diff --git a/DTOs/CategoryShortDTO.cs b/DTOs/CategoryShortDTO.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f41be3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DTOs/CategoryShortDTO.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+namespace QuotifyBE.DTOs;
+public record class CategoryShortDTO
+{
+    public int Id { get; set; }
+    public string Name { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+    public string? Description { get; set; }
+    public DateTime? CreatedAt { get; set; } = DateTime.UtcNow;
+
+};
diff --git a/Entities/Category.cs b/Entities/Category.cs
index b168608..b4c3b7d 100644
--- a/Entities/Category.cs
+++ b/Entities/Category.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-namespace QuotifyBE.Entities
+namespace QuotifyBE.Entities
 {
     public class Category
     {
         public int Id { get; set; }
-        public string? Name { get; set; }
+        required public string Name { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+        public string? Description { get; set; }
+        public DateTime? CreatedAt { get; set; } = DateTime.UtcNow;
     }
 }
diff --git a/Migrations/20250718084441_more_category_data.Designer.cs b/Migrations/20250718084441_more_category_data.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12b3cc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Migrations/20250718084441_more_category_data.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using System;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
+using QuotifyBE.Data;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace QuotifyBE.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(ApplicationDbContext))]
+    [Migration("20250718084441_more_category_data")]
+    partial class more_category_data
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "9.0.7")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 63);
+
+            NpgsqlModelBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumns(modelBuilder);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("QuotifyBE.Entities.Category", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime?>("CreatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Description")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Categories");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("QuotifyBE.Entities.Image", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Url")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Images");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("QuotifyBE.Entities.Quote", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Author")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<int?>("ImageId")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("LastUpdatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Text")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("UserId")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("ImageId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("UserId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Quotes");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("QuotifyBE.Entities.QuoteCategory", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("QuoteId")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("CategoryId")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.HasKey("QuoteId", "CategoryId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("CategoryId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("QuoteCategories");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("QuotifyBE.Entities.User", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Email")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("PasswordHash")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("Role")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Users");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("QuotifyBE.Entities.Quote", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("QuotifyBE.Entities.Image", "Image")
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("ImageId");
+
+                    b.HasOne("QuotifyBE.Entities.User", "User")
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("UserId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+
+                    b.Navigation("Image");
+
+                    b.Navigation("User");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("QuotifyBE.Entities.QuoteCategory", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("QuotifyBE.Entities.Category", "Category")
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("CategoryId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+
+                    b.HasOne("QuotifyBE.Entities.Quote", "Quote")
+                        .WithMany("QuoteCategories")
+                        .HasForeignKey("QuoteId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+
+                    b.Navigation("Category");
+
+                    b.Navigation("Quote");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("QuotifyBE.Entities.Quote", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Navigation("QuoteCategories");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Migrations/20250718084441_more_category_data.cs b/Migrations/20250718084441_more_category_data.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f8fcae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Migrations/20250718084441_more_category_data.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+using System;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace QuotifyBE.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class more_category_data : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.AlterColumn<string>(
+                name: "Name",
+                table: "Categories",
+                type: "text",
+                nullable: false,
+                defaultValue: "",
+                oldClrType: typeof(string),
+                oldType: "text",
+                oldNullable: true);
+
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<DateTime>(
+                name: "CreatedAt",
+                table: "Categories",
+                type: "timestamp with time zone",
+                nullable: true);
+
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<string>(
+                name: "Description",
+                table: "Categories",
+                type: "text",
+                nullable: true);
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "CreatedAt",
+                table: "Categories");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "Description",
+                table: "Categories");
+
+            migrationBuilder.AlterColumn<string>(
+                name: "Name",
+                table: "Categories",
+                type: "text",
+                nullable: true,
+                oldClrType: typeof(string),
+                oldType: "text");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Migrations/ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs b/Migrations/ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
index 34f29bc..6b415fa 100644
--- a/Migrations/ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
+++ b/Migrations/ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,14 @@ namespace QuotifyBE.Migrations
 
                     NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
 
+                    b.Property<DateTime?>("CreatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Description")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
                     b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
                         .HasColumnType("text");
 
                     b.HasKey("Id");