diff --git a/alembic/env.py b/alembic/env.py
index 948701f..5897a08 100644
--- a/alembic/env.py
+++ b/alembic/env.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ async def run_migrations_online():
     and associate a connection with the context.
 
     """
-    connectable = create_async_engine(settings.asyncpg_url, future=True)
+    connectable = create_async_engine(settings.asyncpg_url.unicode_string(), future=True)
 
     async with connectable.connect() as connection:
         await connection.run_sync(do_run_migrations)
diff --git a/alembic/versions/20230722_1219_2dcc708f88f8_user_auth.py b/alembic/versions/20230722_1219_2dcc708f88f8_user_auth.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6c4bed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic/versions/20230722_1219_2dcc708f88f8_user_auth.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+"""user auth
+
+Revision ID: 2dcc708f88f8
+Revises: 0d1ee3949d21
+Create Date: 2023-07-22 12:19:28.780926
+
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = '2dcc708f88f8'
+down_revision = '0d1ee3949d21'
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.create_table('user',
+    sa.Column('uuid', sa.UUID(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('email', sa.String(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('first_name', sa.String(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('last_name', sa.String(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('password', sa.LargeBinary(), nullable=False),
+    sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('uuid'),
+    sa.UniqueConstraint('uuid')
+    )
+    op.create_unique_constraint(None, 'nonsense', ['name'], schema='happy_hog')
+    op.create_unique_constraint(None, 'stuff', ['name'], schema='happy_hog')
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.drop_constraint(None, 'stuff', schema='happy_hog', type_='unique')
+    op.drop_constraint(None, 'nonsense', schema='happy_hog', type_='unique')
+    op.drop_table('user')
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
diff --git a/app/models/__init__.py b/app/models/__init__.py
index 5315b1d..0911d6f 100644
--- a/app/models/__init__.py
+++ b/app/models/__init__.py
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 from app.models.nonsense import *  # noqa
 from app.models.shakespeare import *  # noqa
 from app.models.stuff import *  # noqa
+from app.models.user import *  # noqa