diff --git a/storage/mediaFile.go b/storage/mediaFile.go
index c3a55c3..a37e1e2 100644
--- a/storage/mediaFile.go
+++ b/storage/mediaFile.go
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@ import (
 	"gorm.io/gorm"
 )
 
-// MediaFile represents a file containing some media
-// This media may be stored locally via a file system or S3 bucket
-// or remote on a different server
-// Additionally, it contains some useful data for more easily working with it
-type MediaFile struct {
+// MediaMetadata contains metadata about some media
+// Metadata includes whether it's a remote file or not, what the name is,
+// the MIME type, and an identifier pointing to its location
+type MediaMetadata struct {
 	ID        string    `gorm:"primarykey"` // The unique ID of this media file
 	CreatedAt time.Time // When this entry was created
 	UpdatedAt time.Time // When this entry was last updated
@@ -19,18 +18,22 @@ type MediaFile struct {
 	// If not null, this entry is marked as deleted
 	DeletedAt gorm.DeletedAt `gorm:"index"`
 	Remote    bool           // whether the attachment is a remote one
-	// Always an url, either an absolute path to a local file or an url to a remote file
-	Link string
-	Type string // What media type this is following mime types, eg image/png
-	// Whether this media has been cached locally
-	// Used for user and server icons as well as emotes, not attachments
-	// If true, Link will be read as file path. url otherwise
-	// Reason: Attachments would take way to much space considering that they are often only loaded a few times at most
-	// And caching a file for those few times would be a waste of storage
-	// Caching user and server icons locally however should reduce burden on remote servers by quite a bit though
-	// TODO: Decide later during usage if attachment caching would be a good idea
-	LocallyCached bool
+	// Where the media is stored. Url if remote file,
+	Location string
+	Type     string // What media type this is following mime types, eg image/png
 	// Descriptive name for a media file
 	// Emote name for example or servername.filetype for a server's icon
 	Name string
 }
+
+// TODO: Figure out how to actually manage media. Because this current idea sucks
+// One idea would be to make another storage provider, but purely focused on handling the files
+// and then using this section to store metadata about the files it knows
+func (s *Storage) NewMediaMetadata(url, mediaType, name string) (*MediaMetadata, error) {
+	newMedia := MediaMetadata{
+		Location: url,
+		Name:     name,
+	}
+	s.db.Create(&newMedia)
+	return nil, nil
+}
diff --git a/storage/storage.go b/storage/storage.go
index 3696a24..92ce234 100644
--- a/storage/storage.go
+++ b/storage/storage.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func storageFromEmptyDb(db *gorm.DB, cache *cache.Cache) (*Storage, error) {
 	// AutoMigrate ensures the db is in a state where all the structs given here
 	// have their own tables and relations setup. It also updates tables if necessary
 	err := db.AutoMigrate(
-		MediaFile{},
+		MediaMetadata{},
 		Account{},
 		RemoteServer{},
 		Note{},