diff --git a/server/migrations/20170603185012-add-collection-documents-migration.js b/server/migrations/20170603185012-add-collection-documents-migration.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6529706f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/migrations/20170603185012-add-collection-documents-migration.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+module.exports = {
+  up: (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
+    queryInterface.renameTable('atlases', 'collections');
+    queryInterface.addColumn('collections', 'documents', {
+      type: Sequelize.ARRAY(Sequelize.JSONB),
+      allowNull: true,
+    });
+  },
+
+  down: (queryInterface, _Sequelize) => {
+    queryInterface.renameTable('collections', 'atlases');
+    queryInterface.removeColumn('atlases', 'documents');
+  },
+};
diff --git a/server/models/Collection.js b/server/models/Collection.js
index 01f8cf662..b750b1fbe 100644
--- a/server/models/Collection.js
+++ b/server/models/Collection.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// @flow
 import slug from 'slug';
 import randomstring from 'randomstring';
 import { DataTypes, sequelize } from '../sequelize';
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ slug.defaults.mode = 'rfc3986';
 const allowedCollectionTypes = [['atlas', 'journal']];
 
 const Collection = sequelize.define(
-  'atlas',
+  'collection',
   {
     id: {
       type: DataTypes.UUID,
@@ -26,10 +27,11 @@ const Collection = sequelize.define(
     creatorId: DataTypes.UUID,
 
     /* type: atlas */
-    navigationTree: DataTypes.JSONB,
+    navigationTree: DataTypes.JSONB, // legacy
+    documents: DataTypes.ARRAY(DataTypes.JSONB),
   },
   {
-    tableName: 'atlases',
+    tableName: 'collections',
     paranoid: true,
     hooks: {
       beforeValidate: collection => {