diff --git a/api/datastore/sql/sql.go b/api/datastore/sql/sql.go
index 2d8844f9e..70f88b392 100644
--- a/api/datastore/sql/sql.go
+++ b/api/datastore/sql/sql.go
@@ -72,9 +72,22 @@ const (
 
 type sqlStore struct {
 	db *sqlx.DB
-
-	// TODO we should prepare all of the statements, rebind them
-	// and store them all here.
+	insertAppQuery string
+	updateAppQuery string
+	getAppQuery string
+	selectAppConfigQuery string
+	removeAppQuery string
+	insertRouteQuery string
+	updateRouteQuery string
+	checkRouteAppQuery string
+	checkRouteQuery string
+	getRouteQuery string
+	removeRouteQuery string
+	insertCallQuery string
+	getCallQuery string
+	insertLogQuery string
+	getLogQuery string
+	deleteLogQuery string
 }
 
 // New will open the db specified by url, create any tables necessary
@@ -133,7 +146,56 @@ func New(url *url.URL) (models.Datastore, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return &sqlStore{db: db}, nil
+	dstore := &sqlStore{
+		db: db,
+		insertAppQuery: db.Rebind("INSERT INTO apps (name, config) VALUES (?, ?);"),
+		selectAppConfigQuery: db.Rebind(`SELECT config FROM apps WHERE name=?`),
+		updateAppQuery: db.Rebind(`UPDATE apps SET config=? WHERE name=?`),
+		removeAppQuery: db.Rebind(`DELETE FROM apps WHERE name = ?`),
+		getAppQuery: db.Rebind(`SELECT name, config FROM apps WHERE name=?`),
+		checkRouteAppQuery: db.Rebind(`SELECT 1 FROM apps WHERE name=?`),
+		checkRouteQuery: db.Rebind(`SELECT 1 FROM routes WHERE app_name=? AND path=?`),
+		insertRouteQuery: db.Rebind(`INSERT INTO routes (
+			app_name,
+			path,
+			image,
+			format,
+			memory,
+			type,
+			timeout,
+			idle_timeout,
+			headers,
+			config
+		)
+		VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?);`),
+		getRouteQuery: db.Rebind(fmt.Sprintf("%s WHERE app_name=? AND path=?", routeSelector)),
+		updateRouteQuery: db.Rebind(`UPDATE routes SET
+			image = ?,
+			format = ?,
+			memory = ?,
+			type = ?,
+			timeout = ?,
+			idle_timeout = ?,
+			headers = ?,
+			config = ?
+		WHERE app_name=? AND path=?;`),
+		removeRouteQuery: db.Rebind(`DELETE FROM routes WHERE path = ? AND app_name = ?`),
+		insertCallQuery: db.Rebind(`INSERT INTO calls (
+			id,
+			created_at,
+			started_at,
+			completed_at,
+			status,
+			app_name,
+			path
+		)
+		VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?);`),
+		getCallQuery: db.Rebind(fmt.Sprintf(`%s WHERE id=? AND app_name=?`, callSelector)),
+		insertLogQuery: db.Rebind(`INSERT INTO logs (id, log) VALUES (?, ?);`),
+		getLogQuery: db.Rebind(`SELECT log FROM logs WHERE id=?`),
+		deleteLogQuery: db.Rebind(`DELETE FROM logs WHERE id=?`),
+	}
+	return dstore, nil
 }
 
 func (ds *sqlStore) InsertApp(ctx context.Context, app *models.App) (*models.App, error) {
@@ -146,8 +208,7 @@ func (ds *sqlStore) InsertApp(ctx context.Context, app *models.App) (*models.App
 		}
 	}
 
-	query := ds.db.Rebind("INSERT INTO apps (name, config) VALUES (?, ?);")
-	_, err = ds.db.Exec(query, app.Name, string(cbyte))
+	_, err = ds.db.ExecContext(ctx, ds.insertAppQuery, app.Name, string(cbyte))
 	if err != nil {
 		switch err := err.(type) {
 		case *mysql.MySQLError:
@@ -172,8 +233,7 @@ func (ds *sqlStore) InsertApp(ctx context.Context, app *models.App) (*models.App
 func (ds *sqlStore) UpdateApp(ctx context.Context, newapp *models.App) (*models.App, error) {
 	app := &models.App{Name: newapp.Name}
 	err := ds.Tx(func(tx *sqlx.Tx) error {
-		query := tx.Rebind(`SELECT config FROM apps WHERE name=?`)
-		row := tx.QueryRow(query, app.Name)
+		row := tx.QueryRowContext(ctx, ds.selectAppConfigQuery, app.Name)
 
 		var config string
 		if err := row.Scan(&config); err != nil {
@@ -197,8 +257,7 @@ func (ds *sqlStore) UpdateApp(ctx context.Context, newapp *models.App) (*models.
 			return err
 		}
 
-		query = tx.Rebind(`UPDATE apps SET config=? WHERE name=?`)
-		res, err := tx.Exec(query, string(cbyte), app.Name)
+		res, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx, ds.updateAppQuery, string(cbyte), app.Name)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -220,14 +279,12 @@ func (ds *sqlStore) UpdateApp(ctx context.Context, newapp *models.App) (*models.
 }
 
 func (ds *sqlStore) RemoveApp(ctx context.Context, appName string) error {
-	query := ds.db.Rebind(`DELETE FROM apps WHERE name = ?`)
-	_, err := ds.db.Exec(query, appName)
+	_, err := ds.db.ExecContext(ctx, ds.removeAppQuery, appName)
 	return err
 }
 
 func (ds *sqlStore) GetApp(ctx context.Context, name string) (*models.App, error) {
-	query := ds.db.Rebind(`SELECT name, config FROM apps WHERE name=?`)
-	row := ds.db.QueryRow(query, name)
+	row := ds.db.QueryRowContext(ctx, ds.getAppQuery, name)
 
 	var resName, config string
 	err := row.Scan(&resName, &config)
@@ -257,7 +314,7 @@ func (ds *sqlStore) GetApps(ctx context.Context, filter *models.AppFilter) ([]*m
 	res := []*models.App{}
 	query, args := buildFilterAppQuery(filter)
 	query = ds.db.Rebind(fmt.Sprintf("SELECT DISTINCT name, config FROM apps %s", query))
-	rows, err := ds.db.Query(query, args...)
+	rows, err := ds.db.QueryContext(ctx, query, args...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -294,15 +351,13 @@ func (ds *sqlStore) InsertRoute(ctx context.Context, route *models.Route) (*mode
 	}
 
 	err = ds.Tx(func(tx *sqlx.Tx) error {
-		query := tx.Rebind(`SELECT 1 FROM apps WHERE name=?`)
-		r := tx.QueryRow(query, route.AppName)
+		r := tx.QueryRowContext(ctx, ds.checkRouteAppQuery, route.AppName)
 		if err := r.Scan(new(int)); err != nil {
 			if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
 				return models.ErrAppsNotFound
 			}
 		}
-		query = tx.Rebind(`SELECT 1 FROM routes WHERE app_name=? AND path=?`)
-		same, err := tx.Query(query, route.AppName, route.Path)
+		same, err := tx.QueryContext(ctx, ds.checkRouteQuery, route.AppName, route.Path)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -311,21 +366,7 @@ func (ds *sqlStore) InsertRoute(ctx context.Context, route *models.Route) (*mode
 			return models.ErrRoutesAlreadyExists
 		}
 
-		query = tx.Rebind(`INSERT INTO routes (
-			app_name,
-			path,
-			image,
-			format,
-			memory,
-			type,
-			timeout,
-			idle_timeout,
-			headers,
-			config
-		)
-		VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?);`)
-
-		_, err = tx.Exec(query,
+		_, err = tx.ExecContext(ctx, ds.insertRouteQuery,
 			route.AppName,
 			route.Path,
 			route.Image,
@@ -347,8 +388,7 @@ func (ds *sqlStore) InsertRoute(ctx context.Context, route *models.Route) (*mode
 func (ds *sqlStore) UpdateRoute(ctx context.Context, newroute *models.Route) (*models.Route, error) {
 	var route models.Route
 	err := ds.Tx(func(tx *sqlx.Tx) error {
-		query := tx.Rebind(fmt.Sprintf("%s WHERE app_name=? AND path=?", routeSelector))
-		row := tx.QueryRow(query, newroute.AppName, newroute.Path)
+		row := tx.QueryRowContext(ctx, ds.getRouteQuery, newroute.AppName, newroute.Path)
 		if err := scanRoute(row, &route); err == sql.ErrNoRows {
 			return models.ErrRoutesNotFound
 		} else if err != nil {
@@ -367,18 +407,7 @@ func (ds *sqlStore) UpdateRoute(ctx context.Context, newroute *models.Route) (*m
 			return err
 		}
 
-		query = tx.Rebind(`UPDATE routes SET
-			image = ?,
-			format = ?,
-			memory = ?,
-			type = ?,
-			timeout = ?,
-			idle_timeout = ?,
-			headers = ?,
-			config = ?
-		WHERE app_name=? AND path=?;`)
-
-		res, err := tx.Exec(query,
+		res, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx, ds.updateAppQuery,
 			route.Image,
 			route.Format,
 			route.Memory,
@@ -412,8 +441,7 @@ func (ds *sqlStore) UpdateRoute(ctx context.Context, newroute *models.Route) (*m
 }
 
 func (ds *sqlStore) RemoveRoute(ctx context.Context, appName, routePath string) error {
-	query := ds.db.Rebind(`DELETE FROM routes WHERE path = ? AND app_name = ?`)
-	res, err := ds.db.Exec(query, routePath, appName)
+	res, err := ds.db.ExecContext(ctx, ds.removeRouteQuery, routePath, appName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -431,9 +459,7 @@ func (ds *sqlStore) RemoveRoute(ctx context.Context, appName, routePath string)
 }
 
 func (ds *sqlStore) GetRoute(ctx context.Context, appName, routePath string) (*models.Route, error) {
-	rSelectCondition := "%s WHERE app_name=? AND path=?"
-	query := ds.db.Rebind(fmt.Sprintf(rSelectCondition, routeSelector))
-	row := ds.db.QueryRow(query, appName, routePath)
+	row := ds.db.QueryRowContext(ctx, ds.getRouteQuery, appName, routePath)
 
 	var route models.Route
 	err := scanRoute(row, &route)
@@ -449,9 +475,8 @@ func (ds *sqlStore) GetRoute(ctx context.Context, appName, routePath string) (*m
 func (ds *sqlStore) GetRoutes(ctx context.Context, filter *models.RouteFilter) ([]*models.Route, error) {
 	res := []*models.Route{}
 	query, args := buildFilterRouteQuery(filter)
-	query = fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", routeSelector, query)
-	query = ds.db.Rebind(query)
-	rows, err := ds.db.Query(query, args...)
+	query = ds.db.Rebind(fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", routeSelector, query))
+	rows, err := ds.db.QueryContext(ctx, query, args...)
 	// todo: check for no rows so we don't respond with a sql 500 err
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -490,7 +515,7 @@ func (ds *sqlStore) GetRoutesByApp(ctx context.Context, appName string, filter *
 
 	query := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", routeSelector, filterQuery)
 	query = ds.db.Rebind(query)
-	rows, err := ds.db.Query(query, args...)
+	rows, err := ds.db.QueryContext(ctx, query, args...)
 	// todo: check for no rows so we don't respond with a sql 500 err
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -527,18 +552,7 @@ func (ds *sqlStore) Tx(f func(*sqlx.Tx) error) error {
 }
 
 func (ds *sqlStore) InsertCall(ctx context.Context, call *models.Call) error {
-	query := ds.db.Rebind(`INSERT INTO calls (
-		id,
-		created_at,
-		started_at,
-		completed_at,
-		status,
-		app_name,
-		path
-	)
-	VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?);`)
-
-	_, err := ds.db.Exec(query, call.ID, call.CreatedAt.String(),
+	_, err := ds.db.ExecContext(ctx, ds.insertCallQuery, call.ID, call.CreatedAt.String(),
 		call.StartedAt.String(), call.CompletedAt.String(),
 		call.Status, call.AppName, call.Path)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -552,9 +566,7 @@ func (ds *sqlStore) InsertCall(ctx context.Context, call *models.Call) error {
 // if we store the whole thing then it adds a lot of disk space and then we can
 // make async only queue hints instead of entire calls (mq a lot smaller space wise). pick.
 func (ds *sqlStore) GetCall(ctx context.Context, appName, callID string) (*models.Call, error) {
-	query := fmt.Sprintf(`%s WHERE id=? AND app_name=?`, callSelector)
-	query = ds.db.Rebind(query)
-	row := ds.db.QueryRow(query, callID, appName)
+	row := ds.db.QueryRowContext(ctx, ds.getCallQuery, callID, appName)
 
 	var call models.Call
 	err := scanCall(row, &call)
@@ -569,7 +581,7 @@ func (ds *sqlStore) GetCalls(ctx context.Context, filter *models.CallFilter) ([]
 	query, args := buildFilterCallQuery(filter)
 	query = fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", callSelector, query)
 	query = ds.db.Rebind(query)
-	rows, err := ds.db.Query(query, args...)
+	rows, err := ds.db.QueryContext(ctx, query, args...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -590,14 +602,12 @@ func (ds *sqlStore) GetCalls(ctx context.Context, filter *models.CallFilter) ([]
 }
 
 func (ds *sqlStore) InsertLog(ctx context.Context, callID, callLog string) error {
-	query := ds.db.Rebind(`INSERT INTO logs (id, log) VALUES (?, ?);`)
-	_, err := ds.db.Exec(query, callID, callLog)
+	_, err := ds.db.ExecContext(ctx, ds.insertLogQuery, callID, callLog)
 	return err
 }
 
 func (ds *sqlStore) GetLog(ctx context.Context, callID string) (*models.CallLog, error) {
-	query := ds.db.Rebind(`SELECT log FROM logs WHERE id=?`)
-	row := ds.db.QueryRow(query, callID)
+	row := ds.db.QueryRowContext(ctx, ds.getLogQuery, callID)
 
 	var log string
 	err := row.Scan(&log)
@@ -615,8 +625,7 @@ func (ds *sqlStore) GetLog(ctx context.Context, callID string) (*models.CallLog,
 }
 
 func (ds *sqlStore) DeleteLog(ctx context.Context, callID string) error {
-	query := ds.db.Rebind(`DELETE FROM logs WHERE id=?`)
-	_, err := ds.db.Exec(query, callID)
+	_, err := ds.db.ExecContext(ctx, ds.deleteLogQuery, callID)
 	return err
 }