diff --git a/json-api/db/src/lib.rs b/json-api/db/src/lib.rs
index 0de94d3..35f3222 100644
--- a/json-api/db/src/lib.rs
+++ b/json-api/db/src/lib.rs
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ pub struct Channel {
     pub id: UBigInt,
     pub name: VarChar,
     pub description: Option<VarChar>,
-    pub kind: Integer
+    pub kind: Integer,
+    pub badges: Vec<Badge>
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Debug)]
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ pub struct Member {
     pub name: VarChar,
     pub status: Integer,
     pub permissions: UBigInt,
+    pub badges: Vec<Badge>
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize)]
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ pub struct PublicMember {
     pub name: VarChar,
     pub status: Integer,
     pub permissions: UBigInt,
+    pub badges: Vec<Badge>
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
@@ -100,3 +103,11 @@ pub struct Neighbor {
     pub url: String,
     pub wsurl: Option<String>,
 }
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Badge {
+    pub name: String,
+    pub id: u32,
+    pub color: u32,
+    pub perms: Option<u32>, // abridged version of permissiosn
+}
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diff --git a/json-api/migrations/2021-05-17-221928_badges/up.sql b/json-api/migrations/2021-05-17-221928_badges/up.sql
index 73d044b..571151b 100644
--- a/json-api/migrations/2021-05-17-221928_badges/up.sql
+++ b/json-api/migrations/2021-05-17-221928_badges/up.sql
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `badges`(
     `id` INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
     `name` VARCHAR(256) NOT NULL,
     `color` INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT 0xFFFFFFFF,
+    `permissions` INTEGER UNSIGNED, -- nullable because this isn't logically applicable to every badge
     PRIMARY KEY(`id`)
 );
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