diff --git a/app/log/[postid]/page.tsx b/app/log/[postid]/page.tsx
index c1e2959..5992128 100644
--- a/app/log/[postid]/page.tsx
+++ b/app/log/[postid]/page.tsx
@@ -1,43 +1,35 @@
 import BlogPostController from "@/server/controllers/blogpost.controller";
 import Image from "next/image";
+import { MDXRemote } from "next-mdx-remote";
+import { serialize } from "next-mdx-remote/serialize";
+import { notFound } from "next/navigation";
 
 export default async function PostById({ params }: { params: { postid: string }}) {
     const { postid } = params;
     const controller = new BlogPostController();
+
+    console.log({ postid });
+    
     const post = await controller.getByID(postid);
 
+    if (!post) notFound();
+
+    const mdxSource = await serialize(post.content);
+
     return (
         <div>
             <h1>Post {postid}</h1>
             <p>Coming soon...</p>
 
-            { post && (
-                <article>
-                    <h2>{post.title}</h2>
-                    <p>{post.author}</p>
-                    <p>{post.posted.toDateString()}</p>
-                    { post.updated ? <p>{post.updated.toDateString()}</p> : null }
+            <article>
+                <h1>{post.title}</h1>
+                <p>{post.author}</p>
+                { post.written && <p>{post.written.toLocaleDateString()}</p> }
 
-                    { post.images && post.images.map((src, idx) => (
-                        <Image key={idx} src={src} alt={`attached media for post ${post.title}`} />
-                    ))}
-
-                    <hr />
-
-                    <p>{post.content}</p>
-
-                    <div id="category-list">
-                        { post.tags?.map((tag, idx) => {
-                            return (
-                                <div key={idx}>
-                                    <a href={`/log?category=${tag}`}>{tag}</a>
-                                </div>
-                            )
-                        })}
-                    </div>
-                </article>
-            )}
+                <hr />
 
+                <MDXRemote {...mdxSource} />
+            </article>
         </div>
     )
 }
diff --git a/app/log/layout.tsx b/app/log/layout.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/components/Log/PostComponent.tsx b/components/Log/PostComponent.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39518e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/Log/PostComponent.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// import { MDXRemote } from "next-mdx-remote";
+// import { serialize } from "next-mdx-remote/serialize";
+// import { BlogPost } from "@/server/db/schema";
+
+// export default async function PostComponent(post: BlogPost) {
+//     const mdxSource = await serialize(post.content);
+//     return <MDXRemote  />
+// }
diff --git a/env.mjs b/env.mjs
index 758fc80..e12426c 100644
--- a/env.mjs
+++ b/env.mjs
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ const env = createEnv({
         MONGO_USER: z.string().optional(),
         MONGO_PASSWORD: z.string().optional(),
 
-        POSTGRES_URL: z.string().url(),
-        POSTGRES_USER: z.string(),
-        POSTGRES_PASSWORD: z.string(),
-
         S3_ENDPOINT: z.string().url(),
         S3_REGION: z.string(),
         S3_ACCESS_KEY: z.string(),
@@ -22,10 +18,6 @@ const env = createEnv({
         KV_URL: z.string(),
     },
     runtimeEnv: {
-        POSTGRES_URL: process.env.POSTGRES_URL,
-        POSTGRES_USER: process.env.POSTGRES_USER,
-        POSTGRES_PASSWORD: process.env.POSTGRES_PASSWORD,
-
         MONGO_URL: process.env.MONGO_URL,
         MONGO_USER: process.env.MONGO_USER,
         MONGO_PASSWORD: process.env.MONGO_PASSWORD,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d55069e..685656f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     "ioredis": "^5.3.2",
     "mongodb": "^6.3.0",
     "next": "^14.0.1",
+    "next-mdx-remote": "^4.4.1",
     "pg": "^8.11.3",
     "react": "18.2.0",
     "react-dom": "18.2.0",
diff --git a/server/controllers/base.controller.ts b/server/controllers/base.controller.ts
index b7883f2..cce08a3 100644
--- a/server/controllers/base.controller.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/base.controller.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { createDBClient } from '../db/createClient';
 import { Maybe } from '@/util/helpers';
 import { ParseParams } from 'zod';
-import { MongoClient, WithId, Filter, InsertOneResult } from 'mongodb';
+import { MongoClient, WithId, ObjectId, InsertOneResult, Filter } from 'mongodb';
 
 type FullParserType<T extends { [key: string]: any }> = (data: any, params?: Partial<ParseParams>) => T;
 
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ type ControllerOptions<T extends { [key: string]: any }> = {
 
 export default abstract class BaseController<T extends { _id?: any, [key: string]: any }> {
     protected client: MongoClient
-    collectionName: string
-    parse: FullParserType<T>
+    protected collectionName: string
+    protected parse: FullParserType<T>
 
     constructor(options: ControllerOptions<T>) {
         this.collectionName = options.tableName;
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default abstract class BaseController<T extends { _id?: any, [key: string
         try {
             // we'll enable cache here later
             await this.client.connect();
-            result = await this.client.db().collection<T>(this.collectionName)
+            result = await this.client.db('mikayladotdev').collection<T>(this.collectionName)
                 .find()
                 .toArray();