diff --git a/backend/src/lycodon/api/main.py b/backend/src/lycodon/api/main.py
index b156730..6a347dc 100644
--- a/backend/src/lycodon/api/main.py
+++ b/backend/src/lycodon/api/main.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 from typing import Awaitable, Callable
 
 import fastapi
+import sqlalchemy
 
-from .. import __version__
+from .. import __version__, tables
 from ..config import Configuration
 from .context import Context
 
@@ -22,6 +23,12 @@ context = Context()
 context.config = Configuration()
 
 
+@app.on_event('startup')
+def start() -> None:
+    engine = sqlalchemy.create_engine(context.config.database.url)
+    tables.metadata.create_all(engine)
+
+
 @app.middleware('http')
 async def context_middleware(
     request: fastapi.Request,