diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index cb84c5e..bb061cc 100755
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ async fn main() {
 
     sqlx::migrate!("./migrations").run(&db).await.unwrap();
 
-    let state = AppState { db };
+    let state = AppState { db: db.clone() };
 
     let shared_state = Arc::new(state);
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ async fn main() {
         .layer(middleware::from_fn(middlewares::rate_limit))
         .layer(middleware::map_response(response_mapper));
 
-    tokio::spawn(worker_thread());
+    tokio::spawn(worker_thread(db));
 
     axum::serve(
         listener,
diff --git a/src/wisdoms_checker.rs b/src/wisdoms_checker.rs
index 17a4630..50826e6 100644
--- a/src/wisdoms_checker.rs
+++ b/src/wisdoms_checker.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use base64::{self, Engine};
 use serde::Deserialize;
+use sqlx::PgPool;
 use std::fs;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
@@ -8,24 +9,54 @@ struct Wisdom {
     description: String,
 }
 
-pub async fn worker_thread() {
+#[derive(Debug, sqlx::FromRow)]
+struct CountResult {
+    count: i64,
+}
+
+pub async fn worker_thread(pool: PgPool) {
+    let mut prev_base64_string = String::new();
+
     loop {
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(5)).await;
+
         let base64_string = fs::read_to_string("encoded-wisdoms.b64")
             .expect("Failed to read encoded-wisdoms.b64 file")
-            .replace(['\n','\r'], "");
+            .replace(['\n', '\r'], "");
 
-        dbg!(&base64_string);
+        if base64_string == prev_base64_string {
+            continue;
+        }
 
-        let decoded_bytes = base64::prelude::BASE64_STANDARD.decode(base64_string)
+        let decoded_bytes = base64::prelude::BASE64_STANDARD
+            .decode(&base64_string)
             .expect("Failed to decode base64 string");
 
         let wisdoms: Vec<Wisdom> =
             serde_json::from_slice(&decoded_bytes).expect("Failed to parse JSON");
 
         for wisdom in wisdoms {
-            println!("Decoded wisdom: {:?}", wisdom);
+            let existing_wisdom = sqlx::query_as::<_, CountResult>(
+                "SELECT COUNT(*) as count FROM wisdoms WHERE description = $1",
+            )
+            .bind(&wisdom.description)
+            .fetch_one(&pool)
+            .await
+            .expect("Failed to check if wisdom exists");
+
+            if existing_wisdom.count == 0 {
+                sqlx::query!(
+                    "INSERT INTO wisdoms (description) VALUES ($1)",
+                    wisdom.description
+                )
+                .execute(&pool)
+                .await
+                .expect("Failed to insert wisdom into database");
+            } else {
+                println!("Wisdom already exists, skipping: {:?}", wisdom);
+            }
         }
 
-        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+        prev_base64_string = base64_string;
     }
 }