diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea8c4bf..9037669 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 /target
+.env
+harbor.sqlite
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c106249..71caeab 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3336,6 +3336,8 @@ version = "0.28.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0c10584274047cb335c23d3e61bcef8e323adae7c5c8c760540f73610177fc3f"
 dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "openssl-sys",
  "pkg-config",
  "vcpkg",
 ]
@@ -3819,6 +3821,28 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c08d65885ee38876c4f86fa503fb49d7b507c2b62552df7c70b2fce627e06381"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-src"
+version = "300.2.3+3.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5cff92b6f71555b61bb9315f7c64da3ca43d87531622120fea0195fc761b4843"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-sys"
+version = "0.9.102"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c597637d56fbc83893a35eb0dd04b2b8e7a50c91e64e9493e398b5df4fb45fa2"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "openssl-src",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "orbclient"
 version = "0.3.47"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6858094..b4a4e16 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ name = "harbor"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
+[features]
+default = []
+vendored = ["rusqlite/bundled-sqlcipher-vendored-openssl"]
+
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1"
 log = "0.4"
diff --git a/harbor.sqlite b/harbor.sqlite
deleted file mode 100644
index c978d5d..0000000
Binary files a/harbor.sqlite and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index f7b792a..3158950 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
-test:
-    cargo test
+# Load environment variables from .env file
+set dotenv-load := true
+
+# Define a variable that holds the feature flag if USE_VENDOR_FEATURE is set
+FEATURE_FLAG := if env('USE_VENDOR_FEATURE', '0') == "1" { "--features vendored" } else { "" }
 
 run:
-    RUST_LOG=harbor=debug,info cargo run
+    RUST_LOG=harbor=debug,info cargo run {{FEATURE_FLAG}}
+
+test:
+    cargo test {{FEATURE_FLAG}}
 
 release:
-    cargo run --release
+    cargo run --release {{FEATURE_FLAG}}
 
 clippy:
     cargo clippy --all-features --tests -- -D warnings