diff --git a/frontend/Dockerfile b/frontend/Dockerfile
index 541a3b5..32246a9 100644
--- a/frontend/Dockerfile
+++ b/frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ COPY frontend/. .
 
 RUN npm i -g serve
 
-RUN npm run build_protos
 RUN npm run build
 
 EXPOSE 8080
diff --git a/frontend/eslint.config.ts b/frontend/eslint.config.ts
index 20475f8..80cbfa9 100644
--- a/frontend/eslint.config.ts
+++ b/frontend/eslint.config.ts
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ import skipFormatting from '@vue/eslint-config-prettier/skip-formatting'
 // More info at https://github.com/vuejs/eslint-config-typescript/#advanced-setup
 
 export default defineConfigWithVueTs(
-  {
-    name: 'app/files-to-lint',
-    files: ['**/*.{ts,mts,tsx,vue}'],
-  },
+  // {
+  //   name: 'app/files-to-lint',
+  //   files: ['**/*.{ts,mts,tsx,vue}'],
+  // },
 
-  globalIgnores(['**/dist/**', '**/dist-ssr/**', '**/coverage/**']),
+  // globalIgnores(['**/dist/**', '**/dist-ssr/**', '**/coverage/**']),
 
-  pluginVue.configs['flat/essential'],
-  vueTsConfigs.recommended,
-  skipFormatting,
+  // pluginVue.configs['flat/essential'],
+  // vueTsConfigs.recommended,
+  // skipFormatting,
 )
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 5e91d88..73ee0c3 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
     "build_protos": "mkdir -p src/proto & npx protoc -I=../proto/ --ts_out ./src/proto --proto_path ../proto ../proto/*.proto",
-    "build": "run-p type-check \"build-only {@}\" --",
+    "build": "run-p build_protos && run-p type-check \"build-only {@}\" --",
     "preview": "vite preview",
     "build-only": "vite build",
     "type-check": "vue-tsc --build",
diff --git a/proto/character.proto b/proto/character.proto
index eaa4cc8..b0106b8 100644
--- a/proto/character.proto
+++ b/proto/character.proto
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ message Character {
 	repeated string CharacterAlias = 3;
 }
 
-message CreateCharacterRequest {}
+message CreateCharacterRequest {
+	Character characterData = 1;
+}
 
 message GetCharacterRequest {}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vault/character.ts b/vault/character.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b3f9c0c..0000000
--- a/vault/character.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,373 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Generated by the protoc-gen-ts.  DO NOT EDIT!
- * compiler version: 3.20.3
- * source: character.proto
- * git: https://github.com/thesayyn/protoc-gen-ts */
-import * as pb_1 from 'google-protobuf'
-import * as grpc_1 from '@grpc/grpc-js'
-export class Character extends pb_1.Message {
-  #one_of_decls: number[][] = []
-  constructor(
-    data?:
-      | any[]
-      | {
-          PlayerName?: string
-          CharacterName?: string
-          CharacterAlias?: string[]
-        },
-  ) {
-    super()
-    pb_1.Message.initialize(
-      this,
-      Array.isArray(data) ? data : [],
-      0,
-      -1,
-      [3],
-      this.#one_of_decls,
-    )
-    if (!Array.isArray(data) && typeof data == 'object') {
-      if ('PlayerName' in data && data.PlayerName != undefined) {
-        this.PlayerName = data.PlayerName
-      }
-      if ('CharacterName' in data && data.CharacterName != undefined) {
-        this.CharacterName = data.CharacterName
-      }
-      if ('CharacterAlias' in data && data.CharacterAlias != undefined) {
-        this.CharacterAlias = data.CharacterAlias
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  get PlayerName() {
-    return pb_1.Message.getFieldWithDefault(this, 1, '') as string
-  }
-  set PlayerName(value: string) {
-    pb_1.Message.setField(this, 1, value)
-  }
-  get CharacterName() {
-    return pb_1.Message.getFieldWithDefault(this, 2, '') as string
-  }
-  set CharacterName(value: string) {
-    pb_1.Message.setField(this, 2, value)
-  }
-  get CharacterAlias() {
-    return pb_1.Message.getFieldWithDefault(this, 3, []) as string[]
-  }
-  set CharacterAlias(value: string[]) {
-    pb_1.Message.setField(this, 3, value)
-  }
-  static fromObject(data: {
-    PlayerName?: string
-    CharacterName?: string
-    CharacterAlias?: string[]
-  }): Character {
-    const message = new Character({})
-    if (data.PlayerName != null) {
-      message.PlayerName = data.PlayerName
-    }
-    if (data.CharacterName != null) {
-      message.CharacterName = data.CharacterName
-    }
-    if (data.CharacterAlias != null) {
-      message.CharacterAlias = data.CharacterAlias
-    }
-    return message
-  }
-  toObject() {
-    const data: {
-      PlayerName?: string
-      CharacterName?: string
-      CharacterAlias?: string[]
-    } = {}
-    if (this.PlayerName != null) {
-      data.PlayerName = this.PlayerName
-    }
-    if (this.CharacterName != null) {
-      data.CharacterName = this.CharacterName
-    }
-    if (this.CharacterAlias != null) {
-      data.CharacterAlias = this.CharacterAlias
-    }
-    return data
-  }
-  serialize(): Uint8Array
-  serialize(w: pb_1.BinaryWriter): void
-  serialize(w?: pb_1.BinaryWriter): Uint8Array | void {
-    const writer = w || new pb_1.BinaryWriter()
-    if (this.PlayerName.length) writer.writeString(1, this.PlayerName)
-    if (this.CharacterName.length) writer.writeString(2, this.CharacterName)
-    if (this.CharacterAlias.length)
-      writer.writeRepeatedString(3, this.CharacterAlias)
-    if (!w) return writer.getResultBuffer()
-  }
-  static deserialize(bytes: Uint8Array | pb_1.BinaryReader): Character {
-    const reader =
-        bytes instanceof pb_1.BinaryReader
-          ? bytes
-          : new pb_1.BinaryReader(bytes),
-      message = new Character()
-    while (reader.nextField()) {
-      if (reader.isEndGroup()) break
-      switch (reader.getFieldNumber()) {
-        case 1:
-          message.PlayerName = reader.readString()
-          break
-        case 2:
-          message.CharacterName = reader.readString()
-          break
-        case 3:
-          pb_1.Message.addToRepeatedField(message, 3, reader.readString())
-          break
-        default:
-          reader.skipField()
-      }
-    }
-    return message
-  }
-  serializeBinary(): Uint8Array {
-    return this.serialize()
-  }
-  static deserializeBinary(bytes: Uint8Array): Character {
-    return Character.deserialize(bytes)
-  }
-}
-export class CreateCharacterRequest extends pb_1.Message {
-  #one_of_decls: number[][] = []
-  constructor(data?: any[] | {}) {
-    super()
-    pb_1.Message.initialize(
-      this,
-      Array.isArray(data) ? data : [],
-      0,
-      -1,
-      [],
-      this.#one_of_decls,
-    )
-    if (!Array.isArray(data) && typeof data == 'object') {
-    }
-  }
-  static fromObject(data: {}): CreateCharacterRequest {
-    const message = new CreateCharacterRequest({})
-    return message
-  }
-  toObject() {
-    const data: {} = {}
-    return data
-  }
-  serialize(): Uint8Array
-  serialize(w: pb_1.BinaryWriter): void
-  serialize(w?: pb_1.BinaryWriter): Uint8Array | void {
-    const writer = w || new pb_1.BinaryWriter()
-    if (!w) return writer.getResultBuffer()
-  }
-  static deserialize(
-    bytes: Uint8Array | pb_1.BinaryReader,
-  ): CreateCharacterRequest {
-    const reader =
-        bytes instanceof pb_1.BinaryReader
-          ? bytes
-          : new pb_1.BinaryReader(bytes),
-      message = new CreateCharacterRequest()
-    while (reader.nextField()) {
-      if (reader.isEndGroup()) break
-      switch (reader.getFieldNumber()) {
-        default:
-          reader.skipField()
-      }
-    }
-    return message
-  }
-  serializeBinary(): Uint8Array {
-    return this.serialize()
-  }
-  static deserializeBinary(bytes: Uint8Array): CreateCharacterRequest {
-    return CreateCharacterRequest.deserialize(bytes)
-  }
-}
-export class GetCharacterRequest extends pb_1.Message {
-  #one_of_decls: number[][] = []
-  constructor(data?: any[] | {}) {
-    super()
-    pb_1.Message.initialize(
-      this,
-      Array.isArray(data) ? data : [],
-      0,
-      -1,
-      [],
-      this.#one_of_decls,
-    )
-    if (!Array.isArray(data) && typeof data == 'object') {
-    }
-  }
-  static fromObject(data: {}): GetCharacterRequest {
-    const message = new GetCharacterRequest({})
-    return message
-  }
-  toObject() {
-    const data: {} = {}
-    return data
-  }
-  serialize(): Uint8Array
-  serialize(w: pb_1.BinaryWriter): void
-  serialize(w?: pb_1.BinaryWriter): Uint8Array | void {
-    const writer = w || new pb_1.BinaryWriter()
-    if (!w) return writer.getResultBuffer()
-  }
-  static deserialize(
-    bytes: Uint8Array | pb_1.BinaryReader,
-  ): GetCharacterRequest {
-    const reader =
-        bytes instanceof pb_1.BinaryReader
-          ? bytes
-          : new pb_1.BinaryReader(bytes),
-      message = new GetCharacterRequest()
-    while (reader.nextField()) {
-      if (reader.isEndGroup()) break
-      switch (reader.getFieldNumber()) {
-        default:
-          reader.skipField()
-      }
-    }
-    return message
-  }
-  serializeBinary(): Uint8Array {
-    return this.serialize()
-  }
-  static deserializeBinary(bytes: Uint8Array): GetCharacterRequest {
-    return GetCharacterRequest.deserialize(bytes)
-  }
-}
-interface GrpcUnaryServiceInterface<P, R> {
-  (
-    message: P,
-    metadata: grpc_1.Metadata,
-    options: grpc_1.CallOptions,
-    callback: grpc_1.requestCallback<R>,
-  ): grpc_1.ClientUnaryCall
-  (
-    message: P,
-    metadata: grpc_1.Metadata,
-    callback: grpc_1.requestCallback<R>,
-  ): grpc_1.ClientUnaryCall
-  (
-    message: P,
-    options: grpc_1.CallOptions,
-    callback: grpc_1.requestCallback<R>,
-  ): grpc_1.ClientUnaryCall
-  (message: P, callback: grpc_1.requestCallback<R>): grpc_1.ClientUnaryCall
-}
-interface GrpcStreamServiceInterface<P, R> {
-  (
-    message: P,
-    metadata: grpc_1.Metadata,
-    options?: grpc_1.CallOptions,
-  ): grpc_1.ClientReadableStream<R>
-  (message: P, options?: grpc_1.CallOptions): grpc_1.ClientReadableStream<R>
-}
-interface GrpWritableServiceInterface<P, R> {
-  (
-    metadata: grpc_1.Metadata,
-    options: grpc_1.CallOptions,
-    callback: grpc_1.requestCallback<R>,
-  ): grpc_1.ClientWritableStream<P>
-  (
-    metadata: grpc_1.Metadata,
-    callback: grpc_1.requestCallback<R>,
-  ): grpc_1.ClientWritableStream<P>
-  (
-    options: grpc_1.CallOptions,
-    callback: grpc_1.requestCallback<R>,
-  ): grpc_1.ClientWritableStream<P>
-  (callback: grpc_1.requestCallback<R>): grpc_1.ClientWritableStream<P>
-}
-interface GrpcChunkServiceInterface<P, R> {
-  (
-    metadata: grpc_1.Metadata,
-    options?: grpc_1.CallOptions,
-  ): grpc_1.ClientDuplexStream<P, R>
-  (options?: grpc_1.CallOptions): grpc_1.ClientDuplexStream<P, R>
-}
-interface GrpcPromiseServiceInterface<P, R> {
-  (
-    message: P,
-    metadata: grpc_1.Metadata,
-    options?: grpc_1.CallOptions,
-  ): Promise<R>
-  (message: P, options?: grpc_1.CallOptions): Promise<R>
-}
-export abstract class UnimplementedCharacterManagerService {
-  static definition = {
-    createCharacter: {
-      path: '/CharacterManager/createCharacter',
-      requestStream: false,
-      responseStream: false,
-      requestSerialize: (message: CreateCharacterRequest) =>
-        Buffer.from(message.serialize()),
-      requestDeserialize: (bytes: Buffer) =>
-        CreateCharacterRequest.deserialize(new Uint8Array(bytes)),
-      responseSerialize: (message: Character) =>
-        Buffer.from(message.serialize()),
-      responseDeserialize: (bytes: Buffer) =>
-        Character.deserialize(new Uint8Array(bytes)),
-    },
-    getCharacter: {
-      path: '/CharacterManager/getCharacter',
-      requestStream: false,
-      responseStream: false,
-      requestSerialize: (message: GetCharacterRequest) =>
-        Buffer.from(message.serialize()),
-      requestDeserialize: (bytes: Buffer) =>
-        GetCharacterRequest.deserialize(new Uint8Array(bytes)),
-      responseSerialize: (message: Character) =>
-        Buffer.from(message.serialize()),
-      responseDeserialize: (bytes: Buffer) =>
-        Character.deserialize(new Uint8Array(bytes)),
-    },
-  };
-  [method: string]: grpc_1.UntypedHandleCall
-  abstract createCharacter(
-    call: grpc_1.ServerUnaryCall<CreateCharacterRequest, Character>,
-    callback: grpc_1.sendUnaryData<Character>,
-  ): void
-  abstract getCharacter(
-    call: grpc_1.ServerUnaryCall<GetCharacterRequest, Character>,
-    callback: grpc_1.sendUnaryData<Character>,
-  ): void
-}
-export class CharacterManagerClient extends grpc_1.makeGenericClientConstructor(
-  UnimplementedCharacterManagerService.definition,
-  'CharacterManager',
-  {},
-) {
-  constructor(
-    address: string,
-    credentials: grpc_1.ChannelCredentials,
-    options?: Partial<grpc_1.ChannelOptions>,
-  ) {
-    super(address, credentials, options)
-  }
-  createCharacter: GrpcUnaryServiceInterface<
-    CreateCharacterRequest,
-    Character
-  > = (
-    message: CreateCharacterRequest,
-    metadata:
-      | grpc_1.Metadata
-      | grpc_1.CallOptions
-      | grpc_1.requestCallback<Character>,
-    options?: grpc_1.CallOptions | grpc_1.requestCallback<Character>,
-    callback?: grpc_1.requestCallback<Character>,
-  ): grpc_1.ClientUnaryCall => {
-    return super.createCharacter(message, metadata, options, callback)
-  }
-  getCharacter: GrpcUnaryServiceInterface<GetCharacterRequest, Character> = (
-    message: GetCharacterRequest,
-    metadata:
-      | grpc_1.Metadata
-      | grpc_1.CallOptions
-      | grpc_1.requestCallback<Character>,
-    options?: grpc_1.CallOptions | grpc_1.requestCallback<Character>,
-    callback?: grpc_1.requestCallback<Character>,
-  ): grpc_1.ClientUnaryCall => {
-    return super.getCharacter(message, metadata, options, callback)
-  }
-}
diff --git a/vault/src/app.ts b/vault/src/app.ts
index 3613a59..b8738bc 100644
--- a/vault/src/app.ts
+++ b/vault/src/app.ts
@@ -1,41 +1,46 @@
 import { Server, ServerCredentials } from '@grpc/grpc-js'
 import { MongoClient } from 'mongodb'
 
-import { initCharacterService } from './character_service'
+import { CharacterService } from './character_service'
 import { DatabaseService } from './database'
 
-const port = 8000
+const port = 8080
+const address = `0.0.0.0:${port}`
 
 const app = new Server()
 
 const client = new MongoClient('mongodb://rushvault:rushvault@mongo:27017/')
 
-initCharacterService(app)
+// initCharacterService(app)
 
-async function testDb() {
-  try {
-    // await client.connect()
-    const database = client.db('test')
-    const potato = database.collection('potato')
+const characterService = new CharacterService(client, "rush-vault")
 
-    await potato.insertOne({ name: 'potato', potato: 'potato' })
-  } finally {
-    await client.close()
-  }
-}
+characterService.addToServer(app)
 
-app.bindAsync('0.0.0.0:8080', ServerCredentials.createInsecure(), async () => {
-  await testDb().catch(console.dir)
+// async function testDb() {
+//   try {
+//     // await client.connect()
+//     const database = client.db('test')
+//     const potato = database.collection('potato')
 
-  let db = new DatabaseService(
-    'mongodb://rushvault:rushvault@mongo:27017/',
-    'rush-vault',
-  )
-  console.log(await db.insertCharacter({
-    playerName: 'badger',
-    characterName: 'potato',
-    characterAlias: ['spud', 'tuber'],
-  }))
+//     await potato.insertOne({ name: 'potato', potato: 'potato' })
+//   } finally {
+//     await client.close()
+//   }
+// }
 
-  console.log('Starting server at 0.0.0.0:8080')
+app.bindAsync(address, ServerCredentials.createInsecure(), () => {
+  // await testDb().catch(console.dir)
+
+  // let db = new DatabaseService(
+  //   'mongodb://rushvault:rushvault@mongo:27017/',
+  //   'rush-vault',
+  // )
+  // console.log(await db.insertCharacter({
+  //   playerName: 'badger',
+  //   characterName: 'potato',
+  //   characterAlias: ['spud', 'tuber'],
+  // }))
+
+  console.log(`Starting server at ${address}`)
 })
diff --git a/vault/src/character_service.ts b/vault/src/character_service.ts
index 07ac80e..e506e1d 100644
--- a/vault/src/character_service.ts
+++ b/vault/src/character_service.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { Server } from '@grpc/grpc-js'
+import { Server, ServerUnaryCall, sendUnaryData } from '@grpc/grpc-js'
 import { ReflectionService } from '@grpc/reflection'
 import { loadSync } from '@grpc/proto-loader'
+import { MongoClient, Collection, Db } from 'mongodb'
 
 import {
   Character,
@@ -13,28 +14,66 @@ import {
   ICharacterManager,
 } from './proto/character.grpc-server'
 
-export function initCharacterService(server: Server) {
-  server.addService(characterManagerDefinition, CharacterManagerService)
+export class CharacterService {
+  reflectionService: ReflectionService
+  characterManager: ICharacterManager
 
-  new ReflectionService(loadSync('./src/proto/character.proto')).addToServer(
-    server,
-  )
-}
+  mongoClient: MongoClient
+  db: Db
+  characterCollection: Collection
 
-const CharacterManagerService: ICharacterManager = {
-  createCharacter: (request: CreateCharacterRequest): Character => {
-    return {
+  constructor(mongoClient: MongoClient, dbName: string) {
+    this.reflectionService = new ReflectionService(
+      loadSync('./src/proto/character.proto'),
+    )
+
+    this.characterManager = {
+      createCharacter: this.createCharacterCall.bind(this),
+      getCharacter: this.getCharacterCall.bind(this),
+    }
+
+    this.mongoClient = mongoClient
+    this.db = this.mongoClient.db(dbName)
+    this.characterCollection = this.db.collection('Characters')
+  }
+
+  addToServer(server: Server) {
+    server.addService(characterManagerDefinition, this.characterManager)
+
+    this.reflectionService.addToServer(server)
+  }
+
+  async createCharacterCall(
+    call: ServerUnaryCall<CreateCharacterRequest, Character>,
+    callback: sendUnaryData<Character>,
+  ) {
+
+    let newCharacter = await this.characterCollection
+      .insertOne(call.request.characterData)
+      .then((insertResult) => {
+        console.log(insertResult)
+        return this.characterCollection.findOne({
+          _id: insertResult.insertedId,
+        })
+      })
+
+    console.log(newCharacter)
+
+    callback(null, {
+      playerName: newCharacter.playerName,
+      characterName: newCharacter.characterName,
+      characterAlias: newCharacter.characterAlias,
+    })
+  }
+
+  getCharacterCall(
+    call: ServerUnaryCall<GetCharacterRequest, Character>,
+    callback: sendUnaryData<Character>,
+  ) {
+    callback(null, {
       playerName: 'test player',
       characterName: 'test character',
       characterAlias: ['test alias'],
-    }
-  },
-
-  getCharacter: (request: GetCharacterRequest): Character => {
-    return {
-      playerName: 'test player',
-      characterName: 'test character',
-      characterAlias: ['test alias'],
-    }
-  },
+    })
+  }
 }
diff --git a/vault/src/database.ts b/vault/src/database.ts
index 3fb0101..bf60dbc 100644
--- a/vault/src/database.ts
+++ b/vault/src/database.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ export class DatabaseService {
       .insertOne(character)
       .then((insertResult) => {
         console.log(insertResult)
-        return this.characterCollection.findOne({ _id: insertResult.insertedId })
+        return this.characterCollection.findOne({
+          _id: insertResult.insertedId,
+        })
       })
       .then((inserted) => {
         return {