diff --git a/modules/game/src/main/Game.scala b/modules/game/src/main/Game.scala
index 0f2c0789f7..10e2aa139f 100644
--- a/modules/game/src/main/Game.scala
+++ b/modules/game/src/main/Game.scala
@@ -503,7 +503,8 @@ private[game] object RawGame {
     "lmt" -> none[Int],
     "bm" -> none[Int],
     "r960" -> none[Boolean],
-    "me" -> none[RawMetadata])
+    "me" -> none[RawMetadata],
+    "ua" -> none[DateTime])
 
   private[game] lazy val tube = Tube(
     (__.json update (
diff --git a/modules/tournament/src/main/Env.scala b/modules/tournament/src/main/Env.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7691bdf17a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/tournament/src/main/Env.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package lila.tournament
+
+import com.typesafe.config.Config
+import lila.common.PimpedConfig._
+import akka.actor._
+import akka.pattern.pipe
+
+final class Env(
+    config: Config,
+    db: lila.db.Env,
+    system: ActorSystem,
+    hub: lila.hub.Env,
+    scheduler: lila.common.Scheduler) {
+
+  private val settings = new {
+    val OrganizerName = config getString "organizer.name"
+    val CollectionTournament = config getString "collection.tournament"
+    val CollectionRoom = config getString "collection.room"
+    val MessageTtl = config duration "message.ttl"
+    val MemoTtl = config duration "memo.ttl"
+    val UidTimeout = config duration "uid.timeout"
+    val HubTimeout = config duration "hub.timeout"
+  }
+  import settings._
+
+  private[tournament] lazy val tournamentColl = db(CollectionTournament)
+}
+
+object Env {
+
+  private def app = play.api.Play.current
+
+  lazy val current = "[boot] tournamen" describes new Env(
+    config = lila.common.PlayApp loadConfig "tournamen",
+    db = lila.db.Env.current,
+    system = lila.common.PlayApp.system,
+    hub = lila.hub.Env.current,
+    scheduler = lila.common.PlayApp.scheduler)
+}
diff --git a/modules/tournament/src/main/Pairing.scala b/modules/tournament/src/main/Pairing.scala
index 96b88c9fe2..8941e1ab23 100644
--- a/modules/tournament/src/main/Pairing.scala
+++ b/modules/tournament/src/main/Pairing.scala
@@ -49,15 +49,6 @@ private[tournament] case class Pairing(
   )
 }
 
-private[tournament] case class RawPairing(g: String, s: Int, u: List[String], w: Option[String], t: Option[Int]) {
-
-  def decode: Option[Pairing] = for {
-    status ← chess.Status(s)
-    user1 ← u.lift(0)
-    user2 ← u.lift(1)
-  } yield Pairing(g, status, user1, user2, w, t)
-}
-
 private[tournament] object Pairing {
 
   type P = (String, String)
@@ -135,3 +126,28 @@ private[tournament] object Pairing {
     case _ ⇒ Nil
   }
 }
+
+private[tournament] case class RawPairing(g: String, s: Int, u: List[String], w: Option[String], t: Option[Int]) {
+
+  def decode: Option[Pairing] = for {
+    status ← chess.Status(s)
+    user1 ← u.lift(0)
+    user2 ← u.lift(1)
+  } yield Pairing(g, status, user1, user2, w, t)
+}
+
+private[tournament] object RawPairing {
+
+  import lila.db.Tube
+  import Tube.Helpers._
+  import play.api.libs.json._
+
+  private def defaults = Json.obj(
+    "w" -> none[String],
+    "t" -> none[Int])
+
+  private[tournament] lazy val tube = Tube(
+    (__.json update merge(defaults)) andThen Json.reads[RawPairing],
+    Json.writes[RawPairing]
+  )
+}
diff --git a/modules/tournament/src/main/Player.scala b/modules/tournament/src/main/Player.scala
index ddb2861eb4..e04672ad88 100644
--- a/modules/tournament/src/main/Player.scala
+++ b/modules/tournament/src/main/Player.scala
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ private[tournament] case class Player(
 
 private[tournament] object Player {
 
-  def apply(user: User): Player = new Player(
+  def make(user: User): Player = new Player(
     id = user.id,
     username = user.username,
     elo = user.elo)
@@ -66,4 +66,20 @@ private[tournament] object Player {
       winStreak = bestWinSeq,
       score = score)
   }
+
+  import lila.db.Tube
+  import Tube.Helpers._
+  import play.api.libs.json._
+
+  private def defaults = Json.obj(
+    "withdraw" -> false,
+    "nbWin" -> 0,
+    "nbLoss" -> 0,
+    "winStreak" -> 0,
+    "score" -> 0)
+
+  private[tournament] lazy val tube = Tube(
+    (__.json update merge(defaults)) andThen Json.reads[Player],
+    Json.writes[Player]
+  )
 }
diff --git a/modules/tournament/src/main/Tournament.scala b/modules/tournament/src/main/Tournament.scala
index af5938baf0..2f7b551e04 100644
--- a/modules/tournament/src/main/Tournament.scala
+++ b/modules/tournament/src/main/Tournament.scala
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import chess.{ Variant, Mode }
 import lila.user.User
 import lila.game.PovRef
 
-case class Data(
+private[tournament] case class Data(
   name: String,
   clock: TournamentClock,
   minutes: Int,
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ case class Created(
 
   def join(user: User): Valid[Created] = contains(user).fold(
     !!("User %s is already part of the tournament" format user.id),
-    withPlayers(players :+ Player(user)).success
+    withPlayers(players :+ Player.make(user)).success
   )
 
   def withdraw(userId: String): Valid[Created] = contains(userId).fold(
@@ -217,6 +217,45 @@ case class Finished(
   def encode = encode(Status.Finished)
 }
 
+object Tournament {
+
+  import lila.db.Tube
+  import play.api.libs.json._
+
+  private[tournament] lazy val tube = Tube(
+    reader = Reads[Tournament](js ⇒
+      ~(for {
+        obj ← js.asOpt[JsObject]
+        rawTour ← RawTournament.tube.read(obj).asOpt
+        tour ← rawTour.decode
+      } yield JsSuccess(tour): JsResult[Tournament])
+    ),
+    writer = Writes[Tournament](tour ⇒
+      RawTournament.tube.write(tour.encode) getOrElse JsUndefined("[db] Can't write tournament " + tour.id)
+    )
+  )
+
+  def apply(
+    createdBy: User,
+    clock: TournamentClock,
+    minutes: Int,
+    minPlayers: Int,
+    variant: Variant,
+    mode: Mode): Created = Created(
+    id = Random nextString 8,
+    data = Data(
+      name = RandomName(),
+      clock = clock,
+      createdBy = createdBy.id,
+      createdAt = DateTime.now,
+      variant = variant,
+      mode = mode,
+      minutes = minutes,
+      minPlayers = minPlayers),
+    players = List(Player make createdBy)
+  )
+}
+
 private[tournament] case class RawTournament(
     id: String,
     name: String,
@@ -232,6 +271,8 @@ private[tournament] case class RawTournament(
     variant: Int = Variant.Standard.id,
     mode: Int = Mode.Casual.id) {
 
+  def decode: Option[Tournament] = created orElse started orElse finished
+
   def created: Option[Created] = (status == Status.Created.id) option Created(
     id = id,
     data = Data(name, clock, minutes, minPlayers, Variant orDefault variant, Mode orDefault mode, createdAt, createdBy),
@@ -266,27 +307,25 @@ private[tournament] case class RawTournament(
   }
 }
 
-object Tournament {
+private[tournament] object RawTournament {
 
-  import lila.common.Form._
+  import lila.db.Tube
+  import Tube.Helpers._
+  import play.api.libs.json._
 
-  def apply(
-    createdBy: User,
-    clock: TournamentClock,
-    minutes: Int,
-    minPlayers: Int,
-    variant: Variant,
-    mode: Mode): Created = Created(
-    id = Random nextString 8,
-    data = Data(
-      name = RandomName(),
-      clock = clock,
-      createdBy = createdBy.id,
-      createdAt = DateTime.now,
-      variant = variant,
-      mode = mode,
-      minutes = minutes,
-      minPlayers = minPlayers),
-    players = List(Player(createdBy))
+  private implicit def pairingTube = RawPairing.tube
+  private implicit def clockTube = TournamentClock.tube
+  private implicit def PlayerTube = Player.tube
+
+  private def defaults = Json.obj(
+    "startedAt" -> none[DateTime])
+
+  private[tournament] lazy val tube = Tube(
+    (__.json update (
+      merge(defaults) andThen readDateOpt('startedAt) 
+    )) andThen Json.reads[RawTournament],
+    Json.writes[RawTournament] andThen (__.json update (
+      writeDateOpt('startedAt)
+    ))
   )
 }
diff --git a/modules/tournament/src/main/TournamentClock.scala b/modules/tournament/src/main/TournamentClock.scala
index 148ce215fc..f94379e738 100644
--- a/modules/tournament/src/main/TournamentClock.scala
+++ b/modules/tournament/src/main/TournamentClock.scala
@@ -9,3 +9,15 @@ case class TournamentClock(limit: Int, increment: Int) {
 
   def chessClock = chess.Clock(limit, increment)
 }
+
+object TournamentClock {
+
+  import lila.db.Tube
+  import Tube.Helpers._
+  import play.api.libs.json._
+
+  private[tournament] lazy val tube = Tube(
+    Json.reads[TournamentClock],
+    Json.writes[TournamentClock]
+  )
+}
diff --git a/modules/tournament/src/main/TournamentRepo.scala b/modules/tournament/src/main/TournamentRepo.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..425974cca1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/tournament/src/main/TournamentRepo.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package lila.tournament
+
+import lila.db.api._
+import lila.db.Implicits._
+import tube.tournamentTube
+
+import play.api.libs.json._
+import org.joda.time.DateTime
+import org.scala_tools.time.Imports._
+
+// object TournamentRepo {
+
+//   def createdById(id: String): Fu[Option[Created]] = byIdAs(id, _.created)
+
+//   def startedById(id: String): Fu[Option[Started]] = byIdAs(id, _.started)
+
+//   def createdByIdAndCreator(id: String, userId: String): Fu[Option[Created]] =
+//     createdById(id) map (_ filter (_ isCreator userId))
+
+//   private def byIdAs[A](id: String, as: Tournament ⇒ Option[A]): Fu[Option[A]] = io {
+//     $find byId id map (_ flatMap as)
+//   }
+
+//   def created: Fu[List[Created]] = 
+//     $find($query(
+//       Json.obj("status" -> Status.Created.id)) sort $sort.createdDesc
+//     )).toList map2 { (tour: Tournament) => tour.created }
+
+//   def started: Fu[List[Started]] = io {
+//     find(DBObject("status" -> Status.Started.id))
+//       .sort(DBObject("createdAt" -> -1))
+//       .toList.map(_.started).flatten
+//   }
+
+//   def finished(limit: Int): Fu[List[Finished]] = io {
+//     find(DBObject("status" -> Status.Finished.id))
+//       .sort(DBObject("createdAt" -> -1))
+//       .limit(limit)
+//       .toList.map(_.finished).flatten
+//   }
+
+//   def setUsers(tourId: String, userIds: List[String]): Fu[Unit] = io {
+//     update(idSelector(tourId), $set(Seq("data.users" -> userIds.distinct)))
+//   }
+
+//   def userHasRunningTournament(username: String): Fu[Boolean] = io {
+//     collection.findOne(
+//       ("status" $ne Status.Finished.id) ++ ("data.users" -> username)
+//     ).isDefined
+//   }
+
+//   val inProgressIds: Fu[List[String]] = io {
+//     primitiveProjections(DBObject("status" -> Status.Started.id), "_id")
+//   }
+
+//   def saveFu(tournament: Tournament): Fu[Unit] = io {
+//     save(tournament.encode)
+//   }
+
+//   def removeFu(tournament: Tournament): Fu[Unit] = io {
+//     remove(idSelector(tournament))
+//   }
+
+//   def withdraw(userId: String): Fu[List[String]] = for {
+//     createds ← created
+//     createdIds ← (createds map (_ withdraw userId) collect {
+//       case Success(tour) ⇒ saveFu(tour) map (_ ⇒ tour.id)
+//     }).sequence
+//     starteds ← started
+//     startedIds ← (starteds map (_ withdraw userId) collect {
+//       case Success(tour) ⇒ saveFu(tour) map (_ ⇒ tour.id)
+//     }).sequence
+//   } yield createdIds ::: startedIds
+
+//   private def idSelector(id: String): DBObject = DBObject("_id" -> id)
+//   private def idSelector(tournament: Tournament): DBObject = idSelector(tournament.id)
+// }
diff --git a/modules/tournament/src/main/package.scala b/modules/tournament/src/main/package.scala
index df9a825325..325c95f5ae 100644
--- a/modules/tournament/src/main/package.scala
+++ b/modules/tournament/src/main/package.scala
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package object tournament extends PackageObject with WithPlay {
 
   object tube {
 
-    // private[tournament] implicit lazy val pgnTube = Tube.json inColl Env.current.pgnColl
+    private[tournament] implicit lazy val tournamentTube = Tournament.tube inColl Env.current.tournamentColl
   }
 
   private[tournament]type Pairings = List[tournament.Pairing]
diff --git a/old/tournament/TournamentRepo.scala b/old/tournament/TournamentRepo.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c20d4e042..0000000000
--- a/old/tournament/TournamentRepo.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-package lila.app
-package tournament
-
-import com.novus.salat._
-import com.novus.salat.dao._
-import com.mongodb.casbah.MongoCollection
-import com.mongodb.casbah.query.Imports._
-import scalaz.effects._
-import scalaz.Success
-import org.joda.time.DateTime
-import org.scala_tools.time.Imports._
-
-import user.User
-
-class TournamentRepo(collection: MongoCollection)
-    extends SalatDAO[RawTournament, String](collection) {
-
-  def byId(id: String): IO[Option[Tournament]] = byIdAs(id, _.any)
-  def byId(id: Option[String]): IO[Option[Tournament]] =
-    id.fold(io(none[Tournament])) { i ⇒ byIdAs(i, _.any) }
-
-  def createdById(id: String): IO[Option[Created]] = byIdAs(id, _.created)
-
-  def startedById(id: String): IO[Option[Started]] = byIdAs(id, _.started)
-
-  def createdByIdAndCreator(id: String, userId: String): IO[Option[Created]] =
-    createdById(id) map { tour ⇒ tour filter (_ isCreator userId) }
-
-  private def byIdAs[A](id: String, as: RawTournament ⇒ Option[A]): IO[Option[A]] = io {
-    findOneById(id) flatMap as
-  }
-
-  val created: IO[List[Created]] = io {
-    find(DBObject("status" -> Status.Created.id))
-      .sort(DBObject("createdAt" -> -1))
-      .toList.map(_.created).flatten
-  }
-
-  val started: IO[List[Started]] = io {
-    find(DBObject("status" -> Status.Started.id))
-      .sort(DBObject("createdAt" -> -1))
-      .toList.map(_.started).flatten
-  }
-
-  def finished(limit: Int): IO[List[Finished]] = io {
-    find(DBObject("status" -> Status.Finished.id))
-      .sort(DBObject("createdAt" -> -1))
-      .limit(limit)
-      .toList.map(_.finished).flatten
-  }
-
-  def setUsers(tourId: String, userIds: List[String]): IO[Unit] = io {
-    update(idSelector(tourId), $set(Seq("data.users" -> userIds.distinct)))
-  }
-
-  def userHasRunningTournament(username: String): IO[Boolean] = io {
-    collection.findOne(
-      ("status" $ne Status.Finished.id) ++ ("data.users" -> username)
-    ).isDefined
-  }
-
-  val inProgressIds: IO[List[String]] = io {
-    primitiveProjections(DBObject("status" -> Status.Started.id), "_id")
-  }
-
-  def saveIO(tournament: Tournament): IO[Unit] = io {
-    save(tournament.encode)
-  }
-
-  def removeIO(tournament: Tournament): IO[Unit] = io {
-    remove(idSelector(tournament))
-  }
-
-  def withdraw(userId: String): IO[List[String]] = for {
-    createds ← created
-    createdIds ← (createds map (_ withdraw userId) collect {
-      case Success(tour) ⇒ saveIO(tour) map (_ ⇒ tour.id)
-    }).sequence
-    starteds ← started
-    startedIds ← (starteds map (_ withdraw userId) collect {
-      case Success(tour) ⇒ saveIO(tour) map (_ ⇒ tour.id)
-    }).sequence
-  } yield createdIds ::: startedIds
-
-  private def idSelector(id: String): DBObject = DBObject("_id" -> id)
-  private def idSelector(tournament: Tournament): DBObject = idSelector(tournament.id)
-}