diff --git a/src/main/api.zig b/src/main/api.zig
index 3fc6213..129fff2 100644
--- a/src/main/api.zig
+++ b/src/main/api.zig
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ pub const ApiSource = struct {
     const root_username = "root";
     const root_id = Uuid.nil;
     const root_password_envvar = "CLUSTER_ROOT_PASSWORD";
+    const cluster_community_id = Uuid.nil;
 
     pub fn init(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, cfg: Config) !ApiSource {
         var self = ApiSource{
@@ -152,10 +153,16 @@ pub const ApiSource = struct {
             var buf: [pw_hash_buf_size]u8 = undefined;
             const hash = try hashPassword(root_password, self.internal_alloc, &buf);
 
+            try self.db.insert2("community", .{
+                .id = cluster_community_id,
+                .name = "Cluster System Pseudocommunity",
+                .host = cfg.cluster_host,
+                .scheme = cfg.cluster_scheme,
+            });
             try self.db.insert2("user", .{
                 .id = root_id,
                 .username = root_username,
-                .community_id = null,
+                .community_id = cluster_community_id,
             });
             try self.db.insert2("local_user", .{
                 .user_id = root_id,
@@ -203,6 +210,13 @@ pub const ApiSource = struct {
         models.Token.HashFn.hash(&decoded, &hash.data, .{});
 
         const db_token = (try self.db.getBy(models.Token, .hash, hash, conn.arena.allocator())) orelse return error.InvalidToken;
+        //const token_result = try self.db.execRow2(
+        //&.{Uuid},
+        //\\SELECT user.id
+        //\\FROM token
+        //\\  JOIN user ON token.user_id = user.id
+        //\\  JOIN community ON
+        //);
         //const token_result = (try self.db.execRow2(
         //&.{Uuid},
         //"SELECT id FROM token WHERE hash = ?",
@@ -260,182 +274,6 @@ fn ApiConn(comptime DbConn: type) type {
                 error.NotAuthorized;
         }
 
-        pub fn createNote(self: *Self, info: NoteCreateInfo) !models.Note {
-            const id = Uuid.randV4(prng.random());
-            const actor = try self.getAuthenticatedActor();
-
-            const note = models.Note{
-                .id = id,
-                .author_id = actor.user_id,
-                .content = info.content,
-
-                .created_at = DateTime.now(),
-            };
-            try self.db.insert(models.Note, note);
-
-            return note;
-        }
-
-        //pub fn getNote(self: *Self, id: Uuid) !?models.Note {
-        pub fn getNote(self: *Self, id: Uuid) !?[]const u8 {
-            const row = try self.db.execRow("select content from note where id = ?", .{id}, &.{[]const u8}, self.arena.allocator());
-            if (row) |results| {
-                return results[0];
-            } else return null;
-            //return self.db.getBy(models.Note, .id, id, self.arena.allocator());
-        }
-
-        pub fn getActor(self: *Self, user_id: Uuid) !?models.Actor {
-            return self.db.getBy(models.Actor, .user_id, user_id, self.arena.allocator());
-        }
-
-        pub fn getActorByHandle(self: *Self, handle: []const u8) !?models.Actor {
-            const user = (try self.db.getBy(models.User, .username, handle, self.arena.allocator())) orelse return null;
-            return self.db.getBy(models.Actor, .user_id, user.id, self.arena.allocator());
-        }
-
-        pub fn react(self: *Self, note_id: Uuid) !void {
-            const id = Uuid.randV4(prng.random());
-            const actor = try self.getAuthenticatedActor();
-            try self.db.insert(models.Reaction, .{ .id = id, .note_id = note_id, .reactor_id = actor.user_id, .created_at = DateTime.now() });
-        }
-
-        pub fn listReacts(self: *Self, note_id: Uuid) ![]models.Reaction {
-            return try self.db.getWhereEq(models.Reaction, .note_id, note_id, self.arena.allocator());
-        }
-
-        pub fn createCommunity(self: *Self, info: CommunityCreateOptions) !models.Community {
-            const scheme_len = firstIndexOf(info.host, ':') orelse return error.InvalidHost;
-            const scheme_str = info.host[0..scheme_len];
-            const scheme = std.meta.stringToEnum(models.Community.Scheme, scheme_str) orelse return error.UnsupportedScheme;
-
-            const host = blk: {
-                // host must be in the format "{scheme}://{host}"
-                if (info.host.len <= scheme_len + ("://").len or
-                    info.host[scheme_len] != ':' or
-                    info.host[scheme_len + 1] != '/' or
-                    info.host[scheme_len + 2] != '/') return error.InvalidHost;
-
-                const host = info.host[scheme_len + 3 ..];
-
-                // community cannot use non-default ports (except for testing)
-                // NOTE: Do not add, say localhost and localhost:80 or bugs may happen.
-                // Avoid using non-default ports unless a test can't be conducted without it.
-                if (firstIndexOf(host, ':') != null and builtin.mode != .Debug) return error.InvalidHost;
-
-                // community cannot be hosted on a path
-                if (firstIndexOf(host, '/') != null) return error.InvalidHost;
-
-                break :blk host;
-            };
-
-            const id = Uuid.randV4(prng.random());
-            const now = DateTime.now();
-
-            // Require TLS on production builds
-            if (scheme != .https and builtin.mode != .Debug) return error.UnsupportedScheme;
-
-            const community = models.Community{
-                .id = id,
-                .created_at = now,
-                .name = info.name,
-                .host = host,
-                .scheme = scheme,
-            };
-            try self.db.insert(models.Community, community);
-
-            return community;
-        }
-
-        pub fn getCommunity(self: *Self, host: []const u8) !?models.Community {
-            return try self.db.getBy(models.Community, .host, host, self.arena.allocator());
-        }
-
-        pub fn registerOld(self: *Self, info: RegistrationInfo) !models.Actor {
-            // Try to find invite id
-
-            const user_id = Uuid.randV4(prng.random());
-
-            // TODO: not community aware :(
-            if (try self.db.execRow2(&.{}, "SELECT 1 FROM user WHERE username = ?", .{info.username}, null) != null) {
-                //if (try self.db.existsWhereEq(models.User, .username, info.username)) {
-                return error.UsernameUnavailable;
-            }
-
-            const now = DateTime.now();
-            const invite_id = if (info.invite_code) |invite_code| blk: {
-                // TODO have this query also check for time-based expiration
-                const result = (try self.db.execRow2(
-                    &.{ Uuid, ?DateTime },
-                    \\SELECT invite.id, invite.expires_at
-                    \\FROM invite 
-                    \\  LEFT OUTER JOIN local_user ON invite.id = local_user.invite_id
-                    \\WHERE invite.invite_code = ?
-                    \\GROUP BY invite.id
-                    \\HAVING 
-                    \\  (invite.max_uses IS NULL OR invite.max_uses > COUNT(local_user.user_id))
-                    \\
-                ,
-                    .{invite_code},
-                    null,
-                )) orelse return error.InvalidInvite;
-
-                const expired = if (result[1]) |expires_at| now.seconds_since_epoch > expires_at.seconds_since_epoch else false;
-                if (expired) return error.InvalidInvite;
-
-                //const invite = (try self.db.getBy(models.Invite, .invite_code, invite_code, self.arena.allocator())) orelse return error.InvalidInvite;
-                //const invite = (try self.db.getBy(models.Invite, .invite_code, invite_code, self.arena.allocator())) orelse return error.InvalidInvite;
-                //const uses = try self.db.countWhereEq(models.LocalUser, .invite_id, invite.id);
-                //const uses_left = if (invite.max_uses) |max_uses| uses < max_uses else true;
-                //const expired = if (invite.expires_at) |expires_at| now.seconds_since_epoch > expires_at.seconds_since_epoch else false;
-
-                //if (!uses_left or expired) return error.InvalidInvite;
-                // TODO: increment uses
-                break :blk result[0];
-            } else null;
-
-            // use internal alloc because necessary buffer is *big*
-            var buf: [pw_hash_buf_size]u8 = undefined;
-            const hash = try PwHash.strHash(info.password, .{ .allocator = self.internal_alloc, .params = pw_hash_params, .encoding = pw_hash_encoding }, &buf);
-
-            const community_id = if (info.community_host) |host| blk: {
-                //const id_tuple = (try self.db.execRow("select id from community where host = '?'", host, &.{Uuid}, self.arena.allocator())) orelse return error.CommunityNotFound;
-                const community_result = (try self.db.execRow2(
-                    &.{Uuid},
-                    "SELECT id FROM community WHERE host = ?",
-                    .{host},
-                    null,
-                )) orelse return error.CommunityNotFound;
-
-                //const community = (try self.db.getBy(models.Community, .host, host, self.arena.allocator())) orelse return error.CommunityNotFound;
-                break :blk community_result[0];
-                //break :blk id_tuple[0];
-            } else null;
-
-            const user = models.User{
-                .id = user_id,
-                .username = info.username,
-                .created_at = now,
-                .community_id = community_id,
-            };
-            const actor = models.Actor{
-                .user_id = user_id,
-                .public_id = "abc", // TODO
-            };
-            const local_user = models.LocalUser{
-                .user_id = user_id,
-                .email = info.email,
-                .invite_id = invite_id,
-                .hashed_password = hash,
-                .password_changed_at = now,
-            };
-            try self.db.insert(models.User, user);
-            try self.db.insert(models.Actor, actor);
-            try self.db.insert(models.LocalUser, local_user);
-
-            return actor;
-        }
-
         pub fn login(self: *Self, username: []const u8, password: []const u8) !LoginResult {
             // TODO: This gives away the existence of a user through a timing side channel. is that acceptable?
             //const user_info = (try self.db.getBy(models.User, .username, username, self.arena.allocator())) orelse return error.InvalidLogin;
diff --git a/src/main/db/migrations.zig b/src/main/db/migrations.zig
index 6a3c4fb..e50bb6d 100644
--- a/src/main/db/migrations.zig
+++ b/src/main/db/migrations.zig
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ const create_migration_table =
     \\CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS
     \\migration(
     \\  name TEXT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
-    \\  applied_at TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
-    \\) STRICT;
+    \\  applied_at DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+    \\);
 ;
 
 // NOTE: Until the first public release, i may collapse multiple
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ const migrations: []const Migration = &.{
         \\  host TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
         \\  scheme TEXT NOT NULL CHECK (scheme IN ('http', 'https')),
         \\
-        \\  created_at INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
-        \\) STRICT;
+        \\  created_at DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+        \\);
         \\ALTER TABLE user ADD COLUMN community_id TEXT REFERENCES community(id);
         \\ALTER TABLE invite ADD COLUMN to_community TEXT REFERENCES community(id);
         ,
diff --git a/src/main/main.zig b/src/main/main.zig
index a121743..b776bcf 100644
--- a/src/main/main.zig
+++ b/src/main/main.zig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const http = @import("http");
 const util = @import("util");
 
 const api = @import("./api.zig");
+const models = @import("./db/models.zig");
 const Uuid = util.Uuid;
 const c = @import("./controllers.zig");
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ const router = Router{
 
         //Route.new(.POST, "/auth/register", &c.auth.register),
         Route.new(.POST, "/login", &c.auth.login),
+        //Route.new(.GET, "/current-login", &c.auth.verifyLogin),
 
         //Route.new(.POST, "/notes", &c.notes.create),
         //Route.new(.GET, "/notes/:id", &c.notes.get),
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ pub const RequestServer = struct {
 
 pub const Config = struct {
     cluster_host: []const u8,
+    cluster_scheme: models.Community.Scheme,
 };
 
 fn loadConfig(alloc: std.mem.Allocator) !Config {