diff --git a/packages/backend/src/entity/Deployment.ts b/packages/backend/src/entity/Deployment.ts
index 52e3b555..08f42c54 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/entity/Deployment.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/entity/Deployment.ts
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ export class Deployment {
     id!: number;
 
   @ManyToOne(() => Project, { onDelete: 'CASCADE' })
-  @JoinColumn({ name: 'projectID' })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'projectId' })
     project!: Project;
 
   @OneToOne(() => Domain)
-  @JoinColumn({ name: 'domainID' })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'domainId' })
     domain!: Domain;
 
   @Column('varchar')
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/entity/Project.ts b/packages/backend/src/entity/Project.ts
index de520391..e709c97f 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/entity/Project.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/entity/Project.ts
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ export class Project {
     id!: string;
 
   @ManyToOne(() => User)
-  @JoinColumn({ name: 'ownerID' })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'ownerId' })
     owner!: User;
 
   @ManyToOne(() => Organization, { nullable: true })
-  @JoinColumn({ name: 'organizationID' })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'organizationId' })
     organization!: Organization | null;
 
   @Column('varchar')
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/entity/ProjectMember.ts b/packages/backend/src/entity/ProjectMember.ts
index fa160018..2c208c7b 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/entity/ProjectMember.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/entity/ProjectMember.ts
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ export class ProjectMember {
     id!: number;
 
   @ManyToOne(() => User, { onDelete: 'CASCADE' })
-  @JoinColumn({ name: 'userID' })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'userId' })
     user!: User;
 
   @ManyToOne(() => Project, { onDelete: 'CASCADE' })
-  @JoinColumn({ name: 'projectID' })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'projectId' })
     project!: Project;
 
   @Column({
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/entity/UserOrganization.ts b/packages/backend/src/entity/UserOrganization.ts
index 167c11a9..5d11c4c8 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/entity/UserOrganization.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/entity/UserOrganization.ts
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ export class UserOrganization {
     id!: number;
 
   @ManyToOne(() => User, { onDelete: 'CASCADE' })
-  @JoinColumn({ name: 'userID' })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'userId' })
     user!: User;
 
   @ManyToOne(() => Organization, { onDelete: 'CASCADE' })
-  @JoinColumn({ name: 'organizationID' })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'organizationId' })
     organization!: Organization;
 
   @Column({
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/index.ts
index a2273f32..7fa58981 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import 'reflect-metadata';
 import debug from 'debug';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
 
 import { initializeDatabase } from './database';
 import { createAndStartServer } from './server';
-import { createResolvers } from './resolver';
-import { typeDefs } from './schema';
+import { createResolvers } from './resolvers';
 import { getConfig } from './utils';
 import { Config } from './type';
 
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ export const main = async (): Promise<void> => {
   const { server } = await getConfig<Config>(configFilePath);
 
   await initializeDatabase();
+  const typeDefs = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'schema.gql')).toString();
   await createAndStartServer(typeDefs, createResolvers, server);
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/resolver.ts b/packages/backend/src/resolvers.ts
similarity index 86%
rename from packages/backend/src/resolver.ts
rename to packages/backend/src/resolvers.ts
index f86dece9..8a745398 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/resolver.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/resolvers.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export const createResolvers = async (): Promise<any> => {
   return {
     Query: {
       // TODO: fetch user data from db
-      getUser: () => user
+      user: () => user
     }
   };
 };
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/schema.gql b/packages/backend/src/schema.gql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8e8cf70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/schema.gql
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+enum Role {
+  Owner
+  Maintainer
+  Reader
+}
+
+enum Permission {
+  View
+  Edit
+}
+
+enum Environment {
+  Production
+  Preview
+  Development
+}
+
+enum DeploymentStatus {
+  Building
+  Ready
+  Error
+}
+
+enum DomainStatus {
+  Live
+  Pending
+}
+
+type User {
+  id: String!
+  name: String!
+  email: String!
+  organizations: [Organization!]
+  projects: [Project!]
+  createdAt: String!
+  updatedAt: String!
+}
+
+type Organization {
+  id: String!
+  name: String!
+  projects: [Project!]
+  createdAt: String!
+  updatedAt: String!
+  members: [OrganizationMember!]
+}
+
+type OrganizationMember {
+  id: String!
+  member: User!
+  role: Role!
+  createdAt: String!
+  updatedAt: String!
+}
+
+type Project {
+  id: String!
+  owner: User!
+  deployments: [Deployment!]
+  name: String!
+  repository: String!
+  prodBranch: String!
+  description: String
+  template: String
+  framework: String!
+  webhooks: [String!]
+  members: [ProjectMember!]
+  environmentVariables: [EnvironmentVariable!]
+  createdAt: String!
+  updatedAt: String!
+}
+
+type ProjectMember {
+  id: String!
+  member: User!
+  permissions: [Permission!]!
+  createdAt: String!
+  updatedAt: String!
+}
+
+type Deployment {
+  id: String!
+  domain: Domain
+  branch: String!
+  commitHash: String!
+  title: String!
+  environment: Environment!
+  isCurrent: Boolean!
+  status: DeploymentStatus!
+  createdAt: String!
+  updatedAt: String!
+}
+
+type Domain {
+  id: String!
+  branch: String!
+  name: String!
+  isRedirected: Boolean!
+  status: DomainStatus!
+  createdAt: String!
+  updatedAt: String!
+}
+
+type EnvironmentVariable {
+  id: String!
+  environments: [Environment!]!
+  key: String!
+  value: String!
+  createdAt: String!
+  updatedAt: String!
+}
+
+type Query {
+  user: User!
+  organizations: [Organization!]
+  projects: [Project!]
+  deployments(projectId: String!): [Deployment!]
+}
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/schema.ts b/packages/backend/src/schema.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9098e48c..00000000
--- a/packages/backend/src/schema.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-export const typeDefs = /* GraphQL */ `
-  type User {
-    id: Int
-  }
-
-  type Query {
-    getUser: User
-  }
-`;