diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a5b9d7b..47c8088 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -787,6 +787,29 @@ version = "1.0.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b1a46d1a171d865aa5f83f92695765caa047a9b4cbae2cbf37dbd613a793fd4c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "joinrs"
+version = "0.0.1"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "joinrs_proc",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.51",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "joinrs_proc"
+version = "0.0.1"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.51",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -1406,13 +1429,12 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "rust-forum-test"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
  "dotenv",
+ "joinrs",
  "rocket",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sqlx",
- "sqly",
  "time",
  "uuid",
 ]
@@ -1816,17 +1838,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "uuid",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "sqly"
-version = "0.0.1"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.51",
- "thiserror",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "stable-pattern"
 version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f2602c2..7bc1649 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 time = { version = "0.3.34" }
 uuid = { version = "1.7.0", features = ["v4", "serde"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.114"
-sqly = { path = "sqly" }
-anyhow = "1.0.81" # should not need this once sqly is in its own crate
+joinrs = { path = "joinrs" }
 
 [workspace]
 members = [
-  "sqly",
+  "joinrs_proc",
+  "joinrs"
 ]
diff --git a/joinrs/Cargo.toml b/joinrs/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54666c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/joinrs/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "joinrs"
+version = "0.0.1"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+proc-macro2 = "1.0.78"
+quote = "1.0.35"
+syn = "2.0.51"
+anyhow = "1.0.81"
+thiserror = "1.0.58"
+joinrs_proc = { path = "../joinrs_proc" }
diff --git a/joinrs/src/lib.rs b/joinrs/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bc7021
--- /dev/null
+++ b/joinrs/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+pub use joinrs_proc::query_parsed;
+pub use anyhow;
+
+mod err {
+    use thiserror::Error;
+
+    #[derive(Error, Debug)]
+    pub enum QueryError {
+        #[error("Query returned no rows")]
+        RowNotFound,
+        #[error("Expected column {0} to have a value, but it was null")]
+        NullColumn(String),
+        #[error("Query returned too many rows, expected 1 but got {0}")]
+        TooManyRows(u32)
+    } 
+}
diff --git a/sqly/Cargo.toml b/joinrs_proc/Cargo.toml
similarity index 89%
rename from sqly/Cargo.toml
rename to joinrs_proc/Cargo.toml
index 761c99a..df010e8 100644
--- a/sqly/Cargo.toml
+++ b/joinrs_proc/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-name = "sqly"
+name = "joinrs_proc"
 version = "0.0.1"
 edition = "2021"
 
diff --git a/sqly/src/lib.rs b/joinrs_proc/src/lib.rs
similarity index 93%
rename from sqly/src/lib.rs
rename to joinrs_proc/src/lib.rs
index 67ed0cc..1e9006a 100644
--- a/sqly/src/lib.rs
+++ b/joinrs_proc/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,21 +5,7 @@ use syn::{bracketed, parse_macro_input, Expr, Ident, LitStr, Token};
 
 extern crate proc_macro;
 
-extern crate self as sqly;
-
-mod err {
-    use thiserror::Error;
-
-    #[derive(Error, Debug)]
-    pub enum QueryError {
-        #[error("Query returned no rows")]
-        RowNotFound,
-        #[error("Expected column {0} to have a value, but it was null")]
-        NullColumn(String),
-        #[error("Query returned too many rows, expected 1 but got {0}")]
-        TooManyRows(u32)
-    } 
-}
+extern crate self as joinrs_proc;
 
 #[proc_macro]
 pub fn query_parsed(input: proc_macro::TokenStream) -> proc_macro::TokenStream {
@@ -42,7 +28,7 @@ pub fn query_parsed(input: proc_macro::TokenStream) -> proc_macro::TokenStream {
         {
             let mut rows = #query;
 
-            let mut parse_closure = || -> anyhow::Result<#return_type> {
+            let mut parse_closure = || -> joinrs::anyhow::Result<#return_type> {
 
                 if rows.len() < 1 {
                     // anyhow::bail!(sqly::err::QueryError::RowNotFound)
diff --git a/sqly/rust-toolchain.toml b/sqly/rust-toolchain.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d56faf..0000000
--- a/sqly/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[toolchain]
-channel = "nightly"
diff --git a/src/db/mod.rs b/src/db/mod.rs
index cec33c8..63cc363 100644
--- a/src/db/mod.rs
+++ b/src/db/mod.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ impl DB {
     }
 
     pub async fn get_site_data(&self) -> Result<Site, String> {
-        let site = sqly::query_parsed!(
+        let site = joinrs::query_parsed!(
             connection = &self.connection_pool,
             query = r#"
                 select