diff --git a/src/main/resources/schema.sql b/src/main/resources/schema.sql
index 365f9e7..e88ff07 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/schema.sql
+++ b/src/main/resources/schema.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS g8backend;
+USE g8backend;
+
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `users` (
   user_id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
   user_name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
@@ -27,3 +30,21 @@
   FOREIGN KEY (passkey) REFERENCES users(passkey),
   PRIMARY KEY (passkey, info_hash, peer_id)
 );
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `posts` (
+    post_id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
+    user_id INT NOT NULL,
+    post_title VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
+    post_content TEXT NOT NULL,
+    post_type ENUM('resource', 'discussion') NOT NULL,
+    created_at DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+    FOREIGN KEY (user_id) REFERENCES users(user_id)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `post_likes` (
+    user_id INT NOT NULL,
+    post_id INT NOT NULL,
+    FOREIGN KEY (user_id) REFERENCES users(user_id),
+    FOREIGN KEY (post_id) REFERENCES posts(post_id),
+    PRIMARY KEY (user_id, post_id)
+);