diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 707fbd6..a715713 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "factoriauth"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
  "axum",
  "base64",
  "clap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 97a919f..fa87654 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.18", features = ["env-filter"] }
 rustls = "=0.21.7"
 rustls-webpki = "=0.101.6"
 sct = "=0.7.0"
+async-trait = "0.1.77"
diff --git a/src/auth/mod.rs b/src/auth/mod.rs
index 1a83064..befbbb1 100644
--- a/src/auth/mod.rs
+++ b/src/auth/mod.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use tracing::{event, instrument, Level};
 
 use crate::{
     config::AuthBackendConfig,
-    db::{Database, SqliteDatabase, UserTokenEntry},
+    db::{Database, UserTokenEntry},
     secrets::{
         PadlockGenerationSecret, Password, ServerHash, ServerPadlock, UserServerKey, UserToken,
     },
@@ -69,14 +69,17 @@ impl ValidateLogin for AuthenticationBackend {
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct UserAuthenticator {
-    db: Arc<Mutex<SqliteDatabase>>,
+    db: Arc<Mutex<Box<dyn Database + Send>>>,
     backends: Vec<AuthenticationBackend>,
 }
 
 impl UserAuthenticator {
     const TOKEN_LEN: usize = 30;
 
-    pub fn new(db: Arc<Mutex<SqliteDatabase>>, backends: Vec<AuthenticationBackend>) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(
+        db: Arc<Mutex<Box<dyn Database + Send>>>,
+        backends: Vec<AuthenticationBackend>,
+    ) -> Self {
         Self { db, backends }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
index 3816494..8dacbd6 100644
--- a/src/db.rs
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-use std::str::FromStr;
+use std::{fmt::Debug, str::FromStr};
 
+use axum::async_trait;
 use secrecy::ExposeSecret;
 use sqlx::{query, query_as, sqlite::SqliteConnectOptions, Connection, SqliteConnection};
 use tracing::instrument;
@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ pub enum UserTokenEntry {
     ),
 }
 
-pub trait Database {
+#[async_trait]
+pub trait Database: Debug {
     async fn get_token(&mut self, username: &str) -> Result<Option<UserTokenEntry>, sqlx::Error>;
 
     async fn save_token(&mut self, username: &str, token: &UserToken) -> Result<(), sqlx::Error>;
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ impl SqliteDatabase {
     }
 }
 
+#[async_trait]
 impl Database for SqliteDatabase {
     #[instrument]
     async fn get_token(&mut self, username: &str) -> Result<Option<UserTokenEntry>, sqlx::Error> {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 517f82c..1eaaad5 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ use auth::{
 use clap::Parser;
 use color_eyre::Result;
 use config::Config;
-use db::SqliteDatabase;
+use db::{Database, SqliteDatabase};
 use tokio::sync::Mutex;
 use tracing::{event, instrument, Level};
 use tracing_error::ErrorLayer;
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
     let config = load_config(&args.config).await?;
 
-    let database = Arc::new(Mutex::new(
+    let database: Arc<Mutex<Box<dyn Database + Send>>> = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Box::new(
         SqliteDatabase::open(&config.database.connection_string).await,
-    ));
+    )));
 
     let mut auth_backends = vec![];
     for c in config.auth_backends {