diff --git a/liberate.db b/liberate.db
deleted file mode 100644
index df453ba..0000000
Binary files a/liberate.db and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/pdm.lock b/pdm.lock
index 79be9fd..38cb569 100644
--- a/pdm.lock
+++ b/pdm.lock
@@ -5,7 +5,18 @@
 groups = ["default", "hooks", "style", "tests", "typing"]
 strategy = ["cross_platform", "inherit_metadata"]
 lock_version = "4.4.1"
-content_hash = "sha256:0c82da0936c746572b4b8899dcf16f2f76a285aea1296c5e4097919eeaad36bb"
+content_hash = "sha256:1bcc74c1878e0617b03e13969e187d0fee770d59e5f68872c054654cb43954b6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "aiosqlite"
+version = "0.19.0"
+requires_python = ">=3.7"
+summary = "asyncio bridge to the standard sqlite3 module"
+groups = ["default"]
+files = [
+    {file = "aiosqlite-0.19.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:edba222e03453e094a3ce605db1b970c4b3376264e56f32e2a4959f948d66a96"},
+    {file = "aiosqlite-0.19.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:95ee77b91c8d2808bd08a59fbebf66270e9090c3d92ffbf260dc0db0b979577d"},
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "annotated-types"
@@ -779,6 +790,20 @@ files = [
     {file = "pytest-7.4.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2cf0005922c6ace4a3e2ec8b4080eb0d9753fdc93107415332f50ce9e7994280"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pytest-mock"
+version = "3.6.1"
+requires_python = ">=3.6"
+summary = "Thin-wrapper around the mock package for easier use with pytest"
+groups = ["tests"]
+dependencies = [
+    "pytest>=5.0",
+]
+files = [
+    {file = "pytest-mock-3.6.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:40217a058c52a63f1042f0784f62009e976ba824c418cced42e88d5f40ab0e62"},
+    {file = "pytest_mock-3.6.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:30c2f2cc9759e76eee674b81ea28c9f0b94f8f0445a1b87762cadf774f0df7e3"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "python-dotenv"
 version = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ae21840..a887d1b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,13 +16,14 @@ dependencies = [
     "SQLAlchemy>=2.0.25",
     "psycopg2-binary>=2.9.9",
     "validators>=0.22.0",
+    "aiosqlite>=0.19.0",
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.11.6"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {text = "MIT"}
 
 [tool.pdm.scripts]
-start = "uvicorn src.link_liberate.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080 --workers 1 --reload"
+start = "uvicorn src.link_liberate.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080 --workers 4 --reload"
 dev = "uvicorn src.link_liberate.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080 --reload"
 test = "pytest"
 mypy = "mypy src/link_liberate"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0f7b614..99cd7f7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -59,3 +59,8 @@ virtualenv==20.25.0
 watchfiles==0.21.0
 websockets==12.0
 wrapt==1.16.0
+
+SQLAlchemy~=2.0.25
+validators~=0.22.0
+
+aiosqlite~=0.19.0
diff --git a/src/link_liberate/database.py b/src/link_liberate/database.py
index 87dd619..f6db66b 100644
--- a/src/link_liberate/database.py
+++ b/src/link_liberate/database.py
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 
+import aiosqlite
+import asyncio
+
 SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = "sqlite:///./liberate.db"
 
 engine = create_engine(
@@ -19,3 +22,16 @@ def get_db():
         yield db
     finally:
         db.close()
+
+
+async def create_async_session():
+    async with aiosqlite.connect(SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL) as db:
+        yield db
+
+
+async def expire_uuid(uuid):
+    print("Expiring uuid:", uuid)
+    await asyncio.sleep(60)  # Default expiration time is 60 mins
+    async with create_async_session() as db:
+        await db.execute("DELETE FROM liberatedlinks WHERE uuid = ?", (uuid,))
+        await db.commit()
diff --git a/src/link_liberate/main.py b/src/link_liberate/main.py
index 07c0aa9..0b03628 100644
--- a/src/link_liberate/main.py
+++ b/src/link_liberate/main.py
@@ -8,16 +8,20 @@
 )
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from fastapi.templating import Jinja2Templates
+
 from typing import Annotated
+
 from slowapi.errors import RateLimitExceeded
 from slowapi import Limiter, _rate_limit_exceeded_handler
+
 from slowapi.util import get_remote_address
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+from asyncio import create_task
 from starlette.templating import _TemplateResponse
 
 from .utils import generate_uuid, make_proper_url, check_link
 from .models import Base, LiberatedLink
-from .database import engine, get_db
+from .database import engine, get_db, expire_uuid
 
 limiter = Limiter(key_func=get_remote_address)
 app: FastAPI = FastAPI(title="link-liberate")
@@ -38,8 +42,7 @@
     allow_headers=["*"],
 )
 
-templates: Jinja2Templates = Jinja2Templates(
-    directory=str(Path(BASE_DIR, "templates")))
+templates: Jinja2Templates = Jinja2Templates(directory=str(Path(BASE_DIR, "templates")))
 
 
 @app.get("/", response_class=HTMLResponse)
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ async def web_post(
         db.add(new_liberated_link)
         db.commit()
         db.refresh(new_liberated_link)
+        await create_task(expire_uuid(uuid))
         context = {"link": link, "short": f"{BASE_URL}/{uuid}"}
     except Exception as e:
         raise HTTPException(
@@ -91,8 +95,7 @@ async def get_link(
 ) -> RedirectResponse:
     path: str = f"data/{uuid}"
     try:
-        link = db.query(LiberatedLink).filter(
-            LiberatedLink.uuid == uuid).first()
+        link = db.query(LiberatedLink).filter(LiberatedLink.uuid == uuid).first()
         return RedirectResponse(
             url=link.link, status_code=status.HTTP_301_MOVED_PERMANENTLY
         )
diff --git a/src/link_liberate/templates/base.html b/src/link_liberate/templates/base.html
index dfac793..1fcc2cc 100644
--- a/src/link_liberate/templates/base.html
+++ b/src/link_liberate/templates/base.html
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         }
 
         a {
-          text-decoration: none !important;
+            text-decoration: none !important;
         }
 
         h1 {
@@ -57,6 +57,48 @@
         .submit-button:hover {
             background-color: #45a049;
         }
+
+        .tooltip {
+            position: relative;
+            display: inline-block;
+            border-bottom: 1px dotted black;
+        }
+
+        .tooltip .tooltiptext {
+            visibility: hidden;
+            width: 120px;
+            background-color: #555;
+            color: #fff;
+            text-align: center;
+            padding: 5px 0;
+            border-radius: 6px;
+
+            position: absolute;
+            z-index: 1;
+            bottom: 125%;
+            left: 50%;
+            margin-left: -60px;
+
+            opacity: 0;
+            transition: opacity 0.3s;
+        }
+
+        .tooltip .tooltiptext::after {
+            content: "";
+            position: absolute;
+            top: 100%;
+            left: 50%;
+            margin-left: -5px;
+            border-width: 5px;
+            border-style: solid;
+            border-color: #555 transparent transparent transparent;
+        }
+
+        .tooltip:hover .tooltiptext {
+            visibility: visible;
+            opacity: 1;
+        }
+
         .copy-button {
             background-color: #4CAF50;
             color: #fff;
@@ -85,4 +127,4 @@
     {% endblock %}
 </body>
 
-</html>
+</html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/link_liberate/templates/liberate.html b/src/link_liberate/templates/liberate.html
index 4f53fcc..ed4f0c1 100644
--- a/src/link_liberate/templates/liberate.html
+++ b/src/link_liberate/templates/liberate.html
@@ -20,8 +20,33 @@
     <div class="form-container">
         <form method="post" action="/liberate">
             <input type="text" name="content" class="link-input" placeholder="Enter your link...">
+            <div class="expiration-options">
+                <input type="checkbox" id="enable-expiration" name="enable-expiration" checked>
+                Enable link expiration
+                <div class="tooltip">🛈
+                    <span class="tooltiptext">The shortened link will stop working after some time.</span>
+                </div>
+                <select name="expiration-time">
+                    <option value="30">30 minutes</option>
+                    <option value="60">60 minutes</option>
+                    <option value="90">90 minutes</option>
+                </select>
+            </div>
             <button type="submit" class="submit-button">Shorten</button>
         </form>
     </div>
 </div>
+
+<script>
+    const tooltipIcon = document.querySelector('.tooltip-icon');
+    const hiddenTooltip = document.querySelector('.hidden-tooltip');
+
+    tooltipIcon.addEventListener('mouseenter', () => {
+        hiddenTooltip.classList.remove('hidden');
+    });
+
+    tooltipIcon.addEventListener('mouseleave', () => {
+        hiddenTooltip.classList.add('hidden');
+    });
+</script>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/tests/test_main.py b/tests/test_main.py
index 6e0e6f9..a3bfe3f 100644
--- a/tests/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_main.py
@@ -21,16 +21,15 @@ def test_web():
 
 def test_web_post(mocker):
     # Patch the get_db function to return the db mock
-    mocker.patch('src.link_liberate.database.Session_Local', return_value=Mock())
+    mocker.patch("src.link_liberate.database.Session_Local", return_value=Mock())
     client_mock = TestClient(app)
     response = client_mock.post("/liberate", data={"content": "valid_content"})
     assert response.status_code == 200
 
 
-
 def test_get_link(mocker):
     # Patch the get_db function to return the db mock
-    mocker.patch('src.link_liberate.database.Session_Local', return_value=Mock())
+    mocker.patch("src.link_liberate.database.Session_Local", return_value=Mock())
     client_mock = TestClient(app)
     response = client_mock.get("/valid_uuid", follow_redirects=False)
     assert response.status_code == 301