diff --git a/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md b/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
index 74b9fa62..9c978d71 100644
--- a/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
+++ b/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
@@ -1723,6 +1723,10 @@ Player characters not simulated at macro level
 Macro simulation inventory utilities
 Build structure goal properly working from macro sim
 Repairability check when repairing structure
+Fix viewport loading
+Database warning handling
+In memory database support
+Fix test utils creating characters
 
 
 
diff --git a/saves/testscene1/central.db b/saves/testscene1/central.db
deleted file mode 100644
index 5034033f..00000000
Binary files a/saves/testscene1/central.db and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/saves/testscene1/central.sqlite b/saves/testscene1/central.sqlite
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f1881e0
Binary files /dev/null and b/saves/testscene1/central.sqlite differ
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/loadingthreads/ViewportLoading.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/loadingthreads/ViewportLoading.java
index a9b6a056..cd013fc1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/loadingthreads/ViewportLoading.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/loadingthreads/ViewportLoading.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import electrosphere.net.parser.net.message.TerrainMessage;
 import electrosphere.net.server.player.Player;
 import electrosphere.renderer.ui.elements.Window;
 import electrosphere.server.db.DatabaseController;
+import electrosphere.server.db.DatabaseUtils;
 
 /**
  * Loads the viewport
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ public class ViewportLoading {
         //
         //connect client to server
         LoggerInterface.loggerEngine.INFO("run server: " + Globals.RUN_SERVER + " run client: " + Globals.RUN_CLIENT);
-        Globals.dbController = new DatabaseController();
+        ViewportLoading.initInMemoryDB();
         LoadingUtils.initAuthenticationManager(true);
         Globals.clientUsername = "leveleditor";
         Globals.clientPassword = AuthenticationManager.getHashedString("leveleditor");
@@ -79,4 +80,13 @@ public class ViewportLoading {
         ClientLoading.loadViewport(params);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Initializes an in-memory db
+     */
+    private static void initInMemoryDB(){
+        Globals.dbController = new DatabaseController();
+        Globals.dbController.connect(DatabaseController.IN_MEMORY_PATH);
+        DatabaseUtils.runScript(Globals.dbController,"createTables.sql");
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/server/db/DatabaseController.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/server/db/DatabaseController.java
index 6b614d50..1dd93efb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/server/db/DatabaseController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/server/db/DatabaseController.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import java.sql.DriverManager;
 import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.sql.SQLWarning;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 /**
@@ -17,6 +18,11 @@ public class DatabaseController {
      * file extension for allowed database files to open
      */
     public static final String FILE_EXT = ".sqlite";
+
+    /**
+     * The in-memory path for database connections
+     */
+    public static final String IN_MEMORY_PATH = ":memory:";
     
     /**
      * The database connection
@@ -39,8 +45,11 @@ public class DatabaseController {
         try {
             conn = DriverManager.getConnection(fullAddress, connectionProps);
         } catch (SQLException ex) {
-            LoggerInterface.loggerFileIO.ERROR("Failure to connect to db", ex);
-            ex.printStackTrace();
+            String message = "" +
+            "Failure to connect to db\n" +
+            ex.getMessage() +
+            "";
+            throw new Error(message);
         }
     }
 
@@ -51,6 +60,9 @@ public class DatabaseController {
      * @return true if there is a result set, false if there is an update count or no result
      */
     public boolean executePreparedStatement(String statementRaw, Object...arguments){
+        if(conn == null){
+            throw new Error("Connection not initialized!");
+        }
         try {
             PreparedStatement statement = conn.prepareStatement(statementRaw);
             //Set arguments for prepared statements
@@ -73,6 +85,10 @@ public class DatabaseController {
             }
             //actually execute
             boolean result = statement.execute();
+            SQLWarning warning = statement.getWarnings();
+            if(warning != null){
+                LoggerInterface.loggerDB.WARNING(warning.toString());
+            }
             statement.close();
             return result;
         } catch (SQLException ex) {
@@ -90,8 +106,7 @@ public class DatabaseController {
     public DatabaseResult executePreparedQuery(String statementRaw, Object...arguments){
         DatabaseResult rVal = DatabaseResult.createQuery(statementRaw);
         if(conn == null){
-            rVal.succeeded = false;
-            return rVal;
+            throw new Error("Connection not initialized!");
         }
         try {
             PreparedStatement statement = conn.prepareStatement(statementRaw);
@@ -116,6 +131,14 @@ public class DatabaseController {
             }
             //actually execute
             ResultSet results = statement.executeQuery();
+            SQLWarning warning = results.getWarnings();
+            if(warning != null){
+                LoggerInterface.loggerDB.WARNING(warning.toString());
+            }
+            warning = statement.getWarnings();
+            if(warning != null){
+                LoggerInterface.loggerDB.WARNING(warning.toString());
+            }
             if(results != null){
                 rVal.addResultSet(results);
             }
diff --git a/src/test/java/electrosphere/test/testutils/TestEngineUtils.java b/src/test/java/electrosphere/test/testutils/TestEngineUtils.java
index 9034cd43..ae37feb7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/electrosphere/test/testutils/TestEngineUtils.java
+++ b/src/test/java/electrosphere/test/testutils/TestEngineUtils.java
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ import electrosphere.engine.loadingthreads.LoadingThread;
 import electrosphere.entity.Entity;
 import electrosphere.entity.types.creature.CreatureTemplate;
 import electrosphere.net.server.ServerConnectionHandler;
-import electrosphere.net.server.protocol.CharacterProtocol;
 import electrosphere.server.datacell.utils.EntityLookupUtils;
 import electrosphere.server.macro.character.PlayerCharacterCreation;
+import electrosphere.server.macro.character.Character;
 
 /**
  * Utils for testing the engine
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ public class TestEngineUtils {
         CreatureTemplate creatureTemplate = CreatureTemplate.createDefault("human");
         ServerConnectionHandler serverConnection = Globals.server.getFirstConnection();
         serverConnection.setCreatureTemplate(creatureTemplate);
-        serverConnection.setCharacterId(CharacterProtocol.SPAWN_EXISTING_TEMPLATE);
+        Character chara = Globals.characterService.createCharacter(creatureTemplate, serverConnection.getPlayerId());
+        serverConnection.setCharacterId(chara.getId());
         PlayerCharacterCreation.spawnPlayerCharacter(serverConnection);
     }