diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index adfe1b7..a446f09 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ jobs:
         options: --health-cmd pg_isready --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5
 
     steps:
+      - name: Create database schema
+        run: PGPASSWORD=secret psql -h 127.0.0.1 -d testdb -U user -c "CREATE SCHEMA shakespeare;"
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
@@ -40,3 +42,5 @@ jobs:
           SQL_HOST: 127.0.0.1
           SQL_USER: user
           POSTGRES_PASSWORD: secret
+          PGPASSWORD: secret
+
diff --git a/alembic/README b/alembic/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..334cb7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic/README
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Alembic commands
+====================
+
+### Check current revision
+>alembic current
+
+### Make new revision
+>alembic revision --autogenerate -m "first revision"
+
+After autogeneration it is highly recommended to check new revision in /versions/ folder, and adjust it if needed
+
+### Upgrade the DB to the newest revision
+>alembic upgrade head
+
+### Downgrade DB to previous revision
+>alembic downgrade -1
diff --git a/alembic/env.py b/alembic/env.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d208a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic/env.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import asyncio
+
+from alembic import context
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import create_async_engine
+
+from the_app.models.base import Base as app_base
+
+target_metadata = app_base.metadata
+
+
+def run_migrations_offline():
+    """Run migrations in 'offline' mode.
+
+    This configures the context with just a URL
+    and not an Engine, though an Engine is acceptable
+    here as well.  By skipping the Engine creation
+    we don't even need a DBAPI to be available.
+
+    Calls to context.execute() here emit the given string to the
+    script output.
+
+    """
+    url = f"postgresql+asyncpg://user:secret@db:5432/devdb"
+    context.configure(url=url, target_metadata=target_metadata, literal_binds=True)
+
+    with context.begin_transaction():
+        context.run_migrations()
+
+
+def do_run_migrations(connection):
+    context.configure(connection=connection, target_metadata=target_metadata)
+
+    with context.begin_transaction():
+        context.run_migrations()
+
+
+async def run_migrations_online():
+    """Run migrations in 'online' mode.
+
+    In this scenario we need to create an Engine
+    and associate a connection with the context.
+
+    """
+    url = f"postgresql+asyncpg://user:secret@db:5432/devdb"
+    connectable = create_async_engine(url)
+
+    async with connectable.connect() as connection:
+        await connection.run_sync(do_run_migrations)
+
+
+if context.is_offline_mode():
+    run_migrations_offline()
+else:
+    asyncio.run(run_migrations_online())
diff --git a/alembic/script.py.mako b/alembic/script.py.mako
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fdcfba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic/script.py.mako
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+"""${message}
+
+Revision ID: ${up_revision}
+Revises: ${down_revision | comma,n}
+Create Date: ${create_date}
+
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+import tm.db
+${imports if imports else ""}
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = ${repr(up_revision)}
+down_revision = ${repr(down_revision)}
+branch_labels = ${repr(branch_labels)}
+depends_on = ${repr(depends_on)}
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    ${upgrades if upgrades else "pass"}
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    ${downgrades if downgrades else "pass"}
diff --git a/alembic/versions/.gitkeep b/alembic/versions/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/db/create.sql b/db/create.sql
index 2cd7a40..6d6618e 100644
--- a/db/create.sql
+++ b/db/create.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS devdb;
 CREATE DATABASE devdb;
+\connect devdb;
+CREATE SCHEMA shakespeare;
+
 DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS testdb;
 CREATE DATABASE testdb;
+\connect testdb;
+CREATE SCHEMA shakespeare;
diff --git a/the_app/models/__init__.py b/the_app/models/__init__.py
index 9a6ae8f..63287f6 100644
--- a/the_app/models/__init__.py
+++ b/the_app/models/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 from the_app.models.nonsense import Nonsense  # noqa
 from the_app.models.stuff import Stuff  # noqa
+from the_app.models.shakespeare import Character  # noqa
diff --git a/the_app/models/shakespeare.py b/the_app/models/shakespeare.py
index 3d76ff1..804c4bb 100644
--- a/the_app/models/shakespeare.py
+++ b/the_app/models/shakespeare.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 from sqlalchemy import (Column, ForeignKeyConstraint, Integer,
                         PrimaryKeyConstraint, String, Table, Text,
-                        UniqueConstraint)
-from sqlalchemy.orm import declarative_base, relationship
+                        UniqueConstraint, ForeignKey)
+from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
 
-Base = declarative_base()
+from the_app.models.base import Base
 metadata = Base.metadata