diff --git a/apiv1/migrations/__init__.py b/apiv1/migrations/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/apiv1/serializers.py b/apiv1/serializers.py
index ef4cd69..eb9e747 100644
--- a/apiv1/serializers.py
+++ b/apiv1/serializers.py
@@ -1,8 +1,23 @@
 from rest_framework import serializers
-from scraper.models import Instance
+from scraper.models import Instance, InstanceStats
 
 
-class InstanceSerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer):
+class InstanceStatsSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        model = InstanceStats
+        exclude = ('id', 'instance', 'status')
+
+
+class InstanceListSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     class Meta:
         model = Instance
-        fields = ('name', 'peers')
+        fields = ('name', )
+
+
+class InstanceDetailSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    peers = InstanceListSerializer(many=True, read_only=True)
+    stats = InstanceStatsSerializer(many=True, read_only=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = Instance
+        fields = ('name', 'stats', 'peers')
diff --git a/apiv1/views.py b/apiv1/views.py
index 6a2a8c4..99eed00 100644
--- a/apiv1/views.py
+++ b/apiv1/views.py
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
-from django.shortcuts import render
 from rest_framework import viewsets
 from scraper.models import Instance
-from apiv1.serializers import InstanceSerializer
+from apiv1.serializers import InstanceListSerializer, InstanceDetailSerializer
 
 
 class InstanceViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
-    """API endpoint to view instance details"""
-    queryset = Instance.objects.all()
-    serializer_class = InstanceSerializer
+    """API endpoint to view instances"""
 
+    lookup_value_regex = '[a-zA-Z0-9-_\.]+'
+
+    queryset = Instance.objects.all()
+    serializer_class = InstanceListSerializer
+    detail_serializer_class = InstanceDetailSerializer  # this serializer also includes stats and a list of peers
+
+    def get_serializer_class(self):
+        if self.action == 'retrieve':
+            if hasattr(self, 'detail_serializer_class'):
+                return self.detail_serializer_class
+        return self.serializer_class
diff --git a/backend/settings.py b/backend/settings.py
index c5d48d3..da4f9b2 100644
--- a/backend/settings.py
+++ b/backend/settings.py
@@ -78,8 +78,10 @@ WSGI_APPLICATION = 'backend.wsgi.application'
 
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
+        'NAME': 'fediverse',
+        'USER': 'tao',
+        'PASSWORD': 'tao',
     }
 }
 
@@ -121,3 +123,12 @@ USE_TZ = True
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/howto/static-files/
 
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
+
+if DEBUG:
+    MIDDLEWARE += (
+        'silk.middleware.SilkyMiddleware',
+    )
+
+    INSTALLED_APPS += (
+        'silk',
+    )
diff --git a/backend/urls.py b/backend/urls.py
index aa2aac0..78f9c3f 100644
--- a/backend/urls.py
+++ b/backend/urls.py
@@ -16,10 +16,14 @@ Including another URLconf
 from django.urls import path, include
 from rest_framework import routers
 from apiv1 import views
+from backend import settings
 
 router = routers.DefaultRouter()
 router.register(r'instances', views.InstanceViewSet)
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    path(r'', include(router.urls))
+    path(r'api/v1/', include(router.urls))
 ]
+
+if settings.DEBUG:
+    urlpatterns += [path(r'silk/', include('silk.urls', namespace='silk'))]
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diff --git a/scraper/management/commands/_util.py b/scraper/management/commands/_util.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c330dd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scraper/management/commands/_util.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+LOCK_MODES = (
+    'ACCESS SHARE',
+    'ROW SHARE',
+    'ROW EXCLUSIVE',
+    'SHARE UPDATE EXCLUSIVE',
+    'SHARE',
+    'SHARE ROW EXCLUSIVE',
+    'EXCLUSIVE',
+    'ACCESS EXCLUSIVE',
+)
+
+
+def require_lock(model, lock):
+    """
+    Decorator for PostgreSQL's table-level lock functionality
+
+    Example:
+        @transaction.commit_on_success
+        @require_lock(MyModel, 'ACCESS EXCLUSIVE')
+        def myview(request)
+            ...
+
+    PostgreSQL's LOCK Documentation:
+    http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/sql-lock.html
+    """
+
+    def require_lock_decorator(view_func):
+        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+            if lock not in LOCK_MODES:
+                raise ValueError('%s is not a PostgreSQL supported lock mode.')
+            from django.db import connection
+            cursor = connection.cursor()
+            cursor.execute(
+                'LOCK TABLE %s IN %s MODE' % (model._meta.db_table, lock)
+            )
+            return view_func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        return wrapper
+
+    return require_lock_decorator
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diff --git a/scraper/management/commands/scrape.py b/scraper/management/commands/scrape.py
index 6146481..ae90450 100644
--- a/scraper/management/commands/scrape.py
+++ b/scraper/management/commands/scrape.py
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ import multiprocessing
 import requests
 import time
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from django.db import transaction
 from scraper.models import Instance, InstanceStats
+from scraper.management.commands._util import require_lock
 
 # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
 # Because the script uses the Mastodon API other platforms like         #
@@ -48,7 +50,6 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.done_bag = set()
-        self.existing_instance_ids = []
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_instance_info(instance_name: str):
@@ -87,6 +88,8 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             print("Failed: {}".format(instance_name))
             return data
 
+    @transaction.atomic
+    @require_lock(Instance, 'ACCESS EXCLUSIVE')
     def save_data(self, data):
         """Save data"""
         instance, _ = Instance.objects.get_or_create(name=get_key(data, ['instance']))
@@ -102,18 +105,13 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             )
             stats.save()
             # Save peers
-            # Save the list of instances we already have in the database
-            existing_peers = Instance.objects.filter(name__in=self.existing_instance_ids)
-            print("setting new_peer_ids")
-            new_peer_ids = [peer for peer in data['peers'] if peer not in self.existing_instance_ids]
+            # TODO: make this shared amongst threads so the database only needs to be queried once
+            existing_instance_ids = Instance.objects.values_list('name', flat=True)
+            existing_peers = Instance.objects.filter(name__in=existing_instance_ids)
+            new_peer_ids = [peer for peer in data['peers'] if peer not in existing_instance_ids]
             if new_peer_ids:
-                print("setting new_peers (ids: {})".format(new_peer_ids))
                 new_peers = Instance.objects.bulk_create([Instance(name=peer) for peer in new_peer_ids])
-                print("adding to existing_instance_ids")
-                self.existing_instance_ids.extend(new_peer_ids)
-                print("adding new peers")
                 instance.peers.set(new_peers)
-            print("adding existing peers")
             instance.peers.set(existing_peers)
         else:
             stats = InstanceStats(
@@ -141,8 +139,6 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
 
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
         start_time = time.time()
-        self.existing_instance_ids = Instance.objects.all().values_list('name', flat=True)
-        print("Existing instances: {}".format(self.existing_instance_ids))
         queue = multiprocessing.JoinableQueue()
         queue.put(SEED)
         # pool = multiprocessing.Pool(1, initializer=self.worker, initargs=(queue, ))  # Disable concurrency (debug)
diff --git a/scraper/migrations/0002_auto_20180826_2201.py b/scraper/migrations/0002_auto_20180826_2201.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a84f4b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scraper/migrations/0002_auto_20180826_2201.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.1 on 2018-08-26 22:01
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('scraper', '0001_initial'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='instancestats',
+            name='instance',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, related_name='stats', to='scraper.Instance'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/scraper/models.py b/scraper/models.py
index 9dfadde..0878879 100644
--- a/scraper/models.py
+++ b/scraper/models.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class InstanceStats(models.Model):
     instance = models.ForeignKey(
         Instance,
         on_delete=models.CASCADE,
+        related_name='stats',
     )
     num_peers = models.IntegerField(blank=True, null=True)
     num_statuses = models.IntegerField(blank=True, null=True)