diff --git a/news/app.py b/news/app.py
index 481fbb5..107551d 100644
--- a/news/app.py
+++ b/news/app.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ routes = [
 
 _settings = {
     'DATABASE': {
-        'URL': 'postgresql://@localhost/news',
+        'URL': 'postgresql://apistar:local@localhost/news',
         'METADATA': Base.metadata
     },
     'RENDERERS': [JSONRenderer()]
diff --git a/news/models.py b/news/models.py
index 430bdd4..3dc6ab0 100644
--- a/news/models.py
+++ b/news/models.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
-from sqlalchemy import Column, Integer, String, ForeignKey, DateTime, Boolean, Numeric
+from sqlalchemy import Column, Integer, String, ForeignKey, DateTime, Boolean, Numeric, BigInteger, Text, Table, ARRAY
 from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship, backref
-from sqlalchemy.sql import expression
+from sqlalchemy.sql import expression, and_
 from sqlalchemy.ext.compiler import compiles
 from sqlalchemy.types import DateTime as DateTimeType
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Base = declarative_base()
 
 
 class DBMixin:
-    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True, autoincrement=True)
+    id = Column(BigInteger, primary_key=True, autoincrement=True)
     created_date = Column(DateTime, server_default=utcnow())
     modified_date = Column(DateTime, server_default=utcnow(), onupdate=utcnow())
 
@@ -33,3 +33,58 @@ class DBMixin:
 def ReferenceCol(tablename, nullable=False, **kw):
     return Column(ForeignKey('{}.id'.format(tablename)), nullable=nullable, **kw)
 
+
+categories = Table('news_source_category', Base.metadata,
+                   Column('news_source_id,', ForeignKey('news_source.id')),
+                   Column('category_id,', ForeignKey('category.id'))
+                   )
+
+tags = Table('news_article_tag', Base.metadata,
+             Column('news_article_id', ForeignKey('news_article.id')),
+             Column('tag_id', ForeignKey('tag.id')),
+             )
+
+
+class Tag(DBMixin, Base):
+    __tablename__ = 'tag'
+    tag_name = Column(Text, unique=True)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_or_create(session, name):
+        try:
+            return session.query(Tag).filter_by(tag_name=name).one()
+        except:
+            return Tag(tag_name=name)
+
+
+class Category(DBMixin, Base):
+    __tablename__ = 'category'
+    category_name = Column(Text, unique=True)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_or_create(session, name):
+        try:
+            return session.query(Category).filter_by(category_name=name).one()
+        except:
+            return Category(category_name=name)
+
+
+class NewsSource(DBMixin, Base):
+    __tablename__ = 'news_source'
+    url = Column(Text, unique=True)
+    source_name = Column(Text)
+    source_type = Column(Text)
+    categories = relationship('Category', secondary=categories,
+                              backref=backref('news_sources', lazy='dynamic'))
+
+
+class NewsArticle(DBMixin, Base):
+    __tablename__ = 'news_article'
+    news_source_id = ReferenceCol('news_source')
+    url = Column(Text, unique=True)
+    title = Column(Text)
+    authors = Column(ARRAY(Text))
+    publish_date = Column(DateTime)
+    news_blob = Column(Text)
+    news_source = relationship('NewsSource', backref=backref('articles', lazy='dynamic'))
+    tags = relationship('Tag', secondary=tags, backref=backref('articles', lazy='dynamic'))