diff --git a/app/database/muhscheme b/app/database/muhscheme
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-ORDERS
-=======
-OrderID | User | LocatieID | Starttijdstip | Eindtijstip | Comment
-
-Item
-=====
-ItemID | OrderID | User | FoodID
-
-Locaties
-======
-LocatieID | Naam | Adres | Coordinaten(2.0) | Website
-
-LocatieMetaData
-===============
-LocatieID | Key | Value
-
-Food
-=====
-FoodID | LocatieID | Naam | Prijs 
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diff --git a/app/database/muhscheme.txt b/app/database/muhscheme.txt
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+This is just a description of the database schema. It's not generated automatically, nor is it used
+to automatically generate anything.
+
+
+user
+  username
+  is_admin
+  bias
+
+order
+  id
+  location_id       HLDS identifier
+  location_name     this allows historical orders to keep the same location name
+  create_at
+  close_at
+  creator_id
+  courier_id
+
+order_item
+  id
+  order_id
+  item_id           HLDS identifier
+  user_id
+  user_name         for users who are not logged in
+  price             this allows historical orders to keep their correct price
+  product_name
+  commit_hash       Git commit hash to identify HLDS data version
+
+order_item_choice
+  id
+  choice_id         HLDS identifier
+  kind              single_choice/multi_choice
+  order_item
+  name
+  description
+  value             just a textual description of the chosen values