diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ce24d8ff9..41b9514e8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,9 +13,12 @@ __pycache__
 .pytest_cache
 htmlcov
 Pipfile.lock
+
 *.swo
 *.swp
 *.pyo
 *.pyc
 *.env
 venv
+
+database.sqlite3
diff --git a/LNbits/__init__.py b/LNbits/__init__.py
index fb4279de1..e10acba2d 100644
--- a/LNbits/__init__.py
+++ b/LNbits/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 import lnurl
 import requests
 import time
@@ -6,7 +7,7 @@ from flask import Flask, jsonify, render_template, request
 
 from .db import Database
 from .helpers import encrypt
-from .settings import INVOICE_KEY, ADMIN_KEY, API_ENDPOINT, DATABASE_PATH
+from .settings import INVOICE_KEY, ADMIN_KEY, API_ENDPOINT, DATABASE_PATH, LNBITS_PATH
 
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
@@ -19,6 +20,14 @@ def db_connect(db_path=DATABASE_PATH):
     return con
 
 
+@app.before_first_request
+def init():
+    with Database() as db:
+        with open(os.path.join(LNBITS_PATH, "data/schema.sql")) as schemafile:
+            for stmt in schemafile.read().split("\n\n"):
+                db.execute(stmt, [])
+
+
 @app.route("/")
 def home():
     return render_template("index.html")
diff --git a/LNbits/data/database.sqlite3 b/LNbits/data/database.sqlite3
deleted file mode 100644
index f5a37d79c..000000000
Binary files a/LNbits/data/database.sqlite3 and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/LNbits/data/schema.sql b/LNbits/data/schema.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fde264885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LNbits/data/schema.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS accounts (
+    userhash text PRIMARY KEY,
+    email text,
+    pass text
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS wallets (
+    hash text PRIMARY KEY,
+    name text NOT NULL,
+    user text NOT NULL,
+    adminkey text NOT NULL,
+    inkey text
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS apipayments (
+    payhash text PRIMARY KEY,
+    amount integer NOT NULL,
+    fee integer NOT NULL,
+    wallet text NOT NULL,
+    pending boolean NOT NULL,
+    memo text
+);