diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a1229b8..f6d81bb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     "final-form-arrays": "^3.0.2",
     "history": "^5.3.0",
     "html-to-text": "^8.1.0",
+    "immer": "^10.0.3",
     "jsdoc": "^3.6.10",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "pretty-bytes": "^5.6.0",
diff --git a/src/client/components/Import/Import.tsx b/src/client/components/Import/Import.tsx
index d961df6..7a9d4fd 100644
--- a/src/client/components/Import/Import.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/Import/Import.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import React, { ReactElement, useCallback, useEffect } from "react";
-import { useSelector, useDispatch } from "react-redux";
 import {
   fetchComicBookMetadata,
   getImportJobResultStatistics,
@@ -9,6 +8,10 @@ import "react-loader-spinner/dist/loader/css/react-spinner-loader.css";
 import { format } from "date-fns";
 import Loader from "react-loader-spinner";
 import { isEmpty, isNil, isUndefined } from "lodash";
+import { useQuery, useMutation } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { useStore } from "../../store";
+import { useShallow } from "zustand/react/shallow";
+import axios from "axios";
 
 interface IProps {
   matches?: unknown;
@@ -31,41 +34,62 @@ interface IProps {
  */
 
 export const Import = (props: IProps): ReactElement => {
-  const dispatch = useDispatch();
-  const successfulImportJobCount = useSelector(
-    (state: RootState) => state.fileOps.successfulJobCount,
-  );
-  const failedImportJobCount = useSelector(
-    (state: RootState) => state.fileOps.failedJobCount,
+  const { importJobQueue, socketIOInstance } = useStore(
+    useShallow((state) => ({
+      importJobQueue: state.importJobQueue,
+      socketIOInstance: state.socketIOInstance,
+    })),
   );
+  //   const successfulImportJobCount = useSelector(
+  //     (state: RootState) => state.fileOps.successfulJobCount,
+  //   );
+  //   const failedImportJobCount = useSelector(
+  //     (state: RootState) => state.fileOps.failedJobCount,
+  //   );
+  //
+  //   const lastQueueJob = useSelector(
+  //     (state: RootState) => state.fileOps.lastQueueJob,
+  //   );
+  //   const libraryQueueImportStatus = useSelector(
+  //     (state: RootState) => state.fileOps.LSQueueImportStatus,
+  //   );
+  //
+  //   const allImportJobResults = useSelector(
+  //     (state: RootState) => state.fileOps.importJobStatistics,
+  //   );
 
-  const lastQueueJob = useSelector(
-    (state: RootState) => state.fileOps.lastQueueJob,
-  );
-  const libraryQueueImportStatus = useSelector(
-    (state: RootState) => state.fileOps.LSQueueImportStatus,
-  );
-
-  const allImportJobResults = useSelector(
-    (state: RootState) => state.fileOps.importJobStatistics,
-  );
-
-  const initiateImport = useCallback(() => {
-    if (typeof props.path !== "undefined") {
-      dispatch(fetchComicBookMetadata(props.path));
-    }
-  }, [dispatch]);
+  const sessionId = localStorage.getItem("sessionId");
+  const { mutate: initiateImport } = useMutation({
+    mutationFn: async () =>
+      await axios.request({
+        url: `http://localhost:3000/api/library/newImport`,
+        method: "POST",
+        data: { sessionId },
+      }),
+  });
 
+  // Act on each comic issue successfully imported, as indicated
+  // by the LS_COVER_EXTRACTED event
+  socketIOInstance.on("LS_COVER_EXTRACTED", (data) => {
+    const { completedJobCount } = data;
+    importJobQueue.setJobCount("successful", completedJobCount);
+  });
+  socketIOInstance.on("LS_COVER_EXTRACTION_FAILED", (data) => {
+    console.log(data);
+    const { failedJobCount } = data;
+    importJobQueue.setJobCount("failed", failedJobCount);
+  });
   const toggleQueue = useCallback(
     (queueAction: string, queueStatus: string) => {
-      dispatch(setQueueControl(queueAction, queueStatus));
+      // dispatch(setQueueControl(queueAction, queueStatus));
     },
     [],
   );
   useEffect(() => {
-    dispatch(getImportJobResultStatistics());
+    // dispatch(getImportJobResultStatistics());
   }, []);
 
+  const libraryQueueImportStatus = undefined;
   const renderQueueControls = (status: string): ReactElement | null => {
     switch (status) {
       case "running":
@@ -128,7 +152,7 @@ export const Import = (props: IProps): ReactElement => {
                 ? "button is-medium"
                 : "button is-loading is-medium"
             }
-            onClick={initiateImport}
+            onClick={() => initiateImport()}
           >
             <span className="icon">
               <i className="fas fa-file-import"></i>
@@ -136,60 +160,58 @@ export const Import = (props: IProps): ReactElement => {
             <span>Start Import</span>
           </button>
         </p>
-        {libraryQueueImportStatus !== "drained" &&
-          !isUndefined(libraryQueueImportStatus) && (
-            <>
-              <table className="table">
-                <thead>
-                  <tr>
-                    <th>Completed Jobs</th>
-                    <th>Failed Jobs</th>
-                    <th>Queue Controls</th>
-                    <th>Queue Status</th>
-                  </tr>
-                </thead>
 
-                <tbody>
-                  <tr>
-                    <th>
-                      {successfulImportJobCount > 0 && (
-                        <div className="box has-background-success-light has-text-centered">
-                          <span className="is-size-2 has-text-weight-bold">
-                            {successfulImportJobCount}
-                          </span>
-                        </div>
-                      )}
-                    </th>
-                    <td>
-                      {failedImportJobCount > 0 && (
-                        <div className="box has-background-danger has-text-centered">
-                          <span className="is-size-2 has-text-weight-bold">
-                            {failedImportJobCount}
-                          </span>
-                        </div>
-                      )}
-                    </td>
+        <>
+          <table className="table">
+            <thead>
+              <tr>
+                <th>Completed Jobs</th>
+                <th>Failed Jobs</th>
+                <th>Queue Controls</th>
+                <th>Queue Status</th>
+              </tr>
+            </thead>
 
-                    <td>{renderQueueControls(libraryQueueImportStatus)}</td>
+            <tbody>
+              <tr>
+                <th>
+                  {importJobQueue.successfulJobCount > 0 && (
+                    <div className="box has-background-success-light has-text-centered">
+                      <span className="is-size-2 has-text-weight-bold">
+                        {importJobQueue.successfulJobCount}
+                      </span>
+                    </div>
+                  )}
+                </th>
+                <td>
+                  {importJobQueue.failedJobCount > 0 && (
+                    <div className="box has-background-danger has-text-centered">
+                      <span className="is-size-2 has-text-weight-bold">
+                        {importJobQueue.failedJobCount}
+                      </span>
+                    </div>
+                  )}
+                </td>
+
+                {/* <td>{renderQueueControls(libraryQueueImportStatus)}</td>
                     <td>
                       {libraryQueueImportStatus !== undefined ? (
                         <span className="tag is-warning">
                           {libraryQueueImportStatus}
                         </span>
                       ) : null}
-                    </td>
-                  </tr>
-                </tbody>
-              </table>
-              Imported{" "}
-              <span className="has-text-weight-bold">{lastQueueJob}</span>
-            </>
-          )}
+                    </td> */}
+              </tr>
+            </tbody>
+          </table>
+          Imported{" "}
+          {/* <span className="has-text-weight-bold">{lastQueueJob}</span> */}
+        </>
 
         {/* Past imports */}
 
         <h3 className="subtitle is-4 mt-5">Past Imports</h3>
-        <table className="table">
+        {/* <table className="table">
           <thead>
             <tr>
               <th>Time Started</th>
@@ -228,7 +250,7 @@ export const Import = (props: IProps): ReactElement => {
               );
             })}
           </tbody>
-        </table>
+        </table> */}
       </section>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/src/client/components/Settings/Settings.tsx b/src/client/components/Settings/Settings.tsx
index 06c0f85..7821155 100644
--- a/src/client/components/Settings/Settings.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/Settings/Settings.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ export const Settings = (props: ISettingsProps): ReactElement => {
     },
     {
       id: "flushdb",
-      content: <div key="flushdb">{/* <SystemSettingsForm /> */}</div>,
+      content: (
+        <div key="flushdb">
+          <SystemSettingsForm />
+        </div>
+      ),
     },
   ];
   return (
diff --git a/src/client/components/Settings/SystemSettings/SystemSettingsForm.tsx b/src/client/components/Settings/SystemSettings/SystemSettingsForm.tsx
index d19c9e5..68e41aa 100644
--- a/src/client/components/Settings/SystemSettings/SystemSettingsForm.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/Settings/SystemSettings/SystemSettingsForm.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
-import React, { ReactElement, useCallback } from "react";
-import { flushDb } from "../../../actions/settings.actions";
-import { useDispatch, useSelector } from "react-redux";
+import React, { ReactElement } from "react";
+import { useMutation } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import axios from "axios";
 
 export const SystemSettingsForm = (): ReactElement => {
-  const dispatch = useDispatch();
-  const isSettingsCallInProgress = useSelector(
-    (state: RootState) => state.settings.inProgress,
-  );
-  const flushDatabase = useCallback(() => {
-    dispatch(flushDb());
-  }, []);
+  const { mutate: flushDb, isLoading } = useMutation({
+    mutationFn: async () => {
+      await axios({
+        url: `http://localhost:3000/api/library/flushDb`,
+        method: "POST",
+      });
+    },
+  });
 
   return (
     <div className="is-clearfix">
@@ -48,11 +49,9 @@ export const SystemSettingsForm = (): ReactElement => {
 
         <button
           className={
-            isSettingsCallInProgress
-              ? "button is-danger is-loading"
-              : "button is-danger"
+            isLoading ? "button is-danger is-loading" : "button is-danger"
           }
-          onClick={flushDatabase}
+          onClick={() => flushDb()}
         >
           <span className="icon">
             <i className="fas fa-eraser"></i>
diff --git a/src/client/components/shared/Navbar.tsx b/src/client/components/shared/Navbar.tsx
index 4369503..a010258 100644
--- a/src/client/components/shared/Navbar.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/shared/Navbar.tsx
@@ -13,15 +13,11 @@ const Navbar: React.FunctionComponent = (props) => {
     airDCPPDisconnectionInfo,
     airDCPPSessionInformation,
     airDCPPDownloadTick,
-    airDCPPClientConfiguration,
-    airDCPPSocketInstance,
   } = useStore(
     useShallow((state) => ({
       airDCPPSocketConnected: state.airDCPPSocketConnected,
       airDCPPDisconnectionInfo: state.airDCPPDisconnectionInfo,
-      airDCPPClientConfiguration: state.airDCPPClientConfiguration,
       airDCPPSessionInformation: state.airDCPPSessionInformation,
-      airDCPPSocketInstance: state.airDCPPSocketInstance,
       airDCPPDownloadTick: state.airDCPPDownloadTick,
     })),
   );
diff --git a/src/client/context/AirDCPPSocket.tsx b/src/client/context/AirDCPPSocket.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index e5d874b..0000000
--- a/src/client/context/AirDCPPSocket.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-import { isEmpty, isUndefined } from "lodash";
-import React, { createContext, useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { useQuery, useMutation } from "@tanstack/react-query";
-import { useStore } from "../store/index";
-import AirDCPPSocket from "../services/DcppSearchService";
-import axios from "axios";
-
-const AirDCPPSocketContextProvider = ({ children }) => {
-  const { getState, setState } = useStore;
-  // setter for settings for use in the context consumer
-  const setSettings = (settingsObject) => {
-    persistSettings({
-      ...airDCPPState,
-      airDCPPState: {
-        settings: settingsObject,
-        socket: {},
-        socketConnectionInformation: {},
-      },
-    });
-  };
-  // Initial state for AirDC++ configuration
-  const initState = {
-    airDCPPState: {
-      settings: {},
-      socket: {},
-      socketConnectionInformation: {},
-    },
-    setSettings: setSettings,
-  };
-  const [airDCPPState, persistSettings] = useState(initState);
-
-  // 1. get settings from mongo
-  const { data, isLoading, isError } = useQuery({
-    queryKey: ["settings"],
-    queryFn: async () =>
-      await axios({
-        url: "http://localhost:3000/api/settings/getAllSettings",
-        method: "GET",
-      }),
-  });
-
-  const directConnectConfiguration = data?.data.directConnect.client.host;
-
-  // 2. If available, init AirDC++ Socket with those settings
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!isEmpty(directConnectConfiguration)) {
-      initializeAirDCPPSocket(directConnectConfiguration);
-    }
-  }, [directConnectConfiguration]);
-
-  // Method to init AirDC++ Socket with supplied settings
-  const initializeAirDCPPSocket = async (configuration) => {
-    console.log("[AirDCPP]: Initializing socket...");
-
-    const initializedAirDCPPSocket = new AirDCPPSocket({
-      protocol: `${configuration.protocol}`,
-      hostname: `${configuration.hostname}:${configuration.port}`,
-      username: `${configuration.username}`,
-      password: `${configuration.password}`,
-    });
-
-    // Set up connect and disconnect handlers
-    initializedAirDCPPSocket.onConnected = (sessionInfo) => {
-      // update global state with socket connection status
-      setState({
-        airDCPPSocketConnected: true,
-      });
-    };
-    initializedAirDCPPSocket.onDisconnected = async (
-      reason,
-      code,
-      wasClean,
-    ) => {
-      // update global state with socket connection status
-      setState({
-        disconnectionInfo: { reason, code, wasClean },
-        airDCPPSocketConnected: false,
-      });
-    };
-    // Attempt connection
-    const socketConnectionInformation =
-      await initializedAirDCPPSocket.connect();
-
-    // update the state with the new socket connection information
-    persistSettings({
-      ...airDCPPState,
-      airDCPPState: {
-        settings: configuration,
-        socket: initializedAirDCPPSocket,
-        socketConnectionInformation,
-      },
-    });
-  };
-
-  console.log("connected?", getState());
-  // the Provider gives access to the context to its children
-  return (
-    <AirDCPPSocketContext.Provider value={airDCPPState}>
-      {children}
-    </AirDCPPSocketContext.Provider>
-  );
-};
-const AirDCPPSocketContext = createContext({
-  airDCPPState: {},
-  saveSettings: () => {},
-});
-
-export { AirDCPPSocketContext, AirDCPPSocketContextProvider };
diff --git a/src/client/index.tsx b/src/client/index.tsx
index 63a9d14..e340dde 100644
--- a/src/client/index.tsx
+++ b/src/client/index.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const rootEl = document.getElementById("root");
 const root = createRoot(rootEl);
 import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { ReactQueryDevtools } from "@tanstack/react-query-devtools";
+import Import from "./components/Import/Import";
 
 const queryClient = new QueryClient();
 
@@ -17,7 +18,10 @@ const router = createBrowserRouter([
     path: "/",
     element: <App />,
     errorElement: <ErrorPage />,
-    children: [{ path: "settings", element: <Settings /> }],
+    children: [
+      { path: "settings", element: <Settings /> },
+      { path: "import", element: <Import path={"./comics"} /> },
+    ],
   },
 ]);
 
diff --git a/src/client/store/index.ts b/src/client/store/index.ts
index a14851f..0352997 100644
--- a/src/client/store/index.ts
+++ b/src/client/store/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { create } from "zustand";
 import { isEmpty } from "lodash";
+import io from "socket.io-client";
+import { SOCKET_BASE_URI } from "../constants/endpoints";
+import { produce } from "immer";
 import AirDCPPSocket from "../services/DcppSearchService";
 import axios from "axios";
 
@@ -14,15 +17,49 @@ export const useStore = create((set, get) => ({
     set((value) => ({
       airDCPPSocketConnected: value,
     })),
-  getAirDCPPConnectionStatus: () => {
-    const airDCPPSocketConnectionStatus = get().airDCPPSocketConnected;
-  },
   airDCPPDownloadTick: {},
   // Socket.io state
+  socketIOInstance: {},
+
+  // Import job results
+  importJobQueue: {
+    successfulJobCount: 0,
+    failedJobCount: 0,
+    setJobCount: (jobType: string, count: Number) => {
+      switch (jobType) {
+        case "successful":
+          set(
+            produce((state) => {
+              state.importJobQueue.successfulJobCount = count;
+            }),
+          );
+          break;
+
+        case "failed":
+          set(
+            produce((state) => {
+              state.importJobQueue.failedJobCount = count;
+            }),
+          );
+          break;
+      }
+    },
+  },
 }));
 
 const { getState, setState } = useStore;
 
+// socket.io instantiation
+const sessionId = localStorage.getItem("sessionId");
+const socketIOInstance = io(SOCKET_BASE_URI, {
+  transports: ["websocket"],
+  withCredentials: true,
+  query: { sessionId },
+});
+setState({
+  socketIOInstance,
+});
+
 /**
  * Method to init AirDC++ Socket with supplied settings
  * @param configuration - credentials, and hostname details to init AirDC++ connection
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 18a48d2..106a79f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6345,6 +6345,11 @@ ignore@^5.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ignore/-/ignore-5.2.4.tgz#a291c0c6178ff1b960befe47fcdec301674a6324"
   integrity sha512-MAb38BcSbH0eHNBxn7ql2NH/kX33OkB3lZ1BNdh7ENeRChHTYsTvWrMubiIAMNS2llXEEgZ1MUOBtXChP3kaFQ==
 
+immer@^10.0.3:
+  version "10.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/immer/-/immer-10.0.3.tgz#a8de42065e964aa3edf6afc282dfc7f7f34ae3c9"
+  integrity sha512-pwupu3eWfouuaowscykeckFmVTpqbzW+rXFCX8rQLkZzM9ftBmU/++Ra+o+L27mz03zJTlyV4UUr+fdKNffo4A==
+
 immutable@^4.0.0, immutable@^4.3.4:
   version "4.3.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/immutable/-/immutable-4.3.4.tgz#2e07b33837b4bb7662f288c244d1ced1ef65a78f"
@@ -9501,6 +9506,7 @@ string-length@^4.0.1:
     strip-ansi "^6.0.0"
 
 "string-width-cjs@npm:string-width@^4.2.0", string-width@^4.1.0, string-width@^4.2.0, string-width@^4.2.3:
+  name string-width-cjs
   version "4.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string-width/-/string-width-4.2.3.tgz#269c7117d27b05ad2e536830a8ec895ef9c6d010"
   integrity sha512-wKyQRQpjJ0sIp62ErSZdGsjMJWsap5oRNihHhu6G7JVO/9jIB6UyevL+tXuOqrng8j/cxKTWyWUwvSTriiZz/g==
@@ -9575,6 +9581,7 @@ string_decoder@~1.1.1:
     safe-buffer "~5.1.0"
 
 "strip-ansi-cjs@npm:strip-ansi@^6.0.1", strip-ansi@^6.0.0, strip-ansi@^6.0.1:
+  name strip-ansi-cjs
   version "6.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-6.0.1.tgz#9e26c63d30f53443e9489495b2105d37b67a85d9"
   integrity sha512-Y38VPSHcqkFrCpFnQ9vuSXmquuv5oXOKpGeT6aGrr3o3Gc9AlVa6JBfUSOCnbxGGZF+/0ooI7KrPuUSztUdU5A==
@@ -10388,6 +10395,7 @@ wordwrap@^1.0.0:
   integrity sha512-gvVzJFlPycKc5dZN4yPkP8w7Dc37BtP1yczEneOb4uq34pXZcvrtRTmWV8W+Ume+XCxKgbjM+nevkyFPMybd4Q==
 
 "wrap-ansi-cjs@npm:wrap-ansi@^7.0.0", wrap-ansi@^7.0.0:
+  name wrap-ansi-cjs
   version "7.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-7.0.0.tgz#67e145cff510a6a6984bdf1152911d69d2eb9e43"
   integrity sha512-YVGIj2kamLSTxw6NsZjoBxfSwsn0ycdesmc4p+Q21c5zPuZ1pl+NfxVdxPtdHvmNVOQ6XSYG4AUtyt/Fi7D16Q==