diff --git a/source/app.ts b/source/index.ts
similarity index 96%
rename from source/app.ts
rename to source/index.ts
index 2b2d1df..decaeaf 100644
--- a/source/app.ts
+++ b/source/index.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ export class App {
         private readonly router: ApplicationRouter,
     ) {}
 
-    async start(): Promise<void> {}
+    async start(): Promise<void> {
+        await this.database.start();
+    }
 
     /** Stop transports before releasing the database they may still use. */
     async stop(): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/source/services/storage/database.ts b/source/services/storage/database.ts
index c3ef093..1cf194e 100644
--- a/source/services/storage/database.ts
+++ b/source/services/storage/database.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import type { Logger } from '../../utils/logger.ts';
 
 /** Options required to open a SQLite database connection. */
 export type DatabaseOptions = {
+
     /** Filesystem path to the SQLite database file. */
     path: string;
 
@@ -39,9 +40,6 @@ export class Database {
         this.kysely = new Kysely<DatabaseTables>({
             dialect: this.dialect,
         });
-
-        // Configure the SQLite pragmas.
-        this.configurePragmas();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -53,6 +51,13 @@ export class Database {
         return this.kysely;
     }
 
+    async start(): Promise<void> {
+        this.debug('starting database connection');
+
+        // Configure the SQLite pragmas.
+        await this.configurePragmas();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Destroys the database connection.
      */
@@ -66,10 +71,10 @@ export class Database {
      *
      * WAL improves write concurrency; foreign keys enforce referential integrity.
      */
-    private configurePragmas(): void {
+    private async configurePragmas(): Promise<void> {
         this.debug('configuring SQLite pragmas');
 
-        this.kysely.executeQuery(CompiledQuery.raw('PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL'));
-        this.kysely.executeQuery(CompiledQuery.raw('PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON'));
+        await this.kysely.executeQuery(CompiledQuery.raw('PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL'));
+        await this.kysely.executeQuery(CompiledQuery.raw('PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON'));
     }
 }
diff --git a/source/services/storage/migrations/001-resources.ts b/source/services/storage/migrations/001-resources.ts
index 0e548c9..27dcf73 100644
--- a/source/services/storage/migrations/001-resources.ts
+++ b/source/services/storage/migrations/001-resources.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export const up = async (db: Kysely<DatabaseTables>): Promise<void> => {
         .addColumn('public_key', 'text', (col) => col.notNull())
         .addColumn('blob', 'blob', (col) => col.notNull())
         .addColumn('timestamp', 'integer', (col) => col.notNull().defaultTo(millisecondTime))
-        .addPrimaryKeyConstraint('pk_resource_data', ['resource_id', 'public_key'])
+        .addPrimaryKeyConstraint('pk_resource_data', [ 'resource_id', 'public_key' ])
         .execute();
 };
 
@@ -33,5 +33,6 @@ export const up = async (db: Kysely<DatabaseTables>): Promise<void> => {
  * @param db - Kysely database to apply the rollback against.
  */
 export const down = async (db: Kysely<DatabaseTables>): Promise<void> => {
-    await db.schema.dropTable('resource_data').ifExists().execute();
+    await db.schema.dropTable('resource_data').ifExists()
+.execute();
 };
diff --git a/source/services/storage/tables.ts b/source/services/storage/tables.ts
index cedf815..d937c28 100644
--- a/source/services/storage/tables.ts
+++ b/source/services/storage/tables.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export type BlobColumn = ColumnType<Buffer, Buffer | Uint8Array, Buffer>;
  * One row per (resource_id, public_key). Each publicKey owns a slot within a shared resource.
  */
 export interface ResourceDataTable {
+
     /** Shared resource identifier grouping related instances. */
     resource_id: string;
 
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index bae3d55..6e15aa7 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
         "declarationMap": true,
         "types": ["node"]
     },
-    "exclude": ["node_modules/**/*", "dist/**/*", "test"]
+    "exclude": ["node_modules/**/*", "dist/**/*"]
 }