diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ffc7316..313f030 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 __pycache__/
 data/
 .env
+*.edgeql
diff --git a/dbschema/default.esdl b/dbschema/default.esdl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..760ea8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbschema/default.esdl
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+module default {
+
+  type GameBoard {
+    overloaded required id: uuid {
+      readonly := true;
+      constraint exclusive;
+    }
+    url: str {
+      readonly := true;
+    }
+    required created_at: datetime {
+      readonly := true;
+    }
+    required turns: int32 {
+      readonly := true;
+    }
+    required map: str {
+      readonly := true;
+    }
+    required single type: GameType {
+      readonly := true;
+      on source delete delete target;
+    }
+    required single ruleset: Ruleset {
+      readonly := true;
+      on source delete delete target;
+    }
+    required winner: str {
+      readonly := true;
+    }
+    required multi moves: Moves {
+      readonly := true;
+    }
+    required single snake: Snake {
+      readonly := true;
+      on source delete delete target;
+    }
+  }
+
+  type GameType {
+    required name: str {
+      readonly := true;
+    }
+    required is_ladder: bool {
+      readonly := true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  type Ruleset {
+    required name: str {
+      readonly := true;
+    }
+    required version: str {
+      readonly := true;
+    }
+    required settings: json {
+      readonly := true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  type Snake {
+    required type: str {
+      readonly := true;
+    }
+    calculations: array<json> {
+      readonly := true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  type Moves {
+    required turn: int32 {
+      readonly := true;
+    }
+    required snake_move: str {
+      readonly := true;
+    }
+    required game_board: json {
+      readonly := true;
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/edgedb.toml b/edgedb.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..794be44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/edgedb.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[edgedb]
+server-version = "5.3"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1abc23f..1428d24 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 blinker==1.7.0
 click==8.1.7
+edgedb==1.9.0
 Flask==3.0.3
 itsdangerous==2.2.0
 Jinja2==3.1.3
diff --git a/server/GameBoard.py b/server/GameBoard.py
index 727b5c9..1ede46e 100644
--- a/server/GameBoard.py
+++ b/server/GameBoard.py
@@ -138,3 +138,4 @@ class GameBoard:
   def save(self, store_class, **kwargs):
     store = store_class(**kwargs)
     store.save(self)
+    del store