diff --git a/cmd/gonic/gonic.go b/cmd/gonic/gonic.go
index 18dcb47c..8548d40d 100644
--- a/cmd/gonic/gonic.go
+++ b/cmd/gonic/gonic.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/google/shlex"
+	_ "github.com/jinzhu/gorm/dialects/postgres"
 	_ "github.com/jinzhu/gorm/dialects/sqlite"
 	"github.com/oklog/run"
 	"github.com/peterbourgon/ff"
@@ -47,7 +48,12 @@ func main() {
 
 	confPlaylistsPath := set.String("playlists-path", "", "path to your list of new or existing m3u playlists that gonic can manage")
 
-	confDBPath := set.String("db-path", "gonic.db", "path to database (optional)")
+	confSqlitePath := set.String("db-path", "gonic.db", "path to database (optional, default: gonic.db)")
+	confPostgresHost := set.String("postgres-host", "", "name of the PostgreSQL gonicServer (optional)")
+	confPostgresPort := set.Int("postgres-port", 5432, "port to use for PostgreSQL connection (optional, default: 5432)")
+	confPostgresName := set.String("postgres-db", "gonic", "name of the PostgreSQL database (optional, default: gonic)")
+	confPostgresUser := set.String("postgres-user", "gonic", "name of the PostgreSQL user (optional, default: gonic)")
+	confPostgresSslModel := set.String("postgres-ssl-mode", "verify-full", "the ssl mode used for connecting to the PostreSQL instance (optional, default: verify-full)")
 
 	confScanIntervalMins := set.Int("scan-interval", 0, "interval (in minutes) to automatically scan music (optional)")
 	confScanAtStart := set.Bool("scan-at-start-enabled", false, "whether to perform an initial scan at startup (optional)")
@@ -113,7 +119,12 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatalf("couldn't create covers cache path: %v\n", err)
 	}
 
-	dbc, err := db.New(*confDBPath, db.DefaultOptions())
+	var dbc *db.DB
+	if len(*confPostgresHost) > 0 {
+		dbc, err = db.NewPostgres(*confPostgresHost, *confPostgresPort, *confPostgresName, *confPostgresUser, os.Getenv("GONIC_POSTGRES_PW"), *confPostgresSslModel)
+	} else {
+		dbc, err = db.NewSqlite3(*confSqlitePath, db.DefaultOptions())
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("error opening database: %v\n", err)
 	}
diff --git a/db/db.go b/db/db.go
index 7e4edaf0..41cbaee4 100644
--- a/db/db.go
+++ b/db/db.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type DB struct {
 	*gorm.DB
 }
 
-func New(path string, options url.Values) (*DB, error) {
+func NewSqlite3(path string, options url.Values) (*DB, error) {
 	// https://github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3#connection-string
 	url := url.URL{
 		Scheme: "file",
@@ -45,13 +45,26 @@ func New(path string, options url.Values) (*DB, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("with gorm: %w", err)
 	}
+	return newDB(db)
+}
+
+func NewPostgres(host string, port int, databaseName string, username string, password string, sslmode string) (*DB, error) {
+	pathAndArgs := fmt.Sprintf("host=%s port=%d user=%s dbname=%s password=%s sslmode=%s", host, port, username, databaseName, password, sslmode)
+	db, err := gorm.Open("postgres", pathAndArgs)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("with gorm: %w", err)
+	}
+	return newDB(db)
+}
+
+func newDB(db *gorm.DB) (*DB, error) {
 	db.SetLogger(log.New(os.Stdout, "gorm ", 0))
 	db.DB().SetMaxOpenConns(1)
 	return &DB{DB: db}, nil
 }
 
 func NewMock() (*DB, error) {
-	return New(":memory:", mockOptions())
+	return NewSqlite3(":memory:", mockOptions())
 }
 
 func (db *DB) GetSetting(key string) (string, error) {
@@ -80,10 +93,11 @@ func (db *DB) InsertBulkLeftMany(table string, head []string, left int, col []in
 		rows = append(rows, "(?, ?)")
 		values = append(values, left, c)
 	}
-	q := fmt.Sprintf("INSERT OR IGNORE INTO %q (%s) VALUES %s",
+	q := fmt.Sprintf("INSERT INTO %q (%s) VALUES %s ON CONFLICT (%s) DO NOTHING",
 		table,
 		strings.Join(head, ", "),
 		strings.Join(rows, ", "),
+		strings.Join(head, ", "),
 	)
 	return db.Exec(q, values...).Error
 }
diff --git a/db/migrations.go b/db/migrations.go
index c560c025..0e7b028c 100644
--- a/db/migrations.go
+++ b/db/migrations.go
@@ -82,14 +82,15 @@ func construct(ctx MigrationContext, id string, f func(*gorm.DB, MigrationContex
 func migrateInitSchema(tx *gorm.DB, _ MigrationContext) error {
 	return tx.AutoMigrate(
 		Genre{},
+		Artist{},
+		Album{},
+		Track{},
 		TrackGenre{},
 		AlbumGenre{},
-		Track{},
-		Artist{},
 		User{},
 		Setting{},
 		Play{},
-		Album{},
+		Playlist{},
 		PlayQueue{},
 	).
 		Error
@@ -155,12 +156,18 @@ func migrateAddGenre(tx *gorm.DB, _ MigrationContext) error {
 
 func migrateUpdateTranscodePrefIDX(tx *gorm.DB, _ MigrationContext) error {
 	var hasIDX int
-	tx.
-		Select("1").
-		Table("sqlite_master").
-		Where("type = ?", "index").
-		Where("name = ?", "idx_user_id_client").
-		Count(&hasIDX)
+	if tx.Dialect().GetName() == "sqlite3" {
+		tx.Select("1").
+			Table("sqlite_master").
+			Where("type = ?", "index").
+			Where("name = ?", "idx_user_id_client").
+			Count(&hasIDX)
+	} else if tx.Dialect().GetName() == "postgres" {
+		tx.Select("1").
+			Table("pg_indexes").
+			Where("indexname = ?", "idx_user_id_client").
+			Count(&hasIDX)
+	}
 	if hasIDX == 1 {
 		// index already exists
 		return nil
@@ -437,9 +444,15 @@ func migratePlaylistsQueuesToFullID(tx *gorm.DB, _ MigrationContext) error {
 	if err := step.Error; err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("step migrate play_queues to full id: %w", err)
 	}
-	step = tx.Exec(`
+	if tx.Dialect().GetName() == "postgres" {
+		step = tx.Exec(`
+		UPDATE play_queues SET newcurrent=('tr-' || current)::varchar[200];
+	`)
+	} else {
+		step = tx.Exec(`
 		UPDATE play_queues SET newcurrent=('tr-' || CAST(current AS varchar(10)));
 	`)
+	}
 	if err := step.Error; err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("step migrate play_queues to full id: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2ead1788..799b35b6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
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@@ -12,6 +14,8 @@ github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery v1.8.1/go.mod h1:Q8ICL1kNUJ2sXGoAhPGUdYDJvgQgHzJs
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@@ -42,11 +46,15 @@ github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.21.1/go.mod h1:QYRuS/SOXUCsnplDa677K7+DxSOj6IPNl/e
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@@ -84,7 +92,9 @@ github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 h1:vlS4z54oSdjm0bgjRigI+G1HpF+tI+9rE5LLzOg8Hm
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@@ -104,6 +114,7 @@ github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.16 h1:yOQRA0RpS5PFz/oikGwBEqvAWhWg5ufRz4ETLjwp
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@@ -128,6 +139,7 @@ github.com/oklog/run v1.1.0 h1:GEenZ1cK0+q0+wsJew9qUg/DyD8k3JzYsZAi5gYi2mA=
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@@ -137,10 +149,13 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
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+golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20220722155255-886fb9371eb4 h1:uVc8UZUe6tr40fFVnUP5Oj+veunVezqYl9z7DYw9xzw=
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 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
@@ -188,6 +207,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0 h1:MUK/U/4lj1t1oPg0HfuXDN/Z1wv31ZJ/YcPiGccS4DU=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
+golang.org/x/term v0.5.0 h1:n2a8QNdAb0sZNpU9R1ALUXBbY+w51fCQDN+7EdxNBsY=
 golang.org/x/term v0.5.0/go.mod h1:jMB1sMXY+tzblOD4FWmEbocvup2/aLOaQEp7JmGp78k=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
@@ -198,8 +218,10 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.7.0/go.mod h1:mrYo+phRRbMaCq/xk9113O4dZlRixOauAjOtrjsXDZ8=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12/go.mod h1:hNGJHUnrk76NpqgfD5Aqm5Crs+Hm0VOH/i9J2+nxYbc=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.2.0 h1:G6AHpWxTMGY1KyEYoAQ5WTtIekUUvDNjan3ugu60JvE=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7 h1:9zdDQZ7Thm29KFXgAX/+yaf3eVbP7djjWp/dXAppNCc=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
+google.golang.org/appengine v1.3.0 h1:FBSsiFRMz3LBeXIomRnVzrQwSDj4ibvcRexLG0LZGQk=
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.3.0/go.mod h1:xpcJRLb0r/rnEns0DIKYYv+WjYCduHsrkT7/EB5XEv4=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
diff --git a/mockfs/mockfs.go b/mockfs/mockfs.go
index 06d91364..ebd39f58 100644
--- a/mockfs/mockfs.go
+++ b/mockfs/mockfs.go
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ func (m *MockFS) DumpDB(suffix ...string) {
 	p = append(p, suffix...)
 
 	destPath := filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), strings.Join(p, "-"))
-	dest, err := db.New(destPath, url.Values{})
+	dest, err := db.NewSqlite3(destPath, url.Values{})
 	if err != nil {
 		m.t.Fatalf("create dest db: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/scanner/scanner_test.go b/scanner/scanner_test.go
index 7e068e5e..2e18033f 100644
--- a/scanner/scanner_test.go
+++ b/scanner/scanner_test.go
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ func TestMultiFolderWithSharedArtist(t *testing.T) {
 
 	sq := func(db *gorm.DB) *gorm.DB {
 		return db.
-			Select("*, count(sub.id) child_count, sum(sub.length) duration").
+			Select("albums.*, count(sub.id) child_count, sum(sub.length) duration").
 			Joins("LEFT JOIN tracks sub ON albums.id=sub.album_id").
 			Group("albums.id")
 	}
diff --git a/server/ctrlsubsonic/handlers_by_folder.go b/server/ctrlsubsonic/handlers_by_folder.go
index 558b3112..14469b26 100644
--- a/server/ctrlsubsonic/handlers_by_folder.go
+++ b/server/ctrlsubsonic/handlers_by_folder.go
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ func (c *Controller) ServeGetIndexes(r *http.Request) *spec.Response {
 	}
 	var folders []*db.Album
 	c.DB.
-		Select("*, count(sub.id) child_count").
+		Select("albums.*, count(sub.id) child_count").
 		Preload("AlbumStar", "user_id=?", user.ID).
 		Preload("AlbumRating", "user_id=?", user.ID).
 		Joins("LEFT JOIN albums sub ON albums.id=sub.parent_id").
 		Where("albums.parent_id IN ?", rootQ.SubQuery()).
 		Group("albums.id").
-		Order("albums.right_path COLLATE NOCASE").
+		Order("albums.right_path").
 		Find(&folders)
 	// [a-z#] -> 27
 	indexMap := make(map[string]*spec.Index, 27)
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (c *Controller) ServeGetMusicDirectory(r *http.Request) *spec.Response {
 		Where("parent_id=?", id.Value).
 		Preload("AlbumStar", "user_id=?", user.ID).
 		Preload("AlbumRating", "user_id=?", user.ID).
-		Order("albums.right_path COLLATE NOCASE").
+		Order("albums.right_path").
 		Find(&childFolders)
 	for _, ch := range childFolders {
 		childrenObj = append(childrenObj, spec.NewTCAlbumByFolder(ch))
diff --git a/server/ctrlsubsonic/handlers_by_tags.go b/server/ctrlsubsonic/handlers_by_tags.go
index b16ca506..d594a40b 100644
--- a/server/ctrlsubsonic/handlers_by_tags.go
+++ b/server/ctrlsubsonic/handlers_by_tags.go
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ func (c *Controller) ServeGetArtists(r *http.Request) *spec.Response {
 	user := r.Context().Value(CtxUser).(*db.User)
 	var artists []*db.Artist
 	q := c.DB.
-		Select("*, count(sub.id) album_count").
+		Select("artists.*, count(sub.id) album_count").
 		Joins("LEFT JOIN albums sub ON artists.id=sub.tag_artist_id").
 		Preload("ArtistStar", "user_id=?", user.ID).
 		Preload("ArtistRating", "user_id=?", user.ID).
 		Group("artists.id").
-		Order("artists.name COLLATE NOCASE")
+		Order("artists.name")
 	if m := getMusicFolder(c.MusicPaths, params); m != "" {
 		q = q.Where("sub.root_dir=?", m)
 	}
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func (c *Controller) ServeGetArtist(r *http.Request) *spec.Response {
 	c.DB.
 		Preload("Albums", func(db *gorm.DB) *gorm.DB {
 			return db.
-				Select("*, count(sub.id) child_count, sum(sub.length) duration").
+				Select("albums.*, count(sub.id) child_count, sum(sub.length) duration").
 				Joins("LEFT JOIN tracks sub ON albums.id=sub.album_id").
 				Preload("AlbumStar", "user_id=?", user.ID).
 				Preload("AlbumRating", "user_id=?", user.ID).
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ func (c *Controller) ServeGetAlbum(r *http.Request) *spec.Response {
 	err = c.DB.
 		Select("albums.*, count(tracks.id) child_count, sum(tracks.length) duration").
 		Joins("LEFT JOIN tracks ON tracks.album_id=albums.id").
+		Group("albums.id").
 		Preload("TagArtist").
 		Preload("Genres").
 		Preload("Tracks", func(db *gorm.DB) *gorm.DB {
@@ -162,14 +163,14 @@ func (c *Controller) ServeGetAlbumListTwo(r *http.Request) *spec.Response {
 	case "frequent":
 		user := r.Context().Value(CtxUser).(*db.User)
 		q = q.Joins("JOIN plays ON albums.id=plays.album_id AND plays.user_id=?", user.ID)
-		q = q.Order("plays.count DESC")
+		q = q.Order("SUM(plays.count) DESC")
 	case "newest":
 		q = q.Order("created_at DESC")
 	case "random":
 		q = q.Order(gorm.Expr("random()"))
 	case "recent":
 		q = q.Joins("JOIN plays ON albums.id=plays.album_id AND plays.user_id=?", user.ID)
-		q = q.Order("plays.time DESC")
+		q = q.Order("MAX(plays.time) DESC")
 	case "starred":
 		q = q.Joins("JOIN album_stars ON albums.id=album_stars.album_id AND album_stars.user_id=?", user.ID)
 		q = q.Order("tag_title")
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ func (c *Controller) ServeSearchThree(r *http.Request) *spec.Response {
 	// search artists
 	var artists []*db.Artist
 	q := c.DB.
-		Select("*, count(albums.id) album_count").
+		Select("artists.*, count(albums.id) album_count").
 		Group("artists.id").
 		Where("name LIKE ? OR name_u_dec LIKE ?", query, query).
 		Joins("JOIN albums ON albums.tag_artist_id=artists.id").
diff --git a/server/ctrlsubsonic/handlers_raw.go b/server/ctrlsubsonic/handlers_raw.go
index 50063140..e087fcbd 100644
--- a/server/ctrlsubsonic/handlers_raw.go
+++ b/server/ctrlsubsonic/handlers_raw.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func streamGetTransPref(dbc *db.DB, userID int, client string) (*db.TranscodePre
 	var pref db.TranscodePreference
 	err := dbc.
 		Where("user_id=?", userID).
-		Where("client COLLATE NOCASE IN (?)", []string{"*", client}).
+		Where("client IN (?)", []string{"*", client}).
 		Order("client DESC"). // ensure "*" is last if it's there
 		First(&pref).
 		Error
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 56d8b39a..7c63e0c9 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package server
 
 import (
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
@@ -76,17 +77,19 @@ func New(opts Options) (*Server, error) {
 	r.Use(base.WithCORS)
 	r.Use(handlers.RecoveryHandler(handlers.PrintRecoveryStack(true)))
 
-	sessKey, err := opts.DB.GetSetting("session_key")
+	encSessKey, err := opts.DB.GetSetting("session_key")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("get session key: %w", err)
 	}
-	if sessKey == "" {
-		if err := opts.DB.SetSetting("session_key", string(securecookie.GenerateRandomKey(32))); err != nil {
+	sessKey, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(encSessKey)
+	if err != nil || len(sessKey) == 0 {
+		sessKey = securecookie.GenerateRandomKey(32)
+		if err := opts.DB.SetSetting("session_key", base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(sessKey)); err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("set session key: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
 
-	sessDB := gormstore.New(opts.DB.DB, []byte(sessKey))
+	sessDB := gormstore.New(opts.DB.DB, sessKey)
 	sessDB.SessionOpts.HttpOnly = true
 	sessDB.SessionOpts.SameSite = http.SameSiteLaxMode