diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1f2c445..37a10a7 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ else:
  conn = sqlite3.connect(dbpath)
  cur = conn.cursor()
  cur.execute("CREATE TABLE tweets(`tweet_id` INTEGER NOT NULL, `in_reply_to_status_id` TEXT, `in_reply_to_user_id` TEXT, `timestamp` TEXT, `source` TEXT, `text` TEXT, `retweeted_status_id` TEXT, `retweeted_status_user_id` TEXT, `retweeted_status_timestamp` TEXT, `expanded_urls` TEXT, PRIMARY KEY(tweet_id));")
+ cur.execute("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS retweets(id INT PRIMARY KEY, author VARCHAR(30), created_at VARCHAR(30), text TEXT);")
  conn.commit()
  conn.close()