diff --git a/packages/backend/environments/local.toml.example b/packages/backend/environments/local.toml.example
index 25ba34cd..8c7374ef 100644
--- a/packages/backend/environments/local.toml.example
+++ b/packages/backend/environments/local.toml.example
@@ -36,9 +36,16 @@
   bondId = ""
   authority = ""
   [registryConfig.fee]
-    gas = "200000"
-    fees = "200000alnt"
-    gasPrice = ""
+    gas = ""
+    fees = ""
+    gasPrice = "1"
+
+[auction]
+  commitFee = 1000
+  commitsDuration = 60s
+  revealFee = 1000
+  revealsDuration = 60s
+  denom = alnt
 
 [misc]
   projectDomain = "apps.snowballtools.com"
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/config.ts b/packages/backend/src/config.ts
index e326f9b0..b4a70c95 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/config.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ export interface RegistryConfig {
   };
 }
 
+export interface AuctionConfig {
+  commitFee: string;
+  commitsDuration: string;
+  revealFee: string;
+  revealsDuration: string;
+  denom: string;
+}
+
 export interface MiscConfig {
   projectDomain: string;
 }
@@ -51,6 +59,7 @@ export interface Config {
   database: DatabaseConfig;
   gitHub: GitHubConfig;
   registryConfig: RegistryConfig;
+  auction: AuctionConfig;
   misc: MiscConfig;
   turnkey: {
     apiBaseUrl: string;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/entity/Deployment.ts b/packages/backend/src/entity/Deployment.ts
index 3e3caaa6..39485ba5 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/entity/Deployment.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/entity/Deployment.ts
@@ -28,17 +28,13 @@ export enum DeploymentStatus {
   Deleting = 'Deleting',
 }
 
-export interface ApplicationDeploymentAuction {
-  application: string;
-  auction: string;
-  type: string;
-}
-
 export interface ApplicationDeploymentRequest {
   type: string;
   version: string;
   name: string;
   application: string;
+  lrn?: string;
+  auction?: string;
   config: string;
   meta: string;
 }
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/entity/Project.ts b/packages/backend/src/entity/Project.ts
index b46c219a..f7e23402 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/entity/Project.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/entity/Project.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ import { Organization } from './Organization';
 import { ProjectMember } from './ProjectMember';
 import { Deployment } from './Deployment';
 
+export interface ApplicationDeploymentAuction {
+  application: string;
+  auction: string;
+  type: string;
+}
+
 @Entity()
 export class Project {
   @PrimaryGeneratedColumn('uuid')
@@ -46,6 +52,15 @@ export class Project {
   @Column('text', { default: '' })
     description!: string;
 
+  @Column('varchar', { nullable: true })
+    applicationDeploymentAuctionId?: string | null;
+
+  @Column('simple-json', { nullable: true })
+    applicationDeploymentAuctionData?: ApplicationDeploymentAuction | null;
+
+  @Column('varchar', { nullable: true })
+    deployerLrn?: string[] | null;
+
   // TODO: Compute template & framework in import repository
   @Column('varchar', { nullable: true })
     template!: string | null;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/registry.ts b/packages/backend/src/registry.ts
index 743c052d..6bf751e4 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/registry.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/registry.ts
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ import {
   ApplicationRecord,
   Deployment,
   ApplicationDeploymentRequest,
-  ApplicationDeploymentRemovalRequest,
-  ApplicationDeploymentAuction
+  ApplicationDeploymentRemovalRequest
 } from './entity/Deployment';
 import { AppDeploymentRecord, AppDeploymentRemovalRecord, AuctionData, PackageJSON } from './types';
-import { sleep } from './utils';
+import { getConfig, sleep } from './utils';
+import { ApplicationDeploymentAuction } from './entity/Project';
 
 const log = debug('snowball:registry');
 
@@ -168,16 +168,17 @@ export class Registry {
       throw new Error(`No record found for ${lrn}`);
     }
 
+    const config = await getConfig();
+    const auctionConfig = config.auction;
     const fee = parseGasAndFees(this.registryConfig.fee.gas, this.registryConfig.fee.fees);
 
-    // TODO: Take auction params from user
     const auctionResult = await this.registry.createProviderAuction(
       {
-        commitFee: auctionData.commitFee,
-        commitsDuration: auctionData.commitsDuration,
-        revealFee: auctionData.revealFee,
-        revealsDuration: auctionData.revealsDuration,
-        denom: auctionData.denom,
+        commitFee: auctionConfig.commitFee,
+        commitsDuration: auctionConfig.commitsDuration,
+        revealFee: auctionConfig.revealFee,
+        revealsDuration: auctionConfig.revealsDuration,
+        denom: auctionConfig.denom,
         maxPrice: auctionData.maxPrice,
         numProviders: auctionData.numProviders,
       },
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/service.ts b/packages/backend/src/service.ts
index 14361d5f..fb2b849c 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/service.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/service.ts
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ export class Service {
     userId: string,
     octokit: Octokit,
     data: DeepPartial<Deployment>,
+    lrn?: string
   ): Promise<Deployment> {
     assert(data.project?.repository, 'Project repository not found');
     log(
@@ -633,6 +634,7 @@ export class Service {
         deployment: newDeployment,
         appName: repo,
         repository: repoUrl,
+        lrn,
         environmentVariables: environmentVariablesObj,
         dns: `${newDeployment.project.name}-${newDeployment.id}`,
       });
@@ -814,7 +816,7 @@ export class Service {
         repository: gitRepo.data.full_name,
         // TODO: Set selected template
         template: 'webapp',
-      }, auctionData);
+      }, '', auctionData);
 
       if (!project || !project.id) {
         throw new Error('Failed to create project from template');
@@ -831,6 +833,7 @@ export class Service {
     user: User,
     organizationSlug: string,
     data: DeepPartial<Project>,
+    lrn?: string,
     auctiondata?: AuctionData
   ): Promise<Project | undefined> {
     const organization = await this.db.getOrganization({
@@ -868,7 +871,7 @@ export class Service {
 
     const deployment = auctiondata
       ? await this.createDeploymentFromAuction(user.id, octokit, deploymentData, auctiondata)
-      : await this.createDeployment(user.id, octokit, deploymentData);
+      : await this.createDeployment(user.id, octokit, deploymentData, lrn);
 
     await this.createRepoHook(octokit, project);
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/types.ts b/packages/backend/src/types.ts
index 66b10783..5f368c0b 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/types.ts
@@ -71,11 +71,6 @@ export interface AddProjectFromTemplateInput {
 }
 
 export interface AuctionData {
-  commitFee: string,
-  commitsDuration: string,
-  revealFee: string,
-  revealsDuration: string,
-  denom: string,
   maxPrice: string,
   numProviders: number,
 }