diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a88e32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# LBRY Comment Server v2
+
+This is a rewrite & update of the server 
+[written by myself and Grayson Burton here](https://github.com/ocornoc/lbry-comments)
+
+
+A lot of the design is more or less the same with the original,
+except this version focuses less on performance and more on scalability. 
+
+Rewritten with python because it's easier to adjust 
+and maintain. Instead of doing any multithreading, 
+this implementation just delegates a single 
+database connection for write operations. 
+
+The server was originally implemented with `aiohttp` 
+and uses `aiojobs` for scheduling write operations.
+As pointed out by several people, Python is a dinosaur 
+in comparison to SQLite's execution speed, 
+so there is no sensibility in multi-threading from the 
+perspective of the server code itself. 
+
+The schema for 
+
diff --git a/lbry_comment_server/__init__.py b/lbry_comment_server/__init__.py
index 216173b..b28b04f 100644
--- a/lbry_comment_server/__init__.py
+++ b/lbry_comment_server/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from lbry_comment_server.database import obtain_connection, validate_input, get_claim_comments
-from lbry_comment_server.database import get_comments_by_id, get_comment_ids, create_comment
-from lbry_comment_server.handles import api_endpoint
-from lbry_comment_server.settings import config
+
 
 
diff --git a/lbry_comment_server/database.py b/lbry_comment_server/database.py
index db958e4..da231d5 100644
--- a/lbry_comment_server/database.py
+++ b/lbry_comment_server/database.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-import sqlite3
-import aiosqlite
-import typing
-import re
-import nacl.hash
-import time
 import logging
+import re
+import sqlite3
+import time
+import typing
+
+import aiosqlite
+import nacl.hash
+
 from lbry_comment_server.settings import config
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/lbry_comment_server/handles.py b/lbry_comment_server/handles.py
index 21acceb..f55b21c 100644
--- a/lbry_comment_server/handles.py
+++ b/lbry_comment_server/handles.py
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 import json
-import asyncio
-from aiojobs.aiohttp import atomic
-from aiohttp import web
 import logging
-from lbry_comment_server.database import obtain_connection
+
+import asyncio
+from aiohttp import web
+from aiojobs.aiohttp import atomic
+
+import lbry_comment_server.writes as writes
 from lbry_comment_server import get_claim_comments
 from lbry_comment_server import get_comments_by_id, get_comment_ids
-import lbry_comment_server.writes as writes
-
+from lbry_comment_server.database import obtain_connection
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/lbry_comment_server/main.py b/lbry_comment_server/main.py
index 42f4055..f062221 100644
--- a/lbry_comment_server/main.py
+++ b/lbry_comment_server/main.py
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-import asyncio
-from aiohttp import web
-import aiojobs.aiohttp
 import logging
 
-import schema.db_helpers as helpers
-import lbry_comment_server.writes as writes
-from lbry_comment_server.settings import config
-from lbry_comment_server.handles import api_endpoint
-from lbry_comment_server.database import obtain_connection
+import aiojobs.aiohttp
+import asyncio
+from aiohttp import web
 
+import lbry_comment_server.writes as writes
+import schema.db_helpers as helpers
+from lbry_comment_server.database import obtain_connection
+from lbry_comment_server.handles import api_endpoint
+from lbry_comment_server.settings import config
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
diff --git a/lbry_comment_server/settings.py b/lbry_comment_server/settings.py
index ac8e014..6f6c3e7 100644
--- a/lbry_comment_server/settings.py
+++ b/lbry_comment_server/settings.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import json
-import pathlib
 import logging
+import pathlib
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/lbry_comment_server/writes.py b/lbry_comment_server/writes.py
index a2a6f2e..fd841ee 100644
--- a/lbry_comment_server/writes.py
+++ b/lbry_comment_server/writes.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-import aiojobs
 import atexit
-from asyncio import coroutine
-import lbry_comment_server.database as db
-
 import logging
 
+import aiojobs
+from asyncio import coroutine
+
+import lbry_comment_server.database as db
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..301dbde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+faker
+asyncio
+aiohttp
+aiojobs
+aiosqlite
diff --git a/tests/database_test.py b/tests/database_test.py
index ff7ea55..e862f62 100644
--- a/tests/database_test.py
+++ b/tests/database_test.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 from random import randint
+
 import faker
 from faker.providers import internet
 from faker.providers import lorem
 from faker.providers import misc
 
-
 import lbry_comment_server.database as db
 import schema.db_helpers as schema
 from lbry_comment_server.settings import config
diff --git a/tests/testcase.py b/tests/testcase.py
index 26f34ed..0eec06d 100644
--- a/tests/testcase.py
+++ b/tests/testcase.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-import asyncio
-from asyncio.runners import _cancel_all_tasks  # type: ignore
 import unittest
+from asyncio.runners import _cancel_all_tasks  # type: ignore
 from unittest.case import _Outcome
-import lbry_comment_server.database as db
 
-from lbry_comment_server import config
+import asyncio
+
+import lbry_comment_server.database as db
 import schema.db_helpers as schema
+from lbry_comment_server.settings import config
 
 
 class AsyncioTestCase(unittest.TestCase):