diff --git a/app/models/boost.rb b/app/models/boost.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b368ec116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/boost.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+class Boost < ApplicationRecord
+  belongs_to :splat
+  belongs_to :creator, class_name: "User", default: -> { Current.user }
+end
diff --git a/app/models/splat.rb b/app/models/splat.rb
index 9a068bae0..342f392d3 100644
--- a/app/models/splat.rb
+++ b/app/models/splat.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 class Splat < ApplicationRecord
+  has_many :boosts, dependent: :destroy
   has_many :categorizations
   has_many :categories, through: :categorizations, dependent: :destroy
   has_many :comments, dependent: :destroy
diff --git a/db/migrate/20240819192804_create_boosts.rb b/db/migrate/20240819192804_create_boosts.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea5139c92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20240819192804_create_boosts.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class CreateBoosts < ActiveRecord::Migration[8.0]
+  def change
+    create_table :boosts do |t|
+      t.string :content
+      t.integer :creator_id, null: false
+      t.references :splat, null: false
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 8f10843ac..b449e654c 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2024_08_14_214252) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2024_08_19_192804) do
   create_table "accounts", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "name", null: false
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2024_08_14_214252) do
     t.index ["name"], name: "index_accounts_on_name", unique: true
   end
 
+  create_table "boosts", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.string "content"
+    t.integer "creator_id", null: false
+    t.integer "splat_id", null: false
+    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+    t.index ["splat_id"], name: "index_boosts_on_splat_id"
+  end
+
   create_table "categories", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "title"
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
diff --git a/test/fixtures/boosts.yml b/test/fixtures/boosts.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e2ec75c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/boosts.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Read about fixtures at https://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/FixtureSet.html
+
+one:
+  content: ""
+  creator: :jz
+  splat: one
+
+two:
+  content: ""
+  creator: :kevin
+  splat: two
+
+three:
+  content: ""
+  creator: :kevin
+  splat: one
+
+four:
+  content: ""
+  creator: :jz
+  splat: one
diff --git a/test/models/boost_test.rb b/test/models/boost_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c31db440
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/models/boost_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+require "test_helper"
+
+class BoostTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+  # test "the truth" do
+  #   assert true
+  # end
+end