diff --git a/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Data/Context.cs b/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Data/Context.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5672d7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Data/Context.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+using GroundsForSupport.Server.Payments;
+
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+
+namespace GroundsForSupport.Server.Data;
+
+internal sealed class Context(
+  IOptions<ContextOptions> ctxOptions,
+  DbContextOptions<Context> options
+) : DbContext(options)
+{
+  private const string DataSourceKey = "Data Source=";
+  private readonly ContextOptions _ctxOptions = ctxOptions.Value;
+
+  public DbSet<Payment> Payments => Set<Payment>();
+
+  protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
+  {
+    var dbPath = _ctxOptions.GetFullyQualifiedDatabasePath();
+    var dbDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(dbPath) ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Database directory path could not be determined.");
+
+    if (Directory.Exists(dbDirectory) is false)
+    {
+      Directory.CreateDirectory(dbDirectory);
+    }
+
+    var connectionString = $"{DataSourceKey}{dbPath}";
+
+    optionsBuilder.UseSqlite(connectionString);
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Data/ContextOptions.cs b/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Data/ContextOptions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1413737
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Data/ContextOptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+
+namespace GroundsForSupport.Server.Data;
+
+internal sealed record ContextOptions
+{
+  public string DatabaseFilePath { get; init; } = string.Empty;
+  public string GetFullyQualifiedDatabasePath()
+  {
+    return Path.GetFullPath(DatabaseFilePath, AppContext.BaseDirectory);
+  }
+}
+
+internal sealed record ContextOptionsSetup : IConfigureOptions<ContextOptions>
+{
+  private const string SectionName = nameof(ContextOptions);
+  private readonly IConfiguration _configuration;
+
+  public ContextOptionsSetup(IConfiguration configuration)
+  {
+    _configuration = configuration;
+  }
+
+  public void Configure(ContextOptions options)
+  {
+    _configuration.GetSection(SectionName).Bind(options);
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Data/MigrationService.cs b/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Data/MigrationService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94714f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Data/MigrationService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+
+namespace GroundsForSupport.Server.Data;
+
+internal sealed class MigrationService(
+  IServiceProvider serviceProvider,
+  ILogger<MigrationService> logger
+) : IHostedService
+{
+  private readonly IServiceProvider _serviceProvider = serviceProvider;
+
+  public async Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+  {
+    logger.LogInformation("Applying database migrations...");
+
+    using var scope = _serviceProvider.CreateScope();
+    var context = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<Context>();
+    await context.Database.MigrateAsync(cancellationToken);
+
+    logger.LogInformation("Database migrations applied.");
+  }
+
+  public Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+  {
+    return Task.CompletedTask;
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/GroundsForSupport.Server.csproj b/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/GroundsForSupport.Server.csproj
index 7b6b496..74aa631 100644
--- a/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/GroundsForSupport.Server.csproj
+++ b/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/GroundsForSupport.Server.csproj
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi" Version="10.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="10.0.1">
+      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
+      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="10.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Stripe.net" Version="50.1.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Migrations/20251230125831_AddPaymentsModel.Designer.cs b/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Migrations/20251230125831_AddPaymentsModel.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29df42f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Migrations/20251230125831_AddPaymentsModel.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using GroundsForSupport.Server.Data;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace GroundsForSupport.Server.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(Context))]
+    [Migration("20251230125831_AddPaymentsModel")]
+    partial class AddPaymentsModel
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder.HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "10.0.1");
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("GroundsForSupport.Server.Payments.Payment", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("Id")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Payments");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Migrations/20251230125831_AddPaymentsModel.cs b/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Migrations/20251230125831_AddPaymentsModel.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92aae8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Migrations/20251230125831_AddPaymentsModel.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace GroundsForSupport.Server.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class AddPaymentsModel : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
+                name: "Payments",
+                columns: table => new
+                {
+                    Id = table.Column<string>(type: "TEXT", nullable: false)
+                },
+                constraints: table =>
+                {
+                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_Payments", x => x.Id);
+                });
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
+                name: "Payments");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Migrations/20251231131814_AddAmountToPaymentModel.Designer.cs b/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Migrations/20251231131814_AddAmountToPaymentModel.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0b15d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Migrations/20251231131814_AddAmountToPaymentModel.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using GroundsForSupport.Server.Data;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace GroundsForSupport.Server.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(Context))]
+    [Migration("20251231131814_AddAmountToPaymentModel")]
+    partial class AddAmountToPaymentModel
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder.HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "10.0.1");
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("GroundsForSupport.Server.Payments.Payment", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("Id")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<long>("Amount")
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Payments");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Migrations/20251231131814_AddAmountToPaymentModel.cs b/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Migrations/20251231131814_AddAmountToPaymentModel.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cb7a51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Migrations/20251231131814_AddAmountToPaymentModel.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace GroundsForSupport.Server.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class AddAmountToPaymentModel : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<long>(
+                name: "Amount",
+                table: "Payments",
+                type: "INTEGER",
+                nullable: false,
+                defaultValue: 0L);
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "Amount",
+                table: "Payments");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Migrations/20260102131600_AddNameMessagePropertiesToPaymentModel.Designer.cs b/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Migrations/20260102131600_AddNameMessagePropertiesToPaymentModel.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9618c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Migrations/20260102131600_AddNameMessagePropertiesToPaymentModel.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using GroundsForSupport.Server.Data;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace GroundsForSupport.Server.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(Context))]
+    [Migration("20260102131600_AddNameMessagePropertiesToPaymentModel")]
+    partial class AddNameMessagePropertiesToPaymentModel
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder.HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "10.0.1");
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("GroundsForSupport.Server.Payments.Payment", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("Id")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<long>("Amount")
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Message")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Payments");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Migrations/20260102131600_AddNameMessagePropertiesToPaymentModel.cs b/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Migrations/20260102131600_AddNameMessagePropertiesToPaymentModel.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1ac7d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Migrations/20260102131600_AddNameMessagePropertiesToPaymentModel.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace GroundsForSupport.Server.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class AddNameMessagePropertiesToPaymentModel : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<string>(
+                name: "Message",
+                table: "Payments",
+                type: "TEXT",
+                nullable: true);
+
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<string>(
+                name: "Name",
+                table: "Payments",
+                type: "TEXT",
+                nullable: false,
+                defaultValue: "");
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "Message",
+                table: "Payments");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "Name",
+                table: "Payments");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Migrations/20260102140326_AddCreatedAtTimeStampToPaymentsModel.Designer.cs b/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Migrations/20260102140326_AddCreatedAtTimeStampToPaymentsModel.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5dfccda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Migrations/20260102140326_AddCreatedAtTimeStampToPaymentsModel.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using GroundsForSupport.Server.Data;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace GroundsForSupport.Server.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(Context))]
+    [Migration("20260102140326_AddCreatedAtTimeStampToPaymentsModel")]
+    partial class AddCreatedAtTimeStampToPaymentsModel
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder.HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "10.0.1");
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("GroundsForSupport.Server.Payments.Payment", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("Id")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<long>("Amount")
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.Property<long>("CreatedAtUnix")
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Message")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Payments");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Migrations/20260102140326_AddCreatedAtTimeStampToPaymentsModel.cs b/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Migrations/20260102140326_AddCreatedAtTimeStampToPaymentsModel.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d693557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GroundsForSupport.Server/Migrations/20260102140326_AddCreatedAtTimeStampToPaymentsModel.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace GroundsForSupport.Server.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class AddCreatedAtTimeStampToPaymentsModel : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<long>(
+                name: "CreatedAtUnix",
+                table: "Payments",
+                type: "INTEGER",
+                nullable: false,
+                defaultValue: 0L);
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "CreatedAtUnix",
+                table: "Payments");
+        }
+    }
+}