diff --git a/api/masteriq/settings.py b/api/masteriq/settings.py
index 219fe87..35b0021 100644
--- a/api/masteriq/settings.py
+++ b/api/masteriq/settings.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 """
 
 from pathlib import Path
+import os
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
@@ -123,3 +124,6 @@
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
+
+
+INIT_DATA_FOLDER = os.path.join('data', 'csv')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/masteriqapp/migrations/0002_auto_20240303_1147.py b/api/masteriqapp/migrations/0002_auto_20240303_1147.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db955db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/masteriqapp/migrations/0002_auto_20240303_1147.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.0.2 on 2024-03-03 10:47
+
+from django.db import migrations
+from django.conf import settings
+import pandas as pd
+import os
+import logging
+
+
+def load_initial_data(apps, schema_editor):
+    print("\nStart of initial data migration, this may take some time...")
+    question_model = apps.get_model('masteriqapp', 'Question')
+    option_model = apps.get_model('masteriqapp', 'Option')
+    category_model = apps.get_model('masteriqapp', 'Category')
+
+    directory = settings.INIT_DATA_FOLDER
+    logging.info(directory)
+    for filename in os.listdir(directory):
+        f = os.path.join(directory, filename)
+        if os.path.isfile(f) and filename.endswith(".csv"):
+            df = pd.read_csv(f)
+            category_name = filename[:-3].replace('-', ' ').title()
+            category = category_model.objects.create(name=category_name)
+            for row in df.index:
+                if pd.isnull(df['A'][row]) or pd.isnull(df['B'][row]):
+                    continue
+                question = question_model.objects.create(text=df['Questions'][row], category=category)
+                right_option_text = df['Correct'][row]
+                option_model.objects.create(text=right_option_text, is_correct=True, question=question)
+
+                for letter in ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D']:
+                    if pd.isnull(df[letter][row]) or df[letter][row] == right_option_text:
+                        continue
+                    option_model.objects.create(text=df[letter][row], is_correct=False, question=question)
+    print("Initial data loaded!")
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ('masteriqapp', '0001_initial'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RunPython(load_initial_data)
+    ]
diff --git a/api/masteriqapp/migrations/0003_alter_category_users.py b/api/masteriqapp/migrations/0003_alter_category_users.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0654f23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/masteriqapp/migrations/0003_alter_category_users.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.0.2 on 2024-03-05 17:52
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('masteriqapp', '0002_auto_20240303_1147'),
+        migrations.swappable_dependency(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='category',
+            name='users',
+            field=models.ManyToManyField(through='masteriqapp.IQ', to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL),
+        ),
+    ]