diff --git a/codexcrawler.nim b/codexcrawler.nim
index 07832ad..3f22aff 100644
--- a/codexcrawler.nim
+++ b/codexcrawler.nim
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-import std/os
 import pkg/chronicles
-import pkg/chronos
-import pkg/questionable
-import pkg/questionable/results
 
 import ./codexcrawler/application
 
diff --git a/codexcrawler/application.nim b/codexcrawler/application.nim
index 6e0f89d..5ef5fab 100644
--- a/codexcrawler/application.nim
+++ b/codexcrawler/application.nim
@@ -4,11 +4,18 @@ import pkg/chronos
 import pkg/questionable
 import pkg/questionable/results
 
+import pkg/datastore
+import pkg/datastore/typedds
+import pkg/metrics
+
 import ./config
 import ./logging
 import ./metrics
+import ./list
 
-import ./main
+declareGauge(todoNodesGauge, "DHT nodes to be visited")
+declareGauge(okNodesGauge, "DHT nodes successfully contacted")
+declareGauge(nokNodesGauge, "DHT nodes failed to contact")
 
 type
   ApplicationStatus* {.pure.} = enum
@@ -18,26 +25,72 @@ type
 
   Application* = ref object
     status: ApplicationStatus
+    config*: CrawlerConfig
+    todoList*: List
+    okNodes*: List
+    nokNodes*: List
+
+proc createDatastore(app: Application): ?!TypedDatastore =
+  without store =? LevelDbDatastore.new(app.config.dataDir), err:
+    error "Failed to create datastore"
+    return failure(err)
+  return success(TypedDatastore.init(store))
+
+proc initializeLists(app: Application): Future[?!void] {.async.} =
+  without store =? app.createDatastore(), err:
+    return failure(err)
+
+  # We can't extract this into a function because gauges cannot be passed as argument.
+  # The use of global state in nim-metrics is not pleasant.
+  proc onTodoMetric(value: int64) =
+    todoNodesGauge.set(value)
+  proc onOkMetric(value: int64) =
+    okNodesGauge.set(value)
+  proc onNokMetric(value: int64) =
+    nokNodesGauge.set(value)
+
+  app.todoList = List.new("todo", store, onTodoMetric)
+  app.okNodes = List.new("ok", store, onOkMetric)
+  app.nokNodes = List.new("nok", store, onNokMetric)
+
+  if err =? (await app.todoList.load()).errorOption:
+    return failure(err)
+  if err =? (await app.okNodes.load()).errorOption:
+    return failure(err)
+  if err =? (await app.nokNodes.load()).errorOption:
+    return failure(err)
+
+  return success()
+
+proc initializeApp(app: Application): Future[?!void] {.async.} =
+  if err =? (await app.initializeLists()).errorOption:
+    error "Failed to initialize lists", err = err.msg
+    return failure(err)
+  return success()
+
+proc stop*(app: Application) =
+  app.status = ApplicationStatus.Stopping
 
 proc run*(app: Application) =
-  let config = parseConfig()
-  info "Loaded configuration", config
+  app.config = parseConfig()
+  info "Loaded configuration", config = app.config
 
   # Configure loglevel
-  updateLogLevel(config.logLevel)
+  updateLogLevel(app.config.logLevel)
 
   # Ensure datadir path exists:
-  if not existsDir(config.dataDir):
-    createDir(config.dataDir)
+  if not existsDir(app.config.dataDir):
+    createDir(app.config.dataDir)
 
-  setupMetrics(config.metricsAddress, config.metricsPort)
+  setupMetrics(app.config.metricsAddress, app.config.metricsPort)
   info "Metrics endpoint initialized"
 
   info "Starting application"
   app.status = ApplicationStatus.Running
-  if err =? (waitFor startApplication(config)).errorOption:
+  if err =? (waitFor app.initializeApp()).errorOption:
     app.status = ApplicationStatus.Stopping
     error "Failed to start application", err = err.msg
+    return
 
   while app.status == ApplicationStatus.Running:
     try:
@@ -46,6 +99,3 @@ proc run*(app: Application) =
       error "Unhandled exception", msg = exc.msg
       quit QuitFailure
   notice "Application closed"
-
-proc stop*(app: Application) =
-  app.status = ApplicationStatus.Stopping
diff --git a/codexcrawler/list.nim b/codexcrawler/list.nim
index 19ae13f..25ddfb8 100644
--- a/codexcrawler/list.nim
+++ b/codexcrawler/list.nim
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ import pkg/chronicles
 import pkg/metrics
 import pkg/datastore
 import pkg/datastore/typedds
+import pkg/stew/byteutils
+import pkg/stew/endians2
 import pkg/questionable
 import pkg/questionable/results
 
+import std/strutils
 import std/os
 
 import ./nodeentry
@@ -22,6 +25,20 @@ type
     items: seq[NodeEntry]
     onMetric: OnUpdateMetric
 
+proc encode(s: NodeEntry): seq[byte] =
+  (s.id & ";" & s.value).toBytes()
+
+proc decode(T: type NodeEntry, bytes: seq[byte]): ?!T =
+  let s = string.fromBytes(bytes)
+  if s.len == 0:
+    return success(NodeEntry(id: "", value: ""))
+
+  let tokens = s.split(";")
+  if tokens.len != 2:
+    return failure("expected 2 tokens")
+
+  success(NodeEntry(id: tokens[0], value: tokens[1]))
+
 proc saveItem(this: List, item: NodeEntry): Future[?!void] {.async.} =
   without itemKey =? Key.init(this.name / item.id), err:
     return failure(err)
diff --git a/codexcrawler/main.nim b/codexcrawler/main.nim
deleted file mode 100644
index 5acf0a4..0000000
--- a/codexcrawler/main.nim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-import std/os
-import pkg/chronicles
-import pkg/chronos
-import pkg/questionable
-import pkg/questionable/results
-
-import pkg/datastore
-import pkg/datastore/typedds
-import pkg/metrics
-
-import ./config
-import ./list
-
-logScope:
-  topics = "main"
-
-declareGauge(example, "testing")
-
-proc startApplication*(config: CrawlerConfig): Future[?!void] {.async.} =
-  without exampleStore =? LevelDbDatastore.new(config.dataDir / "example"):
-    error "Failed to create datastore"
-    return failure("Failed to create datastore")
-
-  let typedDs = TypedDatastore.init(exampleStore)
-
-  proc onExampleMetric(value: int64) =
-    example.set(value)
-
-  var exampleList = List.new("example", typedDs, onExampleMetric)
-  if err =? (await exampleList.load()).errorOption:
-    return failure(err)
-
-  proc aaa() {.async.} =
-    var i = 0
-    while true:
-      trace "a"
-      await sleepAsync(1000)
-      discard await exampleList.add(Entry(id: $i, value: "str!"))
-      inc i
-
-  asyncSpawn aaa()
-
-  await sleepAsync(1000)
-
-  notice "b"
-  return success()
diff --git a/codexcrawler/nodeentry.nim b/codexcrawler/nodeentry.nim
index 470d03d..c2b1a54 100644
--- a/codexcrawler/nodeentry.nim
+++ b/codexcrawler/nodeentry.nim
@@ -9,17 +9,3 @@ type NodeEntry* = object
 
 proc `$`*(entry: NodeEntry): string =
   entry.id & ":" & entry.value
-
-proc encode(s: NodeEntry): seq[byte] =
-  (s.id & ";" & s.value).toBytes()
-
-proc decode(T: type NodeEntry, bytes: seq[byte]): ?!T =
-  let s = string.fromBytes(bytes)
-  if s.len == 0:
-    return success(NodeEntry(id: "", value: ""))
-
-  let tokens = s.split(";")
-  if tokens.len != 2:
-    return failure("expected 2 tokens")
-
-  success(NodeEntry(id: tokens[0], value: tokens[1]))
diff --git a/config.nims b/config.nims
index d3a9671..0b00ba9 100644
--- a/config.nims
+++ b/config.nims
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
---define:metrics
+--define:
+  metrics
 # switch("define", "chronicles_runtime_filtering=true")
 switch("define", "chronicles_log_level=TRACE")