diff --git a/src/main/java/me/youhavetrouble/noted/Storage.java b/src/main/java/me/youhavetrouble/noted/Storage.java
index 176c6b3..d5f4165 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/youhavetrouble/noted/Storage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/youhavetrouble/noted/Storage.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 public class Storage {
 
+    public static final int DATABASE_VERSION = 1;
+
     public final List<String> aliases = new ArrayList<>();
 
     private final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("Storage");
@@ -46,6 +48,14 @@ public class Storage {
             logger.warning("Failed to set journal mode to WAL");
         }
 
+        try (Connection connection = dataSource.getConnection()) {
+            PreparedStatement preparedStatement = connection.prepareStatement("PRAGMA user_version = ?");
+            preparedStatement.setInt(1, DATABASE_VERSION);
+            preparedStatement.execute();
+        } catch (SQLException e) {
+            logger.warning("Failed to set database version");
+        }
+
         createTables();
         aliases.addAll(getAliases());
     }