diff --git a/.sqlx/query-11ff04344412d1a2e5fdb1ab654fe4e90c2ba897bb4889426031ffacc2ae06e4.json b/.sqlx/query-11ff04344412d1a2e5fdb1ab654fe4e90c2ba897bb4889426031ffacc2ae06e4.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07173f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.sqlx/query-11ff04344412d1a2e5fdb1ab654fe4e90c2ba897bb4889426031ffacc2ae06e4.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "PostgreSQL",
+  "query": "INSERT INTO survey_mcaptcha_upload_job_states \n              (name) VALUES ($1) ON CONFLICT (name) DO NOTHING;",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Left": [
+        "Varchar"
+      ]
+    },
+    "nullable": []
+  },
+  "hash": "11ff04344412d1a2e5fdb1ab654fe4e90c2ba897bb4889426031ffacc2ae06e4"
+}
diff --git a/.sqlx/query-2d18e0fad79c6df26465f82eca20cdfca35a710f34a54ac115d23435762a3038.json b/.sqlx/query-2d18e0fad79c6df26465f82eca20cdfca35a710f34a54ac115d23435762a3038.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9bad777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.sqlx/query-2d18e0fad79c6df26465f82eca20cdfca35a710f34a54ac115d23435762a3038.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "PostgreSQL",
+  "query": "SELECT EXISTS (SELECT 1 from survey_mcaptcha_upload_job_states WHERE name = $1)",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [
+      {
+        "ordinal": 0,
+        "name": "exists",
+        "type_info": "Bool"
+      }
+    ],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Left": [
+        "Text"
+      ]
+    },
+    "nullable": [
+      null
+    ]
+  },
+  "hash": "2d18e0fad79c6df26465f82eca20cdfca35a710f34a54ac115d23435762a3038"
+}
diff --git a/.sqlx/query-4237df28c12e17ca68a1e1b33ae80ce5a4a8dff6d0795f277fb18b7b40dc69ef.json b/.sqlx/query-4237df28c12e17ca68a1e1b33ae80ce5a4a8dff6d0795f277fb18b7b40dc69ef.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf0ca95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.sqlx/query-4237df28c12e17ca68a1e1b33ae80ce5a4a8dff6d0795f277fb18b7b40dc69ef.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "PostgreSQL",
+  "query": "SELECT\n             campaign_id\n          FROM\n             survey_mcaptcha_campaign\n         WHERE ID = (\n             SELECT\n                 campaign_id\n             FROM\n                 survey_mcaptcha_upload_jobs\n             WHERE\n                 job_state = (SELECT ID FROM survey_mcaptcha_upload_job_states WHERE name = $1)\n             AND\n                 finished_at is NULL\n             AND\n                 scheduled_at is NULL\n         ORDER BY created_at ASC\n        );",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [
+      {
+        "ordinal": 0,
+        "name": "campaign_id",
+        "type_info": "Varchar"
+      }
+    ],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Left": [
+        "Text"
+      ]
+    },
+    "nullable": [
+      false
+    ]
+  },
+  "hash": "4237df28c12e17ca68a1e1b33ae80ce5a4a8dff6d0795f277fb18b7b40dc69ef"
+}
diff --git a/migrations/20230701082846_survey_mcaptcha_upload.sql b/migrations/20230701082846_survey_mcaptcha_upload.sql
index 9d9287d..65eb41f 100644
--- a/migrations/20230701082846_survey_mcaptcha_upload.sql
+++ b/migrations/20230701082846_survey_mcaptcha_upload.sql
@@ -20,3 +20,19 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS survey_mcaptcha_analytics (
 	worker_type VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
 	ID SERIAL PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL
 );
+
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS survey_mcaptcha_upload_job_states (
+    name VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+    ID SERIAL PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS survey_mcaptcha_upload_jobs (
+	campaign_id INTEGER references survey_mcaptcha_campaign(ID)  ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    public_id varchar(100) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+    created_at timestamptz NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+    scheduled_at timestamptz DEFAULT NULL,
+    finished_at timestamptz DEFAULT NULL,
+    job_state  INTEGER references survey_mcaptcha_upload_job_states(ID) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+	ID SERIAL PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL
+);
diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab90125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use sqlx::PgPool;
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub struct JobState {
+    pub name: String,
+}
+
+impl JobState {
+    pub fn new(name: String) -> Self {
+        Self { name }
+    }
+}
+
+lazy_static! {
+    pub static ref JOB_STATE_CREATE: JobState = JobState::new("job.state.create".into());
+    pub static ref JOB_STATE_FINISH: JobState = JobState::new("job.state.finish".into());
+    pub static ref JOB_STATE_RUNNING: JobState =
+        JobState::new("job.state.running".into());
+    pub static ref JOB_STATES: [&'static JobState; 3] =
+        [&*JOB_STATE_CREATE, &*JOB_STATE_FINISH, &*JOB_STATE_RUNNING];
+}
+
+async fn job_state_exists(
+    db: &PgPool,
+    job_state: &JobState,
+) -> sqlx::error::Result<bool> {
+    let res = sqlx::query!(
+         "SELECT EXISTS (SELECT 1 from survey_mcaptcha_upload_job_states WHERE name = $1)",
+         job_state.name,
+     )
+     .fetch_one(db)
+     .await?;
+
+    let mut resp = false;
+    if let Some(x) = res.exists {
+        resp = x;
+    }
+
+    Ok(resp)
+}
+
+async fn create_job_states(db: &PgPool) -> sqlx::error::Result<()> {
+    for j in &*JOB_STATES {
+        if !job_state_exists(db, j).await? {
+            sqlx::query!(
+                "INSERT INTO survey_mcaptcha_upload_job_states 
+              (name) VALUES ($1) ON CONFLICT (name) DO NOTHING;",
+                j.name
+            )
+            .execute(db)
+            .await?;
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub async fn migrate_db(db: &PgPool) -> sqlx::error::Result<()> {
+    sqlx::migrate!("./migrations/").run(db).await?;
+    create_job_states(db).await?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[actix_rt::test]
+    async fn test_mcaptcha_job_states_exist() {
+        // can't use crate::tests::get_test_data because this module is used by
+        // ./src/tests-migrate.rs too, which doesn't load tests module
+        let settings = crate::settings::Settings::new().unwrap();
+        let db = sqlx::postgres::PgPoolOptions::new()
+            .max_connections(2)
+            .connect(&settings.database.url)
+            .await
+            .expect("Unable to form database pool");
+
+        migrate_db(&db).await.unwrap();
+
+        for e in (*JOB_STATES).iter() {
+            println!("checking job state {}", e.name);
+            assert!(job_state_exists(&db, e).await.unwrap());
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3a6ee72..8666d5c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ use log::info;
 mod api;
 mod archive;
 mod data;
+mod db;
 mod errors;
 mod mcaptcha;
 mod pages;
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
         Box::new(mcaptcha::MCaptchaClientReqwest::default());
 
     let data = Data::new(settings.clone(), mcaptcha).await;
-    sqlx::migrate!("./migrations/").run(&data.db).await.unwrap();
+    db::migrate_db(&data.db).await.unwrap();
     let data = actix_web::web::Data::new(data);
 
     let arch = archive::Archiver::new(&data.settings);
diff --git a/src/tests-migrate.rs b/src/tests-migrate.rs
index b21b85c..338f6e9 100644
--- a/src/tests-migrate.rs
+++ b/src/tests-migrate.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use std::env;
 
 use sqlx::postgres::PgPoolOptions;
 
+mod db;
 mod settings;
 
 pub use settings::Settings;
@@ -40,7 +41,9 @@ async fn main() {
         }
     }
 
-    sqlx::migrate!("./migrations/").run(&db).await.unwrap();
+    db::migrate_db(&db).await.unwrap();
+
+    //    sqlx::migrate!("./migrations/").run(&db).await.unwrap();
 }
 
 fn build() {