diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6704566..2ea5e5f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Logs
+/.idea
 logs
 *.log
 npm-debug.log*
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ typings/
 .yarn-integrity
 
 # dotenv environment variables file
-.env
+backend/.env
 .env.test
 
 # parcel-bundler cache (https://parceljs.org/)
diff --git a/backend/models/quote.model.js b/backend/models/quote.model.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e990ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/models/quote.model.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+const mongoose = require("mongoose")
+
+const quoteSchema = new mongoose.Schema(
+  {
+    id: {
+      type: Number,
+      unique: true,
+    },
+    quote: {
+      type: String,
+      default: "",
+    },
+    by: {
+      type: String,
+      default: "",
+    },
+    character: {
+      type: String,
+      default: "",
+    },
+    image: {
+      type: String,
+      default: "",
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    collection: "quotes",
+  },
+  {
+    timestamps: true,
+  },
+)
+
+quoteSchema.statics.structure = (res) => {
+  const sortSchema = ({ id, quote, by, character, image }) => ({
+    id,
+    quote,
+    by,
+    character,
+    image,
+  })
+
+  return Array.isArray(res) ? res.map(sortSchema) : sortSchema(res)
+}
+
+const Quote = mongoose.model("quotes", quoteSchema)
+
+module.exports = Quote