diff --git a/server/src/cli.rs b/server/src/cli.rs
index c6998eb..5e8469e 100644
--- a/server/src/cli.rs
+++ b/server/src/cli.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
-use crate::{Config, FsConfig, Global};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-use std::{io, path::PathBuf, sync::Arc};
-
-use axum::Router;
 use clap::Parser;
-use sea_orm_migration::MigratorTrait;
-use tower_http::trace::TraceLayer;
-use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
 #[command(author, version, about, long_about = None)]
@@ -19,57 +13,3 @@ pub struct Cli {
     )]
     pub config_file: PathBuf,
 }
-
-impl Cli {
-    pub async fn run(&self) -> crate::Result<()> {
-        let config: Config = Config::figment(&self.config_file)
-            .extract()
-            .inspect_err(|e| tracing::error!("{}", e))?;
-
-        tracing_subscriber::registry()
-            .with(tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::new(config.log_level.clone()))
-            .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer())
-            .init();
-
-        tracing::info!("Connecting to database");
-        let db = crate::db::connect(&config.db).await?;
-
-        crate::db::Migrator::up(&db, None).await?;
-
-        let mgr = match &config.fs {
-            FsConfig::Local { data_dir } => {
-                crate::repo::RepoMgr::new(data_dir.join("repos"), db.clone()).await?
-            }
-        };
-
-        let mgr = Arc::new(mgr);
-
-        for _ in 0..config.pkg_workers {
-            let clone = Arc::clone(&mgr);
-
-            tokio::spawn(async move { clone.pkg_parse_task().await });
-        }
-
-        let global = Global {
-            config: config.clone(),
-            mgr,
-            db,
-        };
-
-        // build our application with a single route
-        let app = Router::new()
-            .nest("/api", crate::api::router())
-            .merge(crate::repo::router(&config.api_key))
-            .with_state(global)
-            .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http());
-
-        let domain: String = format!("{}:{}", config.domain, config.port)
-            .parse()
-            .unwrap();
-        let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(domain).await?;
-        // run it with hyper on localhost:3000
-        Ok(axum::serve(listener, app.into_make_service())
-            .await
-            .map_err(|err| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, err))?)
-    }
-}
diff --git a/server/src/main.rs b/server/src/main.rs
index eb1c3d0..5c0ecac 100644
--- a/server/src/main.rs
+++ b/server/src/main.rs
@@ -8,9 +8,15 @@ mod repo;
 pub use config::{Config, DbConfig, FsConfig};
 pub use error::{Result, ServerError};
 
-use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::{io, path::PathBuf, sync::Arc};
+
+use axum::Router;
+use tower_http::trace::TraceLayer;
 
 use clap::Parser;
+use sea_orm_migration::MigratorTrait;
+use tokio::runtime;
+use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
 
 pub const ANY_ARCH: &'static str = "any";
 
@@ -21,8 +27,71 @@ pub struct Global {
     db: sea_orm::DbConn,
 }
 
-#[tokio::main]
-async fn main() -> crate::Result<()> {
+fn main() -> crate::Result<()> {
+    let rt = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
+        .enable_all()
+        .build()
+        .unwrap();
+    let handle = rt.handle();
+
     let cli = cli::Cli::parse();
-    cli.run().await
+    let global = setup(handle, cli.config_file)?;
+
+    handle.block_on(run(global))
+}
+
+fn setup(rt: &runtime::Handle, config_file: PathBuf) -> crate::Result<Global> {
+    let config: Config = Config::figment(config_file)
+        .extract()
+        .inspect_err(|e| tracing::error!("{}", e))?;
+
+    tracing_subscriber::registry()
+        .with(tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::new(config.log_level.clone()))
+        .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer())
+        .init();
+
+    tracing::info!("Connecting to database");
+    let db = rt.block_on(crate::db::connect(&config.db))?;
+    rt.block_on(crate::db::Migrator::up(&db, None))?;
+
+    let mgr = match &config.fs {
+        FsConfig::Local { data_dir } => {
+            rt.block_on(crate::repo::RepoMgr::new(
+                data_dir.join("repos"),
+                db.clone(),
+            ))?
+            //RepoHandle::start(data_dir.join("repos"), db.clone(), config.pkg_workers, rt.clone())?
+        }
+    };
+    let mgr = Arc::new(mgr);
+
+    for _ in 0..config.pkg_workers {
+        let clone = Arc::clone(&mgr);
+
+        rt.spawn(async move { clone.pkg_parse_task().await });
+    }
+
+    Ok(Global {
+        config: config.clone(),
+        mgr,
+        db,
+    })
+}
+
+async fn run(global: Global) -> crate::Result<()> {
+    let domain: String = format!("{}:{}", &global.config.domain, global.config.port)
+        .parse()
+        .unwrap();
+    let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(domain).await?;
+
+    // build our application with a single route
+    let app = Router::new()
+        .nest("/api", crate::api::router())
+        .merge(crate::repo::router(&global.config.api_key))
+        .with_state(global)
+        .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http());
+    // run it with hyper on localhost:3000
+    Ok(axum::serve(listener, app.into_make_service())
+        .await
+        .map_err(|err| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, err))?)
 }
diff --git a/server/src/repo/actor.rs b/server/src/repo/actor.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1291656
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/repo/actor.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+use super::{archive, package, RepoHandle};
+use crate::db;
+
+use std::{
+    collections::HashMap,
+    path::{Path, PathBuf},
+    sync::{atomic::AtomicU32, Arc, Mutex, RwLock},
+};
+
+use sea_orm::{
+    ActiveModelTrait, ColumnTrait, Condition, ConnectionTrait, DbConn, EntityTrait, JoinType,
+    ModelTrait, NotSet, QueryFilter, QuerySelect, Related, RelationTrait, Set, TransactionTrait,
+};
+use tokio::{runtime, sync::mpsc::UnboundedReceiver};
+
+pub enum RepoCommand {
+    ParsePkg(i32, PathBuf),
+}
+
+/// The actor is responsible for mutating the repositories. They receive their commands their
+/// messages and process these commands in both a synchronous and asynchronous way.
+pub struct RepoActor {
+    repos_dir: PathBuf,
+    conn: DbConn,
+    rt: runtime::Handle,
+    rx: Arc<Mutex<UnboundedReceiver<RepoCommand>>>,
+    repos: Arc<RwLock<HashMap<i32, (AtomicU32, Arc<Mutex<()>>)>>>,
+}
+
+impl RepoActor {
+    pub fn new(
+        repos_dir: PathBuf,
+        conn: DbConn,
+        rt: runtime::Handle,
+        rx: Arc<Mutex<UnboundedReceiver<RepoCommand>>>,
+        repos: Arc<RwLock<HashMap<i32, (AtomicU32, Arc<Mutex<()>>)>>>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            repos_dir,
+            conn,
+            rt,
+            rx,
+            repos,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Run the main actor loop
+    pub fn run(self) {
+        while let Some(msg) = {
+            let mut rx = self.rx.lock().unwrap();
+            rx.blocking_recv()
+        } {
+            match msg {
+                RepoCommand::ParsePkg(repo, path) => {
+                    let _ = self.parse_pkg(repo, path);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn parse_pkg(&self, repo: i32, path: PathBuf) -> crate::Result<()> {
+        let pkg = package::Package::open(&path)?;
+        let pkg = self
+            .rt
+            .block_on(db::query::package::insert(&self.conn, repo, pkg))?;
+        let dest_path = self
+            .repos_dir
+            .join(repo.to_string())
+            .join(pkg.id.to_string());
+        std::fs::rename(path, dest_path)?;
+
+        tracing::info!(
+            "Added '{}-{}-{}' to repository {}",
+            pkg.name,
+            pkg.version,
+            pkg.arch,
+            repo,
+        );
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/repo/handle.rs b/server/src/repo/handle.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b720390
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/repo/handle.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+use crate::db;
+
+use std::{
+    collections::HashMap,
+    path::{Path, PathBuf},
+    sync::{atomic::AtomicU32, Arc, Mutex, RwLock},
+};
+
+use sea_orm::{
+    ActiveModelTrait, ColumnTrait, Condition, ConnectionTrait, DbConn, EntityTrait, JoinType,
+    ModelTrait, NotSet, QueryFilter, QuerySelect, Related, RelationTrait, Set, TransactionTrait,
+};
+use tokio::{
+    runtime,
+    sync::mpsc::{unbounded_channel, UnboundedSender},
+};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct RepoHandle {
+    repos_dir: PathBuf,
+    conn: DbConn,
+    tx: UnboundedSender<super::RepoCommand>,
+    repos: Arc<RwLock<HashMap<i32, (AtomicU32, Arc<Mutex<()>>)>>>,
+}
+
+impl RepoHandle {
+    pub fn start(
+        repos_dir: impl AsRef<Path>,
+        conn: DbConn,
+        actors: u32,
+        rt: runtime::Handle,
+    ) -> crate::Result<Self> {
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(repos_dir.as_ref())?;
+
+        let (tx, rx) = unbounded_channel();
+
+        let mut repos = HashMap::new();
+        let repo_ids: Vec<i32> = rt.block_on(
+            db::Repo::find()
+                .select_only()
+                .column(db::repo::Column::Id)
+                .into_tuple()
+                .all(&conn),
+        )?;
+
+        for id in repo_ids {
+            repos.insert(id, Default::default());
+        }
+
+        let rx = Arc::new(Mutex::new(rx));
+        let repos = Arc::new(RwLock::new(repos));
+
+        for _ in 0..actors {
+            let actor = super::RepoActor::new(
+                repos_dir.as_ref().to_path_buf(),
+                conn.clone(),
+                rt.clone(),
+                Arc::clone(&rx),
+                Arc::clone(&repos),
+            );
+
+            std::thread::spawn(|| actor.run());
+        }
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            repos_dir: repos_dir.as_ref().to_path_buf(),
+            conn,
+            tx,
+            repos,
+        })
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/repo/mod.rs b/server/src/repo/mod.rs
index 953b631..6ea74ab 100644
--- a/server/src/repo/mod.rs
+++ b/server/src/repo/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+mod actor;
 mod archive;
+mod handle;
 mod manager;
 pub mod package;
 
+pub use actor::{RepoActor, RepoCommand};
+pub use handle::RepoHandle;
 pub use manager::RepoMgr;
 
 use crate::FsConfig;