diff --git a/alembic.ini b/alembic.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae1dc8be9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+# A generic, single database configuration.
+
+[alembic]
+# path to migration scripts
+# Use forward slashes (/) also on windows to provide an os agnostic path
+script_location = alembic
+
+# template used to generate migration file names; The default value is %%(rev)s_%%(slug)s
+# Uncomment the line below if you want the files to be prepended with date and time
+# see https://alembic.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/tutorial.html#editing-the-ini-file
+# for all available tokens
+# file_template = %%(year)d_%%(month).2d_%%(day).2d_%%(hour).2d%%(minute).2d-%%(rev)s_%%(slug)s
+
+# sys.path path, will be prepended to sys.path if present.
+# defaults to the current working directory.
+prepend_sys_path = .
+
+# timezone to use when rendering the date within the migration file
+# as well as the filename.
+# If specified, requires the python>=3.9 or backports.zoneinfo library.
+# Any required deps can installed by adding `alembic[tz]` to the pip requirements
+# string value is passed to ZoneInfo()
+# leave blank for localtime
+# timezone =
+
+# max length of characters to apply to the "slug" field
+# truncate_slug_length = 40
+
+# set to 'true' to run the environment during
+# the 'revision' command, regardless of autogenerate
+# revision_environment = false
+
+# set to 'true' to allow .pyc and .pyo files without
+# a source .py file to be detected as revisions in the
+# versions/ directory
+# sourceless = false
+
+# version location specification; This defaults
+# to alembic/versions.  When using multiple version
+# directories, initial revisions must be specified with --version-path.
+# The path separator used here should be the separator specified by "version_path_separator" below.
+# version_locations = %(here)s/bar:%(here)s/bat:alembic/versions
+
+# version path separator; As mentioned above, this is the character used to split
+# version_locations. The default within new alembic.ini files is "os", which uses os.pathsep.
+# If this key is omitted entirely, it falls back to the legacy behavior of splitting on spaces and/or commas.
+# Valid values for version_path_separator are:
+#
+# version_path_separator = :
+# version_path_separator = ;
+# version_path_separator = space
+version_path_separator = os  # Use os.pathsep. Default configuration used for new projects.
+
+# set to 'true' to search source files recursively
+# in each "version_locations" directory
+# new in Alembic version 1.10
+# recursive_version_locations = false
+
+# the output encoding used when revision files
+# are written from script.py.mako
+# output_encoding = utf-8
+
+sqlalchemy.url = sqlite:///./database.db
+
+
+[post_write_hooks]
+# post_write_hooks defines scripts or Python functions that are run
+# on newly generated revision scripts.  See the documentation for further
+# detail and examples
+
+# format using "black" - use the console_scripts runner, against the "black" entrypoint
+# hooks = black
+# black.type = console_scripts
+# black.entrypoint = black
+# black.options = -l 79 REVISION_SCRIPT_FILENAME
+
+# lint with attempts to fix using "ruff" - use the exec runner, execute a binary
+# hooks = ruff
+# ruff.type = exec
+# ruff.executable = %(here)s/.venv/bin/ruff
+# ruff.options = --fix REVISION_SCRIPT_FILENAME
+
+# Logging configuration
+[loggers]
+keys = root,sqlalchemy,alembic
+
+[handlers]
+keys = console
+
+[formatters]
+keys = generic
+
+[logger_root]
+level = WARN
+handlers = console
+qualname =
+
+[logger_sqlalchemy]
+level = WARN
+handlers =
+qualname = sqlalchemy.engine
+
+[logger_alembic]
+level = INFO
+handlers =
+qualname = alembic
+
+[handler_console]
+class = StreamHandler
+args = (sys.stderr,)
+level = NOTSET
+formatter = generic
+
+[formatter_generic]
+format = %(levelname)-5.5s [%(name)s] %(message)s
+datefmt = %H:%M:%S
diff --git a/alembic/env.py b/alembic/env.py
index b78cb58bd..b98bf4f22 100644
--- a/alembic/env.py
+++ b/alembic/env.py
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
-
-import os
-from alembic import context
-from decouple import config
 from logging.config import fileConfig
 from sqlalchemy import engine_from_config
 from sqlalchemy import pool
-from api.db.database import Base
-from api.v1.models.auth import User, BlackListToken
-
-#from db.database import DATABASE_URL 
-DATABASE_URL=config('DB_URL')
-
+from alembic import context
+from api.v1.models.user import User
+from api.v1.models.org import Organisation
+from api.v1.models.profile import Profile
+from api.v1.models.product import Product
+from api.v1.models.base import Base
 
 # this is the Alembic Config object, which provides
 # access to the values within the .ini file in use.
@@ -45,7 +41,7 @@ def run_migrations_offline() -> None:
     script output.
 
     """
-    url = config.get_main_option("sqlalchemy.url", DATABASE_URL)
+    url = config.get_main_option("sqlalchemy.url")
     context.configure(
         url=url,
         target_metadata=target_metadata,
@@ -64,12 +60,8 @@ def run_migrations_online() -> None:
     and associate a connection with the context.
 
     """
-
-    alembic_config = config.get_section(config.config_ini_section)
-    alembic_config['sqlalchemy.url'] = DATABASE_URL
-
     connectable = engine_from_config(
-        alembic_config,
+        config.get_section(config.config_ini_section, {}),
         prefix="sqlalchemy.",
         poolclass=pool.NullPool,
     )
diff --git a/alembic/versions/9670771a11f9_initial_migrations.py b/alembic/versions/9670771a11f9_initial_migrations.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..644c854c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic/versions/9670771a11f9_initial_migrations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+"""Initial migrations
+
+Revision ID: 9670771a11f9
+Revises: 
+Create Date: 2024-07-18 20:08:23.466008
+
+"""
+from typing import Sequence, Union
+
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision: str = '9670771a11f9'
+down_revision: Union[str, None] = None
+branch_labels: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+depends_on: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.create_table('organisations',
+    sa.Column('id', sa.Integer(), autoincrement=True, nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('name', sa.String(length=50), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('description', sa.Text(), nullable=True),
+    sa.Column('created_at', sa.DateTime(), server_default=sa.text('(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)'), nullable=True),
+    sa.Column('updated_at', sa.DateTime(), server_default=sa.text('(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)'), nullable=True),
+    sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id'),
+    sa.UniqueConstraint('name')
+    )
+    op.create_table('products',
+    sa.Column('id', sa.Integer(), autoincrement=True, nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('name', sa.String(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('description', sa.Text(), nullable=True),
+    sa.Column('price', sa.Numeric(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('created_at', sa.DateTime(), nullable=False),
+    sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id')
+    )
+    op.create_table('users',
+    sa.Column('id', sa.Integer(), autoincrement=True, nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('username', sa.String(length=50), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('email', sa.String(length=100), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('password', sa.String(length=255), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('first_name', sa.String(length=50), nullable=True),
+    sa.Column('last_name', sa.String(length=50), nullable=True),
+    sa.Column('created_at', sa.DateTime(), server_default=sa.text('(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)'), nullable=True),
+    sa.Column('updated_at', sa.DateTime(), server_default=sa.text('(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)'), nullable=True),
+    sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id'),
+    sa.UniqueConstraint('email'),
+    sa.UniqueConstraint('username')
+    )
+    op.create_table('profiles',
+    sa.Column('id', sa.Integer(), autoincrement=True, nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('user_id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('bio', sa.Text(), nullable=True),
+    sa.Column('phone_number', sa.String(length=50), nullable=True),
+    sa.Column('avatar_url', sa.String(length=100), nullable=True),
+    sa.Column('created_at', sa.DateTime(), nullable=True),
+    sa.Column('updated_at', sa.DateTime(), nullable=True),
+    sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(['user_id'], ['users.id'], ),
+    sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id')
+    )
+    op.create_table('user_organisation',
+    sa.Column('user_id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('organisation_id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
+    sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(['organisation_id'], ['organisations.id'], ),
+    sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(['user_id'], ['users.id'], ),
+    sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('user_id', 'organisation_id')
+    )
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.drop_table('user_organisation')
+    op.drop_table('profiles')
+    op.drop_table('users')
+    op.drop_table('products')
+    op.drop_table('organisations')
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
diff --git a/api/db/database.py b/api/db/database.py
index 472829eca..d53709632 100644
--- a/api/db/database.py
+++ b/api/db/database.py
@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@
-# database.py
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+""" The database module
+"""
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 from decouple import config
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+from api.v1.models.base import Base
 
 
 def get_db_engine():
 
-    DB_TYPE = config("DB_TYPE")
-    DB_NAME = config("DB_NAME")
-    DB_USER = config("DB_USER")
-    DB_PASSWORD = config("DB_PASSWORD")
-    DB_HOST = config("DB_HOST")
-    DB_PORT = config("DB_PORT")
-    MYSQL_DRIVER = config("MYSQL_DRIVER")
+    DB_TYPE = config("DB_TYPE", "")
+    DB_NAME = config("DB_NAME", "")
+    DB_USER = config("DB_USER", "")
+    DB_PASSWORD = config("DB_PASSWORD", "")
+    DB_HOST = config("DB_HOST", "")
+    DB_PORT = config("DB_PORT", "")
+    MYSQL_DRIVER = config("MYSQL_DRIVER", "")
     DATABASE_URL = ""
 
     if DB_TYPE == "mysql":
@@ -35,13 +39,10 @@ def get_db_engine():
 
 SessionLocal = sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=db_engine)
 
-Base = declarative_base()
-
 
 def create_database():
     return Base.metadata.create_all(bind=db_engine)
 
-
 def get_db():
     db = SessionLocal()
     try:
diff --git a/api/v1/models/base.py b/api/v1/models/base.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf75a1544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/v1/models/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+""" Base
+"""
+from sqlalchemy import (
+        Column,
+        Integer,
+        ForeignKey,
+        Table
+        )
+from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
+from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
+from datetime import datetime
+
+
+Base = declarative_base()
+
+user_organisation_association = Table('user_organisation', Base.metadata,
+        Column('user_id', Integer, ForeignKey('users.id'), primary_key=True),
+        Column('organisation_id', Integer, ForeignKey('organisations.id'), primary_key=True)
+        )
diff --git a/api/v1/models/org.py b/api/v1/models/org.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d3554f75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/v1/models/org.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+""" The Organisation model
+"""
+from sqlalchemy import (
+        Column,
+        Integer,
+        String,
+        Text,
+        Date,
+        ForeignKey,
+        Numeric,
+        DateTime,
+        func,
+        )
+from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
+from datetime import datetime
+from api.v1.models.base import Base, user_organisation_association
+
+
+class Organisation(Base):
+    __tablename__ = 'organisations'
+
+    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True, autoincrement=True)
+    name = Column(String(50), unique=True, nullable=False)
+    description = Column(Text, nullable=True)
+    created_at = Column(DateTime, server_default=func.now())
+    updated_at = Column(DateTime, server_default=func.now(), onupdate=func.now())
+
+    users = relationship(
+            "User",
+            secondary=user_organisation_association,
+            back_populates="organisations"
+            )
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.name
diff --git a/api/v1/models/product.py b/api/v1/models/product.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b7e8509e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/v1/models/product.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+""" The Product model
+"""
+from sqlalchemy import (
+        Column,
+        Integer,
+        String,
+        Text,
+        Numeric,
+        DateTime,
+        func,
+        )
+from datetime import datetime
+from api.v1.models.base import Base
+
+
+class Product(Base):
+    __tablename__ = 'products'
+
+    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True, autoincrement=True)
+    name = Column(String, nullable=False)
+    description = Column(Text, nullable=True)
+    price = Column(Numeric, nullable=False)
+    created_at = Column(DateTime, nullable=False, default=func.now())
diff --git a/api/v1/models/profile.py b/api/v1/models/profile.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed9bb94ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/v1/models/profile.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+""" The Profile model
+"""
+from sqlalchemy import (
+        Column,
+        Integer,
+        String,
+        Text,
+        Date,
+        ForeignKey,
+        DateTime,
+        func,
+        )
+from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
+from datetime import datetime
+from api.v1.models.base import Base
+
+
+class Profile(Base):
+    __tablename__ = 'profiles'
+
+    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True, autoincrement=True)
+    user_id = Column(Integer, ForeignKey('users.id'), nullable=False)
+    bio = Column(Text, nullable=True)
+    phone_number = Column(String(50), nullable=True)
+    avatar_url = Column(String(100), nullable=True)
+    created_at = Column(DateTime, default=datetime.utcnow)
+    updated_at = Column(DateTime, default=datetime.utcnow, onupdate=datetime.utcnow)
+
+    #user = relationship("User", back_populates="profile")
diff --git a/api/v1/models/user.py b/api/v1/models/user.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81d45c080
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/v1/models/user.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+""" User data model
+"""
+from sqlalchemy import (
+        create_engine,
+        Column,
+        Integer,
+        String,
+        Text,
+        Date,
+        ForeignKey,
+        Numeric,
+        DateTime,
+        func,
+        Table
+        )
+from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
+from datetime import datetime
+from api.v1.models.base import Base, user_organisation_association
+import bcrypt
+
+def hash_password(password: str) -> bytes:
+    """ Hashes the user password for security
+    """
+    salt = bcrypt.gensalt()
+
+    hash_pw = bcrypt.hashpw(password.encode(), salt)
+    return hash_pw
+
+class User(Base):
+    __tablename__ = 'users'
+
+    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True, autoincrement=True)
+    username = Column(String(50), unique=True, nullable=False)
+    email = Column(String(100), unique=True, nullable=False)
+    password = Column(String(255), nullable=False)
+    first_name = Column(String(50))
+    last_name = Column(String(50))
+    created_at = Column(DateTime, server_default=func.now())
+    updated_at = Column(DateTime, server_default=func.now(), onupdate=func.now())
+
+    profile = relationship("Profile", uselist=False)
+    organisations = relationship(
+            "Organisation",
+            secondary=user_organisation_association,
+            back_populates="users"
+            )
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        """ Initializes a user instance
+        """
+        keys = ['username', 'email', 'password', 'first_name', 'last_name']
+        for key, value in kwargs.items():
+            if key in keys:
+                if key == 'password':
+                    value = hash_password(value)
+                setattr(self, key, value)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.email
+
diff --git a/database.db b/database.db
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13789cfbb
Binary files /dev/null and b/database.db differ
diff --git a/db_test.py b/db_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc5a11b6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+""" Populates the database with seed data
+"""
+from api.db.database import create_database, get_db
+from api.v1.models.user import User
+from api.v1.models.org import Organisation
+from api.v1.models.profile import Profile
+from api.v1.models.product import Product
+
+create_database()
+db = next(get_db())
+
+user_1 = User(email="test@mail", username="testuser", password="testpass", first_name="John", last_name="Doe")
+user_2 = User(email="test1@mail", username="testuser1", password="testpass1", first_name="Jane", last_name="Boyle")
+user_3 = User(email="test2@mail", username="testuser2", password="testpass2", first_name="Bob", last_name="Dwayne")
+
+db.add_all([user_1, user_2, user_3])
+
+org_1 = Organisation(name="Python Org", description="An organisation for python develoers")
+org_2 = Organisation(name="Django Org", description="An organisation of django devs")
+org_3 = Organisation(name="FastAPI Devs", description="An organisation of Fast API devs")
+
+db.add_all([org_1, org_2, org_3])
+
+org_1.users.extend([user_1, user_2, user_3])
+org_2.users.extend([user_1, user_3])
+org_3.users.extend([user_2, user_1])
+
+product_1 = Product(name="bed", price=400000)
+product_2 = Product(name="shoe", price=150000)
+
+profile_1 = Profile(bio='My name is John Doe', phone_number='09022112233')
+user_1.profile = profile_1
+
+db.add_all([product_1, product_2])
+db.commit()
+users = db.query(Organisation).first().users
+for user in users:
+    print(user.password)
+print(profile_1.user_id)
+