diff --git a/server/internal/command/schema/cmd.go b/server/internal/command/schema/cmd.go
index 07297d9d..039f0284 100644
--- a/server/internal/command/schema/cmd.go
+++ b/server/internal/command/schema/cmd.go
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ func setupSchemaResetCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		Short: "Reset Database Schema",
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			db.AutoMigrate = false
-			if err := db.Get().DeleteSchema(context.Background()); err != nil {
+			if err := db.DeleteSchema(context.Background()); err != nil {
 				fmt.Println("unable to delete database schema: " + err.Error())
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
-			if err := db.Get().Migrate(context.Background(), -1); err != nil {
+			if err := db.Migrate(context.Background(), -1); err != nil {
 				fmt.Println("unable to migrate database schema: " + err.Error())
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func setupSchemaMigrateCommand() *cobra.Command {
 				if v, err := strconv.Atoi(args[0]); err != nil {
 					fmt.Println(err.Error())
 					os.Exit(3)
-				} else if err := db.Get().Migrate(ctx, v); err != nil {
+				} else if err := db.Migrate(ctx, v); err != nil {
 					fmt.Println(err.Error())
 					os.Exit(4)
 				}
diff --git a/server/internal/command/user/add.go b/server/internal/command/user/add.go
index 81af46b4..1f551700 100644
--- a/server/internal/command/user/add.go
+++ b/server/internal/command/user/add.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func setupUserAddCommand() *cobra.Command {
 			}
 
 			ctx := context.Background()
-			err = db.Get().RunInTx(ctx, func(db *db.Handler) error {
+			err = db.Get().RunInTx(ctx, func(db db.Handler) error {
 				userManager := user.CreateManager(ctx).WithDb(db)
 				var u user.User
 				if user, err := userManager.CreateUser(username, displayName, password, root); err != nil {
diff --git a/server/internal/command/user/mod.go b/server/internal/command/user/mod.go
index 2c75dece..df21799d 100644
--- a/server/internal/command/user/mod.go
+++ b/server/internal/command/user/mod.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func setupUserModCommand() *cobra.Command {
 			}
 
 			ctx := context.Background()
-			err = db.Get().RunInTx(ctx, func(db *db.Handler) error {
+			err = db.Get().RunInTx(ctx, func(db db.Handler) error {
 				m := user.CreateManager(ctx).WithDb(db)
 				if displayName != "" {
 					if err := m.UpdateUserDisplayName(u, displayName); err != nil {
diff --git a/server/internal/core/db/bootstrap.go b/server/internal/core/db/bootstrap.go
index 36bdc81f..7f208acd 100644
--- a/server/internal/core/db/bootstrap.go
+++ b/server/internal/core/db/bootstrap.go
@@ -11,12 +11,43 @@ import (
 const DefaultUserUsername = "phylum"
 const DefaultUserDisplayName = "Phylum"
 
-func (d Handler) BootstrapData(ctx context.Context) error {
+func BootstrapData(ctx context.Context) error {
 	const q = "SELECT username FROM users WHERE username = $1::TEXT"
+	d := Get()
 	row := d.QueryRow(ctx, q, DefaultUserUsername)
 	if err := row.Scan(nil); err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, pgx.ErrNoRows) {
-			err = d.populateData(ctx)
+			err = d.RunInTx(ctx, func(d Handler) error {
+				const createDir = `INSERT INTO resources(id, parent, name, dir, content_length, content_type, content_sha256)
+VALUES ($1::UUID, $2::UUID, $3::TEXT, TRUE, 0, '', '')`
+
+				// Create root folder
+				rootID, _ := uuid.NewV7()
+				if _, err := d.Exec(ctx, createDir, rootID, nil, ""); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				// Create home folder
+				homeID, _ := uuid.NewV7()
+				if _, err := d.Exec(ctx, createDir, homeID, rootID, "home"); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				// Create user home folder
+				userHomeID, _ := uuid.NewV7()
+				if _, err := d.Exec(ctx, createDir, userHomeID, homeID, DefaultUserUsername); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				const createRootUser = `INSERT INTO users(username, display_name, password_hash, root, home, permissions)
+VALUES ($1::TEXT, $2::TEXT, '', $3::UUID, $4::UUID, -1)`
+
+				if _, err := d.Exec(ctx, createRootUser, DefaultUserUsername, DefaultUserDisplayName, rootID, userHomeID); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				return nil
+
+			})
 		}
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -25,37 +56,3 @@ func (d Handler) BootstrapData(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
-
-func (d Handler) populateData(ctx context.Context) (e error) {
-	return d.RunInTx(ctx, func(d *Handler) error {
-		const createDir = `INSERT INTO resources(id, parent, name, dir, content_length, content_type, content_sha256)
-VALUES ($1::UUID, $2::UUID, $3::TEXT, TRUE, 0, '', '')`
-
-		// Create root folder
-		rootID, _ := uuid.NewV7()
-		if _, err := d.Exec(ctx, createDir, rootID, nil, ""); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		// Create home folder
-		homeID, _ := uuid.NewV7()
-		if _, err := d.Exec(ctx, createDir, homeID, rootID, "home"); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		// Create user home folder
-		userHomeID, _ := uuid.NewV7()
-		if _, err := d.Exec(ctx, createDir, userHomeID, homeID, DefaultUserUsername); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		const createRootUser = `INSERT INTO users(username, display_name, password_hash, root, home, permissions)
-VALUES ($1::TEXT, $2::TEXT, '', $3::UUID, $4::UUID, -1)`
-
-		if _, err := d.Exec(ctx, createRootUser, DefaultUserUsername, DefaultUserDisplayName, rootID, userHomeID); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		return nil
-
-	})
-}
diff --git a/server/internal/core/db/db.go b/server/internal/core/db/db.go
index 0ee12c67..6388bdec 100644
--- a/server/internal/core/db/db.go
+++ b/server/internal/core/db/db.go
@@ -9,29 +9,30 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-var h *Handler
 var DatabaseURL string
 var TraceSQL bool
 var AutoMigrate bool
 
-func Get() *Handler {
-	if h == nil {
-		if handler, err := createHandler(context.Background(), DatabaseURL, TraceSQL, AutoMigrate); err != nil {
+var pool *pgxpool.Pool
+
+func Get() Handler {
+	if pool == nil {
+		if p, err := createPool(context.Background(), DatabaseURL, TraceSQL, AutoMigrate); err != nil {
 			logrus.Fatal(err)
 		} else {
-			h = handler
+			pool = p
 		}
 	}
-	return h
+	return Handler{tx: pool}
 }
 func Close() {
-	if h != nil {
-		h.pool.Close()
-		h = nil
+	if pool != nil {
+		pool.Close()
+		pool = nil
 	}
 }
 
-func createHandler(ctx context.Context, dsn string, traceSQL, autoMigrate bool) (*Handler, error) {
+func createPool(ctx context.Context, dsn string, traceSQL, autoMigrate bool) (*pgxpool.Pool, error) {
 	config, err := pgxpool.ParseConfig(dsn)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("Unable to parse DSN: " + err.Error())
@@ -48,14 +49,9 @@ func createHandler(ctx context.Context, dsn string, traceSQL, autoMigrate bool)
 
 	logrus.Debug("Connected to " + config.ConnConfig.Database + " at " + config.ConnConfig.Host + ":" + fmt.Sprint(config.ConnConfig.Port))
 
-	h := Handler{
-		tx:   pool,
-		pool: pool,
-	}
-
-	if err := h.checkVersion(ctx, autoMigrate); err != nil {
+	if err := checkVersion(ctx, autoMigrate); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return &h, nil
+	return pool, nil
 }
diff --git a/server/internal/core/db/handler.go b/server/internal/core/db/handler.go
index c7c73e17..446a11b0 100644
--- a/server/internal/core/db/handler.go
+++ b/server/internal/core/db/handler.go
@@ -5,27 +5,25 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgconn"
-	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
 )
 
 type Handler struct {
 	tx interface {
 		Begin(context.Context) (pgx.Tx, error)
+		SendBatch(context.Context, *pgx.Batch) pgx.BatchResults
 		Exec(context.Context, string, ...interface{}) (pgconn.CommandTag, error)
 		Query(context.Context, string, ...interface{}) (pgx.Rows, error)
 		QueryRow(context.Context, string, ...interface{}) pgx.Row
 		CopyFrom(context.Context, pgx.Identifier, []string, pgx.CopyFromSource) (int64, error)
 	}
-	pool *pgxpool.Pool
 }
 
-func (h Handler) RunInTx(ctx context.Context, fn func(*Handler) error) error {
+func (h Handler) RunInTx(ctx context.Context, fn func(Handler) error) error {
 	return pgx.BeginFunc(ctx, h.tx, func(tx pgx.Tx) error {
 		h := Handler{
-			tx:   tx,
-			pool: h.pool,
+			tx: tx,
 		}
-		return fn(&h)
+		return fn(h)
 	})
 }
 
@@ -44,3 +42,7 @@ func (h Handler) QueryRow(ctx context.Context, stmt string, args ...interface{})
 func (h Handler) CopyFrom(ctx context.Context, tableName pgx.Identifier, columnNames []string, rowSrc pgx.CopyFromSource) (int64, error) {
 	return h.tx.CopyFrom(ctx, tableName, columnNames, rowSrc)
 }
+
+func (h Handler) SendBatch(ctx context.Context, batch *pgx.Batch) pgx.BatchResults {
+	return h.tx.SendBatch(ctx, batch)
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/core/db/schema.go b/server/internal/core/db/schema.go
index 85582824..fee5de71 100644
--- a/server/internal/core/db/schema.go
+++ b/server/internal/core/db/schema.go
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ var (
 	ErrMigrationNoAutoDowngrade = errors.New("will not auto-downgrade schema to prevent data loss")
 )
 
-func (h Handler) checkVersion(ctx context.Context, autoMigrate bool) error {
-	conn, err := h.pool.Acquire(ctx)
+func checkVersion(ctx context.Context, autoMigrate bool) error {
+	conn, err := pool.Acquire(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func (h Handler) checkVersion(ctx context.Context, autoMigrate bool) error {
 
 	// Nothing to do
 	if currentSchemaVersion == latestSchemaVersion {
-		return h.BootstrapData(ctx)
+		return BootstrapData(ctx)
 	}
 
 	if !autoMigrate {
@@ -51,11 +51,12 @@ func (h Handler) checkVersion(ctx context.Context, autoMigrate bool) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return h.BootstrapData(ctx)
+	return BootstrapData(ctx)
 }
 
-func (h Handler) Migrate(ctx context.Context, version int) error {
-	conn, err := h.pool.Acquire(ctx)
+func Migrate(ctx context.Context, version int) error {
+	Get() // Initialize the pool, just in case
+	conn, err := pool.Acquire(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ func (h Handler) Migrate(ctx context.Context, version int) error {
 		version = latestSchemaVersion
 	} else if version == 0 {
 		logrus.Info("Deleting database schema")
-		return h.DeleteSchema(ctx)
+		return DeleteSchema(ctx)
 	} else if version > latestSchemaVersion {
 		return ErrMigrationTargetTooHigh
 	}
@@ -85,14 +86,15 @@ func (h Handler) Migrate(ctx context.Context, version int) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	if version == latestSchemaVersion {
-		return h.BootstrapData(ctx)
+		return BootstrapData(ctx)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (h Handler) DeleteSchema(ctx context.Context) error {
-	return h.RunInTx(ctx, func(d *Handler) (err error) {
-		user := d.pool.Config().ConnConfig.User
+func DeleteSchema(ctx context.Context) error {
+	h := Get()
+	user := pool.Config().ConnConfig.User
+	return h.RunInTx(ctx, func(d Handler) (err error) {
 		if _, err = d.Exec(ctx, "DROP SCHEMA public CASCADE"); err != nil {
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/server/internal/core/fs/filesystem.go b/server/internal/core/fs/filesystem.go
index d697d520..95657d6b 100644
--- a/server/internal/core/fs/filesystem.go
+++ b/server/internal/core/fs/filesystem.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 type filesystem struct {
 	ctx        context.Context
-	db         *db.Handler
+	db         db.Handler
 	cs         storage.Storage
 	rootID     uuid.UUID
 	username   string
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ func (f filesystem) withRoot(id uuid.UUID) filesystem {
 	}
 }
 
-func (f filesystem) WithDb(db *db.Handler) FileSystem {
+func (f filesystem) WithDb(db db.Handler) FileSystem {
 	return f.withDb(db)
 }
 
-func (f filesystem) withDb(db *db.Handler) filesystem {
+func (f filesystem) withDb(db db.Handler) filesystem {
 	return filesystem{
 		ctx:        f.ctx,
 		db:         db,
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ func (f filesystem) withDb(db *db.Handler) filesystem {
 }
 
 func (f filesystem) RunInTx(fn func(FileSystem) error) error {
-	return f.db.RunInTx(f.ctx, func(db *db.Handler) error {
+	return f.db.RunInTx(f.ctx, func(db db.Handler) error {
 		return fn(f.WithDb(db))
 	})
 }
 
 func (f filesystem) runInTx(fn func(filesystem) error) error {
-	return f.db.RunInTx(f.ctx, func(db *db.Handler) error {
+	return f.db.RunInTx(f.ctx, func(db db.Handler) error {
 		return fn(f.withDb(db))
 	})
 }
diff --git a/server/internal/core/fs/fs.go b/server/internal/core/fs/fs.go
index 4f42cc02..972d9e40 100644
--- a/server/internal/core/fs/fs.go
+++ b/server/internal/core/fs/fs.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ type FileSystem interface {
 	// filesystem.go
 	RootID() uuid.UUID
 	WithRoot(uuid.UUID) FileSystem
-	WithDb(db *db.Handler) FileSystem
+	WithDb(db db.Handler) FileSystem
 	RunInTx(fn func(FileSystem) error) error
 
 	// create.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func OpenFromPublink(ctx context.Context, name string, password string, path str
 	return f.ResourceByPath(path)
 }
 
-func getPublink(d *db.Handler, ctx context.Context, name string) (Publink, error) {
+func getPublink(d db.Handler, ctx context.Context, name string) (Publink, error) {
 	q := "SELECT FROM publinks p WHERE name = $1::TEXT AND deleted IS NULL"
 	if rows, err := d.Query(ctx, q, name); err != nil {
 		return Publink{}, err
diff --git a/server/internal/core/storage/storage.go b/server/internal/core/storage/storage.go
index a6011c28..c19d0f1f 100644
--- a/server/internal/core/storage/storage.go
+++ b/server/internal/core/storage/storage.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ type Storage interface {
 }
 
 type storage struct {
-	db             *db.Handler
+	db             db.Handler
 	backends       map[string]Backend
 	defaultBackend Backend
 }
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func Get() Storage {
 	return s
 }
 
-func create(ctx context.Context, db *db.Handler, defaultStorageDir string) (Storage, error) {
+func create(ctx context.Context, db db.Handler, defaultStorageDir string) (Storage, error) {
 	if backends, err := restoreBackends(db, ctx); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	} else if defaultBackend, err := newLocalStorage("<default>", defaultStorageDir); err != nil {
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (s storage) ListBackends() map[string]Backend {
 	return s.backends
 }
 
-func restoreBackends(db *db.Handler, ctx context.Context) (map[string]Backend, error) {
+func restoreBackends(db db.Handler, ctx context.Context) (map[string]Backend, error) {
 	const q = "SELECT name, driver, params from storage_backends"
 	if rows, err := db.Query(ctx, q); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/server/internal/core/user/manager.go b/server/internal/core/user/manager.go
index 12a8b192..db94a68a 100644
--- a/server/internal/core/user/manager.go
+++ b/server/internal/core/user/manager.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type manager struct {
-	db  *db.Handler
+	db  db.Handler
 	ctx context.Context
 }
 
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ func CreateManager(ctx context.Context) Manager {
 	}
 }
 
-func (m manager) WithDb(db *db.Handler) Manager {
+func (m manager) WithDb(db db.Handler) Manager {
 	return m.withDb(db)
 }
 
-func (m manager) withDb(db *db.Handler) manager {
+func (m manager) withDb(db db.Handler) manager {
 	return manager{
 		ctx: m.ctx,
 		db:  db,
diff --git a/server/internal/core/user/user.go b/server/internal/core/user/user.go
index d9bd8f3f..9c7a43b7 100644
--- a/server/internal/core/user/user.go
+++ b/server/internal/core/user/user.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (u User) OpenFileSystem(ctx context.Context) fs.FileSystem {
 
 type Manager interface {
 	// manager.go
-	WithDb(db *db.Handler) Manager
+	WithDb(db db.Handler) Manager
 
 	// create.go
 	CreateUser(username, displayName, password string, root uuid.UUID) (User, error)