diff --git a/app/dbmanager.py b/app/dbmanager.py
index 9f8c2ca..e80d6fd 100644
--- a/app/dbmanager.py
+++ b/app/dbmanager.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ class DatabaseManager:
     def __init__(self, database_url: str, **kwargs: dict) -> None:
         if DatabaseManager.__instance is None:
             self.db = Alchemical(database_url, **kwargs)
-            self.db.create_all()
+            # Database managed by Alembic so no create_all() required
+            # self.db.create_all()
             DatabaseManager.__instance = self
         else:
             raise Exception("Attempted to create a second DatabaseManager instance")
diff --git a/app/dbtables.py b/app/dbtables.py
index 14116e0..45e927b 100644
--- a/app/dbtables.py
+++ b/app/dbtables.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Standard library imports
 from typing import Optional
+from dataclasses import asdict
 import datetime as dt
+import json
 
 # PyQt imports
 
@@ -13,13 +15,37 @@ from sqlalchemy import (
     String,
 )
 from sqlalchemy.ext.associationproxy import association_proxy
+from sqlalchemy.ext.hybrid import hybrid_property
+from sqlalchemy.engine.interfaces import Dialect
 from sqlalchemy.orm import (
     Mapped,
     mapped_column,
     relationship,
 )
+from sqlalchemy.types import TypeDecorator, TEXT
 
 # App imports
+from classes import Filter
+
+
+class JSONEncodedDict(TypeDecorator):
+    """
+    Custom JSON Type for MariaDB (since native JSON type is just LONGTEXT)
+    """
+
+    impl = TEXT
+
+    def process_bind_param(self, value: dict | None, dialect: Dialect) -> str | None:
+        """Convert Python dictionary to JSON string before saving."""
+        if value is None:
+            return None
+        return json.dumps(value, default=lambda o: o.__dict__)
+
+    def process_result_value(self, value: str | None, dialect: Dialect) -> dict | None:
+        """Convert JSON string back to Python dictionary after retrieval."""
+        if value is None:
+            return None
+        return json.loads(value)
 
 
 # Database classes
@@ -128,15 +154,24 @@ class QueriesTable(Model):
 
     id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(primary_key=True, autoincrement=True)
     name: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(128), nullable=False)
-    sql: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(
-        String(2048), index=False, default="", nullable=False
-    )
-    favourite: Mapped[bool] = mapped_column(
-        Boolean, nullable=False, index=False, default=False
-    )
+    _filter_data: Mapped[dict | None] = mapped_column("filter_data", JSONEncodedDict, nullable=True)
+    favourite: Mapped[bool] = mapped_column(Boolean, nullable=False, index=False, default=False)
+
+    def _get_filter(self) -> Filter:
+        """Convert stored JSON dictionary to a Filter object."""
+        if isinstance(self._filter_data, dict):
+            return Filter(**self._filter_data)
+        return Filter()  # Default object if None or invalid data
+
+    def _set_filter(self, value: Filter | None) -> None:
+        """Convert a Filter object to JSON before storing."""
+        self._filter_data = asdict(value) if isinstance(value, Filter) else None
+
+    # Single definition of `filter`
+    filter = property(_get_filter, _set_filter)
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        return f"<Queries(id={self.id}, name={self.name}, sql={self.sql}>"
+        return f"<QueriesTable(id={self.id}, name={self.name}, filter={self.filter})>"
 
 
 class SettingsTable(Model):
diff --git a/app/models.py b/app/models.py
index 535bf53..eed3241 100644
--- a/app/models.py
+++ b/app/models.py
@@ -608,6 +608,25 @@ class PlaylistRows(dbtables.PlaylistRowsTable):
         session.connection().execute(stmt, sqla_map)
 
 
+class Queries(dbtables.QueriesTable):
+    def __init__(
+        self, session: Session, name: str, filter: dbtables.Filter, favourite: bool = False
+    ) -> None:
+        """Create new query"""
+
+        self.name = name
+        self.filter = filter
+        self.favourite = favourite
+        session.add(self)
+        session.commit()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_all_queries(cls, session: Session) -> Sequence["Queries"]:
+        """Returns a list of all queries ordered by name"""
+
+        return session.scalars(select(cls).order_by(cls.name)).all()
+
+
 class Settings(dbtables.SettingsTable):
     def __init__(self, session: Session, name: str) -> None:
         self.name = name
diff --git a/migrations/versions/4fc2a9a82ab0_create_queries_table.py b/migrations/versions/4fc2a9a82ab0_create_queries_table.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc71142
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/versions/4fc2a9a82ab0_create_queries_table.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+"""create queries table
+
+Revision ID: 4fc2a9a82ab0
+Revises: ab475332d873
+Create Date: 2025-02-26 13:13:25.118489
+
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+import dbtables
+
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = '4fc2a9a82ab0'
+down_revision = 'ab475332d873'
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade(engine_name: str) -> None:
+    globals()["upgrade_%s" % engine_name]()
+
+
+def downgrade(engine_name: str) -> None:
+    globals()["downgrade_%s" % engine_name]()
+
+
+
+
+
+def upgrade_() -> None:
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.create_table('queries',
+    sa.Column('id', sa.Integer(), autoincrement=True, nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('name', sa.String(length=128), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('filter_data', dbtables.JSONEncodedDict(), nullable=True),
+    sa.Column('favourite', sa.Boolean(), nullable=False),
+    sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id')
+    )
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
+
+
+def downgrade_() -> None:
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.drop_table('queries')
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
+