diff --git a/app/index.js b/app/index.js
index d71500b..54d895b 100644
--- a/app/index.js
+++ b/app/index.js
@@ -5,23 +5,23 @@ if ( process.env.NEW_RELIC_ENABLED ) {
 
 const restify = require('restify');
 const applyRoutes = require('./routes');
-const logger = require('./lib/logger')
-const middleware = require('./lib/middleware')
-const package = require('../package')
+const logger = require('./lib/logger');
+const middleware = require('./lib/middleware');
+const package = require('../package');
 
 const server = restify.createServer({
   name: package.name,
   version: package.version,
-  log: logger,
+  log: logger
 });
 
 server.pre(restify.pre.sanitizePath());
 server.use(restify.acceptParser(server.acceptable));
 server.use(restify.queryParser({mapParams: false}));
 server.use(restify.bodyParser({mapParams: false, rejectUnknown: true}));
-server.use(middleware.verifyRequest())
-server.use(middleware.attachResolvePath())
-server.use(middleware.attachErrorLogger())
+server.use(middleware.verifyRequest());
+server.use(middleware.attachResolvePath());
+server.use(middleware.attachErrorLogger());
 
 applyRoutes(server);
 
diff --git a/app/models/badge-instance.js b/app/models/badge-instance.js
index db5cce5..908c3c8 100644
--- a/app/models/badge-instance.js
+++ b/app/models/badge-instance.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const BadgeInstances = db.table('badgeInstances', {
       optional: false
     },
   },
-})
+});
 
 BadgeInstances.formatUserInput = function formatUserInput(obj) {
   return {
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ BadgeInstances.formatUserInput = function formatUserInput(obj) {
     issuedOn: obj.issuedOn || dateFromUnixtime(Date.now()),
     expires: obj.expires ? dateFromUnixtime(obj.expires) : null,
     claimCode: obj.claimCode,
-  }
-}
+  };
+};
 
 BadgeInstances.validateRow = makeValidator({
   id: optional('isInt'),
   email: required('isEmail'),
   claimCode: optional('len', 0, 255),
   badgeId: required('isInt'),
-})
+});
 
-exports = module.exports = BadgeInstances
+exports = module.exports = BadgeInstances;
diff --git a/app/models/badge-type.js b/app/models/badge-type.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a2aac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/badge-type.js
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+const util = require('util');
+const db = require('../lib/db');
+const validation = require('../lib/validation');
+
+const makeValidator = validation.makeValidator;
+const optional = validation.optional;
+const required = validation.required;
+
+const BadgeTypes = db.table('badgeTypes', {
+  fields: [
+    'id',
+    'name',
+    'programId',
+    'issuerId',
+    'systemId'
+  ],
+  relationships: {
+    system: {
+      type: 'hasOne',
+      local: 'systemId',
+      foreign: { table: 'systems', key: 'id' },
+      optional: true,
+    },
+    issuer: {
+      type: 'hasOne',
+      local: 'issuerId',
+      foreign: { table: 'issuers', key: 'id' },
+      optional: true,
+    },
+    program: {
+      type: 'hasOne',
+      local: 'programId',
+      foreign: { table: 'programs', key: 'id' },
+      optional: true,
+    }
+  }
+});
+
+BadgeTypes.validateRow = makeValidator({
+  id: optional('isInt'),
+  name: required('len', 1, 255),
+  issuerId: optional('isInt'),
+  programId: optional('isInt'),
+  systemId: optional('isInt')
+});
+
+exports = module.exports = BadgeTypes;
diff --git a/app/models/badge.js b/app/models/badge.js
index e330266..6a87edf 100644
--- a/app/models/badge.js
+++ b/app/models/badge.js
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ const makeValidator = validation.makeValidator;
 const optional = validation.optional;
 const required = validation.required;
 
-const Criteria = require('./criteria')
-
+const Criteria = require('./criteria');
+const BadgeTypes = require('./badge-type');
 const Badges = db.table('badges', {
   fields: [
     'id',
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ const Badges = db.table('badges', {
     'imageId',
     'systemId',
     'issuerId',
-    'programId'
+    'programId',
+    'badgeTypeId'
   ],
   relationships: {
     image: {
@@ -60,13 +61,19 @@ const Badges = db.table('badges', {
       type: 'hasMany',
       local: 'id',
       foreign: { table: 'criteria', key: 'badgeId' }
+    },
+    badgeType: {
+      type: 'hasOne',
+      local: 'badgeTypeId',
+      foreign: { table: 'badgeTypes', key: 'id' },
+      optional: true
     }
   },
   methods: {
     setCriteria: setCriteria,
     del: del,
     toResponse: function () {
-      return Badges.toResponse(this)
+      return Badges.toResponse(this);
     },
   }
 });
@@ -91,12 +98,14 @@ Badges.toResponse = function toResponse(row) {
     system: maybeObject(row.system),
     issuer: maybeObject(row.issuer),
     program: maybeObject(row.program),
+    badgeType: maybeObject(row.badgeType),
     criteriaUrl: row.criteriaUrl,
     criteria: (row.criteria || []).map(function(criterion) {
       return Criteria.toResponse(criterion);
     })
   };
 }
+
 function maybeObject(obj) {
   return (obj && obj.id) ? obj.toResponse() : undefined
 }
@@ -117,6 +126,7 @@ Badges.validateRow = makeValidator({
   programId: optional('isInt'),
   issuerId: optional('isInt'),
   systemId: optional('isInt'),
+  badgeTypeId: optional('isInt')
 });
 
 function setCriteria(criteria, callback) {
diff --git a/app/routes/applications.js b/app/routes/applications.js
index 5bcea7d..f068cd8 100644
--- a/app/routes/applications.js
+++ b/app/routes/applications.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ exports = module.exports = function applyApplicationRoutes (server) {
     middleware.findSystem(),
     middleware.findIssuer({where: {systemId: ['system', 'id']}}),
     middleware.findProgram({where: {issuerId: ['issuer', 'id']}}),
-    middleware.findBadge({where: {programId: ['program', 'id']}}),  
+    middleware.findBadge({where: {programId: ['program', 'id']}}),
     showAllApplications,
   ]);
   function showAllApplications (req, res, next) {
@@ -235,5 +235,3 @@ function fromPostToRow (post) {
     assignedExpiration: post.assignedExpiration
   };
 }
-
-
diff --git a/schema.sql b/schema.sql
index 5f11e86..4b81643 100644
--- a/schema.sql
+++ b/schema.sql
@@ -84,9 +84,23 @@ CREATE TABLE `badges` (
   `programId` INT NULL REFERENCES `programs`(`id`),
   `issuerId` INT NULL REFERENCES `issuers`(`id`),
   `systemId` INT NULL REFERENCES `systems`(`id`),
+  `badgeTypeId` INT NULL REFERENCES `badgeTypes`(`id`),
   UNIQUE KEY `slug_and_system` (`slug`, `systemId`),
   UNIQUE KEY `slug_and_issuer` (`slug`, `issuerId`),
   UNIQUE KEY `slug_and_program` (`slug`, `programId`),
+  UNIQUE KEY `slug_and_badge_type` (`slug`, `badgeTypeId`),
+  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
+) CHARACTER SET utf8
+  ENGINE=InnoDB;
+
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `badgeTypes`;
+CREATE TABLE `badgeTypes` (
+  `id` INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+  `name` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+  `slug` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+  `programId` INT NULL REFERENCES `programs`(`id`),
+  `issuerId` INT NULL REFERENCES `issuers`(`id`),
+  `systemId` INT NULL REFERENCES `systems`(`id`),
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
 ) CHARACTER SET utf8
   ENGINE=InnoDB;
diff --git a/script/schema b/script/schema
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2011a39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/schema
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+if [ -z "$DB_USER" ] || [ -z "$DB_NAME" ]; then
+  echo "You must have your environment configured for the database"
+  echo "example:"
+  echo "  export DB_NAME=badgekitapi"
+  echo "  export DB_USER=root"
+  echo "  export DB_PASSWORD=mypassword"
+else
+  if [ -z "$DB_PASSWORD" ]; then
+    mysql -u $DB_USER $DB_NAME < schema.sql
+  else
+    mysql -u $DB_USER "-p$DB_PASSWORD" $DB_NAME < schema.sql
+  fi
+fi
diff --git a/script/test b/script/test
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e092a08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/test
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+source .test-env
+if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+  ./node_modules/.bin/tap test/"$1".test.js
+else
+  npm test
+fi
+source .env
diff --git a/test/badge-type-model.test.js b/test/badge-type-model.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d83bf03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/badge-type-model.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+const test = require('tap').test;
+const BadgeTypes = require('../app/models/badge-type');
+
+const closeDb = BadgeTypes.db.close.bind(BadgeTypes.db);
+
+test('validating rows', function(t) {
+  var errors;
+
+  errors = BadgeTypes.validateRow({
+    id: 'foo',
+    name: null,
+    issuerId: 'foo',
+    programId: 'foo',
+    systemId: 'foo'
+  });
+  t.same(errors.length, 5);
+
+  errors = BadgeTypes.validateRow({
+    id: 1,
+    name: 'SomeType',
+    issuerId: 1,
+    programId: 1,
+    systemId: 1
+  });
+  t.same(errors.length, 0);
+
+  closeDb(); t.end();
+});
diff --git a/test/test-data.sql b/test/test-data.sql
index ceed350..d5d12d5 100644
--- a/test/test-data.sql
+++ b/test/test-data.sql
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ INSERT INTO `programs` SET
   `description` = 'Start learning now',
   `email` = 'admin@khanacademy.org';
 
+INSERT INTO `badgeTypes` SET
+  `systemId` = 1,
+  `programId` = 1,
+  `issuerId` = 1,
+  `slug` = 'community',
+  `name` = 'Community';
+
 INSERT INTO `badges` SET
   `id` = 1,
   `systemId` = 1,