diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 61378cc..0e115a5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
+# Vagrant stuff
+acceptance_config.yml
+boxes/*
+/.vagrant
+/website/.vagrant
+/website/build
+/vagrant-spec.config.rb
+test/vagrant-spec/.vagrant/
 
-#Build result
-
+# Logs
 *.log
-_pycache_/
\ No newline at end of file
+
+# IDE
+_pycache_/
+.idea/*
+
+# Python
+*.pyc
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index ca7721a..2041ef5 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -1,4 +1,20 @@
+db_file_exists    = "test -f /vagrant/edison/db.sql"
+restore_db        = "sudo -u postgres psql edison < /vagrant/edison/db.sql"
+db_restored_msg   = "echo \"Database restored.\""
+db_not_exists_msg = "echo \"db.sql not exists.\""
+try_restore_db    = "bash -c '#{db_file_exists} && #{restore_db} && #{db_restored_msg} || #{db_not_exists_msg}'"
+save_db_data      = "sudo -u postgres pg_dump edison > /vagrant/edison/db.sql"
+
 Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
+  config.trigger.before :destroy do |trigger|
+    trigger.info = "Saving database data inside synced folder..."
+    trigger.run_remote = {inline: "#{save_db_data}"}
+  end
+
+  config.trigger.after :up do |trigger|
+    trigger.info = "Trying to restore database from /vagrant/edison/db.sql..."
+    trigger.run_remote = {inline: "#{try_restore_db}"}
+  end
 
   config.vm.box = "ubuntu/bionic64"
   config.vm.provision :shell, path: "setup.sh"
diff --git a/edison/__init__.py b/edison/__init__.py
index befb02a..d4ff709 100644
--- a/edison/__init__.py
+++ b/edison/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 
 from flask import Flask
+from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
 from edison.config import get_config_object
 
 
@@ -8,3 +9,4 @@
 app = Flask(__name__)
 app.config.from_object(get_config_object(app.config["ENV"]))
 basedir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+db = SQLAlchemy(app)
diff --git a/edison/app.py b/edison/app.py
index 7aec790..14c6e6a 100644
--- a/edison/app.py
+++ b/edison/app.py
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 import edison
+import edison.models
 
 from flask import render_template
 
 
 app = edison.app
+db = edison.db
+
+# Creates all tables defined in the database models and the only ones that are not created yet.
+# If there's any change in the database models you should perform a migration to apply this change in the database itself.
+# More about database migrations can be found in /edison/migrations/README.
+db.create_all()
 
 @app.route("/policy")
 def policy():
diff --git a/edison/config.py b/edison/config.py
index 97f665d..284caae 100644
--- a/edison/config.py
+++ b/edison/config.py
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ def get_config_object(env_keyword: str):
 class Config:
     ENV_KEYWORD = ""
     DEBUG = False
+    # Turns off the Flask-SQLAlchemy event system
+    SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS = False
+    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'postgresql://postgres:edison@127.0.0.1/edison'
 
-
+# PostgreSQL connection string should be updated once an actual production environment is established.
 class ProductionConfig(Config):
     ENV_KEYWORD = "production"
 
diff --git a/edison/db.sql b/edison/db.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/edison/models/__init__.py b/edison/models/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee4c00b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/edison/models/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from .user import User
diff --git a/edison/models/user.py b/edison/models/user.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7349cd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/edison/models/user.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from edison import db
+
+
+class User(db.Model):
+    __tablename__ = 'users'
+    
+    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
+    username = db.Column(db.String(50), nullable=False, unique=True)
+    
+    def to_json(self):
+        return {
+            "username": self.username
+        }
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 32e8968..75b8dba 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 Flask==1.1.1
+flask-sqlalchemy==2.4.1
+psycopg2-binary==2.8.5
diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index 1e6346c..147887d 100644
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ sudo apt-get install -y postgresql postgresql-contrib
 echo "install requirements"
 pip3 install -r /vagrant/requirements.txt
 
+echo "configuring database"
+sudo -u postgres createdb edison
+sudo -u postgres psql -c "ALTER ROLE postgres WITH PASSWORD 'edison';"
+
 export FLASK_ENV=development
 
 echo "running app.py"