INT)")
+c.execute("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `data` (username TINYTEXT NOT NULL, instance TINYTEXT NOT NULL, password TINYTEXT NOT NULL, avi TEXT NOT NULL, secret TINYTEXT NOT NULL, client_id TINYTEXT NOT NULL, client_secret TINYTEXT NOT NULL, cc TINYTEXT, latest_post TINYTEXT, latest_timestamp TIMESTAMP, time_between_checks INT)")
 
 app = Flask(cfg['name'])
 app.secret_key = cfg['flask_key']