diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2ba6181..58087ad 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ RUN if [ -n "${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" ]; then \
             "https://s3.rustybever.be/vieter/commits/${CI_COMMIT_SHA}/vieter-$(echo "${TARGETPLATFORM}" | sed 's:/:-:g')" && \
             chmod +x vieter ; \
     else \
-        LDFLAGS='-lz -lbz2 -llzma -lexpat -lzstd -llz4 -lsqlite3 -static' make prod && \
+        LDFLAGS='-lz -lbz2 -llzma -lexpat -lzstd -llz4 -static' make prod && \
         mv pvieter vieter ; \
     fi
 
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ RUN if [ -n "${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" ]; then \
 FROM busybox:1.35.0
 
 ENV PATH=/bin \
-    VIETER_DATA_DIR=/data \
-    VIETER_PKG_DIR=/data/pkgs
+    VIETER_REPOS_DIR=/data/repos \
+    VIETER_PKG_DIR=/data/pkgs \
+    VIETER_DOWNLOAD_DIR=/data/downloads \
+    VIETER_REPOS_FILE=/data/repos.json
 
 COPY --from=builder /app/dumb-init /app/vieter /bin/
 
diff --git a/src/cron/cli.v b/src/cron/cli.v
index 9536c37c..24cbe2c 100644
--- a/src/cron/cli.v
+++ b/src/cron/cli.v
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import env
 struct Config {
 pub:
 	log_level               string = 'WARN'
+	log_file                string = 'vieter.log'
 	api_key                 string
 	address                 string
-	data_dir string
 	base_image              string = 'archlinux:base-devel'
 	max_concurrent_builds   int    = 1
 	api_update_frequency    int    = 15
diff --git a/src/cron/cron.v b/src/cron/cron.v
index e356faa..e10e4dd 100644
--- a/src/cron/cron.v
+++ b/src/cron/cron.v
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ module cron
 import log
 import cron.daemon
 import cron.expression
-import os
-
-const log_file_name = 'vieter.cron.log'
 
 // cron starts a cron daemon & starts periodically scheduling builds.
 pub fn cron(conf Config) ? {
@@ -18,8 +15,7 @@ pub fn cron(conf Config) ? {
 		level: log_level
 	}
 
-	log_file := os.join_path_single(conf.data_dir, cron.log_file_name)
-	logger.set_full_logpath(log_file)
+	logger.set_full_logpath(conf.log_file)
 	logger.log_to_console_too()
 
 	ce := expression.parse_expression(conf.global_schedule) or {
diff --git a/src/cron/daemon/build.v b/src/cron/daemon/build.v
index bc835f1..5b2e9cc 100644
--- a/src/cron/daemon/build.v
+++ b/src/cron/daemon/build.v
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import time
 import sync.stdatomic
 import build
 
-const (
-	build_empty   = 0
-	build_running = 1
-	build_done    = 2
-)
+const build_empty = 0
+
+const build_running = 1
+
+const build_done = 2
 
 // clean_finished_builds removes finished builds from the build slots & returns
 // them.
diff --git a/src/cron/daemon/daemon.v b/src/cron/daemon/daemon.v
index 35cca5f..1747494 100644
--- a/src/cron/daemon/daemon.v
+++ b/src/cron/daemon/daemon.v
@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@ import build
 import docker
 import db
 
-const (
-	// How many seconds to wait before retrying to update API if failed
-	api_update_retry_timeout        = 5
-	// How many seconds to wait before retrying to rebuild image if failed
-	rebuild_base_image_retry_timout = 30
-)
+// How many seconds to wait before retrying to update API if failed
+const api_update_retry_timeout = 5
+
+// How many seconds to wait before retrying to rebuild image if failed
+const rebuild_base_image_retry_timout = 30
 
 struct ScheduledBuild {
 pub:
diff --git a/src/server/git.v b/src/server/git.v
index 6c852b8..8bfc528 100644
--- a/src/server/git.v
+++ b/src/server/git.v
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import net.http
 import response { new_data_response, new_response }
 import db
 
+const repos_file = 'repos.json'
+
 // get_repos returns the current list of repos.
 ['/api/repos'; get]
 fn (mut app App) get_repos() web.Result {
diff --git a/src/server/server.v b/src/server/server.v
index b2a2ad2..2883942 100644
--- a/src/server/server.v
+++ b/src/server/server.v
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ pub:
 	conf Config [required; web_global]
 pub mut:
 	repo repo.RepoGroupManager [required; web_global]
-	db   db.VieterDb
+	// This is used to claim the file lock on the repos file
+	git_mutex shared util.Dummy
+	db        db.VieterDb
 }
 
 // server starts the web server & starts listening for requests