diff --git a/commands/calendar/ping.ts b/commands/calendar/ping.ts
index 64f204c..d19e5c6 100644
--- a/commands/calendar/ping.ts
+++ b/commands/calendar/ping.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-// import type { ChatInputCommandInteraction } from "discord.js";
-import { SlashCommandBuilder, } from "discord.js";
+import { type Client, SlashCommandBuilder } from "discord.js";
+import type { Sequelize } from "sequelize";
 
-export const data = new SlashCommandBuilder()
-    .setName("ping")
-    .setDescription("Send a ping to the bot");
-
-export async function execute(interaction) {
-    await interaction.reply(
-        `Pong! This command was run by ${interaction.user.username}, who joined on ${interaction.member.joinedAt}.`
-    );
+export default function (settings: { client: Client; db: Sequelize }) {
+	return {
+		execute: async (interaction) => {
+			await interaction.reply(
+				`Pong! This command was run by ${interaction.user.username}, who joined on ${interaction.member.joinedAt}.`,
+			);
+		},
+		data: new SlashCommandBuilder()
+			.setName("ping")
+			.setDescription("Send a ping to the bot"),
+	};
 }
diff --git a/commands/calendar/remind.ts b/commands/calendar/remind.ts
index 42c381e..afae4db 100644
--- a/commands/calendar/remind.ts
+++ b/commands/calendar/remind.ts
@@ -1,50 +1,131 @@
 // import type { ChatInputCommandInteraction } from "discord.js";
-import type { Client, ChatInputCommandInteraction } from "discord.js";
-import { InteractionResponse, SlashCommandBuilder } from "discord.js";
+import {
+	SlashCommandBuilder,
+	type Client,
+	type ChatInputCommandInteraction,
+	GuildChannel,
+	PermissionsBitField,
+} from "discord.js";
+import {
+	type Sequelize,
+	Model,
+	INTEGER,
+	TEXT,
+	DATE,
+	BOOLEAN,
+	BIGINT,
+} from "sequelize";
 import * as sequelize from "sequelize";
 import * as chrono from "chrono-node";
-import { sql } from "../../database";
 
-export default function (settings: { client: Client }) {
+// const REMINDERS_CHANNEL = "1062196593379520593"; // #bot-test-channel
+const REMINDERS_CHANNEL = "395408839110950915"; // #general
+
+export default function (settings: { client: Client; db: Sequelize }) {
 	const client = settings.client;
+	const db = settings.db;
 
-	const Reminders = sql.define("reminders", {
-		id: {
-			type: sequelize.INTEGER,
-			primaryKey: true,
-			autoIncrement: true,
+	class Reminder extends Model {
+		declare id: number;
+		declare userId: string;
+		declare text: string | null;
+		declare trigger: Date;
+		declare isValid: boolean;
+		declare requestChannel: string;
+		declare requestMessage: string;
+	}
+
+	Reminder.init(
+		{
+			id: {
+				type: INTEGER,
+				primaryKey: true,
+				autoIncrement: true,
+			},
+			userId: {
+				type: TEXT,
+				allowNull: false,
+			},
+			text: TEXT,
+			trigger: {
+				type: DATE,
+				allowNull: false,
+			},
+			isValid: BOOLEAN,
+			requestChannel: TEXT,
+			requestMessage: TEXT,
 		},
-		userId: sequelize.INTEGER,
-		text: sequelize.TEXT,
-		trigger: sequelize.DATE,
-		isValid: sequelize.BOOLEAN,
-		requestChannel: sequelize.BIGINT,
-		requestMessage: sequelize.BIGINT,
-	});
+		{ sequelize: db },
+	);
 
-	/**
-	 * Create an infinitely looping function which tries to determine what
-	 * reminders will be triggering soon, and creating a timer process for
-	 * them.
-	 */
-	async function reminderLoop() {
-		console.log("Reminder loop");
-		const results = await Reminders.findAll({
+	async function canSendChannel(chanId: string): Promise<boolean> {
+		const channel = client.channels.cache.get(chanId);
+		if (!client.user) {
+			throw Error("Can't check non-existent client");
+		}
+		if (!channel) {
+			throw Error("No such channel is visible to Blitz");
+		}
+		if (!channel?.isSendable()) {
+			throw Error("Channel is not a text channel, or otherwise not Sendable");
+		}
+		if (!(channel instanceof GuildChannel)) {
+			throw Error("Channel is not a guild channel");
+		}
+		const permissions = channel?.permissionsFor(client.user);
+    const flags = new PermissionsBitField([
+      PermissionsBitField.Flags.SendMessages,
+      PermissionsBitField.Flags.ViewChannel,
+    ]);
+		if (permissions?.has(flags)) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	async function triggerReminder(reminder: Reminder) {
+		try {
+			const channel = client.channels.cache.get(REMINDERS_CHANNEL);
+			if (!(await canSendChannel(REMINDERS_CHANNEL)))
+				return console.error("We're not permitted to send on that channel!");
+			if (!channel?.isSendable()) {
+				return console.error(
+					`Can't find channel ${REMINDERS_CHANNEL} or it is not sendable`,
+				);
+			}
+			await channel.send({
+        content: `Reminder for <@${reminder.userId}>: ${reminder.text}`,
+      });
+      console.log("Reminder sent!");
+      reminder.set('isValid', false);
+      await reminder.save();
+		} catch (error) {
+			console.log(error);
+			console.trace();
+		}
+	}
+
+	async function loop() {
+		const results = await Reminder.findAll({
 			// TODO: This means that there's less than or equal to one minute left before
 			// the reminder goes off.
 			where: sequelize.literal(
-				"(julianday('now') - julianday(trigger)) <= 1.0 AND (julianday('now') - julianday(trigger)) > 0",
+				"isValid AND (julianday(trigger) - julianday('now')) <= 1.0 AND (julianday(trigger) - julianday('now')) > 0",
 			),
 		});
 		for (const rmd of results) {
-			setTimeout(async () => {
-				const channel = client.channels.cache.get("1234"); // TODO
-				if (channel?.isSendable()) {
-					await channel.send(`Reminder: ${rmd.get("text")}`);
-				}
-			});
+			try {
+				const now = new Date(Date.now());
+				const wait = rmd.trigger.getTime() - now.getTime();
+				console.log(
+					`Callback for Reminder ${rmd.get("id")} triggering in ${wait}ms`,
+				);
+				setTimeout(async () => await triggerReminder(rmd), wait);
+			} catch (error) {
+        console.error(`Unrecoverable error: ${error}`)
+				console.trace();
+			}
 		}
-		setTimeout(reminderLoop, 60 * 1000); // Loop after 60 seconds
 	}
 
 	async function execute(interaction: ChatInputCommandInteraction) {
@@ -53,11 +134,12 @@ export default function (settings: { client: Client }) {
 				interaction.options.getString("when") ?? "now",
 			);
 			if (!when) {
-				return interaction.reply(
+				await interaction.reply(
 					`Sorry, I don't understand '${when}' as a date`,
 				);
+				return;
 			}
-			const reminder = await Reminders.create({
+			const reminder = await Reminder.create({
 				userId: interaction.user.id,
 				text: interaction.options.getString("what"),
 				trigger: when, // TODO
@@ -65,20 +147,21 @@ export default function (settings: { client: Client }) {
 				requestChannel: interaction.channelId,
 				isValid: true,
 			});
-			console.info(`Created Reminder(${reminder.get("id")})`);
-			return interaction.reply(
-				`Ok, I'll remind you at ${when?.toDateString()}`,
+			reminder.save();
+			console.info(
+				`Created Reminder ${reminder.get("id")} to be triggered at ${reminder.get("trigger")}`,
 			);
+			await interaction.reply(`Ok, I'll remind you at ${when}`);
 		} catch (_error) {
-			return interaction.reply(
+			await interaction.reply(
 				"Something went wrong with adding your reminder.",
 			);
 		}
 	}
 
 	return {
-		Reminders: Reminders,
-		// reminderLoop: reminderLoop,
+		Reminder: Reminder,
+		loop: loop,
 		data: new SlashCommandBuilder()
 			.setName("remind")
 			.setDescription("Remind me to do something")
@@ -97,9 +180,11 @@ export default function (settings: { client: Client }) {
 					.setRequired(true),
 			),
 		execute: execute,
-    initialize: async () => {
-      await Reminders.sync();
-      reminderLoop();
-    }
+		initialize: async () => {
+			console.log("Initializing remind.js");
+			await Reminder.sync();
+			await loop();
+			setInterval(loop, 1000 * 60);
+		},
 	};
 }
diff --git a/database.ts b/database.ts
index 6bd8c65..78cad27 100644
--- a/database.ts
+++ b/database.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-import * as Sequelize from "sequelize";
-
-export const sql = new Sequelize.Sequelize("database", "username", "password", {
-	dialect: "sqlite",
-	logging: false,
-	// SQLite only:
-	storage: "blitzcrank.sqlite",
-});
+import { Sequelize } from "sequelize";
 
+export const sql = new Sequelize("sqlite://./blitzcrank.sqlite");
 
+export async function initDb() {
+	try {
+		await sql.authenticate();
+		console.log("Connected to database");
+	} catch (error) {
+		console.error("Unable to connect to the database:", error);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index c712bc6..37e3890 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,8 @@
-import { token } from "./config.json";
 import { Interaction } from "discord.js";
 import { Client, Events, GatewayIntentBits, MessageFlags } from "discord.js";
-import type { SlashCommandBuilder } from "discord.js";
+import type { SlashCommandBuilder, SlashCommandOptionsOnlyBuilder } from "discord.js";
 
-import * as _pingCommand from "./commands/calendar/ping.ts";
-import RemindCommand from "./commands/calendar/remind.ts";
-
-interface Command {
-	data: SlashCommandBuilder;
-	execute: (i: Interaction) => void;
-}
-
-const pingCommand = _pingCommand as Command;
+import { sql } from "./database";
 
 const BLITZCRANK_BANNER = `
                                          ****++++++++++*+++
@@ -77,23 +68,63 @@ const client = new Client({
 	],
 });
 
+const pingCommand = PingCommand({
+	client: client,
+	db: sql,
+});
+
 const remindCommand = RemindCommand({
 	client: client,
+	db: sql,
 });
 
+import { Routes } from "discord.js";
+import { guildId, appId, token } from "./config.json";
+import { REST } from "discord.js";
+
+const rest = new REST();
+rest.setToken(token);
+
+interface Command {
+  data: SlashCommandBuilder | SlashCommandOptionsOnlyBuilder,
+  execute: (interaction: any) => Promise<void>
+};
+
+import { Collection } from "discord.js";
+const commands = new Collection<string, Command>();
+
+import PingCommand from "./commands/calendar/ping";
+import RemindCommand from "./commands/calendar/remind";
+
+commands.set("ping", PingCommand({ client: client, db: sql }));
+commands.set("remind", RemindCommand({ client: client, db: sql }));
+
+async function syncCommands() {
+	try {
+		console.log(`Started refreshing slash commands`);
+		const _data = await rest.put(
+			Routes.applicationGuildCommands(appId, guildId),
+			{
+				body: commands.mapValues((cmd) => cmd.data.toJSON()),
+			},
+		);
+		console.log(`Successfully reloaded slash commands`);
+	} catch (error) {
+		console.error(error);
+	}
+}
+
 client.on(Events.InteractionCreate, async (interaction: Interaction) => {
 	if (!interaction.isChatInputCommand()) {
 		return;
 	}
 	try {
-		switch (interaction.commandName) {
-			case "ping":
-				return pingCommand.execute(interaction);
-			case "remind":
-				return remindCommand.execute(interaction);
-			default:
-				return console.error(`No matching command ${interaction.commandName}`);
+		const command = commands.get(interaction.commandName);
+		if (command == null) {
+			await interaction.followUp(`No such command ${interaction.commandName}`);
+			return;
 		}
+		command.execute(interaction);
 	} catch (error) {
 		console.error(error);
 		if (interaction.replied || interaction.deferred) {
@@ -107,6 +138,7 @@ client.on(Events.InteractionCreate, async (interaction: Interaction) => {
 });
 
 client.once(Events.ClientReady, async (readyClient) => {
+  await syncCommands();
 	await remindCommand.initialize();
 	// Print banner
 	for (const ln of BLITZCRANK_BANNER.split("\n")) {
diff --git a/sync-commands.ts b/sync-commands.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c1ca1e..0000000
--- a/sync-commands.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-const { REST, Routes } = require("discord.js");
-const { appId, guildId, token } = require("./config.json");
-
-const commands = [
-	require("./commands/calendar/ping.js").data.toJSON(),
-	require("./commands/calendar/remind.js").data.toJSON(),
-];
-
-const rest = new REST().setToken(token);
-
-(async () => {
-	try {
-		console.log(`Started refreshing ${commands.length} slash commands`);
-		const data = await rest.put(
-			Routes.applicationGuildCommands(appId, guildId),
-			{
-				body: commands,
-			},
-		);
-		console.log(`Successfully reloaded ${data.length} slash commands`);
-	} catch (error) {
-		console.error(error);
-	}
-})();