diff --git a/.env.test b/.env.test
index 04f290d..b166cd1 100644
--- a/.env.test
+++ b/.env.test
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DATABASE_URI="postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/whisper_api_test"
+DATABASE_URI="postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/whisperbox_test"
 ENVIRONMENT="development"
 API_SECRET="foo"
-REDIS_URI="redis://localhost:6379/0"
+BROKER_URI="redis://localhost:6379/0"
diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index c7c7565..5579ce6 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [flake8]
-max-line-length = 88
+max-line-length = 90
 extend-ignore = E203
 exclude = .git,__pycache__,__init__.py,.mypy_cache,.pytest_cache,app/alembic/versions
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d1c340c..84f123f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -161,3 +161,5 @@ cython_debug/
 
 # VS Code
 .vscode
+
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 53122a5..040c8f4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+clean:
+	docker-compose -f docker/dev.docker-compose.yml down --volumes --remove-orphans
 dev:
 	docker-compose -f docker/dev.docker-compose.yml build --progress tty
 	docker-compose -f docker/dev.docker-compose.yml up --remove-orphans
@@ -7,8 +9,8 @@ fmt:
 	isort app
 
 lint:
-	mypy app
 	flake8 app
+	mypy app
 
 test:
 	pytest
diff --git a/app/shared/config.py b/app/shared/config.py
index 0c78151..214d6ac 100644
--- a/app/shared/config.py
+++ b/app/shared/config.py
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     API_SECRET: str
     DATABASE_URI: str
     ENVIRONMENT: str
-    REDIS_URI: str
+
+    # derived settings
+    BROKER_URI: str
 
 
 if "pytest" in sys.modules:
diff --git a/app/shared/db/alembic/versions/684a5e546314_add_job_meta_field.py b/app/shared/db/alembic/versions/684a5e546314_add_job_meta_field.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4337f57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/shared/db/alembic/versions/684a5e546314_add_job_meta_field.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+"""add_job_meta_field
+
+Revision ID: 684a5e546314
+Revises: bb249ed79907
+Create Date: 2023-01-18 13:38:07.692830
+
+"""
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from alembic import op
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = "684a5e546314"
+down_revision = "bb249ed79907"
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.add_column("jobs", sa.Column("meta", sa.JSON(none_as_null=True), nullable=True))
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.drop_column("jobs", "meta")
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
diff --git a/app/shared/db/alembic/versions/bb249ed79907_add_job_tables.py b/app/shared/db/alembic/versions/bb249ed79907_add_job_tables.py
index 4c498ba..7fb73e3 100644
--- a/app/shared/db/alembic/versions/bb249ed79907_add_job_tables.py
+++ b/app/shared/db/alembic/versions/bb249ed79907_add_job_tables.py
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 """add_job_tables
 
 Revision ID: bb249ed79907
-Revises: 
+Revises:
 Create Date: 2023-01-17 14:30:30.920466
 
 """
-from alembic import op
 import sqlalchemy as sa
+from alembic import op
 from sqlalchemy.dialects import postgresql
 
 # revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
-revision = 'bb249ed79907'
+revision = "bb249ed79907"
 down_revision = None
 branch_labels = None
 depends_on = None
@@ -18,34 +18,46 @@ depends_on = None
 
 def upgrade() -> None:
     # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
-    op.create_table('jobs',
-    sa.Column('url', sa.String(length=2048), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('status', sa.Enum('create', 'error', 'success', name='jobstatus'), nullable=False),
-    sa.Column('type', sa.Enum('transcript', name='jobtype'), nullable=False),
-    sa.Column('created_at', sa.DateTime(), server_default=sa.text('now()'), nullable=False),
-    sa.Column('updated_at', sa.DateTime(), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('id', postgresql.UUID(as_uuid=True), nullable=False),
-    sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id')
+    op.create_table(
+        "jobs",
+        sa.Column("url", sa.String(length=2048), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column(
+            "status",
+            sa.Enum("create", "error", "processing", "success", name="jobstatus"),
+            nullable=False,
+        ),
+        sa.Column("type", sa.Enum("transcript", name="jobtype"), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column(
+            "created_at", sa.DateTime(), server_default=sa.text("now()"), nullable=False
+        ),
+        sa.Column("updated_at", sa.DateTime(), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("id", postgresql.UUID(as_uuid=True), nullable=False),
+        sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint("id"),
     )
-    op.create_index(op.f('ix_jobs_id'), 'jobs', ['id'], unique=False)
-    op.create_table('artifacts',
-    sa.Column('job_id', postgresql.UUID(as_uuid=True), nullable=False),
-    sa.Column('data', sa.JSON(none_as_null=True), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('type', sa.Enum('raw_transcript', name='artifacttype'), nullable=False),
-    sa.Column('created_at', sa.DateTime(), server_default=sa.text('now()'), nullable=False),
-    sa.Column('updated_at', sa.DateTime(), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('id', postgresql.UUID(as_uuid=True), nullable=False),
-    sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(['job_id'], ['jobs.id'], ondelete='CASCADE'),
-    sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id')
+    op.create_index(op.f("ix_jobs_id"), "jobs", ["id"], unique=False)
+    op.create_table(
+        "artifacts",
+        sa.Column("job_id", postgresql.UUID(as_uuid=True), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("data", sa.JSON(none_as_null=True), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column(
+            "type", sa.Enum("raw_transcript", name="artifacttype"), nullable=False
+        ),
+        sa.Column(
+            "created_at", sa.DateTime(), server_default=sa.text("now()"), nullable=False
+        ),
+        sa.Column("updated_at", sa.DateTime(), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("id", postgresql.UUID(as_uuid=True), nullable=False),
+        sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(["job_id"], ["jobs.id"], ondelete="CASCADE"),
+        sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint("id"),
     )
-    op.create_index(op.f('ix_artifacts_id'), 'artifacts', ['id'], unique=False)
+    op.create_index(op.f("ix_artifacts_id"), "artifacts", ["id"], unique=False)
     # ### end Alembic commands ###
 
 
 def downgrade() -> None:
     # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
-    op.drop_index(op.f('ix_artifacts_id'), table_name='artifacts')
-    op.drop_table('artifacts')
-    op.drop_index(op.f('ix_jobs_id'), table_name='jobs')
-    op.drop_table('jobs')
+    op.drop_index(op.f("ix_artifacts_id"), table_name="artifacts")
+    op.drop_table("artifacts")
+    op.drop_index(op.f("ix_jobs_id"), table_name="jobs")
+    op.drop_table("jobs")
     # ### end Alembic commands ###
diff --git a/app/shared/db/dtos.py b/app/shared/db/dtos.py
index 0946d95..0213d92 100644
--- a/app/shared/db/dtos.py
+++ b/app/shared/db/dtos.py
@@ -3,7 +3,16 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Any, Optional
 from uuid import UUID
 
-from pydantic import AnyHttpUrl, BaseModel, Json
+from pydantic import AnyHttpUrl, BaseModel
+
+
+class WithDbFields(BaseModel):
+    id: UUID
+    created_at: datetime
+    updated_at: Optional[datetime]
+
+    class Config:
+        orm_mode = True
 
 
 class ArtifactType(str, enum.Enum):
@@ -16,23 +25,21 @@ class JobType(str, enum.Enum):
 
 class JobStatus(str, enum.Enum):
     create = "create"
+    processing = "processing"
     error = "error"
     success = "success"
 
 
-class WithDbFields(BaseModel):
-    id: UUID
-    created_at: datetime
-    updated_at: Optional[datetime]
-
-    class Config:
-        orm_mode = True
+class JobMeta(BaseModel):
+    language: Optional[str]
+    task_id: Optional[UUID]
 
 
 class Job(WithDbFields):
     status: JobStatus
     type: JobType
     url: AnyHttpUrl
+    meta: Optional[JobMeta]
 
 
 class Artifact(WithDbFields):
diff --git a/app/shared/db/models.py b/app/shared/db/models.py
index 82f3214..1ac52c6 100644
--- a/app/shared/db/models.py
+++ b/app/shared/db/models.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ from typing import Optional
 
 from sqlalchemy import JSON, Column, DateTime, Enum, ForeignKey, String, func
 from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import UUID
-from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
-from sqlalchemy.orm import Mapped, declarative_mixin, declared_attr
+from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base, declared_attr
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Mapped, declarative_mixin  # type: ignore
 
 from .dtos import ArtifactType, JobStatus, JobType
 
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ class WithStandardFields:
 class Job(Base, WithStandardFields):
     __tablename__ = "jobs"
 
-    # TODO: job config
     url = Column(String(length=2048))
     status = Column(Enum(JobStatus), nullable=False)
+    meta = Column(JSON(none_as_null=True))
     type = Column(Enum(JobType), nullable=False)
 
 
diff --git a/app/tests/conftest.py b/app/tests/conftest.py
index 6b817e7..7af6dde 100644
--- a/app/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/app/tests/conftest.py
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ from typing import Dict, Generator
 import pytest
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 from sqlalchemy_utils import create_database, database_exists, drop_database
-from app.shared.config import settings
 
-from app.shared.db.base import SessionLocal, engine, get_session
 import app.shared.db.models as models
+from app.shared.config import settings
+from app.shared.db.base import SessionLocal, engine, get_session
 from app.web.main import app
 
 
diff --git a/app/tests/test_api.py b/app/tests/test_api.py
index 3eada34..8d2d93e 100644
--- a/app/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/app/tests/test_api.py
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 from typing import Dict
-from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+
 import pytest
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
-from app.shared.db.dtos import JobType, JobStatus
-from app.web.main import app
-import app.shared.db.models as models
 import app.shared.db.dtos as dtos
+import app.shared.db.models as models
+from app.shared.db.dtos import JobStatus, JobType
+from app.web.main import app
 
 client = TestClient(app)
 
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ def test_get_job_pass(auth_headers: Dict[str, str], mock_job: models.Job) -> Non
 
 def test_get_job_not_found(auth_headers: Dict[str, str], mock_job: models.Job) -> None:
     res = client.get(
-        f"/api/v1/jobs/c8ecf5ea-77cf-48a2-9ecd-199ef35e0ccb",
+        "/api/v1/jobs/c8ecf5ea-77cf-48a2-9ecd-199ef35e0ccb",
         headers=auth_headers,
     )
     assert res.status_code == 404
diff --git a/app/tests/test_auth.py b/app/tests/test_auth.py
index b961b14..d1501cc 100644
--- a/app/tests/test_auth.py
+++ b/app/tests/test_auth.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ from typing import Dict
 
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
 
-from app.shared.config import settings
 from app.web.main import app
 
 client = TestClient(app)
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ def test_authorization_header_malformed() -> None:
 
 
 def test_incorrect_api_key() -> None:
-    res = client.get("/api/v1", headers={"Authorization": "Bearer incorrect" })
+    res = client.get("/api/v1", headers={"Authorization": "Bearer incorrect"})
     assert res.status_code == 401
 
 
diff --git a/app/web/main.py b/app/web/main.py
index 4832739..6403fc8 100644
--- a/app/web/main.py
+++ b/app/web/main.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import app.shared.db.dtos as dtos
 import app.shared.db.models as models
 from app.shared.db.base import get_session
 from app.web.security import authenticate_api_key
+from app.worker.main import transcribe
 
 app = FastAPI()
 
@@ -30,9 +31,11 @@ def create_job(
     payload: TranscriptPayload, session: Session = Depends(get_session)
 ) -> models.Job:
     job = models.Job(url=payload.url, status=dtos.JobStatus.create, type=payload.type)
-
     session.add(job)
     session.flush()
+
+    transcribe.delay(job.id)
+
     return job
 
 
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ def get_transcripts(
 @api_router.get("/jobs/{id}", response_model=dtos.Job)
 def get_transcript(
     id: UUID = Path(), session: Session = Depends(get_session)
-) -> Optional[dtos.Job]:
+) -> Optional[models.Job]:
     job = session.query(models.Job).filter(models.Job.id == id).one_or_none()
     if not job:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=404)
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ def get_transcript(
 @api_router.get("/jobs/{id}/artifacts", response_model=List[dtos.Artifact])
 def get_artifacts_for_job(
     id: UUID = Path(), session: Session = Depends(get_session)
-) -> List[dtos.Artifact]:
+) -> List[models.Artifact]:
     artifacts = (
         session.query(models.Artifact).filter(models.Artifact.job_id == id)
     ).all()
diff --git a/app/worker/main.py b/app/worker/main.py
index e8b1a93..7ce4791 100644
--- a/app/worker/main.py
+++ b/app/worker/main.py
@@ -1,7 +1,37 @@
-from celery import Celery
+from time import sleep
+from uuid import UUID
 
+from celery import Celery
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+
+import app.shared.db.dtos as dtos
+import app.shared.db.models as models
 from app.shared.config import settings
+from app.shared.db.base import SessionLocal
 
 celery = Celery(__name__)
 
-celery.conf.broker_url = settings.REDIS_URI
+celery.conf.broker_url = settings.BROKER_URI
+
+
+def update_job_status(db: Session, job_id: UUID, status: dtos.JobStatus) -> None:
+    db.begin()
+    job = db.query(models.Job).filter(models.Job.id == job_id).one()
+    job.status = status
+    db.commit()
+
+
+@celery.task()
+def transcribe(job_id: UUID) -> int:
+    try:
+        db: Session = SessionLocal()
+        update_job_status(db, job_id, dtos.JobStatus.processing)
+        sleep(60)
+        update_job_status(db, job_id, dtos.JobStatus.success)
+        db.commit()
+    except Exception:
+        update_job_status(db, job_id, dtos.JobStatus.error)
+    finally:
+        db.close()
+
+    return 0
diff --git a/docker/dev.docker-compose.yml b/docker/dev.docker-compose.yml
index 8a6affe..c65f7af 100644
--- a/docker/dev.docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/dev.docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@ version: "3.8"
 
 x-app-variables: &app-variables
   API_SECRET: a_very_secret_token
-  DATABASE_URI: postgresql://postgres:postgres@postgres/whisper_api
+  DATABASE_URI: postgresql://postgres:postgres@postgres/whisperbox
   ENVIRONMENT: development
-  REDIS_URI: redis://redis:6379/0
+  BROKER_URI: redis://redis:6379/0
 
 services:
   postgres:
-    container_name: whisper_api_postgres
+    container_name: whisperbox_postgres
     image: postgres:15-alpine
     environment:
       POSTGRES_USER: postgres
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
-      POSTGRES_DB: whisper_api
+      POSTGRES_DB: whisperbox
     ports:
       - "5432:5432"
     networks:
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ services:
       retries: 5
 
   redis:
-    container_name: whisper_api_redis
+    container_name: whisperbox_redis
     image: redis:7-alpine
+    command: ["redis-server", "--save", "60 1"]
     ports:
       - 6379:6379
     networks:
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ services:
       - redis-data:/data
 
   app:
-    container_name: whisper_api_app
+    container_name: whisperbox_app
     build:
       context: ../
       dockerfile: docker/app.dev.Dockerfile
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ services:
     build:
       context: ../
       dockerfile: docker/worker.dev.Dockerfile
-    container_name: whisper_api_worker
+    container_name: whisperbox_worker
     volumes:
       - ../:/code
     environment: *app-variables
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ services:
       - app
 
   flower:
-    container_name: whisper_api_flower
+    container_name: whisperbox_flower
     image: mher/flower
     command: celery --broker redis://redis:6379/0 flower --port=5555
     ports:
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index 4249051..9813db0 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [mypy]
-plugins = pydantic.mypy, sqlmypy, sqlalchemy.ext.mypy.plugin
+plugins = pydantic.mypy, sqlmypy
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 disallow_untyped_defs = True
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b5b728f..362a854 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [project]
-name = "whisper-api"
+name = "whisperbox"
 description = ""
 version = "0.0.1"
 
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ dependencies=[
   "celery[redis] ==5.2.7",
   "psycopg2 ==2.9.5",
   "sqlalchemy[mypy] == 1.4.45",
-  "python-dotenv ==0.21.0",
+  "pydantic ==1.10.4"
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ worker=[
   "whisper-openai ==1.0.0"
 ]
 
-dev = [
+lint = [
   # code formatting
   "black",
   "isort",
@@ -34,9 +34,14 @@ test = [
   "httpx",
   "sqlalchemy-stubs",
   "sqlalchemy-utils",
+  "python-dotenv",
   "pytest"
 ]
 
+worker_dev = [
+  "watchdog[watchmedo]"
+]
+
 [tool.isort]
 profile = "black"