diff --git a/apps/backend/drizzle.config.ts b/apps/backend/drizzle.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a07528dc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/backend/drizzle.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { defineConfig } from "drizzle-kit";
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  dialect: "postgresql",
+  schema: "./src/db/schema/index.ts",
+  out: "./drizzle",
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/backend/package.json b/apps/backend/package.json
index aaa80ea20..b83330f77 100644
--- a/apps/backend/package.json
+++ b/apps/backend/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
         "build": "node scripts/build.mjs",
         "start": "npm run dev",
         "format": "prettier --write src",
-        "lint": "eslint --fix src"
+        "lint": "eslint --fix src",
+        "generate": "drizzle-kit generate",
+        "migrate": "tsx scripts/migrate.ts"
     },
     "dependencies": {
         "@packages/antalmanac-types": "workspace:**",
diff --git a/apps/backend/scripts/migrate.js b/apps/backend/scripts/migrate.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ea6e9951..000000000
--- a/apps/backend/scripts/migrate.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-import { DynamoDBClient, DescribeTableCommand } from '@aws-sdk/client-dynamodb'; // ES Modules import
-import env from '../src/env';
-
-async function main() {
-    const client = new DynamoDBClient({
-        region: env.AWS_REGION,
-    });
-
-    const input = {
-        // DescribeTableInput
-        TableName: env.USERDATA_TABLE_NAME, // required
-    };
-
-    const command = new DescribeTableCommand(input);
-    const response = await client.send(command);
-
-    console.log(response);
-}
-
-main();
diff --git a/apps/backend/scripts/migrate.ts b/apps/backend/scripts/migrate.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b372244d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/backend/scripts/migrate.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/**
+ * To run this script, run "pnpm run migrate".
+ */
+
+import { drizzle } from 'drizzle-orm/postgres-js';
+import { migrate } from 'drizzle-orm/postgres-js/migrator';
+
+import { ddbClient } from '../src/db/ddb.ts';
+import { db, client } from '../src/db/index.ts'; 
+import { user } from '../src/db/schema/index.ts';
+
+/**
+ * Migrates the current drizzle schema to the PostgreSQL database associated
+ * with the drizzle client. Before migrating, run "pnpm run generate" to generate
+ * the migration files, and make sure the PostgreSQL database exists beforehand.
+ */
+async function migrateToPostgres() {
+    await migrate(drizzle(client), {
+        migrationsFolder: './drizzle'
+    });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Migrates user data from DynamoDB to the PostgreSQL database associated
+ * with the drizzle client.
+ */
+async function insertUsersToPostgres() {
+    const userIds = await ddbClient.getUserIds();
+    const usersToInsert = userIds.map((userId) => ({ id: userId }));
+    await db.insert(user).values(usersToInsert);
+    console.log(await db.query.user.findMany());
+}
+
+async function main() {
+    try {
+        await migrateToPostgres();
+        await insertUsersToPostgres();
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.log(error);
+    } finally {
+        await client.end();
+    }
+}
+
+main();
diff --git a/apps/backend/src/db/ddb.ts b/apps/backend/src/db/ddb.ts
index b6f7a2ee4..03bb9e271 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/db/ddb.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/src/db/ddb.ts
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ class DDBClient<T extends Type<Record<string, unknown>>> {
     }
 
     async getUserData(id: string) {
-        this.migrate();
         return (await ddbClient.get('id', id))?.userData;
     }
 
@@ -175,7 +174,7 @@ class DDBClient<T extends Type<Record<string, unknown>>> {
 
     }
 
-    async migrate () {
+    async getUserIds () {
         const params = {
             TableName: this.tableName,
         }
@@ -195,7 +194,7 @@ class DDBClient<T extends Type<Record<string, unknown>>> {
             }
         } while (typeof items.LastEvaluatedKey !== 'undefined');
 
-        console.log(scanResults);
+        return scanResults;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/backend/src/db/index.ts b/apps/backend/src/db/index.ts
index fda86503b..65a724625 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/db/index.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/src/db/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { drizzle } from 'drizzle-orm/postgres-js';
 import postgres from 'postgres';
+import * as schema from './schema/index.js';
 
 export const client = postgres('postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/antalmanac');
 
-export const db = drizzle(client);
+export const db = drizzle(client, { schema });