diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 7648822..8839763 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/KristianJBorgwarth/dendrite.daemon/core/handlers"
+	"github.com/KristianJBorgwarth/dendrite.daemon/core/logging"
 	"github.com/KristianJBorgwarth/dendrite.daemon/core/server"
 	_ "modernc.org/sqlite"
 )
 
 func main() {
+	logging.Init()
 	server := server.NewServer()
 
 	server.RegisterHandler("initialize", handlers.NewInitializeHandler())
diff --git a/core/frontmatter/parser.go b/core/frontmatter/parser.go
index fe32e6b..9bcb523 100644
--- a/core/frontmatter/parser.go
+++ b/core/frontmatter/parser.go
@@ -3,15 +3,17 @@ package frontmatter
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
+	"log/slog"
+
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 type FrontMatter struct {
-	Title   string   `yaml:"Title"`
-	Tags    []string `yaml:"Tags"`
-	Created string   `yaml:"Created"`
-	Updated string   `yaml:"Updated"`
-	Author  string   `yaml:"Author"`
+	Title   string   `yaml:"title"`
+	Tags    []string `yaml:"tags"`
+	Created string   `yaml:"created"`
+	Updated string   `yaml:"updated"`
+	Author  string   `yaml:"author"`
 }
 
 func ParseTags(file []byte) ([]string, error) {
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ func ParseTags(file []byte) ([]string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	slog.Debug("parsed front matter", "fm", fm)
 	return fm.Tags, nil
 }
 
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ func parseFrontMatter(file []byte) (*FrontMatter, error) {
 	if idx := bytes.Index(content, []byte("---")); idx != -1 {
 		content = bytes.TrimSpace(content[:idx])
 	}
+	slog.Debug("yaml content to parse", "content", string(content))
 
 	var fm FrontMatter
 	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(content, &fm); err != nil {
diff --git a/core/handlers/create_note_handler.go b/core/handlers/create_note_handler.go
index 43a2199..10cd3cd 100644
--- a/core/handlers/create_note_handler.go
+++ b/core/handlers/create_note_handler.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package handlers
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"log/slog"
 
 	"github.com/KristianJBorgwarth/dendrite.daemon/core/frontmatter"
 	"github.com/KristianJBorgwarth/dendrite.daemon/core/models"
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ type createNoteCommand struct {
 	Title        string            `json:"title"`
 	TemplatePath string            `json:"templatePath"`
 	Path         string            `json:"path"`
-	Vars         map[string]string `json:"vars"`
 }
 
 type CreateNoteHandler struct{
@@ -40,11 +40,15 @@ func (h *CreateNoteHandler) Handle(ctx context.Context, raw json.RawMessage) (an
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	slog.Debug("rendered template", "data", string(data))
+
 	tags, err := frontmatter.ParseTags(data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	slog.Debug("parsed tags", "tags", tags)
+
 	tx, err := h.uow.Begin()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -60,6 +64,8 @@ func (h *CreateNoteHandler) Handle(ctx context.Context, raw json.RawMessage) (an
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	slog.Debug("Creating tags", "tags", tags)
+
 	if err = tagRepo.Upsert(ctx, tagModels); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/core/logging/logger.go b/core/logging/logger.go
index c8ce991..a26e39c 100644
--- a/core/logging/logger.go
+++ b/core/logging/logger.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 package logging
 
 import (
-	"io"
 	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 )
@@ -13,9 +12,7 @@ func Init() {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	writer := io.MultiWriter(os.Stdout, logFile)
-
-	handler := slog.NewTextHandler(writer, &slog.HandlerOptions{
+	handler := slog.NewTextHandler(logFile, &slog.HandlerOptions{
 		Level: slog.LevelDebug,
 	})
 
diff --git a/dendrite b/dendrite
index 8eda9ac..ec9a22a 100755
Binary files a/dendrite and b/dendrite differ
diff --git a/persistence/db_context.go b/persistence/db_context.go
index 4195b0a..2798960 100644
--- a/persistence/db_context.go
+++ b/persistence/db_context.go
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ func InitializeDBContext(vaultPath string) (error) {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func GetDBContext() (*DBContext, error) {
+func GetDBContext() (*DBContext) {
 	if dbContext == nil {
 		panic("DBContext is not initialized. Call InitializeDbContext first.")
 	}
-	return dbContext, nil
+	return dbContext 
 }
 
 func CloseDBContext() error {
diff --git a/persistence/repositories/uow.go b/persistence/repositories/uow.go
index 3f0abe5..2966427 100644
--- a/persistence/repositories/uow.go
+++ b/persistence/repositories/uow.go
@@ -8,21 +8,17 @@ import (
 )
 
 type UnitOfWork struct {
-	dbContext   *sql.DB
 	Transaction *sql.Tx
 	FileStore   *store.FileStore
 }
 
 func NewUnitOfWork() *UnitOfWork {
-	db, err := persistence.GetDBContext()
-	if err != nil {
-		panic("failed to get DB context: " + err.Error())
-	}
-	return &UnitOfWork{dbContext: db.DB, FileStore: store.NewFileStore()}
+	return &UnitOfWork{FileStore: store.NewFileStore()}
 }
 
 func (u *UnitOfWork) Begin() (tx *sql.Tx, err error) {
-	tx, err = u.dbContext.Begin()
+	dbContext := persistence.GetDBContext()
+	tx, err = dbContext.DB.Begin() 
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/test/test_integration/main_test.go b/test/test_integration/main_test.go
index 8551caf..94fd8dd 100644
--- a/test/test_integration/main_test.go
+++ b/test/test_integration/main_test.go
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@ func NewDBFixture() *DBFixture {
 
 	dbPath := filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), ".index", "index.db")
 
-	dbContext, err := persistence.GetDBContext()
-	if err != nil {
-		panic("failed to get DB context: " + err.Error())
-	}
+	dbContext := persistence.GetDBContext()
 
 	return &DBFixture{
 		DB:          dbContext.DB,