diff --git a/server/src/store.rs b/server/src/store.rs
index 10674d7..9c2ebe9 100644
--- a/server/src/store.rs
+++ b/server/src/store.rs
@@ -9,5 +9,42 @@ pub fn open(cfg: &Config) -> AppResult<Connection> {
     let db = Connection::open(&cfg.db_path)?;
     db.pragma_update(None, "journal_mode", "WAL")?;
     db.pragma_update(None, "synchronous", "NORMAL")?;
+    migrate(&db)?;
     Ok(db)
+}
+
+pub fn migrate(db: &Connection) -> rusqlite::Result<()> {
+    db.execute_batch(
+        r#"
+        CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS files (
+            id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+            peer_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+            name TEXT NOT NULL,
+            description TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+            ftype TEXT NOT NULL,
+            extension TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+            size_bytes INTEGER NOT NULL,
+            hash TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+            license TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'authored',
+            tags TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '[]',
+            created_at INTEGER NOT NULL
+        );
+
+        CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS files_fts USING fts5(
+            name, description, tags,
+            content='files', content_rowid='rowid',
+            tokenize='unicode61'
+        );
+
+        CREATE TRIGGER IF NOT EXISTS files_ai AFTER INSERT ON files BEGIN
+            INSERT INTO files_fts(rowid, name, description, tags)
+            VALUES (new.rowid, new.name, new.description, new.tags);
+        END;
+
+        CREATE TRIGGER IF NOT EXISTS files_ad AFTER DELETE ON files BEGIN
+            INSERT INTO files_fts(files_fts, rowid, name, description, tags)
+            VALUES ('delete', old.rowid, old.name, old.description, old.tags);
+        END;
+        "#,
+    )
 }
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diff --git a/server/tests/store.rs b/server/tests/store.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..888a901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/tests/store.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+use ares_server::config::Config;
+use ares_server::store;
+use tempfile::tempdir;
+
+#[test]
+fn migrate_creates_fts_table() {
+    let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+    let cfg = Config {
+        db_path: dir.path().join("t.db").to_string_lossy().into(),
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    let db = store::open(&cfg).expect("open db");
+    let has_fts: i64 = db
+        .query_row("SELECT count(*) FROM sqlite_master WHERE name='files_fts'", [], |r| r.get(0))
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(has_fts, 1);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn migrate_creates_files_table() {
+    let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+    let cfg = Config {
+        db_path: dir.path().join("t.db").to_string_lossy().into(),
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    let db = store::open(&cfg).expect("open db");
+    let has_files: i64 = db
+        .query_row("SELECT count(*) FROM sqlite_master WHERE name='files'", [], |r| r.get(0))
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(has_files, 1);
+}
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