diff --git a/Content.Server.Database/Configuration.cs b/Content.Server.Database/Configuration.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1541b42ed8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Content.Server.Database/Configuration.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Npgsql;
+
+namespace Content.Server.Database
+{
+    public interface IDatabaseConfiguration
+    {
+        DbContextOptions<PreferencesDbContext> Options { get; }
+    }
+
+    public class PostgresConfiguration : IDatabaseConfiguration
+    {
+        private readonly string _database;
+        private readonly string _host;
+        private readonly string _password;
+        private readonly int _port;
+        private readonly string _username;
+
+        public PostgresConfiguration(string host,
+            int port,
+            string database,
+            string username,
+            string password)
+        {
+            _host = host;
+            _port = port;
+            _database = database;
+            _username = username;
+            _password = password;
+        }
+
+        public DbContextOptions<PreferencesDbContext> Options
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                var optionsBuilder = new DbContextOptionsBuilder<PreferencesDbContext>();
+                var connectionString = new NpgsqlConnectionStringBuilder
+                {
+                    Host = _host,
+                    Port = _port,
+                    Database = _database,
+                    Username = _username,
+                    Password = _password
+                }.ConnectionString;
+                optionsBuilder.UseNpgsql(connectionString);
+                return optionsBuilder.Options;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class SqliteConfiguration : IDatabaseConfiguration
+    {
+        private readonly string _databaseFilePath;
+
+        public SqliteConfiguration(string databaseFilePath)
+        {
+            _databaseFilePath = databaseFilePath;
+        }
+
+        public DbContextOptions<PreferencesDbContext> Options
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                var optionsBuilder = new DbContextOptionsBuilder<PreferencesDbContext>();
+                optionsBuilder.UseSqlite($"Data Source={_databaseFilePath}");
+                return optionsBuilder.Options;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Content.Server.Database/Content.Server.Database.csproj b/Content.Server.Database/Content.Server.Database.csproj
index 8123f496ed..9d699ad591 100644
--- a/Content.Server.Database/Content.Server.Database.csproj
+++ b/Content.Server.Database/Content.Server.Database.csproj
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="3.1.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL" Version="3.1.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/Content.Server.Database/Migrations/Postgres/20200124133512_InitialPg.Designer.cs b/Content.Server.Database/Migrations/Postgres/20200124133512_InitialPg.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ada793d022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Content.Server.Database/Migrations/Postgres/20200124133512_InitialPg.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using Content.Server.Database;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
+
+namespace Content.Server.Database.Migrations.Postgres
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(PostgresPreferencesDbContext))]
+    [Migration("20200124133512_InitialPg")]
+    partial class InitialPg
+    {
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("Npgsql:ValueGenerationStrategy", NpgsqlValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityByDefaultColumn)
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "3.1.0")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 63);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Content.Server.Database.HumanoidProfile", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("HumanoidProfileId")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasAnnotation("Npgsql:ValueGenerationStrategy", NpgsqlValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityByDefaultColumn);
+
+                    b.Property<int>("Age")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("CharacterName")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("EyeColor")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("FacialHairColor")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("FacialHairName")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("HairColor")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("HairName")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("PreferenceUnavailable")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("PrefsId")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Sex")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("SkinColor")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("Slot")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("SlotName")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("HumanoidProfileId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("PrefsId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("HumanoidProfile");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Content.Server.Database.Job", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("JobId")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasAnnotation("Npgsql:ValueGenerationStrategy", NpgsqlValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityByDefaultColumn);
+
+                    b.Property<string>("JobName")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("Priority")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("ProfileHumanoidProfileId")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.HasKey("JobId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("ProfileHumanoidProfileId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Job");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Content.Server.Database.Prefs", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("PrefsId")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasAnnotation("Npgsql:ValueGenerationStrategy", NpgsqlValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityByDefaultColumn);
+
+                    b.Property<int>("SelectedCharacterSlot")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Username")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("PrefsId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("Username")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.ToTable("Preferences");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Content.Server.Database.HumanoidProfile", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("Content.Server.Database.Prefs", "Prefs")
+                        .WithMany("HumanoidProfiles")
+                        .HasForeignKey("PrefsId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Content.Server.Database.Job", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("Content.Server.Database.HumanoidProfile", "Profile")
+                        .WithMany("Jobs")
+                        .HasForeignKey("ProfileHumanoidProfileId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Content.Server.Database/Migrations/Postgres/20200124133512_InitialPg.cs b/Content.Server.Database/Migrations/Postgres/20200124133512_InitialPg.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48dbf09481
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Content.Server.Database/Migrations/Postgres/20200124133512_InitialPg.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
+
+namespace Content.Server.Database.Migrations.Postgres
+{
+    public partial class InitialPg : Migration
+    {
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
+                name: "Preferences",
+                columns: table => new
+                {
+                    PrefsId = table.Column<int>(nullable: false)
+                        .Annotation("Npgsql:ValueGenerationStrategy", NpgsqlValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityByDefaultColumn),
+                    Username = table.Column<string>(nullable: false),
+                    SelectedCharacterSlot = table.Column<int>(nullable: false)
+                },
+                constraints: table =>
+                {
+                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_Preferences", x => x.PrefsId);
+                });
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
+                name: "HumanoidProfile",
+                columns: table => new
+                {
+                    HumanoidProfileId = table.Column<int>(nullable: false)
+                        .Annotation("Npgsql:ValueGenerationStrategy", NpgsqlValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityByDefaultColumn),
+                    Slot = table.Column<int>(nullable: false),
+                    SlotName = table.Column<string>(nullable: false),
+                    CharacterName = table.Column<string>(nullable: false),
+                    Age = table.Column<int>(nullable: false),
+                    Sex = table.Column<string>(nullable: false),
+                    HairName = table.Column<string>(nullable: false),
+                    HairColor = table.Column<string>(nullable: false),
+                    FacialHairName = table.Column<string>(nullable: false),
+                    FacialHairColor = table.Column<string>(nullable: false),
+                    EyeColor = table.Column<string>(nullable: false),
+                    SkinColor = table.Column<string>(nullable: false),
+                    PreferenceUnavailable = table.Column<int>(nullable: false),
+                    PrefsId = table.Column<int>(nullable: false)
+                },
+                constraints: table =>
+                {
+                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_HumanoidProfile", x => x.HumanoidProfileId);
+                    table.ForeignKey(
+                        name: "FK_HumanoidProfile_Preferences_PrefsId",
+                        column: x => x.PrefsId,
+                        principalTable: "Preferences",
+                        principalColumn: "PrefsId",
+                        onDelete: ReferentialAction.Cascade);
+                });
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
+                name: "Job",
+                columns: table => new
+                {
+                    JobId = table.Column<int>(nullable: false)
+                        .Annotation("Npgsql:ValueGenerationStrategy", NpgsqlValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityByDefaultColumn),
+                    ProfileHumanoidProfileId = table.Column<int>(nullable: false),
+                    JobName = table.Column<string>(nullable: false),
+                    Priority = table.Column<int>(nullable: false)
+                },
+                constraints: table =>
+                {
+                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_Job", x => x.JobId);
+                    table.ForeignKey(
+                        name: "FK_Job_HumanoidProfile_ProfileHumanoidProfileId",
+                        column: x => x.ProfileHumanoidProfileId,
+                        principalTable: "HumanoidProfile",
+                        principalColumn: "HumanoidProfileId",
+                        onDelete: ReferentialAction.Cascade);
+                });
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateIndex(
+                name: "IX_HumanoidProfile_PrefsId",
+                table: "HumanoidProfile",
+                column: "PrefsId");
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateIndex(
+                name: "IX_Job_ProfileHumanoidProfileId",
+                table: "Job",
+                column: "ProfileHumanoidProfileId");
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateIndex(
+                name: "IX_Preferences_Username",
+                table: "Preferences",
+                column: "Username",
+                unique: true);
+        }
+
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
+                name: "Job");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
+                name: "HumanoidProfile");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
+                name: "Preferences");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Content.Server.Database/Migrations/Postgres/PostgresPreferencesDbContextModelSnapshot.cs b/Content.Server.Database/Migrations/Postgres/PostgresPreferencesDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5baa572a5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Content.Server.Database/Migrations/Postgres/PostgresPreferencesDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
+
+namespace Content.Server.Database.Migrations.Postgres
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(PostgresPreferencesDbContext))]
+    partial class PostgresPreferencesDbContextModelSnapshot : ModelSnapshot
+    {
+        protected override void BuildModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("Npgsql:ValueGenerationStrategy", NpgsqlValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityByDefaultColumn)
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "3.1.0")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 63);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Content.Server.Database.HumanoidProfile", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("HumanoidProfileId")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasAnnotation("Npgsql:ValueGenerationStrategy", NpgsqlValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityByDefaultColumn);
+
+                    b.Property<int>("Age")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("CharacterName")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("EyeColor")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("FacialHairColor")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("FacialHairName")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("HairColor")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("HairName")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("PreferenceUnavailable")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("PrefsId")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Sex")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("SkinColor")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("Slot")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("SlotName")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("HumanoidProfileId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("PrefsId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("HumanoidProfile");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Content.Server.Database.Job", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("JobId")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasAnnotation("Npgsql:ValueGenerationStrategy", NpgsqlValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityByDefaultColumn);
+
+                    b.Property<string>("JobName")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("Priority")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("ProfileHumanoidProfileId")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.HasKey("JobId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("ProfileHumanoidProfileId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Job");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Content.Server.Database.Prefs", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("PrefsId")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasAnnotation("Npgsql:ValueGenerationStrategy", NpgsqlValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityByDefaultColumn);
+
+                    b.Property<int>("SelectedCharacterSlot")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Username")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("PrefsId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("Username")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.ToTable("Preferences");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Content.Server.Database.HumanoidProfile", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("Content.Server.Database.Prefs", "Prefs")
+                        .WithMany("HumanoidProfiles")
+                        .HasForeignKey("PrefsId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Content.Server.Database.Job", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("Content.Server.Database.HumanoidProfile", "Profile")
+                        .WithMany("Jobs")
+                        .HasForeignKey("ProfileHumanoidProfileId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Content.Server.Database/Migrations/20200118020532_initial.Designer.cs b/Content.Server.Database/Migrations/Sqlite/20200118020532_initial.Designer.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from Content.Server.Database/Migrations/20200118020532_initial.Designer.cs
rename to Content.Server.Database/Migrations/Sqlite/20200118020532_initial.Designer.cs
diff --git a/Content.Server.Database/Migrations/20200118020532_initial.cs b/Content.Server.Database/Migrations/Sqlite/20200118020532_initial.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from Content.Server.Database/Migrations/20200118020532_initial.cs
rename to Content.Server.Database/Migrations/Sqlite/20200118020532_initial.cs
diff --git a/Content.Server.Database/Migrations/20200118195640_jobs.Designer.cs b/Content.Server.Database/Migrations/Sqlite/20200118195640_jobs.Designer.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from Content.Server.Database/Migrations/20200118195640_jobs.Designer.cs
rename to Content.Server.Database/Migrations/Sqlite/20200118195640_jobs.Designer.cs
diff --git a/Content.Server.Database/Migrations/20200118195640_jobs.cs b/Content.Server.Database/Migrations/Sqlite/20200118195640_jobs.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from Content.Server.Database/Migrations/20200118195640_jobs.cs
rename to Content.Server.Database/Migrations/Sqlite/20200118195640_jobs.cs
diff --git a/Content.Server.Database/Migrations/20200119103426_preferenceUnavailable.Designer.cs b/Content.Server.Database/Migrations/Sqlite/20200119103426_preferenceUnavailable.Designer.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from Content.Server.Database/Migrations/20200119103426_preferenceUnavailable.Designer.cs
rename to Content.Server.Database/Migrations/Sqlite/20200119103426_preferenceUnavailable.Designer.cs
diff --git a/Content.Server.Database/Migrations/20200119103426_preferenceUnavailable.cs b/Content.Server.Database/Migrations/Sqlite/20200119103426_preferenceUnavailable.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from Content.Server.Database/Migrations/20200119103426_preferenceUnavailable.cs
rename to Content.Server.Database/Migrations/Sqlite/20200119103426_preferenceUnavailable.cs
diff --git a/Content.Server.Database/Migrations/PreferencesDbContextModelSnapshot.cs b/Content.Server.Database/Migrations/Sqlite/SqlitePreferencesDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
similarity index 98%
rename from Content.Server.Database/Migrations/PreferencesDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
rename to Content.Server.Database/Migrations/Sqlite/SqlitePreferencesDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
index 271ec78c0b..2375a45c8a 100644
--- a/Content.Server.Database/Migrations/PreferencesDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
+++ b/Content.Server.Database/Migrations/Sqlite/SqlitePreferencesDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 // <auto-generated />
-using Content.Server.Database;
+
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
 
 namespace Content.Server.Database.Migrations
 {
diff --git a/Content.Server.Database/Model.cs b/Content.Server.Database/Model.cs
index 2ea94a49b9..d971002adc 100644
--- a/Content.Server.Database/Model.cs
+++ b/Content.Server.Database/Model.cs
@@ -3,16 +3,53 @@ using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 
 namespace Content.Server.Database
 {
-    public class PreferencesDbContext : DbContext
+    public class PostgresPreferencesDbContext : PreferencesDbContext
     {
         // This is used by the "dotnet ef" CLI tool.
-        public PreferencesDbContext() :
-            base(new DbContextOptionsBuilder().UseSqlite("Data Source=:memory:").Options)
+        public PostgresPreferencesDbContext()
         {
         }
+        protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder options)
+        {
+            if(!InitializedWithOptions)
+                options.UseNpgsql("dummy connection string");
+        }
 
+        public PostgresPreferencesDbContext(DbContextOptions<PreferencesDbContext> options) : base(options)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class SqlitePreferencesDbContext : PreferencesDbContext
+    {
+        public SqlitePreferencesDbContext()
+        {
+        }
+        protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder options)
+        {
+            if (!InitializedWithOptions)
+                options.UseSqlite("dummy connection string");
+        }
+
+        public SqlitePreferencesDbContext(DbContextOptions<PreferencesDbContext> options) : base(options)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+
+    public abstract class PreferencesDbContext : DbContext
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The "dotnet ef" CLI tool uses the parameter-less constructor.
+        /// When that happens we want to supply the <see cref="DbContextOptions"/> via <see cref="DbContext.OnConfiguring"/>.
+        /// To use the context within the application, the options need to be passed the constructor instead.
+        /// </summary>
+        protected readonly bool InitializedWithOptions;
+        public PreferencesDbContext()
+        {
+        }
         public PreferencesDbContext(DbContextOptions<PreferencesDbContext> options) : base(options)
         {
+            InitializedWithOptions = true;
         }
 
         public DbSet<Prefs> Preferences { get; set; } = null!;
diff --git a/Content.Server.Database/PrefsDb.cs b/Content.Server.Database/PrefsDb.cs
index c4d6d112ba..ea47678d93 100644
--- a/Content.Server.Database/PrefsDb.cs
+++ b/Content.Server.Database/PrefsDb.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 
@@ -7,12 +8,15 @@ namespace Content.Server.Database
     {
         private readonly PreferencesDbContext _prefsCtx;
 
-        public PrefsDb(string dbPath)
+        public PrefsDb(IDatabaseConfiguration dbConfig)
         {
-            var optionsBuilder = new DbContextOptionsBuilder<PreferencesDbContext>();
-            optionsBuilder.UseSqlite($"Data Source={dbPath}");
-
-            _prefsCtx = new PreferencesDbContext(optionsBuilder.Options);
+            _prefsCtx = dbConfig switch
+            {
+                SqliteConfiguration sqlite => (PreferencesDbContext) new SqlitePreferencesDbContext(
+                    sqlite.Options),
+                PostgresConfiguration postgres => new PostgresPreferencesDbContext(postgres.Options),
+                _ => throw new NotImplementedException()
+            };
             _prefsCtx.Database.Migrate();
         }
 
diff --git a/Content.Server/Interfaces/IServerPreferencesManager.cs b/Content.Server/Interfaces/IServerPreferencesManager.cs
index 0cf13fda53..71b91af8f9 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Interfaces/IServerPreferencesManager.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Interfaces/IServerPreferencesManager.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,5 @@ namespace Content.Server.Interfaces
         void Initialize();
         void OnClientConnected(IPlayerSession session);
         PlayerPreferences GetPreferences(string username);
-        void SavePreferences(PlayerPreferences prefs, string username);
     }
 }
diff --git a/Content.Server/Preferences/PreferencesDatabase.cs b/Content.Server/Preferences/PreferencesDatabase.cs
index ebf1baf54e..2e5e586e02 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Preferences/PreferencesDatabase.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Preferences/PreferencesDatabase.cs
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ namespace Content.Server.Preferences
         private readonly int _maxCharacterSlots;
         private readonly PrefsDb _prefsDb;
 
-        public PreferencesDatabase(string databaseFilePath, int maxCharacterSlots)
+        public PreferencesDatabase(IDatabaseConfiguration dbConfig, int maxCharacterSlots)
         {
             _maxCharacterSlots = maxCharacterSlots;
-            _prefsDb = new PrefsDb(databaseFilePath);
+            _prefsDb = new PrefsDb(dbConfig);
         }
 
         public PlayerPreferences GetPlayerPreferences(string username)
diff --git a/Content.Server/Preferences/ServerPreferencesManager.cs b/Content.Server/Preferences/ServerPreferencesManager.cs
index 37d71a8646..064f3ce12d 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Preferences/ServerPreferencesManager.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Preferences/ServerPreferencesManager.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+using System;
 using System.IO;
+using Content.Server.Database;
 using Content.Server.Interfaces;
 using Content.Shared.Preferences;
 using Robust.Server.Interfaces.Player;
@@ -31,14 +33,42 @@ namespace Content.Server.Preferences
                 HandleUpdateCharacterMessage);
 
             _configuration.RegisterCVar("game.maxcharacterslots", 10);
-            _configuration.RegisterCVar("game.preferencesdbpath", "preferences.db");
+            _configuration.RegisterCVar("database.prefs_engine", "sqlite");
+            _configuration.RegisterCVar("database.prefs_sqlite_dbpath", "preferences.db");
+            _configuration.RegisterCVar("database.prefs_pg_host", "localhost");
+            _configuration.RegisterCVar("database.prefs_pg_port", 5432);
+            _configuration.RegisterCVar("database.prefs_pg_database", "ss14_prefs");
+            _configuration.RegisterCVar("database.prefs_pg_username", string.Empty);
+            _configuration.RegisterCVar("database.prefs_pg_password", string.Empty);
 
-            var configPreferencesDbPath = _configuration.GetCVar<string>("game.preferencesdbpath");
-            var finalPreferencesDbPath = Path.Combine(_resourceManager.UserData.RootDir, configPreferencesDbPath);
+            var engine = _configuration.GetCVar<string>("database.prefs_engine").ToLower();
+            IDatabaseConfiguration dbConfig;
+            switch (engine)
+            {
+                case "sqlite":
+                    var configPreferencesDbPath = _configuration.GetCVar<string>("database.prefs_sqlite_dbpath");
+                    var finalPreferencesDbPath =
+                        Path.Combine(_resourceManager.UserData.RootDir, configPreferencesDbPath);
+                    dbConfig = new SqliteConfiguration(
+                        finalPreferencesDbPath
+                    );
+                    break;
+                case "postgres":
+                    dbConfig = new PostgresConfiguration(
+                        _configuration.GetCVar<string>("database.prefs_pg_host"),
+                        _configuration.GetCVar<int>("database.prefs_pg_port"),
+                        _configuration.GetCVar<string>("database.prefs_pg_database"),
+                        _configuration.GetCVar<string>("database.prefs_pg_username"),
+                        _configuration.GetCVar<string>("database.prefs_pg_password")
+                    );
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    throw new NotImplementedException("Unknown database engine {engine}.");
+            }
 
             var maxCharacterSlots = _configuration.GetCVar<int>("game.maxcharacterslots");
 
-            _preferencesDb = new PreferencesDatabase(finalPreferencesDbPath, maxCharacterSlots);
+            _preferencesDb = new PreferencesDatabase(dbConfig, maxCharacterSlots);
         }
 
         private void HandleSelectCharacterMessage(MsgSelectCharacter message)
@@ -79,25 +109,12 @@ namespace Content.Server.Preferences
             var prefs = GetFromSql(username);
             if (prefs is null)
             {
-                prefs = PlayerPreferences.Default();  // TODO: Create random character instead
-                SavePreferences(prefs, username);
+                _preferencesDb.SaveSelectedCharacterIndex(username, 0);
+                _preferencesDb.SaveCharacterSlot(username, HumanoidCharacterProfile.Default(), 0);
+                prefs = GetFromSql(username);
             }
 
             return prefs;
         }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Saves the given preferences to storage.
-        /// </summary>
-        public void SavePreferences(PlayerPreferences prefs, string username)
-        {
-            _preferencesDb.SaveSelectedCharacterIndex(username, prefs.SelectedCharacterIndex);
-            var index = 0;
-            foreach (var character in prefs.Characters)
-            {
-                _preferencesDb.SaveCharacterSlot(username, character, index);
-                index++;
-            }
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Content.Shared/Preferences/PlayerPreferences.cs b/Content.Shared/Preferences/PlayerPreferences.cs
index 25a0adb811..5655e72c61 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Preferences/PlayerPreferences.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Preferences/PlayerPreferences.cs
@@ -38,15 +38,6 @@ namespace Content.Shared.Preferences
 
         public int FirstEmptySlot => IndexOfCharacter(null);
 
-        public static PlayerPreferences Default()
-        {
-            return new PlayerPreferences(new List<ICharacterProfile>
-                {
-                    HumanoidCharacterProfile.Default()
-                },
-                0);
-        }
-
         public int IndexOfCharacter(ICharacterProfile profile)
         {
             return _characters.FindIndex(x => x == profile);
diff --git a/Content.Tests/Server/Preferences/PreferencesDatabaseTests.cs b/Content.Tests/Server/Preferences/PreferencesDatabaseTests.cs
index 031654b3d8..c047a1af07 100644
--- a/Content.Tests/Server/Preferences/PreferencesDatabaseTests.cs
+++ b/Content.Tests/Server/Preferences/PreferencesDatabaseTests.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using Content.Server.Database;
 using Content.Server.Preferences;
 using Content.Shared;
 using Content.Shared.Preferences;
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ namespace Content.Tests.Server.Preferences
 
         private static PreferencesDatabase GetDb()
         {
-            return new PreferencesDatabase(Path.GetTempFileName(), MaxCharacterSlots);
+            return new PreferencesDatabase(new SqliteConfiguration(Path.GetTempFileName()), MaxCharacterSlots);
         }
 
         [Test]