diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f6cd653f..6c677332 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .PHONY: run
 run:
-	API_KEY=test REPO_DIR=data LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG v run vieter
+	API_KEY=test REPO_DIR=data LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG v -cg run vieter
 
 .PHONY: watch
 watch:
diff --git a/vieter/main.v b/vieter/main.v
index 7d88ec50..8c2c38fa 100644
--- a/vieter/main.v
+++ b/vieter/main.v
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ const db_name = 'pieter.db.tar.gz'
 
 struct App {
 	web.Context
+pub:
 	api_key  string           [required; web_global]
-	repo_dir string           [required; web_global]
-	repo     shared repo.Repo [required]
+pub mut:
+	repo     repo.Repo [required; web_global]
 }
 
 [noreturn]
@@ -91,9 +92,9 @@ fn main() {
 	web.run(&App{
 		logger: logger
 		api_key: key
-		repo_dir: repo_dir
 		repo: repo.Repo{
-			path: os.join_path_single(repo_dir, db_name)
+			dir: repo_dir
+			name: db_name
 		}
 	}, port)
 }
diff --git a/vieter/repo.v b/vieter/repo.v
index a0902071..0777bf30 100644
--- a/vieter/repo.v
+++ b/vieter/repo.v
@@ -2,12 +2,37 @@ module repo
 
 import os
 
+const pkgs_subpath = 'pkgs'
+
+// Handles management of a repository. Package files are stored in '$dir/pkgs'
+// & moved there if necessary.
 pub struct Repo {
-	path string
+	mutex shared int = 0
+pub:
+	dir string [required]
+	name string [required]
+}
+
+// Returns path to the given package, prepended with the repo's path.
+pub fn (r Repo) pkg_path(pkg string) string {
+	return os.join_path(r.dir, pkgs_subpath, pkg)
+}
+
+pub fn (r Repo) exists(pkg string) bool {
+	return os.exists(r.pkg_path(pkg))
+}
+
+// Returns the full path to the database file
+pub fn (r Repo) db_path() string {
+	return os.join_path_single(r.dir, '${r.name}.tar.gz')
 }
 
 pub fn (r Repo) add_package(pkg_path string) ? {
-	res := os.execute("repo-add '$r.path' '$pkg_path'")
+	mut res := os.Result{}
+
+	lock r.mutex {
+		res = os.execute("repo-add '$r.db_path()' '$pkg_path'")
+	}
 
 	if res.exit_code != 0 {
 		println(res.output)
diff --git a/vieter/routes.v b/vieter/routes.v
index 2b149206..75370400 100644
--- a/vieter/routes.v
+++ b/vieter/routes.v
@@ -6,17 +6,18 @@ import repo
 
 ['/pkgs/:pkg'; put]
 fn (mut app App) put_package(pkg string) web.Result {
-	full_path := os.join_path_single(app.repo_dir, pkg)
-
-	if os.exists(full_path) {
+	if app.repo.exists(pkg) {
 		app.lwarn("Tried to upload duplicate package '$pkg'")
 
 		return app.text('File already exists.')
 	}
 
+	pkg_path := app.repo.pkg_path(pkg)
+
 	if length := app.req.header.get(.content_length) {
 		app.ldebug("Uploading $length bytes to package '$pkg'")
-		reader_to_file(mut app.reader, length.int(), full_path) or {
+		println(pkg_path)
+		reader_to_file(mut app.reader, length.int(), pkg_path) or {
 			app.lwarn("Failed to upload package '$pkg'")
 
 			return app.text('Failed to upload file.')
@@ -26,18 +27,15 @@ fn (mut app App) put_package(pkg string) web.Result {
 		return app.text("Content-Type header isn't set.")
 	}
 
-	lock app.repo {
-		app.repo.add_package(full_path) or {
-			app.linfo("Failed to add package '$pkg' to database.")
+	app.repo.add_package(pkg_path) or {
+		app.linfo("Failed to add package '$pkg' to database.")
 
-			os.rm(full_path) or { println('Failed to remove $full_path') }
+		os.rm(pkg_path) or { println('Failed to remove $pkg_path') }
 
-			return app.text('Failed to add package to repo.')
-		}
-
-		app.linfo("Added '$pkg' to repository.")
+		return app.text('Failed to add package to repo.')
 	}
 
+	app.linfo("Added '$pkg' to repository.")
 	app.linfo("Uploaded package '$pkg'.")
 
 	return app.text('Package added successfully.')