diff --git a/controllers/users.js b/controllers/users.js
index c1617bd..40164c8 100644
--- a/controllers/users.js
+++ b/controllers/users.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 var express = require('express');
 var controller = express.Router();
 var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
+var User = require('../models/users.js')
 
 controller.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended:true}));
 
diff --git a/models/users.js b/models/users.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..279a2fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/users.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+var Sequelize = require('sequelize'); //require sequelize package
+var db = require('../models/db_connection.js'); //require connection to the db
+
+var User = db.define('user', { //set up model variables
+    name: {
+		unique: true,
+		type: Sequelize.STRING //use date data type
+	},
+	password: Sequelize.STRING //float for distance
+});
+
+db.sync(); //if table does not exist, create it
+
+module.exports = User;