diff --git a/tavern/Cargo.toml b/tavern/Cargo.toml
index 96cfa91..cb9521f 100644
--- a/tavern/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tavern/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "tavern"
-version = "0.2.4"
+version = "0.2.5"
 edition = "2024"
 description = "A blogging system that will allow you to write your blog in Markdown and then display it in HTML using Dioxus."
 repository = "/CyberMages/tavern"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.41", features = ["serde"] }
 pulldown-cmark = "0.13.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.219", features = ["derive"] }
-sqlx = { version = "0.8.6", features = ["sqlite", "chrono", "runtime-tokio"] }
+sqlx = { version = "0.8.6", features = ["sqlite", "chrono", "runtime-tokio"], optional = true}
 toml = "0.9.5"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
@@ -23,4 +23,6 @@ tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 
 
 [features]
-publisher = []
+default = []
+database = ["sqlx"]
+publisher = ["database"]
diff --git a/tavern/src/lib.rs b/tavern/src/lib.rs
index 1e86806..fc9d6a2 100644
--- a/tavern/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tavern/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ mod info;
 mod adventurer;
 #[cfg(feature = "publisher")]
 mod converter;
+#[cfg(feature = "database")]
 mod database;
 mod tale;
 mod tavern;
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ mod tavern;
 
 
 pub use crate::adventurer::{Adventurer, Legend};
+#[cfg(feature = "database")]
 pub use crate::database::Database;
 pub use crate::info::{get_name, get_version};
 pub use crate::tale::{Lore, Tale};