diff --git a/containers/elasticsearch-provisioner/schema/minds-search-activity_object.json b/containers/elasticsearch-provisioner/schema/minds-search-activity_object.json
index e03a908169..957619aa4c 100644
--- a/containers/elasticsearch-provisioner/schema/minds-search-activity_object.json
+++ b/containers/elasticsearch-provisioner/schema/minds-search-activity_object.json
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@
             "is_remind": {
                 "type": "boolean"
             },
+            "is_supermind": {
+                "type": "boolean"
+            },
+            "is_supermind_reply": {
+                "type": "boolean"
+            },
             "language": {
                 "type": "keyword"
             },
@@ -89,6 +95,9 @@
             "subtype": {
                 "type": "keyword"
             },
+            "supermind_request_guid": {
+                "type": "keyword"
+            },
             "tags": {
                 "type": "keyword"
             },
diff --git a/containers/mysql-provisioner/Dockerfile b/containers/mysql-provisioner/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b8e5d642e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/mysql-provisioner/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+FROM mysql:8.0
+
+WORKDIR /provisioner
+COPY provision-mysql.sh provision.sql /provisioner/
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["sh", "./provision-mysql.sh"]
diff --git a/containers/mysql-provisioner/provision-mysql.sh b/containers/mysql-provisioner/provision-mysql.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e387016c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/mysql-provisioner/provision-mysql.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Exit script wit ERRORLEVEL if any command fails
+set -e
+
+echo "Provisioning MySQL";
+echo "Waiting for MySQL to come online..."
+
+until mysql -h mysql -u root minds -e "SELECT 1"
+do
+    echo "Ping..."
+    sleep 1
+done
+
+echo "MySQL is up and running"
+
+echo "Creating tables"
+mysql -h mysql -u root minds < provision.sql
+
+echo "MySQL is ready!"
diff --git a/containers/mysql-provisioner/provision.sql b/containers/mysql-provisioner/provision.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ab97b6418
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/mysql-provisioner/provision.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `friends` (
+  `user_guid` bigint NOT NULL,
+  `friend_guid` bigint NOT NULL,
+  `timestamp` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`user_guid`,`friend_guid`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `nostr_events` (
+  `id` varchar(64) NOT NULL,
+  `pubkey` varchar(64) NOT NULL,
+  `created_at` timestamp NULL DEFAULT NULL,
+  `kind` int DEFAULT NULL,
+  `tags` text,
+  `e_ref` varchar(64) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `p_ref` varchar(64) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `content` text,
+  `sig` varchar(128) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `deleted` tinyint(1) DEFAULT '0',
+  PRIMARY KEY (`id`,`pubkey`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `nostr_kind_1_to_activity_guid` (
+  `id` varchar(64) NOT NULL,
+  `activity_guid` bigint NOT NULL,
+  `owner_guid` bigint DEFAULT NULL,
+  `is_external` tinyint(1) DEFAULT NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`id`,`activity_guid`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `nostr_mentions` (
+  `id` varchar(64) NOT NULL,
+  `pubkey` varchar(64) NOT NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`id`,`pubkey`),
+  CONSTRAINT `nostr_mentions_ibfk_1` FOREIGN KEY (`id`) REFERENCES `nostr_events` (`id`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `nostr_nip26_tokens` (
+  `delegate_pubkey` varchar(64) NOT NULL,
+  `delegator_pubkey` varchar(64) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `conditions_query_string` text,
+  `sig` varchar(128) DEFAULT NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`delegate_pubkey`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `nostr_pubkey_whitelist` (
+  `pubkey` varchar(64) NOT NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`pubkey`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `nostr_replies` (
+  `id` varchar(64) NOT NULL,
+  `event_id` varchar(64) NOT NULL,
+  `relay_url` text,
+  `marker` text,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`id`,`event_id`),
+  KEY `event_id` (`event_id`),
+  CONSTRAINT `nostr_replies_ibfk_1` FOREIGN KEY (`event_id`) REFERENCES `nostr_events` (`id`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `nostr_users` (
+  `pubkey` varchar(64) NOT NULL,
+  `user_guid` bigint DEFAULT NULL,
+  `is_external` tinyint(1) DEFAULT NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`pubkey`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `pseudo_seen_entities` (
+  `pseudo_id` varchar(128) NOT NULL,
+  `entity_guid` bigint NOT NULL,
+  `last_seen_timestamp` timestamp NULL DEFAULT NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`pseudo_id`,`entity_guid`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `recommendations_clustered_recs` (
+  `entity_guid` bigint DEFAULT NULL,
+  `entity_owner_guid` bigint DEFAULT NULL,
+  `cluster_id` int DEFAULT NULL,
+  `score` float DEFAULT NULL,
+  `total_views` int DEFAULT NULL,
+  `total_engagement` int DEFAULT NULL,
+  `first_engaged` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
+  `last_engaged` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
+  `last_updated` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
+  `time_created` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
+  KEY `idx_cluster_id` (`cluster_id`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `recommendations_clustered_recs_orig` (
+  `cluster_id` int NOT NULL,
+  `entity_guid` bigint NOT NULL,
+  `entity_owner_guid` bigint DEFAULT NULL,
+  `score` float(5,2) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `first_engaged` timestamp NULL DEFAULT NULL,
+  `last_engaged` timestamp NULL DEFAULT NULL,
+  `last_updated` timestamp NULL DEFAULT NULL,
+  `time_created` timestamp NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+  `total_views` bigint DEFAULT NULL,
+  `total_engagement` bigint DEFAULT NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`cluster_id`,`entity_guid`),
+  KEY `score` (`score`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `supermind_refunds` (
+  `supermind_request_guid` bigint NOT NULL,
+  `tx_id` varchar(32) NOT NULL,
+  `timestamp` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`supermind_request_guid`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `superminds` (
+  `guid` bigint NOT NULL,
+  `activity_guid` bigint DEFAULT NULL,
+  `reply_activity_guid` bigint DEFAULT NULL,
+  `sender_guid` bigint DEFAULT NULL,
+  `receiver_guid` bigint DEFAULT NULL,
+  `status` int DEFAULT NULL,
+  `payment_amount` float(7,2) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `payment_method` int DEFAULT NULL,
+  `payment_reference` text,
+  `created_timestamp` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+  `updated_timestamp` timestamp NULL DEFAULT NULL,
+  `twitter_required` tinyint(1) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `reply_type` int DEFAULT NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`guid`),
+  KEY `sender_guid` (`sender_guid`,`status`),
+  KEY `receiver_guid` (`receiver_guid`,`status`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `user_configurations` (
+  `user_guid` bigint NOT NULL,
+  `terms_accepted_at` timestamp NULL DEFAULT NULL,
+  `supermind_cash_min` float(7,2) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `supermind_offchain_tokens_min` float(7,2) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `created_at` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+  `updated_at` timestamp NULL DEFAULT NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`user_guid`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7f1c0b0d94..d7d733d2b4 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ services:
       - rabbitmq
       - redis
       - pulsar
-      - vitess
+      - mysql
     networks:
       - app
     volumes:
@@ -124,10 +124,12 @@ services:
   ## CACHE
 
   redis:
-    image: redis:4.0-alpine
+    image: redis:6.2.7-alpine
     mem_limit: 100MB # keep an eye
     networks:
       - app
+    ports:
+      - "6379:6379"
 
   ## QUEUE
 
@@ -174,22 +176,29 @@ services:
       - pulsardata:/pulsar/data
       - pulsarconf:/pulsar/conf
 
-  ## Vitess
+  ## MySQL
 
-  vitess:
-    image: registry.gitlab.com/minds/infrastructure/vitess/local:latest
-    # Local image wants to launch bash by default, so override with a continuous sleep
-    command: /bin/bash -c "cd /vt/local && ./101_initial_cluster.sh && while true; do echo sleeping... && sleep 30s; done"
+  mysql:
+    image: mysql:8.0
     networks:
       - app
     ports:
-      - 15000:15000
-      - 15001:15001
-      - 15991:15991
-      - 15999:15999
-      - 15306:15306
+      - 3306:3306
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: "true"
+      MYSQL_USER: "user"
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: "changeme"
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: "minds"
     volumes:
-      - vitess:/vt/vtdataroot
+      - mysql:/var/lib/mysql
+
+  mysql-provisioner:
+    build:
+      context: ./containers/mysql-provisioner
+    networks:
+      - app
+    depends_on:
+      - mysql
 
   ## METASCRAPER SERVER
 
@@ -221,7 +230,7 @@ volumes:
   keys:
   pulsardata:
   pulsarconf:
-  vitess:
+  mysql:
 
 networks:
   app:
diff --git a/local/commands/install.js b/local/commands/install.js
index fd363c7eef..ec94a07ead 100644
--- a/local/commands/install.js
+++ b/local/commands/install.js
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ module.exports.handler = async argv => {
     argv.front && require('../tasks/build-front'),
     argv.stack && require('../tasks/cleanup-stack'),
     argv.stack && require('../tasks/provision-elasticsearch'),
+    argv.stack && require('../tasks/provision-mysql'),
     argv.stack && require('../tasks/install-minds'),
     require('../tasks/restart'),
   ].filter(Boolean), {
diff --git a/local/tasks/provision-mysql.js b/local/tasks/provision-mysql.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8b0ebe5b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/tasks/provision-mysql.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const Listr = require('listr');
+const doco = require('../lib/doco');
+
+module.exports = {
+  title: 'Provisioning MySQL',
+  task: () => new Listr([
+    {
+      title: 'Creating tables',
+      task: () => doco('run', 'mysql-provisioner')
+    },
+  ])
+};