diff --git a/dev_mvc/controller/db/DBTables.php b/dev_mvc/controller/db/DBTables.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ba7206
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev_mvc/controller/db/DBTables.php
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+<?php
+namespace controller\db;
+use PDO;
+Class DBTables extends Database{
+    static function createAllTables(){
+        $con = self::connectToDB();
+        self::createUserTable($con);
+        self::createEmailActivationKeyTable($con);
+        self::createBoardTable($con);
+        self::createThreadTable($con);
+        self::createReplyTable($con);
+    }
+    static function createUserTable($con){
+        $table = 'users';
+        if(!self::checkTableExists($table, $con)){
+            $query = $con->query(
+                "	CREATE TABLE `users` (
+                `ID` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+                `username` varchar(256) NOT NULL,
+                `email` varchar(256) NOT NULL,
+                `password` varchar(256) NOT NULL,
+                `reg_date` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+                `login_date` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+                `reg_ip` varchar(256) NOT NULL DEFAULT '127.0.0.1',
+                `permissions` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '-1',
+                `active` tinyint(1) DEFAULT '0',
+                PRIMARY KEY (`ID`)
+               ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=1 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1");
+        }
+    }
+    static function createEmailActivationKeyTable($con){
+        $table = 'email_activation_keys';
+        if(!self::checkTableExists($table, $con)){
+            $query = $con->query(
+                "	CREATE TABLE `email_activation_keys` (
+                `id` int(16) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+                `users_id` int(16) NOT NULL,
+                `activationkey` varchar(256) NOT NULL,
+                PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
+               ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=1 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1");
+        }
+    }
+    static function createBoardTable($con){
+        $table = 'board';
+        if(!self::checkTableExists($table, $con)){
+                $query = $con->query(
+                    "	CREATE TABLE `board` (
+                `ID` int(16) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+                `name` varchar(256) NOT NULL,
+                `description` text NOT NULL,
+                `permLevel` int(16) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
+                PRIMARY KEY (`ID`)
+               ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=1 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1");
+        }
+    }
+    static function createThreadTable($con){
+        $table = 'thread';
+        if(!self::checkTableExists($table, $con)){
+            $query = $con->query(
+                "	CREATE TABLE `thread` (
+                `ID` int(16) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+                `users_ID` int(16) NOT NULL,
+                `board_ID` int(16) NOT NULL,
+                `title` varchar(256) NOT NULL,
+                `text` text NOT NULL,
+                `date_created` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+                PRIMARY KEY (`ID`)
+               ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=1 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1");
+        }
+    }
+    static function createReplyTable($con){
+        $table = 'reply';
+        if(!self::checkTableExists($table, $con)){
+            $query = $con->query(
+                "	CREATE TABLE `reply` (
+                `ID` int(16) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+                `thread_ID` int(16) NOT NULL,
+                `users_ID` int(16) NOT NULL,
+                `content` text NOT NULL,
+                `date_created` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+                PRIMARY KEY (`ID`)
+               ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=1 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1");
+        }
+    }
+    static function checkTableExists($table, $con){
+        $query = $con->query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = '$table'");
+        //table doesn't exist
+        if($query->fetchColumn() != 1){
+            return false;
+        }else{
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dev_mvc/controller/db/Database.php b/dev_mvc/controller/db/Database.php
index 99b0d06..d453b25 100644
--- a/dev_mvc/controller/db/Database.php
+++ b/dev_mvc/controller/db/Database.php
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <?php
 namespace controller\db;
+
+use controller\db\DBTables;
+
 use PDO;
 Class Database{
 	static function connectToDB(){
@@ -50,7 +53,19 @@ Class Database{
 			die($e);
 		}
 	}
-	
+	static function createDBIfNotPresent(){
+		$con = self::connectToSQL();
+		$dbName = getenv("SQL_DATABASE");
+		$query = $con->query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA WHERE SCHEMA_NAME = $dbName");
+		$result = (bool) $query;
+		if($result == 1){
+			echo('db exists');
+		}
+		else{
+			$query = $con->query("CREATE DATABASE $dbName");
+			DBTables::createAllTables();
+		}
+	}
 	/***
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