diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index efcf2cb1..1274b75a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6517,6 +6517,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reqwest 0.12.23",
  "revolt-coalesced",
  "revolt-config",
+ "revolt-database",
  "revolt-models",
  "revolt-result",
  "serde",
diff --git a/crates/core/database/src/models/users/axum.rs b/crates/core/database/src/models/users/axum.rs
index a6d8b5a3..6b1f2f32 100644
--- a/crates/core/database/src/models/users/axum.rs
+++ b/crates/core/database/src/models/users/axum.rs
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
-use axum::{
-    extract::{FromRef, FromRequestParts},
-    http::request::Parts,
-};
+use axum::{extract::{FromRef, FromRequestParts}, http::request::Parts};
 
 use revolt_result::{create_error, Error, Result};
 
 use crate::{Database, User};
 
 #[async_trait::async_trait]
-impl<S: Send + Sync> FromRequestParts<S> for User
+impl<S> FromRequestParts<S> for User
 where
     Database: FromRef<S>,
+    S: Send + Sync
 {
     type Rejection = Error;
 
     async fn from_request_parts(parts: &mut Parts, state: &S) -> Result<User> {
         let db = Database::from_ref(state);
+
         if let Some(Ok(bot_token)) = parts.headers.get("x-bot-token").map(|v| v.to_str()) {
             let bot = db.fetch_bot_by_token(bot_token).await?;
             db.fetch_user(&bot.id).await
diff --git a/crates/services/gifbox/Cargo.toml b/crates/services/gifbox/Cargo.toml
index d2e65145..94cd0732 100644
--- a/crates/services/gifbox/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/services/gifbox/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ revolt-result = { version = "0.8.8", path = "../../core/result", features = [
     "axum",
 ] }
 revolt-coalesced = { version = "0.8.8", path = "../../core/coalesced" }
-
+revolt-database = { version = "0.8.8", path = "../../core/database", features = ["axum-impl"] }
 # Axum / web server
 axum = { version = "0.7.5" }
 axum-extra = { version = "0.9", features = ["typed-header"] }
diff --git a/crates/services/gifbox/src/api.rs b/crates/services/gifbox/src/api.rs
index c137e7a3..07883652 100644
--- a/crates/services/gifbox/src/api.rs
+++ b/crates/services/gifbox/src/api.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ use axum::{extract::{Query, State}, routing::get, Json, Router};
 use revolt_result::{create_error, Result};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use utoipa::ToSchema;
+use revolt_database::User;
 
-use crate::tenor::{Tenor, types};
+use crate::{AppState, tenor::{Tenor, types}};
 
-pub async fn router() -> Router<Tenor> {
+pub async fn router() -> Router<AppState> {
     Router::new()
         .route("/", get(root))
         .route("/search", get(search))
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ struct SearchQueryParams {
     )
 )]
 async fn search(
+    _user: User,
     Query(params): Query<SearchQueryParams>,
     State(tenor): State<Tenor>,
 ) -> Result<Json<Arc<types::SearchResponse>>> {
diff --git a/crates/services/gifbox/src/main.rs b/crates/services/gifbox/src/main.rs
index 32d1ea58..3cfb2e95 100644
--- a/crates/services/gifbox/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/services/gifbox/src/main.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 use std::net::{Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr};
 
-use axum::Router;
+use axum::{extract::FromRef, Router};
 
 use revolt_config::config;
+use revolt_database::{Database, DatabaseInfo};
 use tokio::net::TcpListener;
 use utoipa::{
     openapi::security::{Http, HttpAuthScheme, SecurityScheme},
@@ -10,9 +11,29 @@ use utoipa::{
 };
 use utoipa_scalar::{Scalar, Servable as ScalarServable};
 
+use crate::tenor::Tenor;
+
 mod api;
 mod tenor;
 
+#[derive(Clone)]
+struct AppState {
+    pub database: Database,
+    pub tenor: Tenor
+}
+
+impl FromRef<AppState> for Database {
+    fn from_ref(state: &AppState) -> Self {
+        state.database.clone()
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromRef<AppState> for Tenor {
+    fn from_ref(state: &AppState) -> Self {
+        state.tenor.clone()
+    }
+}
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
     // Configure logging and environment
@@ -48,13 +69,16 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
     }
 
     let config = config().await;
-    let tenor = tenor::Tenor::new(&config.api.security.tenor_key);
+    let state = AppState {
+        database: DatabaseInfo::Auto.connect().await.expect("Unable to connect to database"),
+        tenor: tenor::Tenor::new(&config.api.security.tenor_key)
+    };
 
     // Configure Axum and router
     let app = Router::new()
         .merge(Scalar::with_url("/scalar", ApiDoc::openapi()))
         .nest("/", api::router().await)
-        .with_state(tenor);
+        .with_state(state);
 
     // Configure TCP listener and bind
     tracing::info!("Listening on 0.0.0.0:14706");