diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 044b9d2..ad1340e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ install: all
 
 clean:
 	make -C src clean
+	rm -f lib/geocoder/us/sqlite3.so
 	rm -f *.gem
diff --git a/bin/geocoder_api_server b/bin/geocoder_api_server
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59f13aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/geocoder_api_server
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+require 'sinatra'
+require 'geocoder/us/database'
+require 'json'
+
+set :port, 8080
+@@db = Geocoder::US::Database.new(ARGV[1])
+get '/geocode' do
+  if params[:q]
+    (@@db.geocode params[:q]).to_json
+  else
+    status 400
+    "parameter 'q' is missing"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/geocoder/us/database.rb b/lib/geocoder/us/database.rb
index 585100a..cc21861 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/us/database.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/us/database.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require 'rubygems'
+# require 'rubygems'
 require 'sqlite3'
 # require 'text'
 # require 'levenshtein'
diff --git a/lib/geocoder/us/import.rb b/lib/geocoder/us/import.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index c34f772..0000000
--- a/lib/geocoder/us/import.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,181 +0,0 @@
-require 'tmpdir'
-require 'geocoder/us/database'
-
-require 'rubygems'
-require 'geo_ruby'
-require 'zip/zip'
-
-class Geocoder::US::Import < Geocoder::US::Database
-  @tables = {}
-
-  def self.tables
-    @tables
-  end
-
-  def tables
-    self.class.tables
-  end
-
-  def initialize (filename, options)
-    options[:create] = true
-    super(filename, options)
-    @sqlpath = options[:sql]
-    create_tables
-  end
-
-  def log (*args)
-    $stderr.print *args
-  end
-
-  def spin
-    @spin ||= 0
-    log "|/-\\"[@spin/100..@spin/100]+"\010" if @spin % 100 == 0
-    @spin += 1
-    @spin %= 400
-  end
-
-  def execute_batch (*args)
-    @db.execute_batch(*args) 
-  end
-
-  def execute_script (file)
-    if File.expand_path(file) != file
-      file = File.join(@sqlpath, file)
-    end    
-    execute_batch File.open(file).read
-  end
-
-  def load_features (file)
-    dataset = GeoRuby::Shp4r::ShpFile.open(file)
-    fields  = dataset.fields.map {|f| f.name}
-    dataset.each do |record|
-      attrs = fields.map {|f| record.data[f]}
-      geom = record.geometry
-      geom = geom.geometries[0] \
-        if geom.kind_of? GeoRuby::SimpleFeatures::GeometryCollection
-      points = geom.points.map {|pt| [pt.x, pt.y].map {|i| (i*1000000).to_i}}
-      coords = points.flatten.pack("V*")
-      yield attrs, coords
-    end
-  end
-
-  def insert_data (st, table, attrs)
-    unless st
-     values = placeholders_for attrs
-     st = @db.prepare("INSERT INTO #{table} VALUES (#{values});")
-    end
-    st.execute(attrs)
-  end
-
-  def insert_shapefile (file, table)
-    st = nil
-    load_features(file) do |attrs, geom|
-      attrs << SQLite3::Blob.new(geom) if geom
-      insert_data st, table, attrs
-    end
-  end
-
-  def insert_dbf (file, table)
-    st = nil
-    GeoRuby::Shp4r::Dbf::Reader.open(file) do |dbf|
-      fields  = dbf.fields.map {|f| f.name}
-      dbf.rows.each do |record|
-        attrs = fields.map {|f| record[f]}
-        insert_data st, table, attrs
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  def insert_csv (file, table, delimiter="|")
-    st = nil
-    File.open(file).readlines.each do |line|
-      attrs = line.chomp.split(delimiter)
-      insert_data st, table, attrs
-    end
-  end
-
-  def make_temp_dir (cleanup=true)
-    path = File.join(Dir.tmpdir, "geocoder-#{$$}")
-    FileUtils.mkdir_p path
-    if block_given?
-      begin
-        yield path
-      ensure
-        FileUtils.rm_r(path) if cleanup
-      end
-    else
-      path
-    end
-  end
-
-  def unpack_zip (file, path)
-    # log "- unpacking #{file}"
-    Zip::ZipFile.open(file).each do |entry|
-      target = File.join(path, entry.name)
-      # log "  - #{target}"
-      entry.extract target
-    end
-  end
-
-  def import_zip (zipfile, table)
-    make_temp_dir do |tmpdir|
-      unpack_zip zipfile, tmpdir
-      basename = File.join(tmpdir, File.basename(zipfile))[0..-5]
-      shpfile = basename + ".shp"
-      dbffile = basename + ".dbf"
-      if File.exists? shpfile
-        log "#{table} "
-        insert_shapefile shpfile, table
-      elsif File.exists? dbffile
-        log "#{table} "
-        insert_dbf dbffile, table
-      else
-        log "\nNOT FOUND: #{shpfile}\n"
-      end
-    end 
-  end
-
-  def import_path (path)
-    log "\n#{path}: "
-    execute_script "setup.sql"
-    @db.transaction do
-      tables.each do |table, glob|
-        file = Dir[File.join(path, glob)][0]
-        next unless file
-        if file =~ /\.zip$/io
-          import_zip file, table
-        else
-          import_shapefile file, table
-        end
-      end
-    end
-    execute_script "convert.sql"
-  end
-
-  def import_tree (root)
-    if !Dir[File.join(root, tables.values[0])].empty?
-        import_path root
-    else
-      Dir[File.join(root, "*")].sort.each do |file|
-        import_tree file if File.directory? file
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  def create_tables
-    uninit = false
-    begin
-      @db.execute("SELECT 0 FROM place")
-    rescue SQLite3::SQLException
-      uninit = true
-    end
-    if uninit
-      log "creating tables\n"
-      execute_script "create.sql"
-      post_create
-    end
-  end
-
-  def post_create
-  end
-end