diff --git a/rails/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/rails/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 5b25c37..f711163 100644
--- a/rails/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/rails/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   protect_from_forgery
+  require 'beatdb'
   require 'pp'
   #require 'cobravsmongoose'
 end
diff --git a/rails/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/rails/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index de6be79..a5d2739 100644
--- a/rails/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/rails/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,15 @@
 module ApplicationHelper
 end
+
+class Numeric
+  def toSeconds
+    (self / 1000).round
+  end
+  
+  def toTime
+    s = self.toSeconds
+    m = (s / 60).floor
+    s -= m * 60
+    m.to_s << ':' << (s < 10 ? '0' : '') << s.to_s
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/rails/app/models/beatdb.rb b/rails/app/models/beatdb.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94102ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rails/app/models/beatdb.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+class BeatDB
+  @@db_root = '/www/beatdb'
+  
+  def self.get key
+    unless self.exists(key) || File.readable?(self.filePathByKey(key))
+      return false
+    end
+    h = File.open(self.filePathByKey(key), 'r')
+    JSON.decode(h.readline)
+  end
+  
+  def self.set key, data
+    unless self.exists(key) || File.writable?(self.filePathByKey(key))
+      return false
+    end
+    h = File.open(self.filePathByKey(key), 'w')
+    h.puts(JSON.encode(data))
+  end
+  
+  def self.delete key
+    
+  end
+  
+  def self.exists key
+    File.exists?(self.filePathByKey(key))
+  end
+  
+  def self.filePathByKey key
+    path = ''
+    key.to_s.each_char {|c| path << '/' + c}
+    @@db_root + path[0..(path.length-2)] <<  key.to_s + '.json'
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/rails/app/views/artist/view.rhtml b/rails/app/views/artist/view.rhtml
index 7468de4..231b9d0 100644
--- a/rails/app/views/artist/view.rhtml
+++ b/rails/app/views/artist/view.rhtml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <h1 class="artist"><%= @artist.name %></h1>
 <% @artist.albums.each do |album| %>
-	<% if album.releases.length > 0 %>
+	<% unless album.releases.empty? %>
 	<div class="album">
 		<div class="pic"></div>
-		<h3 class="name"><%= album.name %> (<%= album.year %>)</h3>
+		<h3 class="name"><%= album.name %> <%= (album.year ? album.year : '') %></h3>
 		<%
 			releases = album.releases
 			first_release = releases.first
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 			<li>
 				<span class="play"></span>
 				<span class="track-name"><%= track.name %></span>
-				<span class="duration"><%= track.length %></span>
+				<span class="duration"><%= track.length.toTime %></span>
 			</li>
 		<% end %>
 		</ul>
diff --git a/rails/config/application.rb b/rails/config/application.rb
index b716dd1..07f1035 100644
--- a/rails/config/application.rb
+++ b/rails/config/application.rb
@@ -38,5 +38,7 @@ module Beathaven
 
     # Configure sensitive parameters which will be filtered from the log file.
     config.filter_parameters += [:password]
+    
+    #config.autoload_paths += %W(#{config.root}/lib/db)
   end
 end
diff --git a/rails/config/boot.rb b/rails/config/boot.rb
index 4489e58..ca05e0f 100644
--- a/rails/config/boot.rb
+++ b/rails/config/boot.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+#utf-8
 require 'rubygems'
 
 # Set up gems listed in the Gemfile.
 ENV['BUNDLE_GEMFILE'] ||= File.expand_path('../../Gemfile', __FILE__)
 
 require 'bundler/setup' if File.exists?(ENV['BUNDLE_GEMFILE'])
+require 'json'
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