diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index daa5e81..73b07ec 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -33,3 +33,9 @@ stop-container:
 
 run-container: stop-container
 	docker run --name=gralias -v $(CURDIR)/store.json:/root/store.json -p 0.0.0.0:3000:3000 -d gralias:master
+
+migrate-up:
+	migrate -database 'sqlite3://gralias.db' -path migrations up
+
+migrate-down:
+	migrate -database 'sqlite3://gralias.db' -path migrations down
diff --git a/gralias.db b/gralias.db
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47b356f
Binary files /dev/null and b/gralias.db differ
diff --git a/migrations/001_initial_schema.down.sql b/migrations/001_initial_schema.down.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..305ad3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/001_initial_schema.down.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+-- migrations/001_initial_schema.down.sql
+
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS actions;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS card_marks;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS word_cards;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS players;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS rooms;
diff --git a/migrations/001_initial_schema.up.sql b/migrations/001_initial_schema.up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7b1d74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/001_initial_schema.up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+-- migrations/001_initial_schema.up.sql
+
+CREATE TABLE rooms (
+    id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    created_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
+    creator_name TEXT NOT NULL,
+    team_turn TEXT,
+    this_turn_limit INTEGER,
+    opened_this_turn INTEGER,
+    blue_counter INTEGER,
+    red_counter INTEGER,
+    red_turn BOOLEAN,
+    mime_done BOOLEAN,
+    is_public BOOLEAN,
+    is_running BOOLEAN,
+    language TEXT,
+    round_time INTEGER,
+    is_over BOOLEAN,
+    team_won TEXT,
+    room_pass TEXT
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE players (
+    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+    room_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+    username TEXT NOT NULL,
+    team TEXT, -- 'red' or 'blue'
+    role TEXT, -- 'guesser' or 'mime'
+    is_bot BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
+    FOREIGN KEY (room_id) REFERENCES rooms(id)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE word_cards (
+    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+    room_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+    word TEXT NOT NULL,
+    color TEXT,
+    revealed BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
+    mime_view BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
+    FOREIGN KEY (room_id) REFERENCES rooms(id)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE card_marks (
+    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+    card_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
+    username TEXT NOT NULL,
+    active BOOLEAN DEFAULT TRUE,
+    FOREIGN KEY (card_id) REFERENCES word_cards(id)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE actions (
+    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+    room_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+    actor TEXT NOT NULL,
+    actor_color TEXT,
+    action_type TEXT NOT NULL,
+    word TEXT,
+    word_color TEXT,
+    number_associated TEXT, -- for clues
+    created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+    FOREIGN KEY (room_id) REFERENCES rooms(id)
+);
diff --git a/repos/main.go b/repos/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87106ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package repos
+
+type AllRepos interface {
+	RoomsRepo
+}
+
+type RepoProvider struct {
+	// db connection
+}
diff --git a/repos/rooms.go b/repos/rooms.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0ae01b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/rooms.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package repos
+
+import "gralias/models"
+
+type RoomsRepo interface {
+	ListRooms() ([]models.Room, error)
+	GetRoomByID(id string) (*models.Room, error)
+	CreateRoom(room *models.Room) error
+	DeleteRoomByID(id string) error
+}
+
+// provider implementation
+func (p RepoProvider) ListRooms() ([]models.Room, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}