diff --git a/api/drizzle.config.ts b/api/drizzle.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9828696
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/drizzle.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { defineConfig } from "drizzle-kit";
+import { env } from "@/env";
+
+export default defineConfig({
+	out: "./drizzle",
+	schema: "./src/db/schema/*",
+	dialect: "postgresql",
+	dbCredentials: {
+		url: env.DATABASE_URL,
+	},
+});
diff --git a/api/drizzle/0000_deep_maelstrom.sql b/api/drizzle/0000_long_puff_adder.sql
similarity index 70%
rename from api/drizzle/0000_deep_maelstrom.sql
rename to api/drizzle/0000_long_puff_adder.sql
index 78a5017..2e13614 100644
--- a/api/drizzle/0000_deep_maelstrom.sql
+++ b/api/drizzle/0000_long_puff_adder.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-CREATE TABLE "account" (
+CREATE SCHEMA "shared";
+--> statement-breakpoint
+CREATE TABLE "shared"."account" (
 	"id" text PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
 	"account_id" text NOT NULL,
 	"provider_id" text NOT NULL,
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ CREATE TABLE "account" (
 	"updated_at" timestamp NOT NULL
 );
 --> statement-breakpoint
-CREATE TABLE "apikey" (
+CREATE TABLE "shared"."apikey" (
 	"id" text PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
 	"name" text,
 	"start" text,
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ CREATE TABLE "apikey" (
 	"metadata" text
 );
 --> statement-breakpoint
-CREATE TABLE "session" (
+CREATE TABLE "shared"."session" (
 	"id" text PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
 	"expires_at" timestamp NOT NULL,
 	"token" text NOT NULL,
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ CREATE TABLE "session" (
 	CONSTRAINT "session_token_unique" UNIQUE("token")
 );
 --> statement-breakpoint
-CREATE TABLE "user" (
+CREATE TABLE "shared"."user" (
 	"id" text PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
 	"name" text NOT NULL,
 	"email" text NOT NULL,
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ CREATE TABLE "user" (
 	CONSTRAINT "user_username_unique" UNIQUE("username")
 );
 --> statement-breakpoint
-CREATE TABLE "verification" (
+CREATE TABLE "shared"."verification" (
 	"id" text PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
 	"identifier" text NOT NULL,
 	"value" text NOT NULL,
@@ -73,6 +75,6 @@ CREATE TABLE "verification" (
 	"updated_at" timestamp
 );
 --> statement-breakpoint
-ALTER TABLE "account" ADD CONSTRAINT "account_user_id_user_id_fk" FOREIGN KEY ("user_id") REFERENCES "public"."user"("id") ON DELETE cascade ON UPDATE no action;--> statement-breakpoint
-ALTER TABLE "apikey" ADD CONSTRAINT "apikey_user_id_user_id_fk" FOREIGN KEY ("user_id") REFERENCES "public"."user"("id") ON DELETE cascade ON UPDATE no action;--> statement-breakpoint
-ALTER TABLE "session" ADD CONSTRAINT "session_user_id_user_id_fk" FOREIGN KEY ("user_id") REFERENCES "public"."user"("id") ON DELETE cascade ON UPDATE no action;
\ No newline at end of file
+ALTER TABLE "shared"."account" ADD CONSTRAINT "account_user_id_user_id_fk" FOREIGN KEY ("user_id") REFERENCES "shared"."user"("id") ON DELETE cascade ON UPDATE no action;--> statement-breakpoint
+ALTER TABLE "shared"."apikey" ADD CONSTRAINT "apikey_user_id_user_id_fk" FOREIGN KEY ("user_id") REFERENCES "shared"."user"("id") ON DELETE cascade ON UPDATE no action;--> statement-breakpoint
+ALTER TABLE "shared"."session" ADD CONSTRAINT "session_user_id_user_id_fk" FOREIGN KEY ("user_id") REFERENCES "shared"."user"("id") ON DELETE cascade ON UPDATE no action;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/drizzle/meta/0000_snapshot.json b/api/drizzle/meta/0000_snapshot.json
index fb99fd2..12ae45d 100644
--- a/api/drizzle/meta/0000_snapshot.json
+++ b/api/drizzle/meta/0000_snapshot.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
-  "id": "284c4b80-7cd3-4277-8c67-f346be8d83c2",
+  "id": "033383bb-5508-4523-b1f5-d7b7f0c00a33",
   "prevId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
   "version": "7",
   "dialect": "postgresql",
   "tables": {
-    "public.account": {
+    "shared.account": {
       "name": "account",
-      "schema": "",
+      "schema": "shared",
       "columns": {
         "id": {
           "name": "id",
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
           "name": "account_user_id_user_id_fk",
           "tableFrom": "account",
           "tableTo": "user",
+          "schemaTo": "shared",
           "columnsFrom": [
             "user_id"
           ],
@@ -109,9 +110,9 @@
       "checkConstraints": {},
       "isRLSEnabled": false
     },
-    "public.apikey": {
+    "shared.apikey": {
       "name": "apikey",
-      "schema": "",
+      "schema": "shared",
       "columns": {
         "id": {
           "name": "id",
@@ -250,6 +251,7 @@
           "name": "apikey_user_id_user_id_fk",
           "tableFrom": "apikey",
           "tableTo": "user",
+          "schemaTo": "shared",
           "columnsFrom": [
             "user_id"
           ],
@@ -266,9 +268,9 @@
       "checkConstraints": {},
       "isRLSEnabled": false
     },
-    "public.session": {
+    "shared.session": {
       "name": "session",
-      "schema": "",
+      "schema": "shared",
       "columns": {
         "id": {
           "name": "id",
@@ -325,6 +327,7 @@
           "name": "session_user_id_user_id_fk",
           "tableFrom": "session",
           "tableTo": "user",
+          "schemaTo": "shared",
           "columnsFrom": [
             "user_id"
           ],
@@ -349,9 +352,9 @@
       "checkConstraints": {},
       "isRLSEnabled": false
     },
-    "public.user": {
+    "shared.user": {
       "name": "user",
-      "schema": "",
+      "schema": "shared",
       "columns": {
         "id": {
           "name": "id",
@@ -431,9 +434,9 @@
       "checkConstraints": {},
       "isRLSEnabled": false
     },
-    "public.verification": {
+    "shared.verification": {
       "name": "verification",
-      "schema": "",
+      "schema": "shared",
       "columns": {
         "id": {
           "name": "id",
@@ -482,7 +485,9 @@
     }
   },
   "enums": {},
-  "schemas": {},
+  "schemas": {
+    "shared": "shared"
+  },
   "sequences": {},
   "roles": {},
   "policies": {},
diff --git a/api/drizzle/meta/_journal.json b/api/drizzle/meta/_journal.json
index 6bb6524..e2af491 100644
--- a/api/drizzle/meta/_journal.json
+++ b/api/drizzle/meta/_journal.json
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
     {
       "idx": 0,
       "version": "7",
-      "when": 1752191664960,
-      "tag": "0000_deep_maelstrom",
+      "when": 1752200400975,
+      "tag": "0000_long_puff_adder",
       "breakpoints": true
     }
   ]
diff --git a/api/src/db/index.ts b/api/src/db/index.ts
index f0c43f0..520510c 100644
--- a/api/src/db/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/db/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { drizzle } from "drizzle-orm/bun-sql";
 import { env } from "@/env";
+import * as authSchema from "./schema/auth";
 
-export const db = drizzle(env.DATABASE_URL);
+export const db = drizzle(env.DATABASE_URL, { schema: { ...authSchema } });
diff --git a/api/src/db/schema/auth.ts b/api/src/db/schema/auth.ts
index 32e9782..8629a8b 100644
--- a/api/src/db/schema/auth.ts
+++ b/api/src/db/schema/auth.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import {
 	boolean,
 	integer,
-	pgTable,
+	pgSchema,
 	text,
 	timestamp,
 } from "drizzle-orm/pg-core";
 
-export const user = pgTable("user", {
+export const shared = pgSchema("shared");
+
+export const user = shared.table("user", {
 	id: text("id").primaryKey(),
 	name: text("name").notNull(),
 	email: text("email").notNull().unique(),
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ export const user = pgTable("user", {
 	displayUsername: text("display_username"),
 });
 
-export const session = pgTable("session", {
+export const session = shared.table("session", {
 	id: text("id").primaryKey(),
 	expiresAt: timestamp("expires_at").notNull(),
 	token: text("token").notNull().unique(),
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ export const session = pgTable("session", {
 		.references(() => user.id, { onDelete: "cascade" }),
 });
 
-export const account = pgTable("account", {
+export const account = shared.table("account", {
 	id: text("id").primaryKey(),
 	accountId: text("account_id").notNull(),
 	providerId: text("provider_id").notNull(),
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ export const account = pgTable("account", {
 	updatedAt: timestamp("updated_at").notNull(),
 });
 
-export const verification = pgTable("verification", {
+export const verification = shared.table("verification", {
 	id: text("id").primaryKey(),
 	identifier: text("identifier").notNull(),
 	value: text("value").notNull(),
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ export const verification = pgTable("verification", {
 	updatedAt: timestamp("updated_at").$defaultFn(() => new Date()),
 });
 
-export const apikey = pgTable("apikey", {
+export const apikey = shared.table("apikey", {
 	id: text("id").primaryKey(),
 	name: text("name"),
 	start: text("start"),
diff --git a/api/src/db/schema/index.ts b/api/src/db/schema/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/api/src/index.ts b/api/src/index.ts
index 399d555..93b7adb 100644
--- a/api/src/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/index.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import { Hono } from "hono";
 import { logger } from "hono/logger";
-import { env } from "./env";
+import { auth } from "./lib/auth";
 
 const app = new Hono();
 
 app.use(logger());
+
+app.on(["POST", "GET"], "/api/auth/**", (c) => auth.handler(c.req.raw));
 app.get("/", (c) => {
 	return c.text("Hello Hono!");
 });
 
-console.log(`using env: ${JSON.stringify(env, null, 2)}`);
-
 export default app;
diff --git a/api/src/lib/authClient.ts b/api/src/lib/authClient.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff3857d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/lib/authClient.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// mainly for testing
+//
+
+import { createAuthClient } from "better-auth/client";
+import { apiKeyClient } from "better-auth/client/plugins";
+import { env } from "@/env";
+
+export const authClient = createAuthClient({
+	baseURL: env.BETTER_AUTH_URL,
+	plugins: [apiKeyClient()],
+});