diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 937474f..32a66ad 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -472,6 +472,12 @@ version = "0.21.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9d297deb1925b89f2ccc13d7635fa0714f12c87adce1c75356b39ca9b7178567"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.22.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9475866fec1451be56a3c2400fd081ff546538961565ccb5b7142cbd22bc7a51"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -617,6 +623,20 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "acbf1af155f9b9ef647e42cdc158db4b64a1b61f743629225fde6f3e0be2a7c7"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "combine"
+version = "4.6.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ba5a308b75df32fe02788e748662718f03fde005016435c444eea572398219fd"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-core",
+ "memchr",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "concurrent-queue"
 version = "2.4.0"
@@ -668,6 +688,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crc16"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "338089f42c427b86394a5ee60ff321da23a5c89c9d89514c829687b26359fcff"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crc32fast"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -1469,6 +1495,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "env_logger",
  "num_cpus",
  "rand",
+ "redis",
+ "redis-macros",
+ "rmp-serde",
  "serde",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
@@ -1844,6 +1873,57 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.5.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redis"
+version = "0.25.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6472825949c09872e8f2c50bde59fcefc17748b6be5c90fd67cd8b4daca73bfd"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "bytes",
+ "combine",
+ "crc16",
+ "futures-util",
+ "itoa",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rand",
+ "rustls",
+ "rustls-native-certs",
+ "rustls-pemfile 2.1.2",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "ryu",
+ "sha1_smol",
+ "socket2",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-rustls",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "url",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "redis-macros"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d8b5407866b6626d251b18c878f043d37f43124680f26a806595a61714ab049a"
+dependencies = [
+ "redis",
+ "redis-macros-derive",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "redis-macros-derive"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8dfe1dc77e38e260bbd53e98d3aec64add3cdf5d773e38d344c63660196117f5"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.58",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -1907,7 +1987,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "rustls-pemfile",
+ "rustls-pemfile 1.0.4",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_urlencoded",
@@ -1940,6 +2020,43 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ring"
+version = "0.17.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c17fa4cb658e3583423e915b9f3acc01cceaee1860e33d59ebae66adc3a2dc0d"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "getrandom",
+ "libc",
+ "spin",
+ "untrusted",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rmp"
+version = "0.8.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7f9860a6cc38ed1da53456442089b4dfa35e7cedaa326df63017af88385e6b20"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "num-traits",
+ "paste",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rmp-serde"
+version = "1.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bffea85eea980d8a74453e5d02a8d93028f3c34725de143085a844ebe953258a"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "rmp",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.23"
@@ -1982,6 +2099,33 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls"
+version = "0.22.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "99008d7ad0bbbea527ec27bddbc0e432c5b87d8175178cee68d2eec9c4a1813c"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "ring",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "rustls-webpki",
+ "subtle",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-native-certs"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8f1fb85efa936c42c6d5fc28d2629bb51e4b2f4b8a5211e297d599cc5a093792"
+dependencies = [
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "rustls-pemfile 2.1.2",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "schannel",
+ "security-framework",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-pemfile"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -1991,6 +2135,33 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64 0.21.7",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-pemfile"
+version = "2.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "29993a25686778eb88d4189742cd713c9bce943bc54251a33509dc63cbacf73d"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.22.0",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-pki-types"
+version = "1.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ecd36cc4259e3e4514335c4a138c6b43171a8d61d8f5c9348f9fc7529416f247"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-webpki"
+version = "0.102.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "faaa0a62740bedb9b2ef5afa303da42764c012f743917351dc9a237ea1663610"
+dependencies = [
+ "ring",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "untrusted",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustversion"
 version = "1.0.15"
@@ -2112,6 +2283,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sha1_smol"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ae1a47186c03a32177042e55dbc5fd5aee900b8e0069a8d70fba96a9375cd012"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sha2"
 version = "0.10.8"
@@ -2157,6 +2334,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "spin"
+version = "0.9.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6980e8d7511241f8acf4aebddbb1ff938df5eebe98691418c4468d0b72a96a67"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strfmt"
 version = "0.2.4"
@@ -2175,6 +2358,12 @@ version = "0.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7da8b5736845d9f2fcb837ea5d9e2628564b3b043a70948a3f0b778838c5fb4f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "subtle"
+version = "2.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "81cdd64d312baedb58e21336b31bc043b77e01cc99033ce76ef539f78e965ebc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.109"
@@ -2357,6 +2546,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-rustls"
+version = "0.25.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "775e0c0f0adb3a2f22a00c4745d728b479985fc15ee7ca6a2608388c5569860f"
+dependencies = [
+ "rustls",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-util"
 version = "0.7.10"
@@ -2478,6 +2678,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "tinyvec",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "untrusted"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8ecb6da28b8a351d773b68d5825ac39017e680750f980f3a1a85cd8dd28a47c1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
 version = "2.5.0"
@@ -2887,6 +3093,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.58",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zeroize"
+version = "1.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "525b4ec142c6b68a2d10f01f7bbf6755599ca3f81ea53b8431b7dd348f5fdb2d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zstd"
 version = "0.13.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4f7a39c..eb2191b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ description = "A compatibility layer between lysands official server and activit
 
 [dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1.20.0", features = ["rt", "macros"] }
-serde = { version = "1.0.130", features = ["derive"] }
+serde = { version = "1.0.130", features = ["derive", "rc"] }
 actix-web = "4"
 env_logger = "0.11.0"
 clap = { version = "4.3.14", features = ["derive"] }
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ activitystreams-kinds = "0.3.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.58"
 num_cpus = "1.16.0"
 actix-web-prom = { version = "0.8.0", features = ["process"] }
+redis = { version = "0.25.3", features = ["tokio-comp", "tokio-rustls-comp", "cluster"] }
+redis-macros = "0.3.0"
+rmp-serde = "1.1.2"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 vcpkg = "0.2.15"
diff --git a/src/database.rs b/src/database.rs
index 7b6c7fa..0485174 100644
--- a/src/database.rs
+++ b/src/database.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 use crate::{error::Error, objects::person::DbUser};
 use anyhow::anyhow;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
 pub type DatabaseHandle = Arc<Database>;
 
 /// Our "database" which contains all known users (local and federated)
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Database {
     pub users: Mutex<Vec<DbUser>>,
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index d5aa981..f4048ac 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ use clap::Parser;
 use database::Database;
 use http::{http_get_user, http_post_user_inbox, webfinger};
 use objects::person::DbUser;
+use redis::{AsyncCommands, Client, ErrorKind, RedisError, RedisResult};
+use redis_macros::{FromRedisValue, ToRedisArgs};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::{
     collections::HashMap,
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ use std::{
     sync::{Arc, Mutex},
 };
 use tokio::signal;
+use tracing::info;
 
 mod activities;
 mod database;
@@ -21,7 +24,8 @@ mod http;
 mod objects;
 mod utils;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, FromRedisValue, ToRedisArgs)]
+#[redis_serializer(rmp_serde)]
 struct State {
     database: Arc<Database>,
 }
@@ -57,6 +61,18 @@ async fn main() -> actix_web::Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     env_logger::init_from_env(env_logger::Env::new().default_filter_or("info"));
 
     let server_url = env::var("LISTEN").unwrap_or("127.0.0.1:8080".to_string());
+    let redis_url = env::var("REDIS_URL").unwrap_or("redis://localhost:6379/".to_string());
+
+    let redis_client = redis::Client::open(redis_url)?;
+    let mut con = redis_client
+        .get_multiplexed_async_connection()
+        .await
+        .map_err(|_| {
+            RedisError::from((
+                ErrorKind::InvalidClientConfig,
+                "Cannot connect to redis. Try starting a redis-server process or container.",
+            ))
+        })?;
 
     let local_user = DbUser::new(
         env::var("FEDERATED_DOMAIN")
@@ -68,11 +84,13 @@ async fn main() -> actix_web::Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     )
     .unwrap();
 
-    let database = Arc::new(Database {
+    let new_database = Arc::new(Database {
         users: Mutex::new(vec![local_user]),
     });
 
-    let state = State { database };
+    let state: State = con.get("ap-layer-db").await.unwrap_or(State {
+        database: new_database,
+    });
 
     let data = FederationConfig::builder()
         .domain(env::var("FEDERATED_DOMAIN").expect("FEDERATED_DOMAIN must be set"))
@@ -127,5 +145,8 @@ async fn main() -> actix_web::Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
         }
     }
 
+    info!("memory-saving 'db' in redis..");
+    con.set("ap-layer-db", &state);
+
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/objects/person.rs b/src/objects/person.rs
index d9439ea..0f03810 100644
--- a/src/objects/person.rs
+++ b/src/objects/person.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use url::Url;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct DbUser {
     pub name: String,
     pub ap_id: ObjectId<DbUser>,
diff --git a/src/objects/post.rs b/src/objects/post.rs
index e49e78b..7ac453c 100644
--- a/src/objects/post.rs
+++ b/src/objects/post.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use activitystreams_kinds::link::MentionType;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use url::Url;
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct DbPost {
     pub text: String,
     pub ap_id: ObjectId<DbPost>,