diff --git a/core/admin/mailu/internal/views.py b/core/admin/mailu/internal/views.py
index e784a062..103dddd6 100644
--- a/core/admin/mailu/internal/views.py
+++ b/core/admin/mailu/internal/views.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import flask
 import flask_login
 import base64
 import urllib
+import datetime
 
 
 @internal.route("/auth/email")
@@ -128,3 +129,30 @@ def dovecot_sieve_data(user_email):
     user = models.User.query.get(user_email) or flask.abort(404)
     return flask.jsonify(flask.render_template("default.sieve", user=user))
 
+
+@internal.route("/fetch")
+def fetch_list():
+    return flask.jsonify([
+        {
+            "id": fetch.id,
+            "tls": fetch.tls,
+            "keep": fetch.keep,
+            "user_email": fetch.user_email,
+            "protocol": fetch.protocol,
+            "host": fetch.host,
+            "port": fetch.port,
+            "username": fetch.username,
+            "password": fetch.password
+        } for fetch in models.Fetch.query.all()
+    ])
+
+
+@internal.route("/fetch/<fetch_id>", methods=["POST"])
+def fetch_done(fetch_id):
+    fetch = models.Fetch.query.get(fetch_id) or flask.abort(404)
+    fetch.last_check = datetime.datetime.now()
+    fetch.error_message = str(flask.request.get_json())
+    db.session.add(fetch)
+    db.session.commit()
+    return ""
+
diff --git a/docs/compose/docker-compose.yml b/docs/compose/docker-compose.yml
index 1a171af5..6f2da078 100644
--- a/docs/compose/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docs/compose/docker-compose.yml
@@ -102,5 +102,3 @@ services:
     image: mailu/fetchmail:$VERSION
     restart: always
     env_file: .env
-    volumes:
-      - "$ROOT/data:/data"
diff --git a/services/fetchmail/Dockerfile b/services/fetchmail/Dockerfile
index a44c6e50..33f8a7de 100644
--- a/services/fetchmail/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/fetchmail/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-FROM python:alpine
+FROM python:3-alpine
 
-RUN apk add --no-cache fetchmail ca-certificates
+RUN apk add --no-cache fetchmail ca-certificates \
+ && pip install requests
 
 COPY fetchmail.py /fetchmail.py
+USER fetchmail
 
 CMD ["/fetchmail.py"]
diff --git a/services/fetchmail/fetchmail.py b/services/fetchmail/fetchmail.py
index 6aeea3e7..8e006f84 100755
--- a/services/fetchmail/fetchmail.py
+++ b/services/fetchmail/fetchmail.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-import sqlite3
 import time
 import os
 import tempfile
 import shlex
 import subprocess
 import re
+import requests
 
 
 FETCHMAIL = """
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ fetchmail -N \
     -f {}
 """
 
+
 RC_LINE = """
 poll "{host}" proto {protocol}  port {port}
     user "{username}" password "{password}"
@@ -24,10 +25,12 @@ poll "{host}" proto {protocol}  port {port}
     sslproto 'AUTO'
 """
 
+
 def extract_host_port(host_and_port, default_port):
     host, _, port = re.match('^(.*)(:([0-9]*))?$', host_and_port).groups()
     return host, int(port) if port else default_port
 
+
 def escape_rc_string(arg):
     return arg.replace("\\", "\\\\").replace('"', '\\"')
 
@@ -41,30 +44,26 @@ def fetchmail(fetchmailrc):
         return output
 
 
-def run(connection, cursor, debug):
-    cursor.execute("""
-        SELECT user_email, protocol, host, port, tls, username, password, keep
-        FROM fetch
-    """)
+def run(debug):
+    fetches = requests.get("http://admin/internal/fetch").json()
     smtphost, smtpport = extract_host_port(os.environ.get("HOST_SMTP", "smtp"), None)
     if smtpport is None:
         smtphostport = smtphost
     else:
         smtphostport = "%s/%d" % (smtphost, smtpport)
-    for line in cursor.fetchall():
+    for fetch in fetches:
         fetchmailrc = ""
-        user_email, protocol, host, port, tls, username, password, keep = line
         options = "options antispam 501, 504, 550, 553, 554"
-        options += " ssl" if tls else ""
-        options += " keep" if keep else " fetchall"
+        options += " ssl" if fetch["tls"] else ""
+        options += " keep" if fetch["keep"] else " fetchall"
         fetchmailrc += RC_LINE.format(
-            user_email=escape_rc_string(user_email),
-            protocol=protocol,
-            host=escape_rc_string(host),
-            port=port,
+            user_email=escape_rc_string(fetch["user_email"]),
+            protocol=fetch["protocol"],
+            host=escape_rc_string(fetch["host"]),
+            port=fetch["port"],
             smtphost=smtphostport,
-            username=escape_rc_string(username),
-            password=escape_rc_string(password),
+            username=escape_rc_string(fetch["username"]),
+            password=escape_rc_string(fetch["password"]),
             options=options
         )
         if debug:
@@ -77,26 +76,20 @@ def run(connection, cursor, debug):
             # No mail is not an error
             if not error_message.startswith("fetchmail: No mail"):
                 print(error_message)
-            user_info = "for %s at %s" % (user_email, host)
+            user_info = "for %s at %s" % (fetch["user_email"], fetch["host"])
             # Number of messages seen is not a error as well
             if ("messages" in error_message and
                     "(seen " in error_message and
                     user_info in error_message):
                 print(error_message)
         finally:
-            cursor.execute("""
-                UPDATE fetch SET error=?, last_check=datetime('now')
-                WHERE user_email=?
-            """, (error_message.split("\n")[0], user_email))
-            connection.commit()
+            requests.post("http://admin/internal/fetch/{}".format(fetch["id"]),
+                json=error_message.split("\n")[0]
+            )
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    debug = os.environ.get("DEBUG", None) == "True"
-    db_path = os.environ.get("DB_PATH", "/data/main.db")
-    connection = sqlite3.connect(db_path)
     while True:
-        cursor = connection.cursor()
-        run(connection, cursor, debug)
-        cursor.close()
         time.sleep(int(os.environ.get("FETCHMAIL_DELAY", 60)))
+        run(os.environ.get("DEBUG", None) == "True")
+