diff --git a/data/blogapi.sql b/data/blogapi.sql
index 5cc9ced8..56622203 100644
--- a/data/blogapi.sql
+++ b/data/blogapi.sql
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `posts` (
   `title` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
   `body` text NOT NULL,
   `user_id` bigint(19) unsigned DEFAULT NULL,
+  `category_id` bigint(19) unsigned DEFAULT NULL,
   `created_at` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
   `updated_at` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
   `created_by` bigint(19) unsigned DEFAULT NULL,
@@ -141,6 +142,17 @@ CREATE TABLE `posts` (
   CONSTRAINT `fk_user_post` FOREIGN KEY (`user_id`) REFERENCES `users` (`id`)
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=1 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 
+
+CREATE TABLE `categories` (
+  `id` bigint(19) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+  `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+  `created_at` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+  `updated_at` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+  `created_by` bigint(19) unsigned DEFAULT NULL,
+  `updated_by` bigint(19) unsigned DEFAULT NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=1 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+
 CREATE TABLE `post_tag` (
   `id` bigint(19) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
   `post_id` bigint(19) unsigned NOT NULL,
@@ -190,3 +202,5 @@ CREATE TABLE `user_role` (
 LOCK TABLES `roles` WRITE;
 INSERT INTO `roles` VALUES (1,'ROLE_ADMIN'),(2,'ROLE_USER');
 UNLOCK TABLES;
+
+INSERT INTO `categories` (name) VALUES (1, 'Category 1');
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 9bd9053e..4fb8de8f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ services:
     restart: always
     environment:
       MYSQL_DATABASE: 'blogapi'
-      MYSQL_PASSWORD: 'root'
-      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: 'root'
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: 'user1'
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: 'mypa55'
     ports:
       - '3306:3306'
     networks:
       - blogapi-network
     healthcheck:
-      test: "/usr/bin/mysql --user=root --password=root --execute \"SHOW DATABASES;\""
+      test: "/usr/bin/mysql --user=user1 --password=mypa55 --execute \"SHOW DATABASES;\""
       interval: 2s
       timeout: 20s
       retries: 10
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1a2dfb50..22f80600 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -139,6 +139,14 @@
 			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<dependency>
+            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
+            <version>1.18.24</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sopromadze/blogapi/model/Post.java b/src/main/java/com/sopromadze/blogapi/model/Post.java
index 6b97dbcf..12e1e3c7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sopromadze/blogapi/model/Post.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sopromadze/blogapi/model/Post.java
@@ -69,6 +69,15 @@ public void setUser(User user) {
 		this.user = user;
 	}
 
+	@JsonIgnore
+	public Category getCategory() {
+		return category;
+	}
+
+	public void setCategory(Category category) {
+		this.category = category;
+	}
+
 	public List<Comment> getComments() {
 		return comments == null ? null : new ArrayList<>(comments);
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/_application.properties b/src/main/resources/_application.properties
index d7d7b14c..6c57ad71 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/_application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/_application.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=none
 spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/blogapi?useSSL=false&serverTimezone=UTC&allowPublicKeyRetrieval=true
-spring.datasource.username=root
-spring.datasource.password=root
+spring.datasource.username=user1
+spring.datasource.password=mypa55
 spring.jpa.show-sql=true
 spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5Dialect
 app.jwtSecret=secret
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.yml b/src/main/resources/application.yml
index ef6d7e3d..b735f3d6 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 spring:
   datasource:
     url: jdbc:mysql://blogapi-db:3306/blogapi?useSSL=false&serverTimezone=UTC&allowPublicKeyRetrieval=true
-    username: root
-    password: root
+    username: user1
+    password: mypa55
   jpa:
     hibernate:
       ddl-auto: none
diff --git a/src/main/resources/blogapi.sql b/src/main/resources/blogapi.sql
index 3a85baec..56622203 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/blogapi.sql
+++ b/src/main/resources/blogapi.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+USE blogapi;
+
 UNLOCK TABLES;
 
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `post_tag`;
@@ -130,6 +132,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `posts` (
   `title` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
   `body` text NOT NULL,
   `user_id` bigint(19) unsigned DEFAULT NULL,
+  `category_id` bigint(19) unsigned DEFAULT NULL,
   `created_at` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
   `updated_at` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
   `created_by` bigint(19) unsigned DEFAULT NULL,
@@ -139,6 +142,17 @@ CREATE TABLE `posts` (
   CONSTRAINT `fk_user_post` FOREIGN KEY (`user_id`) REFERENCES `users` (`id`)
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=1 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 
+
+CREATE TABLE `categories` (
+  `id` bigint(19) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+  `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+  `created_at` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+  `updated_at` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+  `created_by` bigint(19) unsigned DEFAULT NULL,
+  `updated_by` bigint(19) unsigned DEFAULT NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=1 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+
 CREATE TABLE `post_tag` (
   `id` bigint(19) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
   `post_id` bigint(19) unsigned NOT NULL,
@@ -188,3 +202,5 @@ CREATE TABLE `user_role` (
 LOCK TABLES `roles` WRITE;
 INSERT INTO `roles` VALUES (1,'ROLE_ADMIN'),(2,'ROLE_USER');
 UNLOCK TABLES;
+
+INSERT INTO `categories` (name) VALUES (1, 'Category 1');
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