diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index efec73d..99465d2 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"github.com/KristianJBorgwarth/dendrite.daemon/core/http"
 	"github.com/KristianJBorgwarth/dendrite.daemon/core/logging"
+	_ "modernc.org/sqlite"
 )
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/core/handlers/init.go b/core/handlers/init.go
index d5384f5..b8fb4b7 100644
--- a/core/handlers/init.go
+++ b/core/handlers/init.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package handlers
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"log/slog"
+
 	"github.com/KristianJBorgwarth/dendrite.daemon/config"
 	"github.com/KristianJBorgwarth/dendrite.daemon/persistence"
 )
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ type initializeCommand struct {
 func Initialize(raw json.RawMessage) (*config.Config, error) {
 	var params initializeCommand
 
+	slog.Info("initializing with params", "params", string(raw))
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &params); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/core/http/server.go b/core/http/server.go
index 17cb995..f240a9a 100644
--- a/core/http/server.go
+++ b/core/http/server.go
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ func (s *Server) Start() error {
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
 
 	mux.HandleFunc("/rpc", s.RPCHandler)
+	mux.HandleFunc("/health", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		w.Write([]byte("ok"))
+	})
 
 	return http.ListenAndServe(s.addr, mux)
 }
diff --git a/dendrite b/dendrite
index 83ad510..6782f21 100755
Binary files a/dendrite and b/dendrite differ
diff --git a/persistence/db_migrator.go b/persistence/db_migrator.go
index 87541af..c17d0a6 100644
--- a/persistence/db_migrator.go
+++ b/persistence/db_migrator.go
@@ -1,39 +1,46 @@
-// Package persistence handles database schema migrations
 package persistence
 
 import (
 	"database/sql"
+	"embed"
 	"log/slog"
-	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
 )
 
-func InitializeIndex(vaulPath string) error {
-	dbPath := filepath.Join(vaulPath, "index.db")
+//go:embed migrations/*.sql
+var migrationsFS embed.FS
+
+func InitializeIndex(vaultPath string) error {
+	dbPath := filepath.Join(vaultPath, "index.db")
 
 	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite", dbPath)
 	if err != nil {
+		slog.Error("failed to open database", "error", err)
 		return err
 	}
+
 	defer db.Close()
 
-	migrationsDir := filepath.Join("persistence", "migrations")
-
-	if err := applyMigrations(db, migrationsDir); err != nil {
+	if err := applyMigrations(db); err != nil {
 		slog.Error("failed to apply migrations", "error", err)
 		return err
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
-func applyMigrations(db *sql.DB, dir string) error {
-	_, err := db.Exec(`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS schema_migrations (version TEXT PRIMARY KEY);`)
+func applyMigrations(db *sql.DB) error {
+	_, err := db.Exec(`
+		CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS schema_migrations (
+			version TEXT PRIMARY KEY
+		);
+	`)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	entries, err := os.ReadDir(dir)
+	entries, err := migrationsFS.ReadDir("migrations")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -43,7 +50,7 @@ func applyMigrations(db *sql.DB, dir string) error {
 	})
 
 	for _, e := range entries {
-		if e.IsDir(){
+		if e.IsDir() {
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -58,9 +65,7 @@ func applyMigrations(db *sql.DB, dir string) error {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		path := filepath.Join(dir, name)
-
-		sqlBytes, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+		sqlBytes, err := migrationsFS.ReadFile("migrations/" + name)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -69,9 +74,14 @@ func applyMigrations(db *sql.DB, dir string) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		if _, err := db.Exec(`INSERT INTO schema_migrations (version) VALUES (?)`, name); err != nil {
+		if _, err := db.Exec(
+			`INSERT INTO schema_migrations (version) VALUES (?)`,
+			name,
+		); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+
+		slog.Info("applied migration", "file", name)
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -79,7 +89,11 @@ func applyMigrations(db *sql.DB, dir string) error {
 
 func isMigrationApplied(db *sql.DB, version string) (bool, error) {
 	var v string
-	err := db.QueryRow(`SELECT version FROM schema_migrations WHERE version= ?`, version).Scan(&v)
+
+	err := db.QueryRow(
+		`SELECT version FROM schema_migrations WHERE version = ?`,
+		version,
+	).Scan(&v)
 
 	if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
 		return false, nil
diff --git a/persistence/doc.go b/persistence/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0276d0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// Package persistence provides a simple interface for saving and loading data to and from a file.
+package persistence