diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b164604a..d29456d6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ hs_err_pid*
 /build/
 /common/build
 /discord-wrapper/build
+/database-codegen/build
 
 # Ignore Gradle GUI config
 gradle-app.setting
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f41e397a..eb2d8d05 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ services:
 - docker
 
 addons:
+  postgresql: "10"
   sonarcloud:
     organization: "napstr-github"
 
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ env:
     - secure: "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"
     - DOCKER_USERNAME: napstr
     - secure: "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"
+    - WOLFIA_CODEGEN_JDBC: "jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/codegen?user=postgres"
 
 language: java
 
@@ -32,6 +34,9 @@ jobs:
       before_script:
         #for sonar cloud blame information
         - git fetch --unshallow
+        #init codegen db
+        - "psql -c 'CREATE DATABASE codegen;' -U postgres"
+        - "psql -c 'CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS hstore WITH SCHEMA pg_catalog;' -d codegen -U postgres"
       script:
         - java -Xmx32m -version
         - ./gradlew build --info
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 11b6c2f8..218e5fb5 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ buildscript {
         springBootVersion       = '2.1.3.RELEASE'
         sonarQubeVersion        = '2.7'
         bintrayVersion          = '1.8.4'
+        flywayVersion           = '5.2.4'
+        jooqPluginVersion       = '3.0.3'
 
         //@formatter:on
     }
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@ buildscript {
         classpath "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:${springBootVersion}"
         classpath "org.sonarsource.scanner.gradle:sonarqube-gradle-plugin:${sonarQubeVersion}"
         classpath "com.jfrog.bintray.gradle:gradle-bintray-plugin:${bintrayVersion}"
+        classpath "gradle.plugin.com.boxfuse.client:gradle-plugin-publishing:${flywayVersion}"
+        classpath "nu.studer:gradle-jooq-plugin:${jooqPluginVersion}"
     }
 }
 
@@ -54,7 +58,10 @@ ext {
     sqlsauceVersion             = '0.4.2'
     jaxbApiVersion              = '2.3.1'
     dsProxyVersion              = '1.5.1'
-    flywayVersion               = '5.2.4'
+    flywayVersion               = "$flywayVersion"
+    jooqVersion                 = '3.11.11'
+    postgresqlVersion           = '42.2.5'
+    javaxAnnotationsVersion     = '1.3.2'
 
     //@formatter:on
 
@@ -90,6 +97,71 @@ allprojects {
     }
 }
 
+project('database-codegen') {
+    apply plugin: 'org.flywaydb.flyway'
+    apply plugin: 'nu.studer.jooq'
+
+    configurations {
+        flywayMigration
+    }
+
+    ext {
+        codegenJdbcUrl = System.getenv('WOLFIA_CODEGEN_JDBC') == null
+                ? "jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5434/codegen?user=codegen"
+                : System.getenv('WOLFIA_CODEGEN_JDBC')
+    }
+
+    dependencies {
+        implementation "org.jooq:jooq:$jooqVersion"                               // object oriented sql queries
+        implementation "org.jooq:jooq-meta:$jooqVersion"                          // object oriented sql queries
+        implementation "org.jooq:jooq-codegen:$jooqVersion"                       // object oriented sql queries
+        // java cruft, can be removed with jooq 3.12+
+        implementation "javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:$javaxAnnotationsVersion"
+        flywayMigration "org.postgresql:postgresql:$postgresqlVersion"            // access db during codegen
+        jooqRuntime "org.postgresql:postgresql:$postgresqlVersion"                // access db during codegen
+    }
+
+    flyway {
+        flywayMigrate.dependsOn(flywayClean)
+        url = "$codegenJdbcUrl"
+        locations = ['filesystem:database-codegen/src/main/resources/db/migrations']
+        configurations = ['flywayMigration']
+    }
+
+    jooq {
+        version = jooqVersion
+        edition = 'OSS'
+        wolfia(sourceSets.main) {
+            jdbc {
+                driver = 'org.postgresql.Driver'
+                url = "$codegenJdbcUrl"
+            }
+            generator {
+                name = 'org.jooq.codegen.DefaultGenerator'
+                strategy {
+                    name = 'org.jooq.codegen.DefaultGeneratorStrategy'
+                }
+                database {
+                    name = 'org.jooq.meta.postgres.PostgresDatabase'
+                    inputSchema = 'public'
+                }
+                target {
+                    packageName = 'space.npstr.wolfia.db.gen'
+                    directory = 'build/classes/generated/java'
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    generateWolfiaJooqSchemaSource {
+        dependsOn(flywayMigrate)
+    }
+
+    test {
+        dependsOn(flywayMigrate)
+    }
+}
+
 project('discord-wrapper') {
 
     dependencies {
@@ -123,6 +195,7 @@ configurations {
 }
 
 dependencies {
+    implementation project(':database-codegen')
     implementation project(':discord-wrapper')
 
     implementation "ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:$logbackVersion"
diff --git a/src/main/resources/db/migrations/V1__Initial.sql b/database-codegen/src/main/resources/db/migrations/V1__Initial.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/resources/db/migrations/V1__Initial.sql
rename to database-codegen/src/main/resources/db/migrations/V1__Initial.sql
diff --git a/docker/codegen/docker-compose.yaml b/docker/codegen/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38d64245
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/codegen/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Required services to run jOOQ's codegen
+
+version: '3.7'
+
+services:
+  codegen-postgres:
+    image: napstr/wolfia-postgres:master
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - 127.0.0.1:5434:5432
+    environment:
+      - ROLE=codegen
+      - DB=codegen
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 2d45752a..90acd2d8 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 rootProject.name = 'Wolfia'
 
 include 'common'
+include 'database-codegen'
 include 'discord-wrapper'