diff --git a/server/database.py b/server/database.py
index 1f23d55..cfe492d 100644
--- a/server/database.py
+++ b/server/database.py
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@ import dataclasses
 import argon2
 import flask_login
 
-from sqlalchemy import create_engine, Column, Integer, ForeignKey, Text, select
-from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker, DeclarativeBase
-from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError
-
 import mgU
 
 DATABASE = "./main2.db"
@@ -41,41 +37,6 @@ class Opener():
         self.con.commit()
         self.con.close()
 
-# orm garbage
-
-class Base(DeclarativeBase):
-    pass
-
-class MessageORM(Base):
-    __tablename__ = "messages"
-    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True, autoincrement=True)
-    user = Column(Integer, ForeignKey("users.id"), nullable=False)
-    thread = Column(Integer, ForeignKey("threads.id"), nullable=False)
-    content = Column(Text, nullable=False)
-    time = Column(Integer, nullable=False)
-
-class UserORM(Base):
-    __tablename__ = "users"
-    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True, autoincrement=True)
-    name = Column(Text, nullable=False, unique=True)
-    passhash = Column(Text, nullable=False)
-
-class ForumORM(Base):
-    __tablename__ = "forums"
-    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True, autoincrement=True)
-    name = Column(Text, nullable=False)
-
-class UserForumsORM(Base):
-    __tablename__ = "user_forums"
-    user_id = Column(Integer, ForeignKey("users.id"), primary_key=True, nullable=False)
-    forum_id = Column(Integer, ForeignKey("forums.id"), primary_key=True, nullable=False)
-
-class ThreadORM(Base):
-    __tablename__ = "threads"
-    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True, autoincrement=True)
-    name = Column(Text, nullable=False)
-    forum = Column(Integer, ForeignKey("forums.id"), nullable=False)
-
 # Raw SQL DTOs
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass
@@ -91,22 +52,19 @@ class MessageDTO:
     thread_id: int
     id: int | None = None
 
-engine = create_engine(f"sqlite:///{DATABASE}", echo=False, future=True)
-SessionLocal = sessionmaker(bind=engine)
-
-def insert_message(message: MessageORM) -> None:
+def insert_message(message: mgU.Message) -> None:
     """
     Insert a new message (from mgU.Message dataclass) and return a new mgU.Message with id, or None on failure.
     """
-    session = SessionLocal()
-    try:
-        session.add(message)
-        session.commit()
-    except SQLAlchemyError:
-        session.rollback()
-        return None
-    finally:
-        session.close()
+    with Opener() as (conn, cur):
+        q = load_query("insert_message")
+        cur.execute(q, [
+            message.user,
+            message.thread,
+            message.content,
+            message.time
+        ])
+
 
 def get_messages_by_thread(thread_id: int) -> list[mgU.Message]:
     """
@@ -132,62 +90,51 @@ def get_messages_by_thread(thread_id: int) -> list[mgU.Message]:
     ]
 
 def get_user_forums(user_id: int) -> list[mgU.Forum]:
-    session = SessionLocal()
-    try:
-        q = (
-            select(ForumORM.id, ForumORM.name)
-            .join_from(ForumORM, UserForumsORM)
-            .where(UserForumsORM.user_id == user_id)
-        )
-        results = session.execute(q)
+    q = load_query("get_user_forums")
+    with Opener() as (conn, cur):
+        cur.execute(q, [user_id])
+        results = cur.fetchall()
         return [
             mgU.Forum(
-                name=forum.name,
-                id=forum.id
+                name=forum[0],
+                id=forum[1]
             )
             for forum in results
         ]
-    finally:
-        session.close()
 
 def get_forum_threads(forum_id: int) -> list[mgU.Thread]:
-    session = SessionLocal()
-    try:
-        q = (
-            select(ThreadORM.id, ThreadORM.name, ThreadORM.forum)
-            .where(ThreadORM.forum == forum_id)
-        )
-
-        results = session.execute(q)
+    q = load_query("get_forum_threads")
+    with Opener() as (conn, cur):
+        cur.execute(q, [forum_id])
+        results = cur.fetchall()
         return [
             mgU.Thread(
-                name=thread.name,
-                forum=thread.forum,
-                id=thread.id
+                name=thread[0],
+                forum=thread[1],
+                id=thread[2]
             )
             for thread in results
         ]
-    finally:
-        session.close()
 
 # For flask_login
 def get_user(username: str, api_key: str) -> User | None:
 
-    session = SessionLocal()
-    try:
-        results = session.query(UserORM).where(UserORM.name == username)
-    finally:
-        session.close()
+    q = load_query("get_user_passhash")
+    with Opener() as (conn, cur):
+        cur.execute(q)
+        results = cur.fetchall()
 
     if not results:
         return None
 
-    user_row = results[0]
+    row = results[0]
+
+    user_id, user_name, passhash = row[0], row[1], row[2]
 
     try:
-        ph.verify(user_row.passhash, api_key)
+        ph.verify(passhash, api_key)
     except argon2.exceptions.VerifyMismatchError:
         return None
 
-    return User(str(user_row.id), str(user_row.name))
+    return User(str(user_id), str(user_name))
 
diff --git a/server/sql/get_forum_threads.sql b/server/sql/get_forum_threads.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28b7275
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/sql/get_forum_threads.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+select
+	threads.name,
+	threads.forum
+	threads.id
+from threads
+where threads.forum_id = ?
+;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/sql/get_user_by_username.sql b/server/sql/get_user_by_username.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2930586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/sql/get_user_by_username.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+select
+	users.id,
+	users.name,
+	users.passhash
+from users
+where users.name = ?
+;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/sql/get_user_forums.sql b/server/sql/get_user_forums.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4af228e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/sql/get_user_forums.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+select
+	forum.name,
+	forum.id
+from user_forums
+inner join forums on user_forums.forum_id = forums.id
+where user_forums.user_id = ?
+;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/sql/insert_message.sql b/server/sql/insert_message.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65365ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/sql/insert_message.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+insert into messages (
+	user,
+	thread,
+	content,
+	time
+) values (?, ?, ?, ?)
+;
\ No newline at end of file