diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7f7cccc..dd0fdcc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -58,3 +58,5 @@ docs/_build/
 # PyBuilder
 target/
 
+# my other cruft
+*.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12a3128
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import yaml
+from appservice import app
+from models import *
+from flask_script import Manager
+from flask_migrate import Migrate, MigrateCommand
+
+migrate = Migrate(app, db)
+
+manager = Manager(app)
+manager.add_command('db', MigrateCommand)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    with open("config.yaml", "rb") as config_file:
+        config = yaml.load(config_file)
+
+    app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI']
+    manager.run()
diff --git a/models.py b/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3121343
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
+
+db = SQLAlchemy()
+
+class MatrixUser(db.Model):
+    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
+    matrix_id = db.Column(db.Text, unique=True)
+    room_id = db.Column(db.Text)
+    pnut_id = db.Column(db.Text, unique=True)
+    pnut_token = db.Column(db.Text)
+
+    def __init__(self, matrix_id, room_id, pnut_id, pnut_token):
+        self.matrix_id = matrix_id
+        self.room_id = room_id
+        self.pnut_id = pnut_id
+        self.pnut_token = pnut_token
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return '<MatrixUser %r' % self.matrix_id