diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0290c0055..75589ba35 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -443,5 +443,6 @@ $RECYCLE.BIN/
 
 # App specific
 appsettings.json
-/API/datingapp.db-shm
-/API/datingapp.db-wal
\ No newline at end of file
+/API/kavita.db
+/API/kavita.db-shm
+/API/kavita.db-wal
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/API/Controllers/AccountController.cs b/API/Controllers/AccountController.cs
index 19903e2f0..d483617a7 100644
--- a/API/Controllers/AccountController.cs
+++ b/API/Controllers/AccountController.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ namespace API.Controllers
             {
                 UserName = registerDto.Username.ToLower(),
                 PasswordHash = hmac.ComputeHash(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(registerDto.Password)),
-                PasswordSalt = hmac.Key
+                PasswordSalt = hmac.Key,
+                IsAdmin = registerDto.IsAdmin
             };
 
             _context.Users.Add(user);
@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@ namespace API.Controllers
             return new UserDto()
             {
                 Username = user.UserName,
-                Token = _tokenService.CreateToken(user)
+                Token = _tokenService.CreateToken(user),
+                IsAdmin = user.IsAdmin
             };
         }
 
diff --git a/API/Converters/JsonBoolNumberConverter.cs b/API/Converters/JsonBoolNumberConverter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c370fb9fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/API/Converters/JsonBoolNumberConverter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+using System;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
+namespace API.Converters
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Converts a number to a boolean.
+    /// This is needed for HDHomerun.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class JsonBoolNumberConverter : JsonConverter<bool>
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override bool Read(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options)
+        {
+            if (reader.TokenType == JsonTokenType.Number)
+            {
+                return Convert.ToBoolean(reader.GetInt32());
+            }
+
+            return reader.GetBoolean();
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override void Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer, bool value, JsonSerializerOptions options)
+        {
+            writer.WriteBooleanValue(value);
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/API/Converters/JsonBoolStringConverter.cs b/API/Converters/JsonBoolStringConverter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d17a6537a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/API/Converters/JsonBoolStringConverter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+using System;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
+namespace API.Converters
+{
+    public class JsonBoolStringConverter : JsonConverter<bool>
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override bool Read(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options)
+        {
+            if (reader.TokenType == JsonTokenType.String)
+            {
+                return reader.GetString().ToLower() == "true";
+            }
+
+            return reader.GetBoolean();
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override void Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer, bool value, JsonSerializerOptions options)
+        {
+            writer.WriteBooleanValue(value);
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/API/DTOs/RegisterDto.cs b/API/DTOs/RegisterDto.cs
index 9110f298d..34e1a7a60 100644
--- a/API/DTOs/RegisterDto.cs
+++ b/API/DTOs/RegisterDto.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+using API.Converters;
 
 namespace API.DTOs
 {
@@ -9,5 +11,7 @@ namespace API.DTOs
         [Required]
         [StringLength(8, MinimumLength = 4)]
         public string Password { get; set; }
+        [JsonConverter(typeof(JsonBoolNumberConverter))]
+        public bool IsAdmin { get; set; }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/API/DTOs/UserDto.cs b/API/DTOs/UserDto.cs
index 15de1b8d9..c8b97abb6 100644
--- a/API/DTOs/UserDto.cs
+++ b/API/DTOs/UserDto.cs
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
     {
         public string Username { get; set; }
         public string Token { get; set; }
+        public bool IsAdmin { get; set; }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/API/Data/Migrations/20201213205325_AddUser.Designer.cs b/API/Data/Migrations/20201213205325_AddUser.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..565d03517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/API/Data/Migrations/20201213205325_AddUser.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using System;
+using API.Data;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+
+namespace API.Data.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(DataContext))]
+    [Migration("20201213205325_AddUser")]
+    partial class AddUser
+    {
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "5.0.1");
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("API.Entities.AppUser", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("Created")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("IsAdmin")
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("LastActive")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<byte[]>("PasswordHash")
+                        .HasColumnType("BLOB");
+
+                    b.Property<byte[]>("PasswordSalt")
+                        .HasColumnType("BLOB");
+
+                    b.Property<uint>("RowVersion")
+                        .IsConcurrencyToken()
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("UserName")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Users");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/API/Data/Migrations/20201213205325_AddUser.cs b/API/Data/Migrations/20201213205325_AddUser.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4429111b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/API/Data/Migrations/20201213205325_AddUser.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+using System;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+namespace API.Data.Migrations
+{
+    public partial class AddUser : Migration
+    {
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
+                name: "Users",
+                columns: table => new
+                {
+                    Id = table.Column<int>(type: "INTEGER", nullable: false)
+                        .Annotation("Sqlite:Autoincrement", true),
+                    UserName = table.Column<string>(type: "TEXT", nullable: true),
+                    PasswordHash = table.Column<byte[]>(type: "BLOB", nullable: true),
+                    PasswordSalt = table.Column<byte[]>(type: "BLOB", nullable: true),
+                    Created = table.Column<DateTime>(type: "TEXT", nullable: false),
+                    LastActive = table.Column<DateTime>(type: "TEXT", nullable: false),
+                    IsAdmin = table.Column<bool>(type: "INTEGER", nullable: false),
+                    RowVersion = table.Column<uint>(type: "INTEGER", nullable: false)
+                },
+                constraints: table =>
+                {
+                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_Users", x => x.Id);
+                });
+        }
+
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
+                name: "Users");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/API/Data/Migrations/DataContextModelSnapshot.cs b/API/Data/Migrations/DataContextModelSnapshot.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ed038826
--- /dev/null
+++ b/API/Data/Migrations/DataContextModelSnapshot.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using System;
+using API.Data;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+
+namespace API.Data.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(DataContext))]
+    partial class DataContextModelSnapshot : ModelSnapshot
+    {
+        protected override void BuildModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "5.0.1");
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("API.Entities.AppUser", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("Created")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("IsAdmin")
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("LastActive")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<byte[]>("PasswordHash")
+                        .HasColumnType("BLOB");
+
+                    b.Property<byte[]>("PasswordSalt")
+                        .HasColumnType("BLOB");
+
+                    b.Property<uint>("RowVersion")
+                        .IsConcurrencyToken()
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("UserName")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Users");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/API/Entities/AppUser.cs b/API/Entities/AppUser.cs
index 3478b74f0..a15e894c4 100644
--- a/API/Entities/AppUser.cs
+++ b/API/Entities/AppUser.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ namespace API.Entities
         public byte[] PasswordSalt { get; set; }
         public DateTime Created { get; set; } = DateTime.Now;
         public DateTime LastActive { get; set; }
+        public bool IsAdmin { get; set; }
 
         [ConcurrencyCheck]
         public uint RowVersion { get; set; }
@@ -21,8 +22,6 @@ namespace API.Entities
         {
             RowVersion++;
         }
-        
-        
-        
+
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/API/Program.cs b/API/Program.cs
index 0f618b9ff..6901678f3 100644
--- a/API/Program.cs
+++ b/API/Program.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using API.Data;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
@@ -11,9 +14,26 @@ namespace API
 {
     public class Program
     {
-        public static void Main(string[] args)
+        public static async Task Main(string[] args)
         {
-            CreateHostBuilder(args).Build().Run();
+            var host = CreateHostBuilder(args).Build();
+
+            using var scope = host.Services.CreateScope();
+            var services = scope.ServiceProvider;
+
+            try
+            {
+                var context = services.GetRequiredService<DataContext>();
+                // Apply all migrations on startup
+                await context.Database.MigrateAsync();
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                var logger = services.GetRequiredService < ILogger<Program>>();
+                logger.LogError(ex, "An error occurred during migration");
+            }
+            
+            await host.RunAsync();
         }
 
         public static IHostBuilder CreateHostBuilder(string[] args) =>
diff --git a/API/Properties/launchSettings.json b/API/Properties/launchSettings.json
index 85ac7db6f..92f840e5c 100644
--- a/API/Properties/launchSettings.json
+++ b/API/Properties/launchSettings.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   "profiles": {
     "IIS Express": {
       "commandName": "IISExpress",
-      "launchBrowser": true,
+      "launchBrowser": false,
       "launchUrl": "swagger",
       "environmentVariables": {
         "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"