diff --git a/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20250109005806_InitialCreate.Designer.cs b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20250109005806_InitialCreate.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0e6fd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20250109005806_InitialCreate.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace barkman.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(BarkContext))]
+    [Migration("20250109005806_InitialCreate")]
+    partial class InitialCreate
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder.HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "9.0.0");
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("InventoryItems", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Brand")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Notes")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<float?>("RentalPrice")
+                        .HasColumnType("REAL");
+
+                    b.Property<float?>("ReplacementCost")
+                        .HasColumnType("REAL");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("SerialNumber")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Status")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Inventory");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20250109005806_InitialCreate.cs b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20250109005806_InitialCreate.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e795521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20250109005806_InitialCreate.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace barkman.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class InitialCreate : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
+                name: "Inventory",
+                columns: table => new
+                {
+                    Id = table.Column<int>(type: "INTEGER", nullable: false)
+                        .Annotation("Sqlite:Autoincrement", true),
+                    Name = table.Column<string>(type: "TEXT", nullable: false),
+                    Brand = table.Column<string>(type: "TEXT", nullable: false),
+                    SerialNumber = table.Column<string>(type: "TEXT", nullable: true),
+                    Status = table.Column<string>(type: "TEXT", nullable: true),
+                    RentalPrice = table.Column<float>(type: "REAL", nullable: true),
+                    ReplacementCost = table.Column<float>(type: "REAL", nullable: true),
+                    Notes = table.Column<string>(type: "TEXT", nullable: true)
+                },
+                constraints: table =>
+                {
+                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_Inventory", x => x.Id);
+                });
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
+                name: "Inventory");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/barkmanAPI/Migrations/BarkContextModelSnapshot.cs b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/BarkContextModelSnapshot.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2f9ae3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/BarkContextModelSnapshot.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace barkman.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(BarkContext))]
+    partial class BarkContextModelSnapshot : ModelSnapshot
+    {
+        protected override void BuildModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder.HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "9.0.0");
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("InventoryItems", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Brand")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Notes")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<float?>("RentalPrice")
+                        .HasColumnType("REAL");
+
+                    b.Property<float?>("ReplacementCost")
+                        .HasColumnType("REAL");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("SerialNumber")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Status")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Inventory");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/barkmanAPI/barkDbModel.cs b/barkmanAPI/barkDbModel.cs
index 7d12683..fc9e1d3 100644
--- a/barkmanAPI/barkDbModel.cs
+++ b/barkmanAPI/barkDbModel.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ public class BarkContext : DbContext
     {
         var folder = Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData;
         var path = Environment.GetFolderPath(folder);
-        DbPath = System.IO.Path.Join(path, "inventory.db");
+        DbPath = "./app.db";
     }
 
     // The following configures EF to create a Sqlite database file in the
diff --git a/barkmanAPI/barkmanAPI.csproj b/barkmanAPI/barkmanAPI.csproj
index 8af45f7..291eddc 100644
--- a/barkmanAPI/barkmanAPI.csproj
+++ b/barkmanAPI/barkmanAPI.csproj
@@ -17,4 +17,8 @@
         <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="6.1.4" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <Folder Include="Migrations\" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>