diff --git a/db.js b/db.js
index dcc3511..e8362c0 100644
--- a/db.js
+++ b/db.js
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 const fs = require("fs");
 
+template = "localdb.json.template"
 filename = "localdb.json";
 
-let db = {};
+let db = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(template));
 
 /**
  * called at app startup, can be used to initialize any variables needed for database access
  */
 function init () {
 	try {
-		db = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(filename));
+		load();
 	}
 	catch {
-		fs.writeFileSync(filename, JSON.stringify(db));
+		save();
 	}
 }
 
@@ -24,16 +25,12 @@ function save () {
 	fs.writeFileSync(filename, JSON.stringify(db));
 }
 
-function getResourceMeta () {
-	return db["resource-metadata"];
-}
-
-function getResourceUnits () {
-	return db["resource-units"];
+function getResources() {
+	return db.resources;
 }
 
 function getUser (username) {
 	return db.users[username];
 }
 
-module.exports = {init, getResourceMeta, getResourceUnits, getUser};
\ No newline at end of file
+module.exports = {init, getUser, getResources};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/localdb.json.template b/localdb.json.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6fce2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/localdb.json.template
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{
+	"resources": {
+		"cores": {
+			"type": "numeric",
+			"multiplier": 1,
+			"compact": false,
+			"unit": "Cores"
+		},
+		"memory": {
+			"type": "numeric",
+			"multiplier": 1048576,
+			"compact": true,
+			"unit": "B"
+		},
+		"local": {
+			"type": "storage",
+			"multiplier": 1,
+			"compact": true,
+			"unit": "B",
+			"disks": ["rootfs", "mp", "sata", "unused"]
+		},
+		"cephpl": {
+			"type": "storage",
+			"multiplier": 1,
+			"compact": true,
+			"unit": "B",
+			"disks": ["rootfs", "mp", "sata", "unused"]
+		}
+	},
+	"users": {
+		"exampleuser@realm": {
+			"resources": {
+				"max": {
+					"cores": 128,
+					"memory": 131072,
+					"local": 1099511627776,
+					"cephpl": 1099511627776
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 1648e89..d95a025 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ var api = require("./package.json");
 
 const {pveAPIToken, listenPort, domain} = require("./vars.js");
 const {checkAuth, requestPVE, handleResponse, getUsedResources, getDiskInfo} = require("./pveutils.js");
-const {init, getResourceMeta, getUser, getResourceUnits} = require("./db.js");
+const {init, getUser, getResources} = require("./db.js");
 
 const app = express();
 app.use(helmet());
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ app.post("/api/proxmox/*", async (req, res) => { // proxy endpoint for POST prox
 });
 
 async function getUserResources (req, username) {
-	let used = await getUsedResources(req, getResourceMeta());
-	let max = getUser(username).max;
+	let used = await getUsedResources(req, getResources());
+	let max = getUser(username).resources.max;
 	avail = {};
 	Object.keys(max).forEach((k) => {
 		avail[k] = max[k] - used[k];
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ app.get("/api/user/resources", async(req, res) => {
 	// check auth
 	await checkAuth(req.cookies, res);
 	let userResources = await getUserResources(req, req.cookies.username);
-	userResources.units = getResourceUnits();
+	userResources.units = getResources();
 	res.status(200).send(userResources);
 	res.end();
 	return;
diff --git a/pveutils.js b/pveutils.js
index 588155f..f6f8c11 100644
--- a/pveutils.js
+++ b/pveutils.js
@@ -83,14 +83,11 @@ async function getUsedResources (req, resourceMeta) {
 	let used = {};
 	let diskprefixes = [];
 	for (let resourceName of Object.keys(resourceMeta)) {
-		if (resourceMeta[resourceName].type === "numeric") {
-			used[resourceName] = 0;
-		}
-		else if (resourceMeta[resourceName].type === "disk") {
-			resourceMeta[resourceName].storages.forEach((element) => {
-				used[element] = 0;
-			});
-			diskprefixes.push(resourceName);
+		used[resourceName] = 0;
+		if (resourceMeta[resourceName].type === "storage") {
+			for (let diskPrefix of resourceMeta[resourceName].disks) {
+				diskprefixes.push(diskPrefix);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	for (instance of response.data.data) {