diff --git a/src/fs/mod.rs b/src/fs/mod.rs
index 0c75580..9a505aa 100644
--- a/src/fs/mod.rs
+++ b/src/fs/mod.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use polyfuse::{
 };
 use std::io::SeekFrom;
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::{io, os::unix::prelude::*, path::PathBuf, time::Duration};
+use std::{io, path::PathBuf, time::Duration};
 use tokio::fs::File;
 use tokio::sync::Mutex;
 use tokio::{
@@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ where
         }
 
         if let Some(target) = link.data {
-            req.reply(target);
+            req.reply(target)?;
             return Ok(());
         }
 
-        return Ok(req.reply_error(libc::ENOLINK)?);
+        Ok(req.reply_error(libc::ENOLINK)?)
     }
 
     async fn read(&self, req: &Request, op: op::Read<'_>) -> Result<()> {
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ where
         out.ttl_attr(TTL);
         out.ttl_entry(TTL);
 
-        return Ok(req.reply(out)?);
+        Ok(req.reply(out)?)
     }
 }
 
@@ -358,8 +358,6 @@ trait AttributeFiller {
 
 impl AttributeFiller for Inode {
     fn fill(&self, attr: &mut FileAttr) {
-        use std::time::Duration;
-
         attr.mode(self.mode.mode());
 
         attr.ino(self.ino);
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b5eef90..6fa7bfe 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -16,15 +16,6 @@ mod fs;
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 #[clap(name ="rfs", author, version = env!("GIT_VERSION"), about, long_about = None)]
 struct Options {
-    /// storage-url is a url to the backend where the data is stored
-    /// this is a backup url to fall back to for backward compatability.
-    /// In newered flists, this information is already included int he flist
-    #[clap(
-        short,
-        long = "storage-url",
-        default_value_t = String::from("redis://hub.grid.tf:9900")
-    )]
-    storage_url: String,
     /// path to metadata file (flist)
     #[clap(short, long)]
     meta: String,
@@ -142,25 +133,17 @@ async fn app(opts: Options) -> Result<()> {
         .await
         .context("failed to initialize metadata database")?;
 
-    //let store = store::Router::new();
-    let store = store::zdb::make(&opts.storage_url).await?;
+    let mut router = store::Router::new();
 
-    let cache = cache::Cache::new(opts.cache, store);
-
-    //TODO: print tags
-
-    // match mgr.tags().await {
-    //     Ok(tags) => {
-    //         debug!("flist has {} tags", tags.len());
-    //         for (k, v) in tags.iter() {
-    //             debug!("[tag][{}]: {}", k, v);
-    //         }
-    //     }
-    //     Err(err) => {
-    //         error!("failed to extract flist tags: {}", err);
-    //     }
-    // }
+    for route in meta.routes().await.context("failed to get store routes")? {
+        let store = store::make(&route.url)
+            .await
+            .with_context(|| format!("failed to initialize store '{}'", route.url))?;
+        router.add(route.start, route.end, store);
+    }
 
+    let cache = cache::Cache::new(opts.cache, router);
     let filesystem = fs::Filesystem::new(meta, cache);
+
     filesystem.mount(opts.target).await
 }
diff --git a/src/store/mod.rs b/src/store/mod.rs
index ad5ce8e..2dbae50 100644
--- a/src/store/mod.rs
+++ b/src/store/mod.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pub use bs::BlockStore;
 use futures::Future;
 
 lazy_static::lazy_static! {
-    pub static ref STORES: HashMap<String, Factory> = register_stores();
+    static ref STORES: HashMap<String, Factory> = register_stores();
 }
 
 /// register_stores is used to register the stores built in types
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@ fn register_stores() -> HashMap<String, Factory> {
     m
 }
 
+pub async fn make<U: AsRef<str>>(u: U) -> Result<Box<dyn Store>> {
+    let parsed = url::Url::parse(u.as_ref())?;
+    let factory = match STORES.get(parsed.scheme()) {
+        None => return Err(Error::UnknownStore(parsed.scheme().into())),
+        Some(factory) => factory,
+    };
+
+    factory(u.as_ref()).await
+}
+
 #[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
 pub enum Error {
     #[error("key not found")]
@@ -50,6 +60,8 @@ pub enum Error {
 
     #[error("url parse error: {0}")]
     Url(#[from] url::ParseError),
+    #[error("unknown store type '{0}'")]
+    UnknownStore(String),
     #[error("invalid schema '{0}' expected '{1}'")]
     InvalidScheme(String, String),
     #[error("other: {0}")]