diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4047cab..b5238ff 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitcoin 0.30.2",
  "bitcoin_hashes 0.12.0",
  "cdk",
+ "cdk-redb",
  "cdk-sqlite",
  "chrono",
  "clap",
@@ -458,6 +459,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "uuid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cdk-redb"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/cashubtc/cdk?rev=e1506c4#e1506c4e34b034235fc0ea44912f745e9866c934"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "cdk",
+ "redb",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cdk-sqlite"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1725,6 +1741,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redb"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ed7508e692a49b6b2290b56540384ccae9b1fb4d77065640b165835b56ffe3bb"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.2.16"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index edb016a..a3d7e6a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ clap = { version = "4.3.14", features = ["env", "default", "derive"]}
 anyhow = "1.0.71"
 cdk = { git = "https://github.com/cashubtc/cdk", rev = "e1506c4", default-features = false, features = ["mint"] }
 cdk-sqlite = { git = "https://github.com/cashubtc/cdk", rev = "e1506c4", default-features = false, features = ["mint"] }
+cdk-redb = { git = "https://github.com/cashubtc/cdk", rev = "e1506c4", default-features = false, features = ["mint"] }
 # cdk = { path = "../../cdk/sql/crates/cdk", default-features = false, features = ["mint"] }
- #cdk-sqlite = { path = "../../cdk/sql/crates/cdk-sqlite", default-features = false, features = ["mint"] }
-# cdk-redb = { path = "../../cdk/nut14/crates/cdk-redb" }
+# cdk-sqlite = { path = "../../cdk/sql/crates/cdk-sqlite", default-features = false, features = ["mint"] }
+# cdk-redb = { path = "../../cdk/nut14/crates/cdk-redb", default-features = false, features = ["mint"] }
 
 bitcoin = { version = "0.30.0", features = ["no-std"] }
 serde = "1.0.164"
diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index fbe021e..7f90384 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -16,10 +16,14 @@ last_pay_path = "/tmp/cashu-rs-mint/last_pay.txt"
 [contact]
 email = "me@example.com"
 
+[database]
+# Database engine (sqlite/redb) defaults to sqlite
+# engine = "sqlite"
+
 [ln]
 
-# Required ln backend `Cln`, `Ldk`, `Greenlight`
-ln_backend = "Cln"
+# Required ln backend `cln`, `ldk`, `greenlight`
+ln_backend = "cln"
 
 # CLN
 cln_path = "/tmp/cashu-rs-mint/lighting/ln_1/regtest/lightning-rpc"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 7710685..734f029 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ fn last_pay_path() -> String {
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, PartialEq, Default)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
 pub enum LnBackend {
     #[default]
     Cln,
@@ -86,11 +87,25 @@ pub struct Ln {
     pub reserve_fee_min: Amount,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, PartialEq, Default)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
+pub enum DatabaseEngine {
+    #[default]
+    Sqlite,
+    Redb,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Default)]
+pub struct Database {
+    pub engine: DatabaseEngine,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Default)]
 pub struct Settings {
     pub info: Info,
     //    pub mint_info: MintInfo,
     pub ln: Ln,
+    pub database: Database,
 }
 
 impl Settings {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index fdc38e9..e8526ae 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use axum::routing::{get, post};
 use axum::Router;
 use bip39::Mnemonic;
 use cdk::amount::Amount;
+use cdk::cdk_database::{self, MintDatabase};
 use cdk::mint::Mint;
 use cdk::nuts::nut02::Id;
 use cdk::nuts::{
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ use cdk::nuts::{
     MintBolt11Request, MintBolt11Response, SwapRequest, SwapResponse, *,
 };
 use cdk::types::MintQuote;
+use cdk_redb::MintRedbDatabase;
 use cdk_sqlite::MintSqliteDatabase;
 use clap::Parser;
 use error::into_response;
@@ -33,9 +35,10 @@ use tower_http::cors::CorsLayer;
 use tracing::{debug, warn};
 use utils::unix_time;
 
-pub const CARGO_PKG_VERSION: Option<&'static str> = option_env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
-
 use crate::cli::CLIArgs;
+use crate::config::DatabaseEngine;
+
+pub const CARGO_PKG_VERSION: Option<&'static str> = option_env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 mod cli;
 mod config;
@@ -68,7 +71,13 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         None => settings.info.clone().db_path,
     };
 
-    let localstore = MintSqliteDatabase::new(db_path.to_str().unwrap()).await?;
+    let localstore: Arc<dyn MintDatabase<Err = cdk_database::Error> + Send + Sync> =
+        match settings.database.engine {
+            DatabaseEngine::Sqlite => {
+                Arc::new(MintSqliteDatabase::new(db_path.to_str().unwrap()).await?)
+            }
+            DatabaseEngine::Redb => Arc::new(MintRedbDatabase::new(db_path.to_str().unwrap())?),
+        };
     let mint_info = MintInfo::default();
 
     let mnemonic = Mnemonic::from_str(&settings.info.mnemonic)?;
@@ -76,7 +85,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let mint = Mint::new(
         &mnemonic.to_seed_normalized(""),
         mint_info,
-        Arc::new(localstore),
+        localstore,
         Amount::ZERO,
         0.0,
     )