diff --git a/server/api/models/index.js b/server/api/models/index.js
index ce748ff7..3e8e04be 100644
--- a/server/api/models/index.js
+++ b/server/api/models/index.js
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ const db = {
     Event.belongsTo(Event, { as: 'parent' })
     
     SequelizeSlugify.slugifyModel(Event, { source: ['title'], overwrite: false })
+    SequelizeSlugify.slugifyModel(Place, { source: ['name'], overwrite: false })
 
   },
   close() {
diff --git a/server/api/models/place.js b/server/api/models/place.js
index 734824d5..547bc64a 100644
--- a/server/api/models/place.js
+++ b/server/api/models/place.js
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ module.exports = (sequelize, DataTypes) =>
     index: true,
     allowNull: false
   },
+  slug: {
+    type: DataTypes.STRING,
+    index: true,
+    unique: true
+  },
   address: DataTypes.STRING,
   latitude: DataTypes.FLOAT,
   longitude: DataTypes.FLOAT,