diff --git a/pkg/files/files.go b/pkg/files/files.go
index 7ca7c7239..78ce31f1b 100644
--- a/pkg/files/files.go
+++ b/pkg/files/files.go
@@ -19,16 +19,20 @@ package files
 import "time"
 
 type File struct {
-	ID   int64
-	Name string
-	Kind string
-	Size float64
+	ID   int64   `xorm:"int(11) autoincr not null unique pk" json:"id"`
+	Name string  `xorm:"text not null" json:"name"`
+	Mime string  `xorm:"text null" json:"mime"`
+	Size float64 `xorm:"double not null default 0" json:"size"`
 
-	Created time.Time
-	Updated time.Time
+	Created time.Time `xorm:"datetime" json:"created"`
+	Updated time.Time `xorm:"datetime" json:"updated"`
 
-	InsertedUnix int64
-	CreatedByID  int64
+	InsertedUnix int64 `xorm:"created" json:"inserted_unix"`
+	CreatedByID  int64 `xorm:"int(11) not null" json:"-"`
+}
+
+func (File) TableName() string {
+	return "files"
 }
 
 func (f *File) GetFileFromID() (err error) {
diff --git a/pkg/migration/20191008194238.go b/pkg/migration/20191008194238.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1992bef01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/migration/20191008194238.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+//   Vikunja is a todo-list application to facilitate your life.
+//   Copyright 2019 Vikunja and contributors. All rights reserved.
+//
+//   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+//   (at your option) any later version.
+//
+//   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 General Public License for more details.
+//
+//   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//   along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package migration
+
+import (
+	"github.com/go-xorm/xorm"
+	"src.techknowlogick.com/xormigrate"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type file20191008194238 struct {
+	ID   int64   `xorm:"int(11) autoincr not null unique pk" json:"id"`
+	Name string  `xorm:"text not null" json:"name"`
+	Mime string  `xorm:"text null" json:"mime"`
+	Size float64 `xorm:"double not null default 0" json:"size"`
+
+	Created time.Time `xorm:"datetime" json:"created"`
+	Updated time.Time `xorm:"datetime" json:"updated"`
+
+	InsertedUnix int64 `xorm:"created" json:"inserted_unix"`
+	CreatedByID  int64 `xorm:"int(11) not null" json:"-"`
+}
+
+func (file20191008194238) TableName() string {
+	return "files"
+}
+
+func init() {
+	migrations = append(migrations, &xormigrate.Migration{
+		ID:          "20191008194238",
+		Description: "Added files table",
+		Migrate: func(tx *xorm.Engine) error {
+			return tx.Sync2(file20191008194238{})
+		},
+		Rollback: func(tx *xorm.Engine) error {
+			return tx.DropTables(file20191008194238{})
+		},
+	})
+}