diff --git a/src/database.py b/src/database.py
index 479a26a9..50ebad76 100644
--- a/src/database.py
+++ b/src/database.py
@@ -88,11 +88,25 @@
 )
 
 
-# meme_raw_upload = Table(
-#     "meme_raw_upload",
-#     metadata,
-# TODO: columns TBD, probably also JSONBs to store all raw data
-# )
+meme_raw_upload = Table(
+    "meme_raw_upload",
+    metadata,
+    Column("id", Integer, Identity(), primary_key=True),
+    Column("message_id", Integer, nullable=False),
+    Column("chat", JSONB, nullable=False),
+
+    Column("content", String),
+    Column("date", DateTime, nullable=False),
+
+    Column("out_links", JSONB),
+    Column("mentions", JSONB),
+    Column("hashtags", JSONB),
+    Column("forwarded", JSONB),
+    Column("media", JSONB),
+
+    Column("created_at", DateTime, server_default=func.now(), nullable=False),
+    Column("updated_at", DateTime, onupdate=func.now())
+)
 
 
 meme = Table(
diff --git a/src/storage/schemas.py b/src/storage/schemas.py
index 56227070..66a4dc96 100644
--- a/src/storage/schemas.py
+++ b/src/storage/schemas.py
@@ -17,3 +17,18 @@ class OcrResult(CustomModel):
     model: str
     result: dict
     calculated_at: datetime = Field(default_factory=datetime.utcnow)
+
+
+class MemeUserUpload(CustomModel):
+    message_id: int
+    chat: dict
+
+    content: str | None = None
+    date: datetime
+
+    out_links: list[str] | None = None
+    mentions: list[str] | None = None # mentioned usernames
+    hashtags: list[str] | None = None
+    forwarded: dict | None = None
+    media: list[dict] | None = None
+