diff --git a/src-tauri/src/app.rs b/src-tauri/src/app.rs
index 417c338..fd97686 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/app.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/app.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-#![cfg_attr(
-    all(not(debug_assertions), target_os = "windows"),
-    windows_subsystem = "windows"
-)]
-
 use std::error::Error;
 
 use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
@@ -32,33 +27,6 @@ use crate::{
 pub static APP: OnceCell<AppHandle> = OnceCell::new();
 
 
-async fn setup(app: &mut App) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
-    APP.set(app.handle()).unwrap();
-
-    let conn_opts = SqliteConnectOptions::new()
-        .filename(config::get_or_create_db_path()?)
-        .create_if_missing(true);
-    let pool_opts = SqlitePoolOptions::new();
-    let pool: SqlitePool = pool_opts.connect_with(conn_opts).await?;
-    sqlx::migrate!().run(&pool).await?;
-
-    let conf = AppConfig::load(&pool).await?;
-    let session = Session::load(&pool).await?;
-    let srv = Server::new(conf.listen_addr, conf.listen_port, app.handle()).await?;
-
-    config::set_auto_launch(conf.start_on_login)?;
-    if !conf.start_minimized {
-        app.get_window("main")
-            .ok_or(HandlerError::NoMainWindow)?
-            .show()?;
-    }
-
-    let state = AppState::new(conf, session, srv, pool);
-    app.manage(state);
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-
 pub fn run() -> tauri::Result<()> {
     tauri::Builder::default()
         .plugin(tauri_plugin_single_instance::init(|app, _argv, _cwd| {
@@ -89,4 +57,37 @@ pub fn run() -> tauri::Result<()> {
         });
 
     Ok(())
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+
+pub async fn connect_db() -> Result<SqlitePool, SetupError> {
+    let conn_opts = SqliteConnectOptions::new()
+        .filename(config::get_or_create_db_path()?)
+        .create_if_missing(true);
+    let pool_opts = SqlitePoolOptions::new();
+    let pool: SqlitePool = pool_opts.connect_with(conn_opts).await?;
+    Ok(pool)
+}
+
+
+async fn setup(app: &mut App) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    APP.set(app.handle()).unwrap();
+
+    let pool = connect_db().await?;
+    sqlx::migrate!().run(&pool).await?;
+
+    let conf = AppConfig::load(&pool).await?;
+    let session = Session::load(&pool).await?;
+    let srv = Server::new(conf.listen_addr, conf.listen_port, app.handle()).await?;
+
+    config::set_auto_launch(conf.start_on_login)?;
+    if !conf.start_minimized {
+        app.get_window("main")
+            .ok_or(HandlerError::NoMainWindow)?
+            .show()?;
+    }
+
+    let state = AppState::new(conf, session, srv, pool);
+    app.manage(state);
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/cli.rs b/src-tauri/src/cli.rs
index 80b94a1..44c65b5 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/cli.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use std::io::{Read, Write};
 use std::process::Command as ChildCommand;
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use std::os::unix::process::CommandExt;
@@ -9,9 +8,14 @@ use clap::{
      ArgMatches,
      ArgAction
  };
-use std::net::TcpStream;
+use tokio::{
+    net::TcpStream,
+    io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt},
+};
 
 
+use crate::app;
+use crate::config::AppConfig;
 use crate::credentials::{BaseCredentials, SessionCredentials};
 use crate::errors::*;
 
@@ -98,16 +102,19 @@ pub fn exec(args: &ArgMatches) -> Result<(), CliError> {
 }
 
 
-fn get_credentials(base: bool) -> Result<String, RequestError> {
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn get_credentials(base: bool) -> Result<String, RequestError> {
+    let pool = app::connect_db().await?;
+    let config = AppConfig::load(&pool).await?;
     let path = if base {"/creddy/base-credentials"} else {"/"};
 
-    let mut stream = TcpStream::connect("127.0.0.1:12345")?;
+    let mut stream = TcpStream::connect((config.listen_addr, config.listen_port)).await?;
     let req = format!("GET {path} HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n");
-    stream.write_all(req.as_bytes())?;
+    stream.write_all(req.as_bytes()).await?;
 
     // some day we'll have a proper HTTP parser
     let mut buf = vec![0; 8192];
-    stream.read_to_end(&mut buf)?;
+    stream.read_to_end(&mut buf).await?;
 
     let status = buf.split(|&c| &[c] == b" ")
         .skip(1)
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/errors.rs b/src-tauri/src/errors.rs
index 1c370d5..7d014f0 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/errors.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/errors.rs
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ pub enum RequestError {
     InvalidJson,
     #[error("Error reading/writing stream: {0}")]
     StreamIOError(#[from] std::io::Error),
+    #[error("Error loading configuration data: {0}")]
+    Setup(#[from] SetupError),
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index fa14562..4065849 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+#![cfg_attr(
+    all(not(debug_assertions), target_os = "windows"),
+    windows_subsystem = "windows"
+)]
+
+
 mod app;
 mod cli;
 mod config;