diff --git a/internal/state/state.go b/internal/state/state.go
index da55241..98b4c94 100644
--- a/internal/state/state.go
+++ b/internal/state/state.go
@@ -1,2 +1,113 @@
-// Package state contains the state of the enclave by leveraging the extism.PDK config/context variables.
+// Package state contains the state of the enclave.
 package state
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+
+	"github.com/extism/go-pdk"
+)
+
+const (
+	keyInitialized = "enclave:initialized"
+	keyDID         = "enclave:did"
+	keyDIDID       = "enclave:did_id"
+)
+
+func Default() {
+	if pdk.GetVarInt(keyInitialized) == 0 {
+		pdk.SetVarInt(keyInitialized, 0)
+		pdk.SetVar(keyDID, nil)
+		pdk.SetVarInt(keyDIDID, 0)
+	}
+	pdk.Log(pdk.LogDebug, "state: initialized default state")
+}
+
+func IsInitialized() bool {
+	return pdk.GetVarInt(keyInitialized) == 1
+}
+
+func SetInitialized(v bool) {
+	if v {
+		pdk.SetVarInt(keyInitialized, 1)
+	} else {
+		pdk.SetVarInt(keyInitialized, 0)
+	}
+}
+
+func GetDID() string {
+	data := pdk.GetVar(keyDID)
+	if data == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return string(data)
+}
+
+func SetDID(did string) {
+	pdk.SetVar(keyDID, []byte(did))
+}
+
+func GetDIDID() int64 {
+	return int64(pdk.GetVarInt(keyDIDID))
+}
+
+func SetDIDID(id int64) {
+	pdk.SetVarInt(keyDIDID, int(id))
+}
+
+func GetString(key string) string {
+	data := pdk.GetVar(key)
+	if data == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return string(data)
+}
+
+func SetString(key, value string) {
+	pdk.SetVar(key, []byte(value))
+}
+
+func GetBytes(key string) []byte {
+	return pdk.GetVar(key)
+}
+
+func SetBytes(key string, value []byte) {
+	pdk.SetVar(key, value)
+}
+
+func GetInt(key string) int {
+	return pdk.GetVarInt(key)
+}
+
+func SetInt(key string, value int) {
+	pdk.SetVarInt(key, value)
+}
+
+func GetJSON(key string, v any) error {
+	data := pdk.GetVar(key)
+	if data == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return json.Unmarshal(data, v)
+}
+
+func SetJSON(key string, v any) error {
+	data, err := json.Marshal(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	pdk.SetVar(key, data)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func GetConfig(key string) (string, bool) {
+	return pdk.GetConfig(key)
+}
+
+func MustGetConfig(key string) string {
+	val, ok := pdk.GetConfig(key)
+	if !ok {
+		pdk.SetErrorString("config key required: " + key)
+		return ""
+	}
+	return val
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 3d84199..3fe569e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -9,17 +9,13 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"enclave/internal/keybase"
+	"enclave/internal/state"
 	"enclave/internal/types"
 
 	"github.com/extism/go-pdk"
 )
 
-var enclave = &struct {
-	initialized bool
-	did         string
-}{}
-
-func main() {}
+func main() { state.Default() }
 
 //go:wasmexport ping
 func ping() int32 {
@@ -77,8 +73,8 @@ func generate() int32 {
 		return 1
 	}
 
-	enclave.initialized = true
-	enclave.did = did
+	state.SetInitialized(true)
+	state.SetDID(did)
 
 	dbBytes, err := serializeDatabase()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -125,8 +121,8 @@ func load() int32 {
 		return 1
 	}
 
-	enclave.initialized = true
-	enclave.did = did
+	state.SetInitialized(true)
+	state.SetDID(did)
 
 	output := types.LoadOutput{
 		Success: true,
@@ -146,7 +142,7 @@ func load() int32 {
 func exec() int32 {
 	pdk.Log(pdk.LogInfo, "exec: executing action")
 
-	if !enclave.initialized {
+	if !state.IsInitialized() {
 		output := types.ExecOutput{Success: false, Error: "database not initialized, call generate or load first"}
 		pdk.OutputJSON(output)
 		return 0
@@ -207,7 +203,7 @@ func exec() int32 {
 func query() int32 {
 	pdk.Log(pdk.LogInfo, "query: resolving DID document")
 
-	if !enclave.initialized {
+	if !state.IsInitialized() {
 		pdk.SetError(errors.New("database not initialized, call generate or load first"))
 		return 1
 	}
@@ -219,7 +215,7 @@ func query() int32 {
 	}
 
 	if input.DID == "" {
-		input.DID = enclave.did
+		input.DID = state.GetDID()
 	}
 
 	if !strings.HasPrefix(input.DID, "did:") {