diff --git a/rest-api/src/main/java/life/qbic/data_download/rest/security/jpa/setup-user-tables.sql b/rest-api/src/main/java/life/qbic/data_download/rest/security/jpa/setup-user-tables.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f0f42d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rest-api/src/main/java/life/qbic/data_download/rest/security/jpa/setup-user-tables.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+USE data_management;
+CREATE TABLE `ngs_measurements`
+(
+    `measurement_id`  varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+    `measurementCode` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
+    `projectId`       varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
+    PRIMARY KEY (`measurement_id`)
+) ENGINE = InnoDB
+  DEFAULT CHARSET = utf8mb4
+  COLLATE = utf8mb4_general_ci;
+
+CREATE TABLE `personal_access_tokens`
+(
+    `id`                  int(11) NOT NULL,
+    `tokenValueEncrypted` varchar(255)   DEFAULT NULL,
+    `creationDate`        datetime(6)    DEFAULT NULL,
+    `duration`            decimal(21, 0) DEFAULT NULL,
+    `userId`              varchar(255)   DEFAULT NULL,
+    PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
+) ENGINE = InnoDB
+  DEFAULT CHARSET = utf8mb4
+  COLLATE = utf8mb4_general_ci;
+
+CREATE TABLE `proteomics_measurement`
+(
+    `measurement_id`  varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+    `measurementCode` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
+    `projectId`       varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
+    PRIMARY KEY (`measurement_id`)
+) ENGINE = InnoDB
+  DEFAULT CHARSET = utf8mb4
+  COLLATE = utf8mb4_general_ci;
+
+CREATE TABLE `roles`
+(
+    `id`          bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+    `description` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
+    `name`        varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
+    PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
+) ENGINE = InnoDB
+  DEFAULT CHARSET = utf8mb4
+  COLLATE = utf8mb4_general_ci;
+
+CREATE TABLE `users`
+(
+    `id`     varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+    `active` bit(1)       NOT NULL,
+    PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
+) ENGINE = InnoDB
+  DEFAULT CHARSET = utf8mb4
+  COLLATE = utf8mb4_general_ci;
+
+CREATE TABLE `user_role`
+(
+    `id`     bigint(20)   NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+    `roleId` bigint(20)   NOT NULL,
+    `userId` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+    PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
+    KEY `FK_userId` (`userId`),
+    KEY `FK_roleId` (`roleId`),
+    CONSTRAINT `FK_roleId` FOREIGN KEY (`roleId`) REFERENCES `roles` (`id`),
+    CONSTRAINT `FK_userId` FOREIGN KEY (`userId`) REFERENCES `users` (`id`)
+) ENGINE = InnoDB
+  DEFAULT CHARSET = utf8mb4
+  COLLATE = utf8mb4_general_ci;
diff --git a/rest-api/src/main/resources/application.properties b/rest-api/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 054d2dd..fb44ee4 100644
--- a/rest-api/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/rest-api/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ logging.level.org.hibernate=error
 logging.file.path=${LOG_PATH:./logs}
 logging.file.name=${logging.file.path}/${LOG_FILE_NAME:server.log}
 
+# set to true to enable ddl changes in the database
+spring.jpa.generate-ddl=false
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=none
+
 ### Default datasource
 spring.datasource.url=${USER_DB_URL:localhost}
 spring.datasource.driver-class-name=${USER_DB_DRIVER:com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver}