diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a707097..86a4212 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -747,6 +747,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "askama",
  "axum",
+ "parking_lot",
  "rusqlite",
  "tokio",
  "tower-http",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1e70e1f..86f8dbc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ edition = "2024"
 [dependencies]
 askama = "0.14.0"
 axum = "0.8.6"
+parking_lot = "0.12.5"
 rusqlite = { version = "0.37.0", features = ["bundled"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.48.0", features = ["full"] }
 tower-http = { version = "0.6.6", features = ["trace"] }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b93ad4d..28fdf90 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use askama::Template;
 use axum::{
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use axum::{
     response::Html,
     routing::{get, post},
 };
+use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use rusqlite::Connection;
 use tower_http::trace::TraceLayer;
 use tower_request_id::{RequestId, RequestIdLayer};
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
 }
 
 fn get_foods(conn: &Arc<Mutex<Connection>>) -> Vec<Food> {
-    let conn = conn.lock().unwrap();
+    let conn = conn.lock();
     let mut stmt = conn
         .prepare(
             "SELECT id, portion, name, kc_per_serving, target_servings, actual_servings, color FROM food",
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ fn get_foods(conn: &Arc<Mutex<Connection>>) -> Vec<Food> {
 }
 
 fn get_sum(conn: &Arc<Mutex<Connection>>) -> i32 {
-    let conn = conn.lock().unwrap();
+    let conn = conn.lock();
     let mut stmt = conn
         .prepare("SELECT SUM(kc_per_serving * actual_servings) as kc FROM food")
         .unwrap();
@@ -149,14 +150,14 @@ async fn root(State(conn): State<Arc<Mutex<Connection>>>) -> Html<String> {
 }
 
 fn do_increase(conn: &Arc<Mutex<Connection>>, id: i32) {
-    let conn = conn.lock().unwrap();
+    let conn = conn.lock();
     let mut stmt = conn.prepare("UPDATE food SET actual_servings = (SELECT actual_servings FROM food WHERE id = ?1) + 1 WHERE id = ?1 RETURNING actual_servings").unwrap();
     let new: i32 = stmt.query_one((id,), |row| row.get(0)).unwrap();
     debug!(id, new_serving_count = new, "increase");
 }
 
 fn get_food(conn: &Arc<Mutex<Connection>>, id: i32) -> Food {
-    let conn = conn.lock().unwrap();
+    let conn = conn.lock();
     let mut stmt = conn.prepare("SELECT id, portion, name, kc_per_serving, target_servings, actual_servings, color FROM food WHERE id = ?1").unwrap();
     let food = stmt
         .query_one((id,), |row| {
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ async fn increase(State(conn): State<Arc<Mutex<Connection>>>, Path(id): Path<i32
 }
 
 fn do_decrease(conn: &Arc<Mutex<Connection>>, id: i32) {
-    let conn = conn.lock().unwrap();
+    let conn = conn.lock();
     let mut stmt = conn.prepare("UPDATE food SET actual_servings = MAX((SELECT actual_servings FROM food WHERE id = ?1) - 1, 0) WHERE id = ?1 RETURNING actual_servings").unwrap();
     let new: i32 = stmt.query_one((id,), |row| row.get(0)).unwrap();
     debug!(id, new_serving_count = new, "decrease");