diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0414b3d..66a96ad 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "iana-time-zone",
  "js-sys",
  "num-traits",
+ "serde",
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "windows-link 0.2.1",
 ]
@@ -1370,17 +1371,6 @@ version = "5.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "69cdb34c158ceb288df11e18b4bd39de994f6657d83847bdffdbd7f346754b0f"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "r2d2"
-version = "0.8.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "51de85fb3fb6524929c8a2eb85e6b6d363de4e8c48f9e2c2eac4944abc181c93"
-dependencies = [
- "log",
- "parking_lot",
- "scheduled-thread-pool",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.9.2"
@@ -1589,15 +1579,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "scheduled-thread-pool"
-version = "0.2.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3cbc66816425a074528352f5789333ecff06ca41b36b0b0efdfbb29edc391a19"
-dependencies = [
- "parking_lot",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "scopeguard"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -1952,7 +1933,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "log4rs",
  "notify",
  "postgres",
- "r2d2",
  "regex",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7adeaed..f4c4186 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ log4rs = "1.4.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.228", features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.47", features = ["full"] }
 tokio-postgres = "0.7"
-chrono = "0.4"
+chrono = { version= "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 dotenv = "0.15.0"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["json", "multipart"] }
 tower-http = { version = "0.6", features = ["fs"] }
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ clap = { version = "4.5.51", features = ["derive"] }
 notify = "8.2.0"
 arc-swap = "1.7.1"
 regex = "1.12.2"
-r2d2 = "0.8.10"
 postgres = { version = "0.19", features = ["with-chrono-0_4"] }
 bb8 = "0.9"
 bb8-postgres = "0.9"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d732530..21509dd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # tipi-lang
 
-<img src="icon.svg" width="300" alt="tipi"/>
+<img src="icon.svg" width="400" alt="tipi"/>
 
-Tipi/teepee means: 'the place where they live' in Sioux/Dakota. 
+Tipi/teepee means: 'the place where they live/dwell' in Sioux/Dakota. 
 see https://sesquiotic.com/2013/02/23/teepee/
 
 Borrowing from that: 'the place where http lives'.
diff --git a/src/builtins/globals.rs b/src/builtins/globals.rs
index db89e3e..4f1bf32 100644
--- a/src/builtins/globals.rs
+++ b/src/builtins/globals.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-use crate::builtins::{add, FunctionMap, Signature};
+use crate::DB_POOL;
+use crate::builtins::{FunctionMap, Signature, add};
 use crate::compiler::ast_pass::Parameter;
 use crate::compiler::tokens::TokenType;
 use crate::compiler::tokens::TokenType::{DateTime, ListType, StringType, Void};
 use crate::errors::RuntimeError;
-use crate::value::{string, Value};
+use crate::value::{Value, string};
 use std::cell::RefMut;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::LazyLock;
 use tokio_postgres::types::Type;
-use crate::DB_POOL;
 
 pub(crate) static GLOBAL_FUNCTIONS: LazyLock<FunctionMap> = LazyLock::new(|| {
     let mut global_functions: FunctionMap = HashMap::new();
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ fn sql(_self_val: RefMut<Value>, args: Vec<Value>) -> Result<Value, RuntimeError
             let mut rows = vec![];
             for result_row in &result {
                 let mut row: HashMap<Value, Value> = HashMap::new();
-                for (index, column) in result_row.columns().iter().enumerate() {
+                for (index, _) in result_row.columns().iter().enumerate() {
                     let column_name = columns.get(index).unwrap().0;
                     let column_type = columns.get(index).unwrap().1;
                     let value = match column_type {
@@ -83,9 +83,11 @@ fn sql(_self_val: RefMut<Value>, args: Vec<Value>) -> Result<Value, RuntimeError
                         &Type::INT8 => Value::I64(result_row.get(index)),
                         &Type::FLOAT4 => Value::F32(result_row.get(index)),
                         &Type::FLOAT8 | &Type::NUMERIC => Value::F64(result_row.get(index)),
-                        &Type::CHAR | &Type::VARCHAR | &Type::TEXT | &Type::BPCHAR | &Type::NAME => {
-                            Value::String(result_row.get(index))
-                        }
+                        &Type::CHAR
+                        | &Type::VARCHAR
+                        | &Type::TEXT
+                        | &Type::BPCHAR
+                        | &Type::NAME => Value::String(result_row.get(index)),
                         &Type::TIMESTAMP | &Type::TIMESTAMPTZ => {
                             Value::DateTime(Box::new(result_row.get(index)))
                         }
@@ -100,6 +102,5 @@ fn sql(_self_val: RefMut<Value>, args: Vec<Value>) -> Result<Value, RuntimeError
             rows
         })
     });
-
     Ok(Value::List(result))
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 301a8ac..d469188 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use tipi_lang::errors::TipiLangError;
 use tipi_lang::vm::interpret_async;
 use tokio_postgres::NoTls;
 use tipi_lang::DB_POOL;
+use tipi_lang::value::Value;
 
 /// A simple CLI tool to greet users
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ struct AppState {
 async fn handle_any(
     State(state): State<AppState>,
     req: Request,
-) -> Result<Json<String>, StatusCode> {
+) -> Result<Json<Value>, StatusCode> {
     let method = req.method().to_string().to_ascii_lowercase();
     let uri = req.uri();
 
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ async fn handle_any(
     )
     .await
     {
-        Ok(value) => Ok(Json(value.to_string())),
+        Ok(value) => Ok(Json(value)),
         Err(_) => {
             // url checks out but function for method not found
             if state
diff --git a/src/value.rs b/src/value.rs
index 473131c..2b578d0 100644
--- a/src/value.rs
+++ b/src/value.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
 use crate::DATE_FORMAT_TIMEZONE;
 use crate::errors::ValueError;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
+use serde::ser::{SerializeMap, SerializeSeq};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize, Serializer};
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
 use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
 use std::ops::{Add, BitAnd, BitOr, BitXor, Div, Mul, Neg, Not, Shl, Shr, Sub};
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Object {
     pub(crate) definition: String,
     pub(crate) fields: Vec<(String, Value)>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
 pub enum Value {
     U32(u32),
     I32(i32),
@@ -34,6 +36,33 @@ pub enum Value {
     Uuid(String),
 }
 
+impl Serialize for Value {
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: Serializer,
+    {
+        match self {
+            Value::String(s) => serializer.serialize_str(s),
+            Value::I32(n) => serializer.serialize_i32(*n),
+            Value::I64(n) => serializer.serialize_i64(*n),
+            Value::U32(n) => serializer.serialize_u32(*n),
+            Value::U64(n) => serializer.serialize_u64(*n),
+            Value::F32(f) => serializer.serialize_f32(*f),
+            Value::F64(f) => serializer.serialize_f64(*f),
+            Value::Void => serializer.serialize_unit(),
+            Value::Bool(b) => serializer.serialize_bool(*b),
+            Value::Char(c) => serializer.serialize_char(*c),
+            Value::DateTime(d) => serializer.serialize_str(&d.to_string()),
+            Value::Enum => unimplemented!("TODO implement serialize enums"),
+            Value::Error(s) => serializer.serialize_str(s),
+            Value::List(vec) => vec.serialize(serializer),
+            Value::Map(map) => map.serialize(serializer),
+            Value::ObjectType(obj) => obj.serialize(serializer),
+            Value::Uuid(uuid) => serializer.serialize_str(uuid),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn string(v: impl Into<String>) -> Value {
     Value::String(v.into())
 }