diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 68b20b9..c51e4b3 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
         "target": true,
 
         // 📝 readmes
-        "**/**/README.md": true,
-        "LICENSE": true,
+        // "**/**/README.md": true,
 
         // 🗑️
         "check_size.py": true,
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 96ae286..5d6e975 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1095,6 +1095,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "entities",
  "eyre",
+ "log",
  "prost",
  "tonic",
  "tonic-build",
@@ -2249,6 +2250,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "entities",
  "eyre",
  "grpc",
+ "log",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e22c3b5..1e570be 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,12 +24,19 @@ path = "app/main.rs"
 [workspace]
 members = [".", "migration", "entities", "grpc"]
 
+[workspace.dependencies]
+log = { version = "0.4.21" }
+eyre = { version = "0.6.12" }
+
 [dependencies]
 # internal
 entities = { path = "entities" }
 grpc = { path = "grpc" }
 
+# workspace
+log = { workspace = true }
+eyre = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["auto-install"] }
+
 # external
-eyre = { version = "0.6.12", default-features = false, features = ["auto-install"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.36.0", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 dotenvy = "0.15.7"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f4abea1..022e55e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 ## Commands
 
 ```bash
-# run migrations
-task db:migrate
+# add a dependency to a project
+cargo add {dependency} -p {project}
+
+# example
+cargo add tokio-tungstenite -p gateway
 ```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/main.rs b/app/main.rs
index 320c72f..6497c6c 100644
--- a/app/main.rs
+++ b/app/main.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-use {
-    dotenvy::dotenv,
-    entities::sea_orm::{ConnectionTrait, Database, DbBackend, Statement},
-    eyre::Result,
-    std::sync::Arc,
-};
+use {dotenvy::dotenv, eyre::Result, log::info};
 
 // TODO: here we will trigger the start of both the grpc server and the websocket gateway
 //       look at: https://github.com/hyperium/tonic/discussions/740
@@ -11,19 +6,9 @@ use {
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     dotenv()?;
+    let conn = entities::db::get_connection().await?;
 
-    let db_conn_str = std::env::var("DATABASE_URL")?;
-    // let conn = Arc::new();
-    let conn = Arc::new(Database::connect(&db_conn_str).await?);
-
-    conn.query_one(Statement::from_string(
-        DbBackend::Sqlite,
-        r#"
-        PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL;
-        PRAGMA synchronous = NORMAL;
-        "#,
-    ))
-    .await?;
+    info!("Starting gRPC server...");
 
     grpc::server::start(conn.clone()).await?;
 
diff --git a/entities/Cargo.toml b/entities/Cargo.toml
index be27294..e040df0 100644
--- a/entities/Cargo.toml
+++ b/entities/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,5 +9,12 @@ name = "entities"
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-sea-orm = { version = "0.12.15", features = ["runtime-tokio-native-tls", "sqlx-sqlite", "macros"] }
-eyre = { version = "0.6.12", default-features = false }
+# common
+eyre = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
+
+# external
+sea-orm = { version = "0.12.15", features = [
+    "runtime-tokio-native-tls",
+    "sqlx-sqlite",
+    "macros",
+] }
diff --git a/entities/src/lib.rs b/entities/src/lib.rs
index 9bbd106..60e1fe4 100644
--- a/entities/src/lib.rs
+++ b/entities/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,3 +2,27 @@ pub mod market;
 pub mod ticker;
 
 pub use sea_orm;
+
+pub mod db {
+    use {
+        eyre::Result,
+        sea_orm::{ConnectionTrait, Database, DatabaseConnection, DbBackend, Statement},
+        std::sync::Arc,
+    };
+
+    pub async fn get_connection() -> Result<Arc<DatabaseConnection>> {
+        let db_conn_str = std::env::var("DATABASE_URL")?;
+        let conn = Arc::new(Database::connect(&db_conn_str).await?);
+
+        conn.query_one(Statement::from_string(
+            DbBackend::Sqlite,
+            r#"
+            PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL;
+            PRAGMA synchronous = NORMAL;
+            "#,
+        ))
+        .await?;
+
+        Ok(conn)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gateway/Cargo.toml b/gateway/Cargo.toml
index 3c47534..04e8d20 100644
--- a/gateway/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gateway/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 entities = { path = "../entities" }
-eyre = { version = "0.6.12", default-features = false }
+eyre = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 
diff --git a/grpc/Cargo.toml b/grpc/Cargo.toml
index 3fa608e..1dfca8b 100644
--- a/grpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/grpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,8 +9,14 @@ name = "grpc"
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
+# common
+log = { workspace = true }
+eyre = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
+
+# internal
 entities = { path = "../entities" }
-eyre = { version = "0.6.12", default-features = false }
+
+# external
 prost = "0.12.3"
 tonic = "0.11.0"