diff --git a/backend/task/.env b/backend/task/.env
index a370ac9..f536276 100644
--- a/backend/task/.env
+++ b/backend/task/.env
@@ -1 +1 @@
-DATABASE_URL=postgres://wyatt:wyattisawesome@localhost:5432/postgres
+DATABASE_URL=postgres://wyatt:wyattisawesome@192.168.100.253:5432/postgres
diff --git a/backend/task/Cargo.lock b/backend/task/Cargo.lock
index 65a06ec..14ca520 100644
--- a/backend/task/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/task/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
-version = 3
+version = 4
 
 [[package]]
 name = "addr2line"
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "zerocopy",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e60d3430d3a69478ad0993f19238d2df97c507009a52b3c10addcd7f6bcb916"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "allocator-api2"
 version = "0.2.18"
@@ -1262,6 +1271,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-id",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "matchers"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8263075bb86c5a1b1427b5ae862e8889656f126e9f77c484496e8b47cf5c5558"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-automata 0.1.10",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "md-5"
 version = "0.10.6"
@@ -1324,6 +1342,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "minimal-lexical",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nu-ansi-term"
+version = "0.46.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77a8165726e8236064dbb45459242600304b42a5ea24ee2948e18e023bf7ba84"
+dependencies = [
+ "overload",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-bigint-dig"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -1404,6 +1432,12 @@ version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1a80800c0488c3a21695ea981a54918fbb37abf04f4d0720c453632255e2ff0e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "overload"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b15813163c1d831bf4a13c3610c05c0d03b39feb07f7e09fa234dac9b15aaf39"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "p256"
 version = "0.11.1"
@@ -1586,12 +1620,56 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b544ef1b4eac5dc2db33ea63606ae9ffcfac26c1416a2806ae0bf5f56b201191"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-automata 0.4.9",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.5",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.1.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c230d73fb8d8c1b9c0b3135c5142a8acee3a0558fb8db5cf1cb65f8d7862132"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-syntax 0.6.29",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.4.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "809e8dc61f6de73b46c85f4c96486310fe304c434cfa43669d7b40f711150908"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-lite"
 version = "0.1.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "53a49587ad06b26609c52e423de037e7f57f20d53535d66e08c695f347df952a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.6.29"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f162c6dd7b008981e4d40210aca20b4bd0f9b60ca9271061b07f78537722f2e1"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.8.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b15c43186be67a4fd63bee50d0303afffcef381492ebe2c5d87f324e1b8815c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rfc6979"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -1903,6 +1981,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sharded-slab"
+version = "0.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f40ca3c46823713e0d4209592e8d6e826aa57e928f09752619fc696c499637f6"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "shlex"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -2249,6 +2336,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_yaml",
  "sqlx",
  "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2284,6 +2373,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8b9ef9bad013ada3808854ceac7b46812a6465ba368859a37e2100283d2d719c"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.3.37"
@@ -2400,9 +2499,9 @@ checksum = "8df9b6e13f2d32c91b9bd719c00d1958837bc7dec474d94952798cc8e69eeec3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing"
-version = "0.1.40"
+version = "0.1.41"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c3523ab5a71916ccf420eebdf5521fcef02141234bbc0b8a49f2fdc4544364ef"
+checksum = "784e0ac535deb450455cbfa28a6f0df145ea1bb7ae51b821cf5e7927fdcfbdd0"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "pin-project-lite",
@@ -2412,9 +2511,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-attributes"
-version = "0.1.27"
+version = "0.1.28"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "34704c8d6ebcbc939824180af020566b01a7c01f80641264eba0999f6c2b6be7"
+checksum = "395ae124c09f9e6918a2310af6038fba074bcf474ac352496d5910dd59a2226d"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -2423,11 +2522,41 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-core"
-version = "0.1.32"
+version = "0.1.33"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c06d3da6113f116aaee68e4d601191614c9053067f9ab7f6edbcb161237daa54"
+checksum = "e672c95779cf947c5311f83787af4fa8fffd12fb27e4993211a84bdfd9610f9c"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
+ "valuable",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-log"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ee855f1f400bd0e5c02d150ae5de3840039a3f54b025156404e34c23c03f47c3"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-subscriber"
+version = "0.3.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e8189decb5ac0fa7bc8b96b7cb9b2701d60d48805aca84a238004d665fcc4008"
+dependencies = [
+ "matchers",
+ "nu-ansi-term",
+ "once_cell",
+ "regex",
+ "sharded-slab",
+ "smallvec",
+ "thread_local",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-log",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2519,6 +2648,12 @@ version = "1.15.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e0f540e3240398cce6128b64ba83fdbdd86129c16a3aa1a3a252efd66eb3d587"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "valuable"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ba73ea9cf16a25df0c8caa16c51acb937d5712a8429db78a3ee29d5dcacd3a65"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vcpkg"
 version = "0.2.15"
@@ -2632,6 +2767,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasite",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c839a674fcd7a98952e593242ea400abe93992746761e38641405d28b00f419"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu",
+ "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-core"
 version = "0.52.0"
diff --git a/backend/task/Cargo.toml b/backend/task/Cargo.toml
index 05629be..8f3bb06 100644
--- a/backend/task/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/task/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ once_cell = "1.19.0"
 dotenvy = "0.15.7"
 futures = "0.3.30"
 markdown = "1.0.0-alpha.20"
-serde = {version = "*", features = ["derive"]}
+serde = { version = "*", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_yaml = "*"
 aws-sdk-s3 = "1.77.0"
+tracing = "0.1"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.18", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/backend/task/src/main.rs b/backend/task/src/main.rs
index ae3652d..baa71af 100644
--- a/backend/task/src/main.rs
+++ b/backend/task/src/main.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ async fn main() {
         .expect("Failed to connect to the database");
 
     let mut manager = TaskManager::new(pool);
-    manager.register_jobs().await;
+    manager.register_jobs().await.unwrap();
 
     loop {
         manager.scheduler.tick();
@@ -77,23 +77,30 @@ impl<'a> TaskManager<'a> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub async fn register_jobs(&self) {
-        // let jobs: Vec<Job> = Vec::new();
+    pub async fn register_jobs(&mut self) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         let results = sqlx::query_as::<_, TaskJob>("SELECT task_id, task_name, schedule, is_active, created_at, deleted_at FROM tasks WHERE is_active = true AND deleted_at IS NULL")
-            .fetch_all(&self.pool)
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
+        .fetch_all(&self.pool)
+        .await?;
 
-        let mut scheduler = job_scheduler::JobScheduler::new();
-        results.iter().for_each(|r| {
-            println!("Registering job: {:?}", r.task_name);
+        tracing::info!("Found {} active jobs to register", results.len());
 
-            let job: _ = job_scheduler::Job::new(r.schedule.parse().unwrap(), || match r.task_id {
-                1 => import_posts::register(&Arc::new(&self.pool)),
-                _ => panic!(),
-            });
+        for job in &results {
+            tracing::info!("Registering job: {}", job.task_name);
 
-            scheduler.add(job);
-        });
+            let pool = Arc::new(self.pool.clone());
+            let schedule = job
+                .schedule
+                .parse()
+                .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to parse schedule '{}': {}", job.schedule, e))?;
+
+            let task = match job.task_id {
+                1 => Box::new(move || import_posts::register(&pool)),
+                id => return Err(format!("Unknown task_id: {}", id).into()),
+            };
+
+            self.scheduler.add(job_scheduler::Job::new(schedule, task));
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
     }
 }
diff --git a/backend/task/src/tasks/import_posts.rs b/backend/task/src/tasks/import_posts.rs
index 794711e..971bd57 100644
--- a/backend/task/src/tasks/import_posts.rs
+++ b/backend/task/src/tasks/import_posts.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use std::fs;
-use std::path;
+use std::io::Read;
 
 use crate::utils::task_log;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
@@ -7,75 +7,112 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
 pub fn register(pool: &sqlx::Pool<sqlx::Postgres>) {
     let p = pool.clone();
     tokio::spawn(async move {
-        import_posts("/app", &p).await;
+        let _ = import_posts("app/", &p).await;
     });
 }
 
-async fn import_posts(dir_path: &str, pool: &sqlx::Pool<sqlx::Postgres>) {
-    println!("hello from import_posts");
-    let task = task_log::start(1, pool).await.unwrap();
-    let entries = fs::read_dir(dir_path).unwrap();
+async fn import_posts(
+    dir_path: &str,
+    pool: &sqlx::Pool<sqlx::Postgres>,
+) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    println!("Beginning post import process");
 
+    // Start task logging
+    let task = task_log::start(1, pool).await?;
+
+    // Setup markdown options
     let options = MarkdownOptions {
         options: markdown::Constructs::gfm(),
     };
 
-    for f in entries {
-        let file = f.unwrap();
+    // Read directory contents
+    let entries = fs::read_dir(dir_path)?;
+
+    // Process each file
+    for entry_result in entries {
+        let file = entry_result?;
         let file_path = file.path();
-        if file_path.is_file() {
-            let file_name = file.file_name();
-            let file_name_final = &file_name.to_str().unwrap();
-            let exists = sqlx::query_as::<_, FilenameExists>(
-                "SELECT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM posts WHERE filename = $1)",
-            )
-            .bind(file_name_final)
-            .fetch_one(pool)
-            .await
-            .unwrap()
-            .filename;
 
-            if !exists.is_empty() {
-                println!(
-                    "File does not exist! Inserting: {:?}",
-                    file_path.file_name()
-                );
-                let file_md_contents = process_read_file(file_path, &options);
-                let content = markdown::to_html(&file_md_contents);
-                let metadata =
-                    crate::utils::front_matter::YamlFrontMatter::parse::<MarkdownMetadata>(
-                        &content,
-                    )
-                    .unwrap();
-                let title = metadata.metadata.title;
+        // Skip non-file entries
+        if !file_path.is_file() {
+            continue;
+        }
 
-                sqlx::query_as::<_, InsertPosts>(
-                    "INSERT INTO posts (title, body, filename, author_id) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4) RETURNING (title, body, filename, author_id)",
-                )
-                .bind(title)
-                .bind(content)
-                .bind(file_name_final)
-                .bind(1)
-                .fetch_one(pool)
-                .await
-                .unwrap();
+        let file_name = file.file_name();
+        let file_name_str = match file_name.to_str() {
+            Some(name) => name,
+            None => {
+                eprintln!("Skipping file with non-UTF8 filename: {:?}", file_path);
+                continue;
             }
+        };
+
+        println!("Processing file: {}", file_name_str);
+
+        // Check if file already exists in database
+        let exists_query = sqlx::query_as!(
+            FilenameExists,
+            "SELECT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM posts p WHERE p.filename = $1) as filename",
+            file_name_str
+        )
+        .fetch_one(pool)
+        .await?;
+
+        // Skip if file already exists in database
+        if !exists_query.filename.unwrap_or(false) {
+            println!("Importing new file: {}", file_name_str);
+
+            // Process file contents
+            let file_md_contents = process_read_file(&file_path, &options)?;
+            // println!("{:?}", file_md_contents);
+            let content = markdown::to_html(&file_md_contents);
+            // println!("{:?}", content);
+
+            // Extract metadata
+            let metadata = crate::utils::front_matter::YamlFrontMatter::parse::<MarkdownMetadata>(
+                &file_md_contents,
+            )?;
+            // println!("{:?}", metadata);
+            let title = metadata.metadata.title;
+            let content_final = metadata.content;
+            // println!("{:?}", title);
+
+            // Insert into database
+            let results = sqlx::query_as::<_, InsertPosts>(
+                "INSERT INTO posts (title, body, filename, author_id) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4) RETURNING title, body, filename, author_id"
+            )
+            .bind(title)
+            .bind(content_final)
+            .bind(file_name_str)
+            .bind(1) // Consider making author_id a parameter
+            .fetch_one(pool)
+            .await?;
+            println!("{:?}", results);
+
+            println!("Successfully imported: {}", file_name_str);
+        } else {
+            println!("Skipping existing file: {}", file_name_str);
         }
     }
 
-    task_log::update(task.task_id, String::from("Completed"), pool)
-        .await
-        .unwrap();
+    // Mark task as completed
+    task_log::update(task.task_id, String::from("Completed"), pool).await?;
+
+    Ok(())
 }
 
-fn process_read_file<P: AsRef<path::Path>>(path: P, md_opts: &MarkdownOptions) -> String {
-    let file_contents = fs::read_to_string(path).unwrap();
-    markdown::to_html(file_contents.as_str())
+fn process_read_file(
+    file_path: &std::path::Path,
+    options: &MarkdownOptions,
+) -> Result<String, std::io::Error> {
+    let mut file = std::fs::read_to_string(file_path)?;
+
+    Ok(file)
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, sqlx::FromRow)]
 struct FilenameExists {
-    filename: String,
+    filename: Option<bool>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, sqlx::FromRow)]
@@ -90,7 +127,7 @@ struct MarkdownOptions {
     options: markdown::Constructs,
 }
 
-#[derive(Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
 struct MarkdownMetadata {
     layout: String,
     title: String,
diff --git a/backend/task/src/utils/front_matter.rs b/backend/task/src/utils/front_matter.rs
index 8379914..2f8bf66 100644
--- a/backend/task/src/utils/front_matter.rs
+++ b/backend/task/src/utils/front_matter.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // derived from https://github.com/EstebanBorai/yaml-front-matter
 use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Document<T: DeserializeOwned> {
     pub metadata: T,
     pub content: String,
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ impl YamlFrontMatter {
         markdown: &str,
     ) -> Result<Document<T>, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         let yaml = YamlFrontMatter::extract(markdown)?;
+        println!("{:?}", yaml);
         let metadata = serde_yaml::from_str::<T>(yaml.0.as_str())?;
 
         Ok(Document {