diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index 1a01f33..ce8dd20 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -21,16 +21,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>quarkus-hibernate-orm-panache</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>quarkus-scheduler</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.quarkiverse.jdbc</groupId>
-      <artifactId>quarkus-jdbc-sqlite4j</artifactId>
-      <version>${sqlite4j.version}</version>
+      <artifactId>quarkus-arc</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
diff --git a/persistence/pom.xml b/persistence/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d67db43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>net.laprun.sustainability</groupId>
+    <artifactId>power-server-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>0.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>power-server-persistence</artifactId>
+  <name>power-server : persistence</name>
+  <description>Output measures to a database</description>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>net.laprun.sustainability</groupId>
+      <artifactId>power-server-metadata</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>quarkus-hibernate-orm-panache</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>quarkus-scheduler</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.quarkiverse.jdbc</groupId>
+      <artifactId>quarkus-jdbc-sqlite4j</artifactId>
+      <version>${sqlite4j.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>net.revelc.code.formatter</groupId>
+        <artifactId>formatter-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <configFile>../contributing/eclipse-format.xml</configFile>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/net/laprun/sustainability/power/persistence/Measure.java b/persistence/src/main/java/net/laprun/sustainability/power/persistence/Measure.java
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/src/main/java/net/laprun/sustainability/power/persistence/Measure.java
rename to persistence/src/main/java/net/laprun/sustainability/power/persistence/Measure.java
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/net/laprun/sustainability/power/persistence/Persistence.java b/persistence/src/main/java/net/laprun/sustainability/power/persistence/Persistence.java
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/src/main/java/net/laprun/sustainability/power/persistence/Persistence.java
rename to persistence/src/main/java/net/laprun/sustainability/power/persistence/Persistence.java
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/net/laprun/sustainability/power/persistence/SQLiteFilePersister.java b/persistence/src/main/java/net/laprun/sustainability/power/persistence/SQLiteFilePersister.java
similarity index 96%
rename from backend/src/main/java/net/laprun/sustainability/power/persistence/SQLiteFilePersister.java
rename to persistence/src/main/java/net/laprun/sustainability/power/persistence/SQLiteFilePersister.java
index 7e6e26d..c0e48ad 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/net/laprun/sustainability/power/persistence/SQLiteFilePersister.java
+++ b/persistence/src/main/java/net/laprun/sustainability/power/persistence/SQLiteFilePersister.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 @Singleton
 public class SQLiteFilePersister {
     private final AtomicBoolean executing = new AtomicBoolean(false);
-    @ConfigProperty(name = "power-server.db.backup.location")
+    @ConfigProperty(name = "power-server.db.backup.location", defaultValue = "power-server-db.sqlite")
     String dbFilelocation;
     @Inject
     DataSource dataSource;
diff --git a/persistence/src/main/resources/META-INF/beans.xml b/persistence/src/main/resources/META-INF/beans.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c53cb3b..84bea56 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
         <module>server</module>
         <module>cli</module>
         <module>if-manifest-export</module>
+        <module>persistence</module>
     </modules>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/server/pom.xml b/server/pom.xml
index da6e094..c62a04a 100644
--- a/server/pom.xml
+++ b/server/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
       <artifactId>power-server-backend</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>net.laprun.sustainability</groupId>
+      <artifactId>power-server-persistence</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
       <artifactId>quarkus-rest-jackson</artifactId>
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/net/laprun/sustainability/power/PowerMeasurer.java b/server/src/main/java/net/laprun/sustainability/power/PowerMeasurer.java
index 649325b..9bc5834 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/net/laprun/sustainability/power/PowerMeasurer.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/net/laprun/sustainability/power/PowerMeasurer.java
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 
 import io.smallrye.mutiny.Multi;
 import io.smallrye.mutiny.infrastructure.Infrastructure;
-import io.smallrye.mutiny.subscription.Cancellable;
-import net.laprun.sustainability.power.persistence.Persistence;
 import net.laprun.sustainability.power.sensors.Measures;
 import net.laprun.sustainability.power.sensors.PowerSensor;
 import net.laprun.sustainability.power.sensors.RegisteredPID;
@@ -22,9 +20,6 @@ public class PowerMeasurer {
     @Inject
     PowerSensor sensor;
 
-    @Inject
-    Persistence persistence;
-
     @ConfigProperty(name = "net.laprun.sustainability.power.sampling-period", defaultValue = DEFAULT_SAMPLING_PERIOD)
     Duration samplingPeriod;
 
@@ -40,14 +35,6 @@ public Multi<SensorMeasure> uncheckedStream(long pid) throws Exception {
         return periodicSensorCheck.map(measures -> measures.getOrDefault(registeredPID));
     }
 
-    public Cancellable startTrackingApp(String appName, long pid) throws Exception {
-        return uncheckedStream(pid).subscribe().with(m -> persistence.save(m, appName));
-    }
-
-    public Cancellable startTrackingProcess(Process process) throws Exception {
-        return startTrackingApp(process.info().commandLine().orElseThrow(), process.pid());
-    }
-
     private RegisteredPID track(long pid) throws Exception {
         if (!sensor.isStarted()) {
             sensor.start(samplingPeriod.toMillis());
@@ -79,8 +66,4 @@ public SensorMetadata metadata() {
     public Duration getSamplingPeriod() {
         return samplingPeriod;
     }
-
-    public Persistence persistence() {
-        return persistence;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/net/laprun/sustainability/power/PowerResource.java b/server/src/main/java/net/laprun/sustainability/power/PowerResource.java
index 37dd641..3dc1bf6 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/net/laprun/sustainability/power/PowerResource.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/net/laprun/sustainability/power/PowerResource.java
@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@
 import io.quarkus.runtime.StartupEvent;
 import io.smallrye.mutiny.Multi;
 import net.laprun.sustainability.power.persistence.Measure;
+import net.laprun.sustainability.power.persistence.Persistence;
 
 @Path("/power")
 public class PowerResource {
     @Inject
     PowerMeasurer measurer;
 
+    @Inject
+    Persistence persistence;
+
     public void onStartup(@Observes StartupEvent event) {
         Log.info("\nConfigured sampling period: " + samplingPeriod() +
                 "\nDetected metadata:\n" + metadata());
@@ -44,7 +48,7 @@ public Multi<SensorMeasure> streamMeasuresFor(@PathParam("pid") String pid) thro
     @Path("start/{appName}/{pid}")
     public void startMeasure(@PathParam("appName") String appName, @PathParam("pid") String pid) throws Exception {
         try {
-            measurer.startTrackingApp(appName, measurer.validPIDOrFail(pid));
+            measurer.uncheckedStream(measurer.validPIDOrFail(pid)).subscribe().with(m -> persistence.save(m, appName));
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
             throw new NotFoundException("Unknown process: " + pid);
         }