diff --git a/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/config.clj b/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/config.clj
index 3b1c374..f9c6806 100644
--- a/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/config.clj
+++ b/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/config.clj
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
                 ::doerg-parser]))
 
 (s/def ::file
-  #(or (instance? java.io.File %)
-       (string? %)))
+  (s/conformer (comp fs/file fs/absolutize fs/expand-home)))
 
 (s/def ::executable #(or (fs/executable? %)
                          (and (fs/relative? %)
diff --git a/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/config.clj b/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/config.clj
index 18af668..c1328c1 100644
--- a/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/config.clj
+++ b/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/config.clj
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@
             [net.deertopia.doerg.config :as doerg]))
 
 (s/def ::config
-  (s/keys :req [::state-directory]))
+  (s/keys :req [::state-directory
+                ::org-roam-db-path]))
 
 (def default
-  {::state-directory (fs/xdg-state-home "doerg-publisher")})
+  {::state-directory (fs/xdg-state-home "doerg-publisher")
+   ::org-roam-db-path (fs/file (fs/home) ".cache" "emacs" "org-roam.db")})
 
 (def ^:dynamic *cfg* default)
 
 (s/def ::state-directory ::doerg/file)
+(s/def ::org-roam-db-path ::doerg/file)
diff --git a/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/node.clj b/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/roam.clj
similarity index 88%
rename from publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/node.clj
rename to publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/roam.clj
index 7e8d78d..8971b81 100644
--- a/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/node.clj
+++ b/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/roam.clj
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-(ns net.deertopia.publisher.node
+(ns net.deertopia.publisher.roam
   (:require [next.jdbc :as sql]
             [net.deertopia.publisher.config :as cfg]
             [net.deertopia.publisher.slug :as slug]
             [babashka.fs :as fs]
-            [elisp.instaparse :as elisp])
+            [net.deertopia.publisher.elisp :as elisp])
   (:import (java.util UUID)))
 
 ;;; Global database
 
 (defonce ^:dynamic *use-db-cache?* true)
 
-(def db-path (-> (cfg/get :org-roam :database)
+(def db-path (-> cfg/*cfg* ::cfg/org-roam-db-path
                  fs/expand-home str))
 
 (def db {:dbtype "sqlite"
@@ -69,20 +69,24 @@
     "Return the node associated with `this` or nil."))
 
 (extend-protocol GetNode
+  String
+  (get-node [this]
+    (or (some-> this slug/from-string get-node)
+        (some-> this parse-uuid get-node)))
   java.util.UUID
   (get-node [this]
     (make-node this))
-  net.deertopia.publish.slug.Slug
+  net.deertopia.publisher.slug.Slug
   (get-node [this]
     (-> this slug/to-uuid make-node)))
 
 (comment
-  (let [n (make-node (slug/to-uuid (slug/->Slug "68XqhHerTWCbE--RYLEdHw")))]
-    (fetch-with-cache
-     n :title
-     #(do (println "fetch")
-          (sql/execute-one! ds ["select title from nodes where id = ?"
-                                (print-elisp-string (:id %))])))))
+  (def node (get-node "68XqhHerTWCbE--RYLEdHw"))
+  (fetch-with-cache
+   node :title
+   #(do (println "fetch")
+        (sql/execute-one! ds ["select title from nodes where id = ?"
+                              (print-elisp-string (:id %))]))))
 
 
 ;;; Node operations