diff --git a/server/Cargo.lock b/server/Cargo.lock
index fedbae6..8c7fa77 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.lock
+++ b/server/Cargo.lock
@@ -296,6 +296,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "alloc-stdlib",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "byteorder"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
 version = "1.6.0"
@@ -405,6 +411,40 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "diesel"
+version = "2.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ff236accb9a5069572099f0b350a92e9560e8e63a9b8d546162f4a5e03026bb2"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "byteorder",
+ "diesel_derives",
+ "itoa",
+ "pq-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "diesel_derives"
+version = "2.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "14701062d6bed917b5c7103bdffaee1e4609279e240488ad24e7bd979ca6866c"
+dependencies = [
+ "diesel_table_macro_syntax",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.60",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "diesel_table_macro_syntax"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fc5557efc453706fed5e4fa85006fe9817c224c3f480a34c7e5959fd700921c5"
+dependencies = [
+ "syn 2.0.60",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "digest"
 version = "0.10.7"
@@ -747,6 +787,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-web",
  "colored",
+ "diesel",
  "dotenvy",
 ]
 
@@ -780,6 +821,15 @@ version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5b40af805b3121feab8a3c29f04d8ad262fa8e0561883e7653e024ae4479e6de"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pq-sys"
+version = "0.4.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "31c0052426df997c0cbd30789eb44ca097e3541717a7b8fa36b1c464ee7edebd"
+dependencies = [
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.81"
@@ -1144,6 +1194,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vcpkg"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index 32a6ed8..2aa1d23 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ license = "GPL-3.0-only"
 [dependencies]
 actix-web = "4.5.1"
 colored = "2.1.0"
+diesel = { version = "2.1.6", features = ["postgres"] }
 dotenvy = "0.15.7"
diff --git a/server/diesel.toml b/server/diesel.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c028f4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/diesel.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# For documentation on how to configure this file,
+# see https://diesel.rs/guides/configuring-diesel-cli
+
+[print_schema]
+file = "src/schema.rs"
+custom_type_derives = ["diesel::query_builder::QueryId"]
+
+[migrations_directory]
+dir = "migrations"
diff --git a/server/migrations/.keep b/server/migrations/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/server/migrations/00000000000000_diesel_initial_setup/down.sql b/server/migrations/00000000000000_diesel_initial_setup/down.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9f5260
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/migrations/00000000000000_diesel_initial_setup/down.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+-- This file was automatically created by Diesel to setup helper functions
+-- and other internal bookkeeping. This file is safe to edit, any future
+-- changes will be added to existing projects as new migrations.
+
+DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS diesel_manage_updated_at(_tbl regclass);
+DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS diesel_set_updated_at();
diff --git a/server/migrations/00000000000000_diesel_initial_setup/up.sql b/server/migrations/00000000000000_diesel_initial_setup/up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d68895b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/migrations/00000000000000_diesel_initial_setup/up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+-- This file was automatically created by Diesel to setup helper functions
+-- and other internal bookkeeping. This file is safe to edit, any future
+-- changes will be added to existing projects as new migrations.
+
+
+
+
+-- Sets up a trigger for the given table to automatically set a column called
+-- `updated_at` whenever the row is modified (unless `updated_at` was included
+-- in the modified columns)
+--
+-- # Example
+--
+-- ```sql
+-- CREATE TABLE users (id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, updated_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW());
+--
+-- SELECT diesel_manage_updated_at('users');
+-- ```
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION diesel_manage_updated_at(_tbl regclass) RETURNS VOID AS $$
+BEGIN
+    EXECUTE format('CREATE TRIGGER set_updated_at BEFORE UPDATE ON %s
+                    FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE diesel_set_updated_at()', _tbl);
+END;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION diesel_set_updated_at() RETURNS trigger AS $$
+BEGIN
+    IF (
+        NEW IS DISTINCT FROM OLD AND
+        NEW.updated_at IS NOT DISTINCT FROM OLD.updated_at
+    ) THEN
+        NEW.updated_at := current_timestamp;
+    END IF;
+    RETURN NEW;
+END;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;