diff --git a/.vscode/fastify.code-snippets b/.vscode/fastify.code-snippets
index c8f4771cc..866416314 100644
--- a/.vscode/fastify.code-snippets
+++ b/.vscode/fastify.code-snippets
@@ -13,5 +13,27 @@
 			"",
 			"export default ${1:$TM_FILENAME_BASE};"
 		]
+	},
+
+	"schema": {
+		"scope": "typescript",
+		"prefix": "schema",
+		"body": [
+			"import { FastifyInstance } from \"fastify\";",
+			"import fp from \"fastify-plugin\";",
+			"import { Schema } from \"mongoose\";",
+			"",
+			"const ${2:$TM_FILENAME_BASE} = fp((app: FastifyInstance, _: {}, done: () => void) => {",
+			"\tconst schema = new Schema({",
+			"\t\t${0}",
+			"\t});",
+			"\t",
+			"\tapp.decorate(\"${2:$TM_FILENAME_BASE}\", app.mongoose.model(\"${1}\", schema));",
+			"\t",
+			"\tdone();",
+			"});",
+			"",
+			"export default ${2:$TM_FILENAME_BASE};"
+		]
 	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/src/db/index.ts b/core/src/db/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ab94e963..000000000
--- a/core/src/db/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-import { FastifyInstance } from "fastify";
-import fp from "fastify-plugin";
-import mongoose, { Model } from "mongoose";
-import { MONGO_URL } from "../config";
-import { User } from "@monitor/types";
-
-declare module "fastify" {
-  interface FastifyInstance {
-    mongoose: typeof mongoose;
-    users: Model<User>;
-  }
-}
-
-const db = fp((app: FastifyInstance, _: {}, done: () => void) => {
-	mongoose.connect(MONGO_URL);
-
-	app.decorate("mongoose", mongoose);
-
-	done();
-});
-
-export default db;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/src/main.ts b/core/src/main.ts
index 5d75a6af3..eae1c205d 100644
--- a/core/src/main.ts
+++ b/core/src/main.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import fastify from "fastify";
 import fastifyCors from "fastify-cors";
-import auth from "./auth";
+import auth from "./util/auth";
 import { LOG, PORT } from "./config";
-import db from "./db";
-import ws from "./ws";
+import db from "./util/db";
+import ws from "./util/ws";
 
 const app = fastify({ logger: LOG })
 	.register(fastifyCors)
diff --git a/core/src/auth/github.ts b/core/src/util/auth/github.ts
similarity index 96%
rename from core/src/auth/github.ts
rename to core/src/util/auth/github.ts
index 874cf8a1e..74cfc69b4 100644
--- a/core/src/auth/github.ts
+++ b/core/src/util/auth/github.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import axios from "axios";
 import { FastifyInstance } from "fastify";
 import fastifyOauth2, { OAuth2Namespace } from "fastify-oauth2";
 import fp from "fastify-plugin";
-import { HOST, SECRETS, TOKEN_EXPIRES_IN } from "../config";
+import { HOST, SECRETS, TOKEN_EXPIRES_IN } from "../../config";
 
 declare module "fastify" {
   interface FastifyInstance {
diff --git a/core/src/auth/index.ts b/core/src/util/auth/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/auth/index.ts
rename to core/src/util/auth/index.ts
diff --git a/core/src/auth/jwt.ts b/core/src/util/auth/jwt.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from core/src/auth/jwt.ts
rename to core/src/util/auth/jwt.ts
index eb6a4dded..68461f2b7 100644
--- a/core/src/auth/jwt.ts
+++ b/core/src/util/auth/jwt.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { FastifyReply, FastifyRequest } from "fastify";
 import { FastifyInstance } from "fastify";
 import fastifyJwt from "fastify-jwt";
 import fp from "fastify-plugin";
-import { SECRETS } from "../config";
+import { SECRETS } from "../../config";
 
 declare module "fastify" {
   interface FastifyInstance {
diff --git a/core/src/auth/local.ts b/core/src/util/auth/local.ts
similarity index 96%
rename from core/src/auth/local.ts
rename to core/src/util/auth/local.ts
index 478a7803b..e54b7009a 100644
--- a/core/src/auth/local.ts
+++ b/core/src/util/auth/local.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { User } from "@monitor/types";
 import { compare, hash } from "bcrypt";
 import { FastifyInstance, FastifyReply, FastifyRequest } from "fastify";
 import fp from "fastify-plugin";
-import { PASSWORD_SALT_ROUNDS, TOKEN_EXPIRES_IN } from "../config";
+import { PASSWORD_SALT_ROUNDS, TOKEN_EXPIRES_IN } from "../../config";
 
 const local = fp((app: FastifyInstance, _: {}, done: () => void) => {
   app.post(
diff --git a/core/src/util/db/builds.ts b/core/src/util/db/builds.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2eebe570b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/util/db/builds.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { FastifyInstance } from "fastify";
+import fp from "fastify-plugin";
+import { Schema } from "mongoose";
+
+const builds = fp((app: FastifyInstance, _: {}, done: () => void) => {
+  const schema = new Schema({
+    name: { type: String, unique: true, index: true },
+    /* repo related */
+    repo: String,
+    branch: String,
+    accessToken: String, // to gain access to private repos
+    /* build related */
+    buildPath: String, // build folder relative to repo root
+    dockerfilePath: String, // relative to buildPath
+    pullName: { type: String, index: true }, // derived on build creation
+    imageName: String, // derived on build creation
+    owner: { type: String, index: true }, // userID / username
+  });
+
+  app.decorate("builds", app.mongoose.model("Build", schema));
+
+  done();
+});
+
+export default builds;
diff --git a/core/src/util/db/deployments.ts b/core/src/util/db/deployments.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..73694ef49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/util/db/deployments.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { FastifyInstance } from "fastify";
+import fp from "fastify-plugin";
+import { Schema } from "mongoose";
+import { Conversion, EnvironmentVar, Volume } from "./misc";
+
+const deployments = fp((app: FastifyInstance, _: {}, done: () => void) => {
+	const schema = new Schema({
+    name: { type: String, unique: true, index: true },
+    owner: { type: String, index: true },
+    serverID: { type: String, index: true },
+    buildID: { type: String, index: true }, // if deploying a monitor build
+    /* to create docker run command */
+    image: String, // used if deploying an external image (from docker hub)
+    latest: Boolean, // if custom image, use this to add :latest
+    ports: [Conversion],
+    volumes: [Volume],
+    environment: [EnvironmentVar],
+    network: String,
+    restart: String,
+    postImage: String, // interpolated into run command after the image String
+    containerUser: String, // after -u in the run command
+    /* to manage repo for static frontend, mounted as a volume */
+    repo: String,
+    accessToken: String,
+    pullName: { type: String, index: true }, // for auto pull of repo
+    containerMount: String, // the file path to mount repo on inside the container
+  });
+
+	app.decorate("deployments", app.mongoose.model("Deployment", schema));
+
+	done();
+});
+
+export default deployments;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/src/util/db/index.ts b/core/src/util/db/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..594bbdcb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/util/db/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { FastifyInstance } from "fastify";
+import fp from "fastify-plugin";
+import mongoose, { Model } from "mongoose";
+import { MONGO_URL } from "../../config";
+import { Build, Deployment, Update, User } from "@monitor/types";
+import users from "./users";
+import updates from "./updates";
+import deployments from "./deployments";
+import builds from "./builds";
+
+declare module "fastify" {
+  interface FastifyInstance {
+    mongoose: typeof mongoose;
+    users: Model<User>;
+    deployments: Model<Deployment>;
+    builds: Model<Build>;
+    updates: Model<Update>;
+  }
+}
+
+const db = fp((app: FastifyInstance, _: {}, done: () => void) => {
+	mongoose.connect(MONGO_URL);
+
+	app.decorate("mongoose", mongoose);
+
+  app
+    .register(users)
+    .register(deployments)
+    .register(builds)
+    .register(updates);
+
+	done();
+});
+
+export default db;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/src/util/db/misc.ts b/core/src/util/db/misc.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1551c0a8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/util/db/misc.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { Schema } from "mongoose";
+
+export const Conversion = new Schema({
+	local: String,
+  container: String,
+});
+
+export const Volume = new Schema({
+	variable: String,
+  value: String,
+});
+
+export const EnvironmentVar = new Schema({
+	variable: String,
+  value: String,
+});
+
+export const Log = new Schema({
+	stdout: String,
+	stderr: String,
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/src/util/db/updates.ts b/core/src/util/db/updates.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7c41a807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/util/db/updates.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { FastifyInstance } from "fastify";
+import fp from "fastify-plugin";
+import { Schema } from "mongoose";
+import { Log } from "./misc";
+
+const updates = fp((app: FastifyInstance, _: {}, done: () => void) => {
+	const schema = new Schema({
+    buildID: { type: String, index: true },
+    deploymentID: { type: String, index: true },
+    serverID: { type: String, index: true },
+    operation: { type: String, index: true },
+    command: String,
+    log: Log,
+    timestamp: Number,
+    note: String,
+    isError: Boolean,
+    operator: { type: String, index: true }, // the userID or username
+  });
+	
+	app.decorate("updates", app.mongoose.model("Update", schema));
+	
+	done();
+});
+
+export default updates;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/src/db/users.ts b/core/src/util/db/users.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/db/users.ts
rename to core/src/util/db/users.ts
diff --git a/core/src/util/updates.ts b/core/src/util/updates.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/core/src/ws/index.ts b/core/src/util/ws/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/ws/index.ts
rename to core/src/util/ws/index.ts
diff --git a/core/src/ws/messages/index.ts b/core/src/util/ws/messages/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/ws/messages/index.ts
rename to core/src/util/ws/messages/index.ts