diff --git a/src/barabadb/core/httpserver.nim b/src/barabadb/core/httpserver.nim
index 2701cbe..0f7f9d4 100644
--- a/src/barabadb/core/httpserver.nim
+++ b/src/barabadb/core/httpserver.nim
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import tables
 import strutils
 import os
 import times
+import std/asyncdispatch
 import config
 import ../query/lexer
 import ../query/parser
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ type
   HttpServer* = ref object
     config: BaraConfig
     running: bool
-    db: LSMTree
+    db*: LSMTree
     ctx: ExecutionContext
     metrics*: Metrics
     secretKey*: string
diff --git a/src/barabadb/query/executor.nim b/src/barabadb/query/executor.nim
index 7fbc912..39a392b 100644
--- a/src/barabadb/query/executor.nim
+++ b/src/barabadb/query/executor.nim
@@ -377,6 +377,8 @@ proc validateType*(colType: string, value: string): (bool, string) =
       return (false, "Type mismatch: expected " & t & " but got '" & value & "'")
   return (true, "")
 
+proc lowerExpr*(node: Node): IRExpr
+
 proc validateConstraints*(ctx: ExecutionContext, tableName: string,
     fields: seq[string], values: seq[seq[string]]): (bool, string) =
   let tbl = ctx.getTableDef(tableName)
diff --git a/src/barabadb/storage/lsm.nim b/src/barabadb/storage/lsm.nim
index fe58371..f125c63 100644
--- a/src/barabadb/storage/lsm.nim
+++ b/src/barabadb/storage/lsm.nim
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import std/tables
 import std/monotimes
 import std/streams
 import std/locks
+import std/asyncdispatch
 import bloom
 import wal
 import mmap
@@ -40,15 +41,15 @@ type
     mmapFile*: MmapFile
 
   LSMTree* = ref object
-    dir: string
+    dir*: string
     memTable: MemTable
     immutableMem: MemTable
-    sstables: seq[SSTable]
+    sstables*: seq[SSTable]
     wal: WriteAheadLog
     memMaxSize: int
     currentSeq: uint64
     nextSSTableId: int
-    lock: Lock
+    lock*: Lock
 
 proc newMemTable(maxSize: int = DefaultMemTableSize): MemTable =
   MemTable(entries: @[], size: 0, maxSize: maxSize)
@@ -323,6 +324,7 @@ proc newLSMTree*(dir: string, memMaxSize: int = DefaultMemTableSize): LSMTree =
   result.memMaxSize = memMaxSize
   result.currentSeq = 0
   result.nextSSTableId = nextId
+  discard
 
 proc put*(db: LSMTree, key: string, value: seq[byte]) =
   acquire(db.lock)
diff --git a/src/baradadb.nim b/src/baradadb.nim
index 0f210fe..61dbd45 100644
--- a/src/baradadb.nim
+++ b/src/baradadb.nim
@@ -1,15 +1,78 @@
 ## BaraDB — Multimodal Database Engine
 ## Main entry point
 import std/asyncdispatch
+import std/threadpool
+import std/locks
 import barabadb/core/server
+import barabadb/core/httpserver
 import barabadb/core/config
+import barabadb/storage/lsm
+import barabadb/storage/compaction
+
+type
+  CompactionManager* = ref object
+    db*: LSMTree
+    strategy*: compaction.CompactionStrategy
+
+proc newCompactionManager*(db: LSMTree): CompactionManager =
+  result = CompactionManager(db: db, strategy: compaction.newCompactionStrategy(db.dir))
+  for sst in db.sstables:
+    let meta = compaction.SSTableMeta(
+      path: sst.path,
+      level: sst.level,
+      minKey: sst.minKey,
+      maxKey: sst.maxKey,
+      entryCount: sst.entryCount,
+      sizeBytes: sst.entryCount * 64,
+      createdAt: 0,
+    )
+    result.strategy.addTable(meta)
+  for sst in db.sstables:
+    let meta = SSTableMeta(
+      path: sst.path,
+      level: sst.level,
+      minKey: sst.minKey,
+      maxKey: sst.maxKey,
+      entryCount: sst.entryCount,
+      sizeBytes: sst.entryCount * 64,
+      createdAt: 0,
+    )
+    result.strategy.addTable(meta)
+
+proc compact*(cm: CompactionManager) =
+  acquire(cm.db.lock)
+  defer: release(cm.db.lock)
+  for level in 0 ..< compaction.MaxLevel:
+    if cm.strategy.needsCompaction(level):
+      discard cm.strategy.compact(level)
+
+proc startCompactionLoop*(cm: CompactionManager, intervalMs: int = 60000) {.async.} =
+  while true:
+    await sleepAsync(intervalMs)
+    cm.compact()
+
+proc runTcpServer(config: BaraConfig) {.async.} =
+  echo "BaraDB TCP listening on ", config.address, ":", config.port
+  var server = newServer(config)
+  await server.run()
 
 proc main() =
   let config = loadConfig()
   echo "BaraDB v0.1.0 — Multimodal Database Engine"
-  echo "Listening on ", config.address, ":", config.port
-  var server = newServer(config)
-  waitFor server.run()
+
+  # Start HTTP server (blocking, multi-threaded via hunos) in background thread
+  var httpServer = newHttpServer(config)
+  spawn httpServer.run(config.port + 440)  # HTTP port = TCP port + 440
+
+  # Start background compaction loop
+  let cm = newCompactionManager(httpServer.db)
+  asyncCheck cm.startCompactionLoop()
+
+  # Start TCP wire protocol server on main thread with async event loop
+  waitFor runTcpServer(config)
+
+  # Shutdown
+  httpServer.stop()
 
 when isMainModule:
   main()