diff --git a/lib/LDV/Zerobin.pm b/lib/LDV/Zerobin.pm
index e6c2cf0..b35db6f 100644
--- a/lib/LDV/Zerobin.pm
+++ b/lib/LDV/Zerobin.pm
@@ -9,35 +9,6 @@ use Mojo::Base 'Mojolicious::Controller';
 use Mojo::Asset::File;
 use Mojo::Util qw(b64_encode b64_decode decode encode);
 
-sub _metadata_path {
-  my ($self, $time) = @_;
-  my $root = $self->app->config->{zerobin}->{root};
-
-  return $self->app->home->rel_file("$root/$time.json");
-}
-
-sub _metadata_save {
-  my ($self, $time, $data) = @_;
-
-  my $path = $self->_metadata_path($time);
-  my $asset = Mojo::Asset::File->new;
-  $asset->add_chunk($self->app->json->encode($data));
-  $asset->move_to($path);
-
-  return 1;
-}
-
-sub _metadata_load {
-  my ($self, $time) = @_;
-
-  my $path = $self->_metadata_path($time);
-  die("paste metadata not found\n") unless (-f $path);
-  my $asset = Mojo::Asset::File->new(path => $path);
-  $asset->cleanup(0);
-
-  return $self->app->json->decode($asset->slurp);
-}
-
 sub _content_path {
   my ($self, $time) = @_;
 
@@ -86,16 +57,13 @@ sub create {
 
 sub view {
   my ($self) = @_;
-  my $time = $self->stash('time');
+  my $time = $self->stash('time') || 0;
 
   eval {
-    die("paste not found\n") unless $time;
-    my $paste      = $self->_metadata_load($time);
-    $paste->{data} = $self->_content_load($time);
-    $paste->{time} = $time;
-    utf8::decode($paste->{data});
-    $self->stash({paste => $paste});
-    1;
+    my $paste = $self->app->db->select('zerobin', '*', {created => $time})->hash;
+    die("paste not found\n") unless $paste;
+    $paste->{data} = $self->_content_load($paste->{created});
+    $self->stash({paste => $paste}); 1;
   } or do {
     chomp $@;
     $self->app->log->error($@);
@@ -143,9 +111,9 @@ sub save {
     $syntax = 'auto' unless ($syntax =~ m|^[a-z0-9]+$|oi);
 
     my $time = time();
-    $self->_metadata_save($time, {
-      expire => $time + ($expire * 86400),
-      syntax => $syntax,
+    $self->app->db->insert('zerobin', {
+      created => $time, syntax => $syntax,
+      expire  => $time + ($expire * 86400),
     });
     $self->_content_save($time, $paste);
     $self->redirect_to("/zerobin/$time"); 1;
@@ -164,18 +132,15 @@ sub prune {
   my ($self) = @_;
 
   eval {
-    my $currtime = time();
-    my $files = $self->app->home->list_files("data/zerobin");
-    foreach my $file (@{ $files }) {
-      next unless $file =~ m/^(\d+)\.json$/oi;
-      my $time = $1;
-      my $data = $self->_metadata_load($time);
-      next if $data->{expire} > $currtime; # not yet
-      my $date = strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M", localtime($data->{expire}));
-      $self->app->log->info("Removing expired paste: $file ($date)");
-      unlink $self->_metadata_path($time);
-      unlink $self->_content_path($time);
-    } 1;
+    my @expired = $self->app->db->select('zerobin', '*', {expire => {'<=' => time()}})->hashes;
+    foreach my $paste (@expired) {
+      my $path = $self->_content_path($paste->{created});
+      $self->app->log->info("Removing expired paste: $path");
+      unlink $path if -f $path;
+      $self->app->db->delete('zerobin', {id => $paste->{id}});
+    }
+    my $msg = sprintf '%d records pruned', scalar @expired;
+    $self->app->log->info($msg); 1;
   } or do {
     chomp $@;
     $self->app->log->error($@);
diff --git a/templates/zerobin/view.html.ep b/templates/zerobin/view.html.ep
index 3ff36ab..73ac9fe 100644
--- a/templates/zerobin/view.html.ep
+++ b/templates/zerobin/view.html.ep
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 % layout 'default';
 % title 'Zerobin -- View';
 % my $paste = stash('paste') || {};
+% my $path = sprintf '/zerobin/%d.txt', $paste->{created};
 <h1><%= l('View paste') %></h1>
 <div>
   <div>
     <%= link_to l('Create new') => "/zerobin", class => 'zerobin create' %>
-    <%= link_to l('Download') => "/zerobin/$paste->{time}.txt", class => 'zerobin download' %>
+    <%= link_to l('Download') => $path, class => 'zerobin download' %>
   </div>
   <br/>
   <div class="paste">