diff --git a/src/tt/cli.py b/src/tt/cli.py
index 0c30117..36895ee 100644
--- a/src/tt/cli.py
+++ b/src/tt/cli.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import httpx
 import lxml.html
 import sqlite3
 from typing_extensions import Annotated
-from .db import initialize_db
+from .db import initialize_db, db
+from .sync import full_sync
 from .tui.things import run as things_tui
 
 # from .tui.overview import run as overview_tui
@@ -68,8 +69,6 @@ def backup(backup_path: str):
     """
     Perform a SQLite backup using the .backup dot command
     """
-    from tt.db import db
-
     conn = db.connection()
 
     backup_conn = None
@@ -81,5 +80,14 @@ def backup(backup_path: str):
             backup_conn.close()
 
 
+@app.command()
+def sync():
+    """
+    Sync with tt server.
+    """
+    initialize_db()
+    full_sync()
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     app()
diff --git a/src/tt/controller/things.py b/src/tt/controller/things.py
index bcf0499..18526f5 100644
--- a/src/tt/controller/things.py
+++ b/src/tt/controller/things.py
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ def get_things(
         # TODO: which fields are searchable should by dynamic
         query = query.where(fn.Lower(Thing.data["text"]).contains(search_text.lower()))
 
+    if filters is None:
+        filters = {}
     for param, val in filters.items():
         if val is not None:
             # no _in query for JSON fields, so use OR
diff --git a/src/tt/sync.py b/src/tt/sync.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61493c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tt/sync.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import httpx
+from .controller.things import get_things
+
+
+def sync_thing(thing):
+    resp = httpx.post(
+        "http://localhost:9999/api/thing/?api_key=j@jpt.sh",
+        json={
+                    "id": thing.id,
+                    "data": thing.data,
+                    "type": thing.type,
+                }
+    )
+    print(resp.text)
+    resp.raise_for_status()
+
+
+def full_sync():
+    # all things for now
+    for thing in get_things(None, None):
+        sync_thing(thing)