diff --git a/packages/backend/.env-example b/packages/backend/.env-example
index 14f068d5..a22e0ea8 100644
--- a/packages/backend/.env-example
+++ b/packages/backend/.env-example
@@ -3,3 +3,8 @@ PROTOCOL=http
 PORT=3000
 CORS_PORT=3001
 APP_ENV=development
+POSTGRES_DATABASE=automatisch_development
+POSTGRES_PORT=5432
+POSTGRES_HOST=localhost
+POSTGRES_USERNAME=automatish_development_user
+POSTGRESS_PASSWORD=
diff --git a/packages/backend/bin/database/client.ts b/packages/backend/bin/database/client.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60f3de26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/bin/database/client.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { Client } from 'pg';
+
+const client = new Client({
+  host: 'localhost',
+  user: 'postgres',
+  port: 5432,
+})
+
+export default client;
diff --git a/packages/backend/bin/database/create.ts b/packages/backend/bin/database/create.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20585ff3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/bin/database/create.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import appConfig from '../../src/config/app';
+import logger from '../../src/helpers/logger';
+import client from './client';
+
+const createDatabaseAndUser = async () => {
+  if(appConfig.appEnv !== 'development' && appConfig.appEnv !== 'test') {
+    const errorMessage = 'Database creation can be used only with development or test environments!'
+    logger.error(errorMessage)
+
+    return;
+  }
+
+  await client.connect();
+  await createDatabase();
+  await createDatabaseUser();
+  await grantPrivileges();
+
+  await client.end();
+}
+
+const createDatabase = async () => {
+  await client.query(`CREATE DATABASE ${appConfig.postgresDatabase}`);
+  logger.info(`Database: ${appConfig.postgresDatabase} created!`);
+}
+
+const createDatabaseUser = async () => {
+  await client.query(`CREATE USER ${appConfig.postgresUsername}`);
+  logger.info(`Database User: ${appConfig.postgresUsername} created!`);
+}
+
+const grantPrivileges = async () => {
+  await client.query(
+    `GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE ${appConfig.postgresDatabase} TO ${appConfig.postgresUsername};`
+  );
+
+  logger.info(
+    `${appConfig.postgresUsername} has granted all privileges on ${appConfig.postgresDatabase}!`
+  );
+
+}
+
+createDatabaseAndUser();
diff --git a/packages/backend/bin/database/drop.ts b/packages/backend/bin/database/drop.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c860daf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/bin/database/drop.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import appConfig from '../../src/config/app';
+import logger from '../../src/helpers/logger';
+import client from './client';
+
+const dropDatabase = async () => {
+  if (appConfig.appEnv != 'development' && appConfig.appEnv != 'test') {
+    const errorMessage = 'Drop database command can be used only with development or test environments!'
+
+    logger.error(errorMessage)
+    return;
+  }
+
+  await client.connect();
+  await dropDatabaseAndUser();
+
+  await client.end();
+}
+
+const dropDatabaseAndUser = async() => {
+  await client.query(`DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS ${appConfig.postgresDatabase}`);
+  logger.info(`Database: ${appConfig.postgresDatabase} removed!`);
+
+  await client.query(`DROP USER IF EXISTS ${appConfig.postgresUsername}`);
+  logger.info(`Database User: ${appConfig.postgresUsername} removed!`);
+}
+
+
+
+dropDatabase();
diff --git a/packages/backend/package.json b/packages/backend/package.json
index 8298f94f..0a666e00 100644
--- a/packages/backend/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
     "dev": "nodemon --watch 'src/**/*.ts' --exec 'ts-node' src/app.ts",
     "build": "tsc",
     "start": "node dist/index.js",
-    "test": "echo \"Error: run tests from root\" && exit 1"
+    "test": "echo \"Error: run tests from root\" && exit 1",
+    "db:create": "ts-node ./bin/database/create.ts",
+    "db:drop": "ts-node ./bin/database/drop.ts"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@
     "express-graphql": "^0.12.0",
     "http-errors": "~1.6.3",
     "morgan": "^1.10.0",
+    "pg": "^8.7.1",
     "winston": "^3.3.3"
   },
   "contributors": [
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@
     "@types/http-errors": "^1.8.1",
     "@types/morgan": "^1.9.3",
     "@types/node": "^16.10.2",
+    "@types/pg": "^8.6.1",
     "nodemon": "^2.0.13",
     "ts-node": "^10.2.1"
   }
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/config/app.ts b/packages/backend/src/config/app.ts
index 2dcf3c3a..8f24a61d 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/config/app.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/config/app.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ type AppConfig = {
   port: string,
   corsPort: string,
   appEnv: string,
+  postgresDatabase: string,
+  postgresPort: number,
+  postgresHost: string,
+  postgresUsername: string,
+  postgresPassword: string
 }
 
 const appConfig: AppConfig = {
@@ -15,6 +20,11 @@ const appConfig: AppConfig = {
   port: process.env.PORT || '3000',
   corsPort: process.env.CORS_PORT || '3001',
   appEnv: process.env.APP_ENV || 'development',
+  postgresDatabase: process.env.POSTGRES_DATABASE || 'automatisch_development',
+  postgresPort: parseInt(process.env.POSTGRES_PORT) || 5432,
+  postgresHost: process.env.POSTGRES_HOST || 'localhost',
+  postgresUsername: process.env.POSTGRES_USERNAME || 'automatish_development_user',
+  postgresPassword: process.env.POSTGRESS_PASSWORD,
 }
 
 export default appConfig;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 85cbfa30..ad90e6ef 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3116,6 +3116,15 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/parse-json/-/parse-json-4.0.0.tgz#2f8bb441434d163b35fb8ffdccd7138927ffb8c0"
   integrity sha512-//oorEZjL6sbPcKUaCdIGlIUeH26mgzimjBB77G6XRgnDl/L5wOnpyBGRe/Mmf5CVW3PwEBE1NjiMZ/ssFh4wA==
 
+"@types/pg@^8.6.1":
+  version "8.6.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/pg/-/pg-8.6.1.tgz#099450b8dc977e8197a44f5229cedef95c8747f9"
+  integrity sha512-1Kc4oAGzAl7uqUStZCDvaLFqZrW9qWSjXOmBfdgyBP5La7Us6Mg4GBvRlSoaZMhQF/zSj1C8CtKMBkoiT8eL8w==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/node" "*"
+    pg-protocol "*"
+    pg-types "^2.2.0"
+
 "@types/prettier@^2.0.0":
   version "2.4.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/prettier/-/prettier-2.4.1.tgz#e1303048d5389563e130f5bdd89d37a99acb75eb"
@@ -4534,6 +4543,11 @@ buffer-indexof@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/buffer-indexof/-/buffer-indexof-1.1.1.tgz#52fabcc6a606d1a00302802648ef68f639da268c"
   integrity sha512-4/rOEg86jivtPTeOUUT61jJO1Ya1TrR/OkqCSZDyq84WJh3LuuiphBYJN+fm5xufIk4XAFcEwte/8WzC8If/1g==
 
+buffer-writer@2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/buffer-writer/-/buffer-writer-2.0.0.tgz#ce7eb81a38f7829db09c873f2fbb792c0c98ec04"
+  integrity sha512-a7ZpuTZU1TRtnwyCNW3I5dc0wWNC3VR9S++Ewyk2HHZdrO3CQJqSpd+95Us590V6AL7JqUAH2IwZ/398PmNFgw==
+
 buffer-xor@^1.0.3:
   version "1.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/buffer-xor/-/buffer-xor-1.0.3.tgz#26e61ed1422fb70dd42e6e36729ed51d855fe8d9"
@@ -10983,6 +10997,11 @@ package-json@^6.3.0:
     registry-url "^5.0.0"
     semver "^6.2.0"
 
+packet-reader@1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/packet-reader/-/packet-reader-1.0.0.tgz#9238e5480dedabacfe1fe3f2771063f164157d74"
+  integrity sha512-HAKu/fG3HpHFO0AA8WE8q2g+gBJaZ9MG7fcKk+IJPLTGAD6Psw4443l+9DGRbOIh3/aXr7Phy0TjilYivJo5XQ==
+
 pacote@^11.2.6:
   version "11.3.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pacote/-/pacote-11.3.5.tgz#73cf1fc3772b533f575e39efa96c50be8c3dc9d2"
@@ -11194,6 +11213,57 @@ performance-now@^2.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/performance-now/-/performance-now-2.1.0.tgz#6309f4e0e5fa913ec1c69307ae364b4b377c9e7b"
   integrity sha1-Ywn04OX6kT7BxpMHrjZLSzd8nns=
 
+pg-connection-string@^2.5.0:
+  version "2.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pg-connection-string/-/pg-connection-string-2.5.0.tgz#538cadd0f7e603fc09a12590f3b8a452c2c0cf34"
+  integrity sha512-r5o/V/ORTA6TmUnyWZR9nCj1klXCO2CEKNRlVuJptZe85QuhFayC7WeMic7ndayT5IRIR0S0xFxFi2ousartlQ==
+
+pg-int8@1.0.1:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pg-int8/-/pg-int8-1.0.1.tgz#943bd463bf5b71b4170115f80f8efc9a0c0eb78c"
+  integrity sha512-WCtabS6t3c8SkpDBUlb1kjOs7l66xsGdKpIPZsg4wR+B3+u9UAum2odSsF9tnvxg80h4ZxLWMy4pRjOsFIqQpw==
+
+pg-pool@^3.4.1:
+  version "3.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pg-pool/-/pg-pool-3.4.1.tgz#0e71ce2c67b442a5e862a9c182172c37eda71e9c"
+  integrity sha512-TVHxR/gf3MeJRvchgNHxsYsTCHQ+4wm3VIHSS19z8NC0+gioEhq1okDY1sm/TYbfoP6JLFx01s0ShvZ3puP/iQ==
+
+pg-protocol@*, pg-protocol@^1.5.0:
+  version "1.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pg-protocol/-/pg-protocol-1.5.0.tgz#b5dd452257314565e2d54ab3c132adc46565a6a0"
+  integrity sha512-muRttij7H8TqRNu/DxrAJQITO4Ac7RmX3Klyr/9mJEOBeIpgnF8f9jAfRz5d3XwQZl5qBjF9gLsUtMPJE0vezQ==
+
+pg-types@^2.1.0, pg-types@^2.2.0:
+  version "2.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pg-types/-/pg-types-2.2.0.tgz#2d0250d636454f7cfa3b6ae0382fdfa8063254a3"
+  integrity sha512-qTAAlrEsl8s4OiEQY69wDvcMIdQN6wdz5ojQiOy6YRMuynxenON0O5oCpJI6lshc6scgAY8qvJ2On/p+CXY0GA==
+  dependencies:
+    pg-int8 "1.0.1"
+    postgres-array "~2.0.0"
+    postgres-bytea "~1.0.0"
+    postgres-date "~1.0.4"
+    postgres-interval "^1.1.0"
+
+pg@^8.7.1:
+  version "8.7.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pg/-/pg-8.7.1.tgz#9ea9d1ec225980c36f94e181d009ab9f4ce4c471"
+  integrity sha512-7bdYcv7V6U3KAtWjpQJJBww0UEsWuh4yQ/EjNf2HeO/NnvKjpvhEIe/A/TleP6wtmSKnUnghs5A9jUoK6iDdkA==
+  dependencies:
+    buffer-writer "2.0.0"
+    packet-reader "1.0.0"
+    pg-connection-string "^2.5.0"
+    pg-pool "^3.4.1"
+    pg-protocol "^1.5.0"
+    pg-types "^2.1.0"
+    pgpass "1.x"
+
+pgpass@1.x:
+  version "1.0.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pgpass/-/pgpass-1.0.4.tgz#85eb93a83800b20f8057a2b029bf05abaf94ea9c"
+  integrity sha512-YmuA56alyBq7M59vxVBfPJrGSozru8QAdoNlWuW3cz8l+UX3cWge0vTvjKhsSHSJpo3Bom8/Mm6hf0TR5GY0+w==
+  dependencies:
+    split2 "^3.1.1"
+
 picomatch@^2.0.4, picomatch@^2.2.1, picomatch@^2.2.2, picomatch@^2.2.3:
   version "2.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/picomatch/-/picomatch-2.3.0.tgz#f1f061de8f6a4bf022892e2d128234fb98302972"
@@ -11960,6 +12030,28 @@ postcss@^8.1.0:
     nanoid "^3.1.25"
     source-map-js "^0.6.2"
 
+postgres-array@~2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/postgres-array/-/postgres-array-2.0.0.tgz#48f8fce054fbc69671999329b8834b772652d82e"
+  integrity sha512-VpZrUqU5A69eQyW2c5CA1jtLecCsN2U/bD6VilrFDWq5+5UIEVO7nazS3TEcHf1zuPYO/sqGvUvW62g86RXZuA==
+
+postgres-bytea@~1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/postgres-bytea/-/postgres-bytea-1.0.0.tgz#027b533c0aa890e26d172d47cf9ccecc521acd35"
+  integrity sha1-AntTPAqokOJtFy1Hz5zOzFIazTU=
+
+postgres-date@~1.0.4:
+  version "1.0.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/postgres-date/-/postgres-date-1.0.7.tgz#51bc086006005e5061c591cee727f2531bf641a8"
+  integrity sha512-suDmjLVQg78nMK2UZ454hAG+OAW+HQPZ6n++TNDUX+L0+uUlLywnoxJKDou51Zm+zTCjrCl0Nq6J9C5hP9vK/Q==
+
+postgres-interval@^1.1.0:
+  version "1.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/postgres-interval/-/postgres-interval-1.2.0.tgz#b460c82cb1587507788819a06aa0fffdb3544695"
+  integrity sha512-9ZhXKM/rw350N1ovuWHbGxnGh/SNJ4cnxHiM0rxE4VN41wsg8P8zWn9hv/buK00RP4WvlOyr/RBDiptyxVbkZQ==
+  dependencies:
+    xtend "^4.0.0"
+
 prelude-ls@^1.2.1:
   version "1.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/prelude-ls/-/prelude-ls-1.2.1.tgz#debc6489d7a6e6b0e7611888cec880337d316396"
@@ -13648,7 +13740,7 @@ split-string@^3.0.1, split-string@^3.0.2:
   dependencies:
     extend-shallow "^3.0.0"
 
-split2@^3.0.0:
+split2@^3.0.0, split2@^3.1.1:
   version "3.2.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/split2/-/split2-3.2.2.tgz#bf2cf2a37d838312c249c89206fd7a17dd12365f"
   integrity sha512-9NThjpgZnifTkJpzTZ7Eue85S49QwpNhZTq6GRJwObb6jnLFNGB7Qm73V5HewTROPyxD0C29xqmaI68bQtV+hg==