diff --git a/backend/Cargo.lock b/backend/Cargo.lock
index 26074af..aa86549 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ version = "0.2.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "683d7910e743518b0e34f1186f92494becacb047c7b6bf616c96772180fef923"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "android_system_properties"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "819e7219dbd41043ac279b19830f2efc897156490d7fd6ea916720117ee66311"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
 version = "1.0.102"
@@ -92,6 +101,7 @@ name = "backend"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "axum",
+ "chrono",
  "dotenv",
  "serde",
  "sqlx",
@@ -128,6 +138,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bumpalo"
+version = "3.20.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5d20789868f4b01b2f2caec9f5c4e0213b41e3e5702a50157d699ae31ced2fcb"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "byteorder"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -156,6 +172,20 @@ version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9330f8b2ff13f34540b44e946ef35111825727b38d33286ef986142615121801"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "chrono"
+version = "0.4.44"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c673075a2e0e5f4a1dde27ce9dee1ea4558c7ffe648f576438a20ca1d2acc4b0"
+dependencies = [
+ "iana-time-zone",
+ "js-sys",
+ "num-traits",
+ "serde",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "windows-link",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "concurrent-queue"
 version = "2.5.0"
@@ -632,6 +662,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower-service",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "iana-time-zone"
+version = "0.1.65"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e31bc9ad994ba00e440a8aa5c9ef0ec67d5cb5e5cb0cc7f8b744a35b389cc470"
+dependencies = [
+ "android_system_properties",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "iana-time-zone-haiku",
+ "js-sys",
+ "log",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "windows-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "iana-time-zone-haiku"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f31827a206f56af32e590ba56d5d2d085f558508192593743f16b2306495269f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "icu_collections"
 version = "2.2.0"
@@ -759,6 +813,16 @@ version = "1.0.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8f42a60cbdf9a97f5d2305f08a87dc4e09308d1276d28c869c684d7777685682"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "js-sys"
+version = "0.3.95"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2964e92d1d9dc3364cae4d718d93f227e3abb088e747d92e0395bfdedf1c12ca"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -1203,6 +1267,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustversion"
+version = "1.0.22"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b39cdef0fa800fc44525c84ccb54a029961a8215f9619753635a9c0d2538d46d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.23"
@@ -1895,6 +1965,51 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b8dad83b4f25e74f184f64c43b150b91efe7647395b42289f38e50566d82855b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen"
+version = "0.2.118"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0bf938a0bacb0469e83c1e148908bd7d5a6010354cf4fb73279b7447422e3a89"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+ "rustversion",
+ "wasm-bindgen-macro",
+ "wasm-bindgen-shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
+version = "0.2.118"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eeff24f84126c0ec2db7a449f0c2ec963c6a49efe0698c4242929da037ca28ed"
+dependencies = [
+ "quote",
+ "wasm-bindgen-macro-support",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-macro-support"
+version = "0.2.118"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9d08065faf983b2b80a79fd87d8254c409281cf7de75fc4b773019824196c904"
+dependencies = [
+ "bumpalo",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+ "wasm-bindgen-shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-shared"
+version = "0.2.118"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5fd04d9e306f1907bd13c6361b5c6bfc7b3b3c095ed3f8a9246390f8dbdee129"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-encoder"
 version = "0.244.0"
@@ -1939,12 +2054,65 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasite",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-core"
+version = "0.62.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b8e83a14d34d0623b51dce9581199302a221863196a1dde71a7663a4c2be9deb"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-implement",
+ "windows-interface",
+ "windows-link",
+ "windows-result",
+ "windows-strings",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-implement"
+version = "0.60.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "053e2e040ab57b9dc951b72c264860db7eb3b0200ba345b4e4c3b14f67855ddf"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-interface"
+version = "0.59.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3f316c4a2570ba26bbec722032c4099d8c8bc095efccdc15688708623367e358"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-link"
 version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f0805222e57f7521d6a62e36fa9163bc891acd422f971defe97d64e70d0a4fe5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-result"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7781fa89eaf60850ac3d2da7af8e5242a5ea78d1a11c49bf2910bb5a73853eb5"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-link",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-strings"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7837d08f69c77cf6b07689544538e017c1bfcf57e34b4c0ff58e6c2cd3b37091"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-link",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.48.0"
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index c1380c2..cf57853 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ serde = { version = "1.0.228", features = ["derive"] }
 sqlx = { version = "0.8.6", features = ["postgres", "runtime-tokio", "tls-native-tls"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.52.1", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
 dotenv = "0.15.0"
+chrono = { version = "0.4.44", features = ["serde"] }
diff --git a/backend/src/main.rs b/backend/src/main.rs
index c0cd79a..16b6ebd 100644
--- a/backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/backend/src/main.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,24 @@
+mod models;
 use axum::{Router, routing};
 use dotenv::dotenv;
+use models::*;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use sqlx::{PgPool, postgres::PgPoolOptions};
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
+    dotenv().ok();
+    let database_url = std::env::var("DATABASE_URL").expect("DATABASE_URL variable not set");
+    let pool = match PgPoolOptions::new().connect(&database_url).await {
+        Ok(pool) => {
+            println!("Database connection successful");
+            pool
+        }
+        Err(err) => {
+            println!("Failed to connect to database: {:?}", err);
+            std::process::exit(1);
+        }
+    };
     let app = Router::new().route("/", routing::get(root_handler));
 
     let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("0.0.0.0:8001").await.unwrap();
diff --git a/backend/src/models.rs b/backend/src/models.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1fe788
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/models.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Deserialize)]
+pub enum category {
+    WhiteboardBeamer,
+    Internet,
+    IPadKoffer,
+    AppleTV,
+    DocuCam,
+    Sonstiges,
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Clone, PartialEq, Debug)]
+pub struct ticket {
+    pub id: i32,
+    pub category: category,
+    pub betreff: String,
+    pub description: String,
+    pub room: i16,
+    pub date: chrono::NaiveDateTime,
+    pub user_id: i16,
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Clone, PartialEq, Debug)]
+pub struct user {
+    pub id: i16,
+    pub first_name: String,
+    pub last_name: String,
+    pub is_admin: bool,
+}
diff --git a/migrations/20260422094706_ticket_table.sql b/migrations/20260422094706_ticket_table.sql
index 2d0a683..53ef6a9 100644
--- a/migrations/20260422094706_ticket_table.sql
+++ b/migrations/20260422094706_ticket_table.sql
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tickets (
     betreff VARCHAR(100),
     description VARCHAR,
     room SMALLINT,
+    date TIMESTAMP,
     user_id SMALLINT
 );