diff --git a/artifacts/api-server/src/index.ts b/artifacts/api-server/src/index.ts
index 251ed56..1a3cfed 100644
--- a/artifacts/api-server/src/index.ts
+++ b/artifacts/api-server/src/index.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,26 @@ if (Number.isNaN(port) || port <= 0) {
   throw new Error(`Invalid PORT value: "${rawPort}"`);
 }
 
+async function ensureSessionsTable(): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    const exists = await db.execute(
+      sql`SELECT EXISTS (SELECT FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_name = 'sessions')`,
+    );
+    const rows = exists.rows as [{ exists: boolean }];
+    if (rows[0]?.exists) return;
+
+    await db.execute(
+      sql`CREATE TABLE "sessions" ("sid" varchar NOT NULL, "sess" json NOT NULL, "expire" timestamp(6) NOT NULL)`,
+    );
+    await db.execute(
+      sql`ALTER TABLE "sessions" ADD PRIMARY KEY ("sid")`,
+    );
+    logger.info("Sessions table created");
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger.error({ err }, "Failed to ensure sessions table");
+  }
+}
+
 async function seedAdminUser(): Promise<void> {
   try {
     const [row] = await db.select({ count: sql<number>`count(*)::int` }).from(usersTable);
@@ -49,5 +69,6 @@ app.listen(port, (err) => {
   }
 
   logger.info({ port }, "Server listening");
+  ensureSessionsTable();
   seedAdminUser();
 });
diff --git a/lib/db/src/schema/index.ts b/lib/db/src/schema/index.ts
index 3ba00f4..481450a 100644
--- a/lib/db/src/schema/index.ts
+++ b/lib/db/src/schema/index.ts
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ export * from "./tools";
 export * from "./ratings";
 export * from "./users";
 export * from "./audit-logs";
+export * from "./sessions";
diff --git a/lib/db/src/schema/sessions.ts b/lib/db/src/schema/sessions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e74565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/db/src/schema/sessions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { pgTable, text, json, timestamp } from "drizzle-orm/pg-core";
+
+export const sessionsTable = pgTable("sessions", {
+  sid: text("sid").notNull().primaryKey(),
+  sess: json("sess").notNull(),
+  expire: timestamp("expire", { withTimezone: true, precision: 6 }).notNull(),
+});