diff --git a/app/database/events.py b/app/database/events.py
index e473adb..d97c281 100644
--- a/app/database/events.py
+++ b/app/database/events.py
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
 from enum import Enum
 import json
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from app.database.lazer_user import User
+from sqlmodel import (
+    BigInteger,
+    Column,
+    DateTime,
+    Field,
+    ForeignKey,
+    Relationship,
+    SQLModel,
+)
 
-from sqlmodel import Field, Relationship, SQLModel
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from app.database.lazer_user import User
 
 
 class EventType(str, Enum):
@@ -28,15 +38,20 @@ class EventType(str, Enum):
 
 class EventBase(SQLModel):
     id: int = Field(default=None, primary_key=True)
-    createdAt: datetime
+    created_at: datetime = Field(
+        sa_column=Column(DateTime(timezone=True), default=datetime.now(UTC))
+    )
     type: EventType
     event_payload: str
 
 
 class Event(EventBase, table=True):
     __tablename__ = "user_events"  # pyright: ignore[reportAssignmentType]
-    user_id: int | None = Field(default=None, foreign_key="lazer_users.id")
-    user: User = Relationship(back_populates="events")
+    user_id: int | None = Field(
+        default=None,
+        sa_column=Column(BigInteger, ForeignKey("lazer_users.id"), index=True),
+    )
+    user: "User" = Relationship(back_populates="events")
 
 
 class EventResp(EventBase):
diff --git a/app/database/lazer_user.py b/app/database/lazer_user.py
index 9a9a811..0a28027 100644
--- a/app/database/lazer_user.py
+++ b/app/database/lazer_user.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, NotRequired, TypedDict
 
-from app.database.events import Event
 from app.models.model import UTCBaseModel
 from app.models.score import GameMode
 from app.models.user import Country, Page
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@ from .achievement import UserAchievement, UserAchievementResp
 from .beatmap_playcounts import BeatmapPlaycounts
 from .counts import CountResp, MonthlyPlaycounts, ReplayWatchedCount
 from .daily_challenge import DailyChallengeStats, DailyChallengeStatsResp
+from .events import Event
 from .rank_history import RankHistory, RankHistoryResp, RankTop
 from .statistics import UserStatistics, UserStatisticsResp
 from .team import Team, TeamMember
diff --git a/migrations/versions/198227d190b8_user_add_events.py b/migrations/versions/198227d190b8_user_add_events.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..790e1cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/versions/198227d190b8_user_add_events.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+"""user: add events
+
+Revision ID: 198227d190b8
+Revises: b6a304d96a2d
+Create Date: 2025-08-12 15:12:49.860825
+
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from collections.abc import Sequence
+
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+import sqlmodel
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision: str = "198227d190b8"
+down_revision: str | Sequence[str] | None = "b6a304d96a2d"
+branch_labels: str | Sequence[str] | None = None
+depends_on: str | Sequence[str] | None = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    """Upgrade schema."""
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.create_table(
+        "user_events",
+        sa.Column("id", sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("created_at", sa.DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column(
+            "type",
+            sa.Enum(
+                "ACHIEVEMENT",
+                "BEATMAP_PLAYCOUNT",
+                "BEATMAPSET_APPROVE",
+                "BEATMAPSET_DELETE",
+                "BEATMAPSET_REVIVE",
+                "BEATMAPSET_UPDATE",
+                "BEATMAPSET_UPLOAD",
+                "RANK",
+                "RANK_LOST",
+                "USERNAME_CHANGE",
+                name="eventtype",
+            ),
+            nullable=False,
+        ),
+        sa.Column("event_payload", sqlmodel.sql.sqltypes.AutoString(), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("user_id", sa.BigInteger(), nullable=True),
+        sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(
+            ["user_id"],
+            ["lazer_users.id"],
+        ),
+        sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint("id"),
+    )
+    op.create_index(
+        op.f("ix_user_events_user_id"), "user_events", ["user_id"], unique=False
+    )
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    """Downgrade schema."""
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.drop_table("user_events")
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###