diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4c9def3..5d91602 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -103,3 +103,9 @@ lint:
 lint-full:
 	golangci-lint run --enable-all --exclude-use-default --disable exhaustivestruct,exhaustruct,depguard,interfacer,deadcode,golint,structcheck,scopelint,varcheck,ifshort,maligned,nosnakecase,godot,funlen,gofumpt,cyclop,noctx,gochecknoglobals,paralleltest,forbidigo,gci,godox,goimports,ireturn,stylecheck,testpackage,mirror,nestif,revive,goerr113,gomnd
 	gocritic check -enableAll *.go
+
+demo:
+	make -C demo demo
+
+
+.PHONY: demo
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f72a403..a505c56 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,146 +34,11 @@ And I wrote a very similar [tool](https://www.daemon.de/projects/dbtool/) 24 yea
 
 **anydb** can do all the things you can do with skate:
 
-```shell
-# Store something (and sync it to the network)
-anydb set kitty meow
+![simple demo](https://github.com/TLINDEN/anydb/blob/demo/simple.gif)
 
-# Fetch something (from the local cache)
-anydb get kitty
-
-# What’s in the store?
-anydb list
-
-# Spaces are fine
-anydb set "kitty litter" "smells great"
-
-# You can store binary data, too
-anydb set profile-pic < my-cute-pic.jpg
-anydb get profile-pic > here-it-is.jpg
-
-# Unicode also works, of course
-anydb set 猫咪 喵
-anydb get 猫咪
-
-# For more info
-anydb --help
-
-# Do creative things with anydb list
-anydb set penelope marmalade
-anydb set christian tacos
-anydb set muesli muesli
-
-anydb list | xargs -n 2 printf '%s loves %s.\n'
-```
-  
 However, there are more features than just that!
 
-```shell
-# you can assign tags
-anydb set foo bar -t note,important
-
-# and filter for them
-anydb list -t important
-
-# beside tags filtering you can also use regexps for searching
-# note, by default the list command only searches through keys
-anydb list '[a-z]+\d'
-
-# do a full text search
-anydb list '[a-z]+\d' -s
-
-# anydb also supports a wide output
-anydb list -m wide
-KEY     TAGS            SIZE    AGE             VALUE 
-blah    important       4 B     7 seconds ago   haha 
-foo                     3 B     15 seconds ago  bar
-猫咪                    3 B     3 seconds ago   喵
-
-# there are shortcuts as well
-anydb ls -l
-anydb /
-
-# other outputs are possible as well
-anydb list -m json
-
-# you can backup your database
-anydb export -o backup.json
-
-# and import it somewhere else
-anydb import -i backup.json
-
-# you can encrypt entries. anydb asks for a passphrase
-# and will do the same when you retrieve the key using the
-# get command. anydb will ask you interactively for a password
-anydb set mypassword -e
-
-# but you can provide it via an environment variable too
-ANYDB_PASSWORD=foo anydb set -e secretkey blahblah
-
-# too tiresome to add -e every time you add an entry?
-# use a per bucket config
-cat ~/.config/anydb/anydb.toml
-[buckets.data]
-encrypt = true
-anydb set foo bar # will be encrypted
-
-# speaking of buckets, you can use different buckets
-anydb -b test set foo bar
-
-# and speaking of configs, you can place a config file at these places:
-# ~/.config/anydb/anydb.toml
-# ~/.anydb.toml
-# anydb.toml (current directory)
-# or specify one using -c <filename>
-# look at example.toml
-
-# using template output mode you can freely design how to print stuff
-# here, we print the values in CSV format ONLY if they have some tag
-anydb ls -m template -T "{{ if .Tags }}{{ .Key }},{{ .Value }},{{ .Created}}{{ end }}"
-
-# or, to simulate skate's -k or -v
-anydb ls -m template -T "{{ .Key }}"
-anydb ls -m template -T "{{ .Value }}"
-
-# maybe you want to digest the item in a shell script? also
-# note, that both the list and get commands support templates
-eval $(anydb get foo -m template -T "key='{{ .Key }}' value='{{ .Value }}' ts='{{ .Created}}'")
-echo "$key: $value"
-
-# run the restful api server
-anydb serve
-
-# post a new key
-curl -X PUT localhost:8787/anydb/v1/ \
-  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-  -d '{"key":"foo","val":"bar"}'
-
-# retrieve it
-curl localhost:8787/anydb/v1/foo
-
-# list keys
-curl localhost:8787/anydb/v1/
-
-# same, but do a full text search by content, searching for "foo"
-curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8787/anydb/v1/ \
-   -H 'Content-Type: application/json'
-   -d '{"key":"foo", "fulltext": true}'
-
-# as you might correctly suspect you can store multi-line values or
-# the content of text files. but what to do if you want to change it?
-# here's one way:
-anydb get contract24 > file.txt && vi file.txt && anydb set contract24 -r file.txt
-
-# annoying. better do this
-anydb edit contract24 
-
-# sometimes you need to know some details about the current database
-# add -d for more details
-anydb info
-
-# it comes with a manpage builtin
-anydb man
-```
+![advanced demo](https://github.com/TLINDEN/anydb/blob/demo/advanced.gif)
 
 ## Installation
 
diff --git a/app/db.go b/app/db.go
index 4dbeacc..6a46371 100644
--- a/app/db.go
+++ b/app/db.go
@@ -61,6 +61,24 @@ type DbTag struct {
 
 const BucketData string = "data"
 
+func GetDbFile(file string) string {
+	if file != "" {
+		return file
+	}
+
+	file = os.Getenv("ANYDB_DB")
+	if file != "" {
+		return file
+	}
+
+	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	return filepath.Join(home, ".config", "anydb", "default.db")
+}
+
 func New(file string, bucket string, debug bool) (*DB, error) {
 	return &DB{Debug: debug, Dbfile: file, Bucket: bucket}, nil
 }
@@ -131,7 +149,7 @@ func (db *DB) List(attr *DbAttr, fulltext bool) (DbEntries, error) {
 				value := databucket.Get([]byte(entry.Key)) // empty is ok
 				vc := make([]byte, len(value))
 				copy(vc, value)
-				entry.Value = vc
+				entry.Value = string(vc)
 			}
 
 			var include bool
@@ -326,7 +344,7 @@ func (db *DB) Get(attr *DbAttr) (*DbEntry, error) {
 		vc := make([]byte, len(value))
 		copy(vc, value)
 
-		entry.Value = vc
+		entry.Value = string(vc)
 
 		return nil
 	})
@@ -422,7 +440,7 @@ func (db *DB) Import(attr *DbAttr) (string, error) {
 			}
 
 			// write value
-			err = databucket.Put([]byte(entry.Key), entry.Value)
+			err = databucket.Put([]byte(entry.Key), []byte(entry.Value))
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to insert data: %w", err)
 			}
@@ -525,7 +543,7 @@ func (db *DB) Getall(attr *DbAttr) (DbEntries, error) {
 			vc := make([]byte, len(value))
 			copy(vc, value)
 
-			entry.Value = vc
+			entry.Value = string(vc)
 			entries = append(entries, &entry)
 
 			return nil
diff --git a/app/dbentry.pb.go b/app/dbentry.pb.go
index 61642fc..8e256eb 100644
--- a/app/dbentry.pb.go
+++ b/app/dbentry.pb.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type DbEntry struct {
 	Size          uint64                 `protobuf:"varint,6,opt,name=Size,proto3" json:"Size,omitempty"`
 	Encrypted     bool                   `protobuf:"varint,7,opt,name=Encrypted,proto3" json:"Encrypted,omitempty"`
 	Binary        bool                   `protobuf:"varint,8,opt,name=Binary,proto3" json:"Binary,omitempty"`
-	Value         []byte                 `protobuf:"bytes,9,opt,name=Value,proto3" json:"Value,omitempty"`
+	Value         string                 `protobuf:"bytes,9,opt,name=Value,proto3" json:"Value,omitempty"`
 	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields
 	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
 }
@@ -124,11 +124,11 @@ func (x *DbEntry) GetBinary() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func (x *DbEntry) GetValue() []byte {
+func (x *DbEntry) GetValue() string {
 	if x != nil {
 		return x.Value
 	}
-	return nil
+	return ""
 }
 
 var File_app_dbentry_proto protoreflect.FileDescriptor
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ var file_app_dbentry_proto_rawDesc = []byte{
 	0x28, 0x08, 0x52, 0x09, 0x45, 0x6e, 0x63, 0x72, 0x79, 0x70, 0x74, 0x65, 0x64, 0x12, 0x16, 0x0a,
 	0x06, 0x42, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x61, 0x72, 0x79, 0x18, 0x08, 0x20, 0x01, 0x28, 0x08, 0x52, 0x06, 0x42,
 	0x69, 0x6e, 0x61, 0x72, 0x79, 0x12, 0x14, 0x0a, 0x05, 0x56, 0x61, 0x6c, 0x75, 0x65, 0x18, 0x09,
-	0x20, 0x01, 0x28, 0x0c, 0x52, 0x05, 0x56, 0x61, 0x6c, 0x75, 0x65, 0x42, 0x1e, 0x5a, 0x1c, 0x67,
+	0x20, 0x01, 0x28, 0x09, 0x52, 0x05, 0x56, 0x61, 0x6c, 0x75, 0x65, 0x42, 0x1e, 0x5a, 0x1c, 0x67,
 	0x69, 0x74, 0x68, 0x75, 0x62, 0x2e, 0x63, 0x6f, 0x6d, 0x2f, 0x74, 0x6c, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x64, 0x65,
 	0x6e, 0x2f, 0x61, 0x6e, 0x79, 0x64, 0x62, 0x2f, 0x61, 0x70, 0x70, 0x62, 0x06, 0x70, 0x72, 0x6f,
 	0x74, 0x6f, 0x33,
diff --git a/app/dbentry.proto b/app/dbentry.proto
index fa8d113..820dcfa 100644
--- a/app/dbentry.proto
+++ b/app/dbentry.proto
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ message DbEntry {
   uint64 Size = 6;
   bool Encrypted = 7;
   bool Binary = 8;
-  bytes Value = 9;
+  string Value = 9;
 }
diff --git a/cfg/config.go b/cfg/config.go
index 893c464..5a082af 100644
--- a/cfg/config.go
+++ b/cfg/config.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tlinden/anydb/common"
 )
 
-var Version string = "v0.1.1"
+var Version string = "v0.1.3"
 
 type BucketConfig struct {
 	Encrypt bool
diff --git a/cmd/crud.go b/cmd/crud.go
index 9fe8404..68a0d78 100644
--- a/cmd/crud.go
+++ b/cmd/crud.go
@@ -118,12 +118,12 @@ func Get(conf *cfg.Config) *cobra.Command {
 					return err
 				}
 
-				clear, err := app.Decrypt(pass, entry.Value)
+				clear, err := app.Decrypt(pass, []byte(entry.Value))
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
 
-				entry.Value = clear
+				entry.Value = string(clear)
 				entry.Encrypted = false
 			}
 
diff --git a/cmd/extra.go b/cmd/extra.go
index d5629ef..343be55 100644
--- a/cmd/extra.go
+++ b/cmd/extra.go
@@ -216,12 +216,12 @@ func Edit(conf *cfg.Config) *cobra.Command {
 				}
 				password = pass
 
-				clear, err := app.Decrypt(pass, entry.Value)
+				clear, err := app.Decrypt(pass, []byte(entry.Value))
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
 
-				entry.Value = clear
+				entry.Value = string(clear)
 				entry.Encrypted = false
 			}
 
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index c6d1f57..88b2586 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ func Execute() {
 		Short: "anydb",
 		Long:  `A personal key value store`,
 		PersistentPreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			db, err := app.New(conf.Dbfile, conf.Dbbucket, conf.Debug)
+			dbfile := app.GetDbFile(conf.Dbfile)
+
+			db, err := app.New(dbfile, conf.Dbbucket, conf.Debug)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ func Execute() {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&ShowVersion, "version", "v", false, "Print program version")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&conf.Debug, "debug", "d", false, "Enable debugging")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&conf.Dbfile, "dbfile", "f",
-		filepath.Join(home, ".config", "anydb", "default.db"), "DB file to use")
+		"", "DB file to use (default: ~/.config/anydb/default.db)")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&conf.Dbbucket, "bucket", "b",
 		app.BucketData, "use other bucket (default: "+app.BucketData+")")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&configfile, "config", "c", "", "toml config file")
diff --git a/demo/Makefile b/demo/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8afc687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+.PHONY: demo clean check clean-demo
+
+VHS  = vhs
+
+
+
+clean-demo:
+	rm -f local.db*
+
+%.gif: %.tape
+	@echo "vhs $<"
+	env PATH=..:$(PATH) ANYDB_DB=local.db vhs $<
+
+clean:
+	rm -vf *.db* *.json
+
+check:
+	ls -l ../anydb
+
+demo: check clean-demo intro.gif advanced.gif
+
diff --git a/demo/advanced.gif b/demo/advanced.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..442d1eb
Binary files /dev/null and b/demo/advanced.gif differ
diff --git a/demo/advanced.tape b/demo/advanced.tape
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae10ae6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/advanced.tape
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+# -*-sh-*-
+
+Output advanced.gif
+Set FontSize 20
+Set Width 1000
+Set Height 800
+Set Theme { "name": "Whimsy", "black": "#535178", "red": "#ef6487", "green": "#5eca89", "yellow": "#fdd877", "blue": "#65aef7", "magenta": "#aa7ff0", "cyan": "#43c1be", "white": "#ffffff", "brightBlack": "#535178", "brightRed": "#ef6487", "brightGreen": "#5eca89", "brightYellow": "#fdd877", "brightBlue": "#65aef7", "brightMagenta": "#aa7ff0", "brightCyan": "#43c1be", "brightWhite": "#ffffff", "background": "#29283b", "foreground": "#b3b0d6", "selection": "#3d3c58", "cursor": "#b3b0d6" }
+Set WindowBar Colorful
+Set BorderRadius 10
+Set Shell zsh
+Set FontFamily "IBM Plex Mono"
+Set CursorBlink false
+Set PlaybackSpeed 1
+Set TypingSpeed .05
+
+Hide
+Type `PROMPT=''`
+Enter
+Type "setopt interactivecomments"
+Enter
+Type "autoload -U colors && colors"
+Enter
+Type `PS1="%{$fg[magenta]%}demo> %{$reset_color%}"`
+Enter
+Type "clear"
+Enter
+Show
+
+
+Type "# you can assign tags"
+Enter
+Sleep 1s
+Type "anydb set foo bar -t note,important"
+Enter
+Sleep 3s
+
+Enter
+Type "# and filter for them"
+Enter
+Sleep 1s
+Type "anydb list -t important"
+Enter
+Sleep 3s
+
+Enter
+Type "# beside tags filtering you can also use regexps for searching"
+Enter
+Type "# note, by default the list command only searches through keys"
+Enter
+Sleep 1s
+Type "anydb list '[a-z]+'"
+Enter
+Sleep 3s
+
+Enter
+Type "# do a full text search"
+Enter
+Sleep 1s
+Type "anydb list '[a-z]+' -s"
+Enter
+Sleep 3s
+
+Enter
+Type "# anydb also supports a wide output"
+Enter
+Sleep 1s
+Type "anydb list -m wide"
+Enter
+Sleep 3s
+
+Enter
+Type "# there are shortcuts as well"
+Enter
+Sleep 1s
+Type "anydb ls -l"
+Enter
+Sleep 2s
+Type "anydb /"
+Enter
+Sleep 3s
+
+Enter
+Type "# other outputs are possible as well"
+Enter
+Sleep 1s
+Type "anydb list -m json"
+Enter
+Sleep 3s
+
+Enter
+Type "# you can backup your database"
+Enter
+Sleep 1s
+Type "anydb export -o backup.json"
+Enter
+Sleep 3s
+
+Enter
+Type "# and import it somewhere else"
+Enter
+Sleep 1s
+Type "rm local.db"
+Enter
+Sleep 1s
+Type "anydb ls -l"
+Enter
+Sleep 1s
+Type "anydb import -i backup.json"
+Enter
+Sleep 1s
+Type "anydb ls -l"
+Enter
+Sleep 3s
+
+Enter
+Type "# you can encrypt entries. anydb asks for a passphrase"
+Enter
+Type "# and will do the same when you retrieve the key using the"
+Enter
+Type "# get command. anydb will ask you interactively for a password"
+Enter
+Sleep 1s
+Type "anydb set address 'Beatstreet 42' -e"
+Enter
+Type "pass"
+Enter
+Sleep 3s
+
+Enter
+Type "# but you can provide it via an environment variable too"
+Enter
+Sleep 1s
+Type "ANYDB_PASSWORD=foo anydb set -e secretkey blahblah"
+Enter
+Sleep 3s
+
+Enter
+Type "# using template output mode you can freely design how to print stuff"
+Enter
+Type "# here, we print the values in CSV format ONLY if they have some tag"
+Enter
+Sleep 1s
+Type `anydb ls -m template -T "{{ if .Tags }}{{ .Key }},{{ .Value }},{{ .Created}}{{ end }}"`
+Enter
+Sleep 3s
+
+Enter
+Type "# or, to simulate skate's -k or -v"
+Enter
+Sleep 1s
+Type `anydb ls -m template -T "{{ .Key }}"`
+Enter
+Sleep 1s
+Type `anydb ls -m template -T "{{ .Value }}"`
+Enter
+Sleep 3s
+
+Enter
+Type "# maybe you want to digest the item in a shell script? also"
+Enter
+Type "# note, that both the list and get commands support templates"
+Enter
+Sleep 1s
+Type `eval $(anydb get kitty -m template -T "value='{{ .Value }}'"); echo "value: $value"`
+Enter
+Sleep 3s
+
+Enter
+Type "# sometimes you need to know some details about the current database"
+Enter
+Type "# add -d for more details"
+Enter
+Sleep 1
+Type "anydb info"
+Enter
+Sleep 3s
+
+Enter
+Type "# Try it out yourself: github.com/tlinden/anydb!"
+Enter
+Sleep 4s
diff --git a/demo/intro.gif b/demo/intro.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b010b1
Binary files /dev/null and b/demo/intro.gif differ
diff --git a/demo/intro.tape b/demo/intro.tape
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed90e6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/intro.tape
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+# -*-sh-*-
+
+Output intro.gif
+Set FontSize 20
+Set Width 1000
+Set Height 800
+Set Theme { "name": "Whimsy", "black": "#535178", "red": "#ef6487", "green": "#5eca89", "yellow": "#fdd877", "blue": "#65aef7", "magenta": "#aa7ff0", "cyan": "#43c1be", "white": "#ffffff", "brightBlack": "#535178", "brightRed": "#ef6487", "brightGreen": "#5eca89", "brightYellow": "#fdd877", "brightBlue": "#65aef7", "brightMagenta": "#aa7ff0", "brightCyan": "#43c1be", "brightWhite": "#ffffff", "background": "#29283b", "foreground": "#b3b0d6", "selection": "#3d3c58", "cursor": "#b3b0d6" }
+Set WindowBar Colorful
+Set BorderRadius 10
+Set Shell zsh
+Set FontFamily "IBM Plex Mono"
+Set CursorBlink false
+Set PlaybackSpeed 1
+Set TypingSpeed .05
+
+Hide
+Type `PROMPT=''`
+Enter
+Type "setopt interactivecomments"
+Enter
+Type "autoload -U colors && colors"
+Enter
+Type `PS1="%{$fg[magenta]%}demo> %{$reset_color%}"`
+Enter
+Type "clear"
+Enter
+Show
+
+Type "# Store something"
+Enter
+Sleep 1s
+Type "anydb set kitty meow"
+Enter
+Sleep 3s
+
+Enter
+Type `# What's in the store?`
+Enter
+Sleep 1s
+Type "anydb ls"
+Enter
+Sleep 3s
+
+Enter
+Type "# Fetch something"
+Enter
+Sleep 1s
+Type "anydb get kitty"
+Enter
+Sleep 3s
+
+Enter
+Type "# Unicode also works, of course"
+Enter
+Sleep 1s
+Type "anydb set 猫咪 喵"
+Enter
+Sleep 2s
+Type "anydb get 猫咪"
+Enter
+Sleep 3s
+
+Enter
+Type "# Do creative things with anydb list"
+Enter
+Sleep 1s
+Type "anydb set penelope marmalade"
+Enter
+Type "anydb set christian tacos"
+Enter
+Type "anydb set muesli muesli"
+Enter
+Type "anydb list | xargs -n 2 printf '%s loves %s.\n'"
+Enter
+Sleep 3s
+
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4e4d98a..55795b8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,31 +3,34 @@ module github.com/tlinden/anydb
 go 1.22.1
 
 require (
-	github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.4.0 // indirect
-	github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2 v2.52.5 // indirect
+	github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.4.0
+	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1
+	github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2 v2.52.6
+	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0
+	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5
+	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.5
+	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.13.1
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
+	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.11
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0
+	golang.org/x/term v0.27.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.4
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/gofiber/fiber/v3 v3.0.0-beta.3 // indirect
 	github.com/gofiber/utils/v2 v2.0.0-beta.4 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.11 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.15 // indirect
-	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5 // indirect
-	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.5 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16 // indirect
 	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.13.1 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6 // indirect
 	github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.55.0 // indirect
 	github.com/valyala/tcplisten v1.0.0 // indirect
-	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.11 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.27.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.22.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 29263e6..2ff61a7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.5 h1:8uQZIdzKmjc/iuPu7O2ioW48L81FgatrcpfFmiq/
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.5/go.mod h1:fO7iG3H7G2nSZ7m0zPUDn85XEX2GTukHGRSepvi9Eig=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.0 h1:eLKJA0d02Lf0mVpIDgYnqXcUn0GqVmEFny3VuID1U3M=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.0/go.mod h1:sms7XGricyQI9K10gOSf56VKKWS4oLer58Q+mhRPtnY=
+github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.1 h1:PR2pgnyFznKEugtsUo0xLdDop5SKXd5Qf5ysW+7XdTA=
+github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.1/go.mod h1:05ib4cKhjx3OQYUY22hTVd34Bc8upXjOLL2rKwwZBoA=
 github.com/asdine/storm/v3 v3.2.1 h1:I5AqhkPK6nBZ/qJXySdI7ot5BlXSZ7qvDY1zAn5ZJac=
 github.com/asdine/storm/v3 v3.2.1/go.mod h1:LEpXwGt4pIqrE/XcTvCnZHT5MgZCV6Ub9q7yQzOFWr0=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
@@ -14,6 +16,8 @@ github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 h1:GzkhY7T5VNhEkwH0PVJgjz+fX1rhBrR7pRT3mDkp
 github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1/go.mod h1:Mu1zIs6XwVuF/gI1OepvI0qD18qycQx+mFykh5fBlto=
 github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2 v2.52.5 h1:tWoP1MJQjGEe4GB5TUGOi7P2E0ZMMRx5ZTG4rT+yGMo=
 github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2 v2.52.5/go.mod h1:KEOE+cXMhXG0zHc9d8+E38hoX+ZN7bhOtgeF2oT6jrQ=
+github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2 v2.52.6 h1:Rfp+ILPiYSvvVuIPvxrBns+HJp8qGLDnLJawAu27XVI=
+github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2 v2.52.6/go.mod h1:YEcBbO/FB+5M1IZNBP9FO3J9281zgPAreiI1oqg8nDw=
 github.com/gofiber/fiber/v3 v3.0.0-beta.3 h1:7Q2I+HsIqnIEEDB+9oe7Gadpakh6ZLhXpTYz/L20vrg=
 github.com/gofiber/fiber/v3 v3.0.0-beta.3/go.mod h1:kcMur0Dxqk91R7p4vxEpJfDWZ9u5IfvrtQc8Bvv/JmY=
 github.com/gofiber/utils/v2 v2.0.0-beta.4 h1:1gjbVFFwVwUb9arPcqiB6iEjHBwo7cHsyS41NeIW3co=
@@ -31,11 +35,15 @@ github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.0 h1:Rnbp4K9EjcDuVuHtd0dgA4qNuv9yKDYKK1ulpJw
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.0/go.mod h1:ntbaceVETuRiXiv4DpjP66DpAtAGkEQskQzEyD//IeE=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9 h1:6KIumPrER1LHsvBVuDa0r5xaG0Es51mhhB9BQB2qeMA=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9/go.mod h1:Di0epgTjJY877eYKx5yC51cX2A2Vl2ibi7bDH9ttBbw=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.11 h1:In6xLpyWOi1+C7tXUUWv2ot1QvBjxevKAaI6IXrJmUc=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.11/go.mod h1:pMDklpSncoRMuLFrf1W9Ss9KT+0rH90U12bZKk7uwG0=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovkB8vQcUbaXHg=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14 h1:9A9LHSqF/7dyVVX6g0U9cwm9pG3kP9gSzcuIPHPsaIE=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14/go.mod h1:6LmQG8QLFO4G5z1gPvYEzlUgJ2wF+stgPZH1UqBm1s8=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWEY=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
@@ -43,6 +51,8 @@ github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9 h1:Lm995f3rfxdpd6TSmuVCHVb/QhupuXlYr8sCI/Qd
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9/go.mod h1:H031xJmbD/WCDINGzjvQ9THkh0rPKHF+m2gUSrubnMI=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.15 h1:UNAjwbU9l54TA3KzvqLGxwWjHmMgBUVhBiTjelZgg3U=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.15/go.mod h1:Jdepj2loyihRzMpdS35Xk/zdY8IAYHsh153qUoGf23w=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16 h1:E5ScNMtiwvlvB5paMFdw9p4kSQzbXFikJ5SQO6TULQc=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16/go.mod h1:Jdepj2loyihRzMpdS35Xk/zdY8IAYHsh153qUoGf23w=
 github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5 h1:P2Ga83D34wi1o9J6Wh1mRuqd4mF/x/lgBS7N7AbDhec=
 github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5/go.mod h1:hPp6KlRPjbx+hW8ykQs1w3UBbZlj6HuIJcUGPhkA7kY=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.5 h1:4yBQzkHv+7BHq2PQUZF3Mx0IYxG7LsP222s7Agd3ve8=
@@ -57,6 +67,8 @@ github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1 h1:e5/vxKd/rZsfSJMUX1agtjeTDf+qv1/JdBF8gg5k9ZM=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1/go.mod h1:wHxEcudfqmLYa8iTfL+OuZPbBZkmvliBWKIezN3kD9Y=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6 h1:jFzHGLGAlb3ruxLB8MhbI6A8+AQX/2eW4qeyNZXNp2o=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 h1:GqA5TC/0021Y/b9FG4Oi9Mr3q7XYx6KllzawFIhcdPw=
 github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6bBcMArwyJ5K/AmCkWv1jt77kVWyCJ6HpOuEn7z0Csc=
@@ -67,6 +79,7 @@ github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.55.0/go.mod h1:NkY9JtkrpPKmgwV3HTaS2HWaJss9RSIsRV
 github.com/valyala/tcplisten v1.0.0 h1:rBHj/Xf+E1tRGZyWIWwJDiRY0zc1Js+CV5DqwacVSA8=
 github.com/valyala/tcplisten v1.0.0/go.mod h1:T0xQ8SeCZGxckz9qRXTfG43PvQ/mcWh7FwZEA7Ioqkc=
 github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack v4.0.4+incompatible/go.mod h1:fy3FlTQTDXWkZ7Bh6AcGMlsjHatGryHQYUTf1ShIgkk=
+github.com/xyproto/randomstring v1.0.5/go.mod h1:rgmS5DeNXLivK7YprL0pY+lTuhNQW3iGxZ18UQApw/E=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.4/go.mod h1:G5EMThwa9y8QZGBClrRx5EY+Yw9kAhnjy3bSjsnlVTQ=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.11 h1:yGEzV1wPz2yVCLsD8ZAiGHhHVlczyC9d1rP43/VCRJ0=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.11/go.mod h1:dksAq7YMXoljX0xu6VF5DMZGbhYYoLUalEiSySYAS4I=
@@ -81,6 +94,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 h1:Fksou7UEQUWlKvIdsqzJmUmCX3cZuD2+P3XyyzwMhlA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0 h1:TPYlXGxvx1MGTn2GiZDhnjPA9wZzZeGKHHmKhHYvgaU=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.27.0 h1:WP60Sv1nlK1T6SupCHbXzSaN0b9wUmsPoRS9b61A23Q=
 golang.org/x/term v0.27.0/go.mod h1:iMsnZpn0cago0GOrHO2+Y7u7JPn5AylBrcoWkElMTSM=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
@@ -91,6 +106,8 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.22.0/go.mod h1:aCwcsjqvq7Yqt6TNyX7QMU2enbQ/Gt0bo6krSeEri+c
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.5/go.mod h1:8WjMMxjGQR8xUklV/ARdw2HLXBOI7O7uCIDZVag1xfc=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1 h1:yBPeRvTftaleIgM3PZ/WBIZ7XM/eEYAaEyCwvyjq/gk=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.4 h1:6A3ZDJHn/eNqc1i+IdefRzy/9PokBTPvcqMySR7NNIM=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.4/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/output/single.go b/output/single.go
index d0dd036..22c1c95 100644
--- a/output/single.go
+++ b/output/single.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func Print(writer io.Writer, conf *cfg.Config, attr *app.DbAttr, entry *app.DbEn
 			if isatty {
 				fmt.Println("binary data omitted")
 			} else {
-				os.Stdout.Write(entry.Value)
+				os.Stdout.WriteString(entry.Value)
 			}
 		} else {
 			fmt.Print(string(entry.Value))
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func WriteFile(writer io.Writer, conf *cfg.Config, attr *app.DbAttr, entry *app.
 	}
 
 	// actually write file content
-	_, err = fileHandle.Write(entry.Value)
+	_, err = fileHandle.WriteString(entry.Value)
 
 	if !entry.Binary {
 		if entry.Value[entry.Size-1] != '\n' {