diff --git a/examples/guestbook.py b/examples/guestbook.py
index c3cb1d8..7e4d945 100644
--- a/examples/guestbook.py
+++ b/examples/guestbook.py
@@ -1,60 +1,63 @@
 """
-A guestbook application that accepts input from guests and stores messages in
-a simple text file.
+A simple guestbook application that accepts and displays text messages.
+
+This is an example of how to return a 10 INPUT request to the client and
+retrieve their response by parsing the URL query string. This example stores
+the guestbook inside of a persistent sqlite database.
 """
-import asyncio
-import pathlib
+
+import sqlite3
 from datetime import datetime
 
-import jetforce
-from jetforce import Response, Status
+from jetforce import GeminiServer, JetforceApplication, Response, Status
 
-guestbook = pathlib.Path("guestbook.txt")
+DB = "/tmp/guestbook.sqlite"
+
+SCHEMA = """
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS guestbook (
+    ip_address TEXT,
+    created_at timestamp,
+    message TEXT
+)
+"""
+with sqlite3.connect(DB) as c:
+    c.execute(SCHEMA)
 
 
-app = jetforce.JetforceApplication()
+app = JetforceApplication()
 
 
 @app.route("", strict_trailing_slash=False)
 def index(request):
-    data = ["Guestbook", "=>/submit Sign the Guestbook", ""]
+    lines = ["Guestbook", "=>/submit Sign the Guestbook"]
 
-    guestbook.touch(exist_ok=True)
-    with guestbook.open("r") as fp:
-        for line in fp:
-            line = line.strip()
-            if line.startswith("=>"):
-                data.append(line[2:])
-            else:
-                data.append(line)
+    with sqlite3.connect(DB, detect_types=sqlite3.PARSE_DECLTYPES) as c:
+        for row in c.execute("SELECT * FROM guestbook ORDER BY created_at"):
+            ip_address, created_at, message = row
+            line = f"{created_at:%Y-%m-%d} - [{ip_address}] {message}"
+            lines.append("")
+            lines.append(line)
 
-    data.extend(["", "...", ""])
-    return Response(Status.SUCCESS, "text/gemini", "\n".join(data))
+    lines.extend(["", "...", ""])
+    body = "\n".join(lines)
+
+    return Response(Status.SUCCESS, "text/gemini", body)
 
 
 @app.route("/submit")
 def submit(request):
     if request.query:
         message = request.query[:256]
-        created = datetime.utcnow()
-        with guestbook.open("a") as fp:
-            fp.write(f"\n[{created:%Y-%m-%d %I:%M %p}]\n{message}\n")
-
+        created = datetime.now()
+        ip_address = request.environ["REMOTE_HOST"]
+        with sqlite3.connect(DB) as c:
+            values = (ip_address, created, message)
+            c.execute("INSERT INTO guestbook VALUES (?, ?, ?)", values)
         return Response(Status.REDIRECT_TEMPORARY, "")
     else:
         return Response(Status.INPUT, "Enter your message (max 256 characters)")
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    args = jetforce.command_line_parser().parse_args()
-    ssl_context = jetforce.make_ssl_context(
-        args.hostname, args.certfile, args.keyfile, args.cafile, args.capath
-    )
-    server = jetforce.GeminiServer(
-        host=args.host,
-        port=args.port,
-        ssl_context=ssl_context,
-        hostname=args.hostname,
-        app=app,
-    )
-    asyncio.run(server.run())
+    server = GeminiServer(app)
+    server.run()