diff --git a/core/handlers/create_note.go b/core/handlers/create_note.go
index 26fb406..df71e3e 100644
--- a/core/handlers/create_note.go
+++ b/core/handlers/create_note.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func (h CreateNoteHandler) Handle(params []byte) (any, *rpc.Error) {
 		return nil, &rpc.Error{Code: -32602, Message: "invalid params"}
 	}
 
-	err := h.repository.Upsert(cmd.Title, cmd.TemplatePath, cmd.Path)
+	err := h.repository.Upsert(cmd.Title, cmd.Path, cmd.Path)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, &rpc.Error{Code: -1, Message: err.Error()}
diff --git a/core/handlers/initialize.go b/core/handlers/initialize.go
index bf35334..c6cf01f 100644
--- a/core/handlers/initialize.go
+++ b/core/handlers/initialize.go
@@ -2,25 +2,12 @@ package handlers
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"github.com/KristianJBorgwarth/dendrite.daemon/config"
 	"github.com/KristianJBorgwarth/dendrite.daemon/core/rpc"
 	"github.com/KristianJBorgwarth/dendrite.daemon/persistence"
 )
 
 type initializeCommand struct {
 	VaultPath   string `json:"vaultPath"`
-	TemplateDir string `json:"templateDir"`
-
-	ScratchNote struct {
-		Dir          string `json:"dir"`
-		TemplateName string `json:"templateName"`
-	} `json:"scratchNote"`
-
-	DailyNote struct {
-		Dir            string `json:"dir"`
-		TemplateName   string `json:"templateName"`
-		FilenameFormat string `json:"filenameFormat"`
-	} `json:"dailyNote"`
 }
 
 type InitializeHandler struct{}
@@ -35,23 +22,8 @@ func (h InitializeHandler) Handle(raw json.RawMessage) (any, *rpc.Error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	cfg := &config.Config{
-		VaultPath:   params.VaultPath,
-		TemplateDir: params.TemplateDir,
-		ScratchNote: config.ScratchConfig{
-			Dir:          params.ScratchNote.Dir,
-			TemplateName: params.ScratchNote.TemplateName,
-		},
-		DailyNote: config.DailyConfig{
-			Dir:            params.DailyNote.Dir,
-			TemplateName:   params.DailyNote.TemplateName,
-			FilenameFormat: params.DailyNote.FilenameFormat,
-		},
-	}
 
-	cfg.SetDefaults()
-
-	err := persistence.InitializeIndex(cfg.VaultPath)
+	err := persistence.InitializeIndex(params.VaultPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, &rpc.Error{
 			Code:    -1,
@@ -59,6 +31,6 @@ func (h InitializeHandler) Handle(raw json.RawMessage) (any, *rpc.Error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return cfg, nil
+	return nil, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/core/template/doc.go b/core/template/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66c2031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/template/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// Package template provides implementations for generating notes from templates
+package template
diff --git a/persistence/repositories/tag_repository.go b/persistence/repositories/tag_repository.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea07afc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence/repositories/tag_repository.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+
+package repositories
+
+import "database/sql"
+
+type TagRepository interface {
+	Upsert(title string, path string, slug string) error
+}
+
+type tagRepository struct {
+	db *sql.DB
+}
+
+func NewTagRepository(db *sql.DB) TagRepository {
+	return &tagRepository{db: db}
+}
+