diff --git a/src/goof.py b/src/goof.py
index d392223..83d1459 100644
--- a/src/goof.py
+++ b/src/goof.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ album_input.artists = [
 ]
 
 song_input = Song(
+    genre="HS Core",
     title="Vein Deep in the Solution",
     length=666,
     isrc="US-S1Z-99-00001",
diff --git a/src/music_kraken/database/new_database.py b/src/music_kraken/database/new_database.py
index fec292a..e4ef7ea 100644
--- a/src/music_kraken/database/new_database.py
+++ b/src/music_kraken/database/new_database.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger("database")
 SONG_QUERY = """
 SELECT 
 Song.id AS song_id, Song.name AS title, Song.isrc AS isrc, Song.length AS length, Song.album_id, Song.tracksort,
-Target.id AS target_id, Target.file AS file, Target.path AS path
+Target.id AS target_id, Target.file AS file, Target.path AS path, Song.genre AS genre
 FROM Song
 LEFT JOIN Target ON Song.id=Target.song_id 
 WHERE {where};
@@ -173,9 +173,10 @@ class Database:
             song.isrc,
             song.length,
             song.get_album_id(),
-            song.tracksort
+            song.tracksort,
+            song.genre
         )
-        query = f"INSERT OR REPLACE INTO {table} (id, name, isrc, length, album_id, tracksort) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?);"
+        query = f"INSERT OR REPLACE INTO {table} (id, name, isrc, length, album_id, tracksort, genre) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?);"
 
         self.cursor.execute(query, values)
         self.connection.commit()
@@ -475,6 +476,7 @@ class Database:
             isrc=song_result['isrc'],
             length=song_result['length'],
             tracksort=song_result['tracksort'],
+            genre=song_result['genre'],
             target=Target(
                 id_=song_result['target_id'],
                 file=song_result['file'],
diff --git a/src/music_kraken/database/objects/song.py b/src/music_kraken/database/objects/song.py
index 07c7c23..42ba666 100644
--- a/src/music_kraken/database/objects/song.py
+++ b/src/music_kraken/database/objects/song.py
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ class Song(DatabaseObject, ID3Metadata):
             isrc: str = None,
             length: int = None,
             tracksort: int = None,
+            genre: str = None,
             sources: List[Source] = None,
             target: Target = None,
             lyrics: List[Lyrics] = None,
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ class Song(DatabaseObject, ID3Metadata):
         self.mb_id: str | None = mb_id
         self.album_name: str | None = album_name
         self.tracksort: int | None = tracksort
+        self.genre: str = genre
         
         self.sources: List[Source] = []
         if sources is not None:
@@ -175,7 +177,8 @@ class Song(DatabaseObject, ID3Metadata):
         return {
             ID3_MAPPING.TITLE: [self.title],
             ID3_MAPPING.ISRC: [self.isrc],
-            ID3_MAPPING.LENGTH: [str(self.length)]
+            ID3_MAPPING.LENGTH: [str(self.length)],
+            ID3_MAPPING.GENRE: [self.genre]
         }
     
     def get_metadata(self) -> Metadata:
diff --git a/src/music_kraken/static_files/new_db.sql b/src/music_kraken/static_files/new_db.sql
index ef77458..7585a9c 100644
--- a/src/music_kraken/static_files/new_db.sql
+++ b/src/music_kraken/static_files/new_db.sql
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ CREATE TABLE Song
     isrc        TEXT,
     length      INT,    -- length is in milliseconds (could be wrong)
     tracksort   INT,
+    genre       TEXT,
     album_id    BIGINT,
     FOREIGN KEY(album_id) REFERENCES Album(id)
 );
diff --git a/test.db b/test.db
index a291c6d..742490e 100644
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