diff --git a/src/database/config.ts b/src/database/config.ts
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+/*
+ * server component for the TimeLimit App
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Jonas Lochmann
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+import * as Sequelize from 'sequelize'
+import { SequelizeAttributes } from './types'
+
+export interface ConfigAttributes {
+  id: string
+  value: string | null
+}
+
+export type ConfigInstance = Sequelize.Instance<ConfigAttributes> & ConfigAttributes
+export type ConfigModel = Sequelize.Model<ConfigInstance, ConfigAttributes>
+
+export const attributes: SequelizeAttributes<ConfigAttributes> = {
+  id: {
+    type: Sequelize.STRING,
+    allowNull: false,
+    validate: {
+      notEmpty: true
+    },
+    primaryKey: true
+  },
+  value: {
+    type: Sequelize.STRING,
+    allowNull: false
+  }
+}
+
+export const createConfigModel = (sequelize: Sequelize.Sequelize): ConfigModel => sequelize.define<ConfigInstance, ConfigAttributes>('Config', attributes)
+
+export const configItemIds = {
+  statusMessage: 'status_message'
+}
diff --git a/src/database/migration/migrations/20190624-add-config-table.ts b/src/database/migration/migrations/20190624-add-config-table.ts
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+/*
+ * server component for the TimeLimit App
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Jonas Lochmann
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+import { QueryInterface, Sequelize } from 'sequelize'
+import { attributes as configAttributes } from '../../config'
+
+export async function up (queryInterface: QueryInterface, sequelize: Sequelize) {
+  await sequelize.transaction({
+    type: 'EXCLUSIVE'
+  }, async (transaction) => {
+    await queryInterface.createTable('Configs', configAttributes, { transaction })
+  })
+}
+
+export async function down (queryInterface: QueryInterface, sequelize: Sequelize) {
+  await sequelize.transaction({
+    type: 'EXCLUSIVE'
+  }, async (transaction) => {
+    await queryInterface.dropTable('Configs', { transaction })
+  })
+}