diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index fff0799f56..4073d2b9a0 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ lazy val modules = Seq(
   playban, insight, perfStat, irc, quote, challenge,
   study, studySearch, fishnet, explorer, learn, plan,
   event, coach, practice, evalCache, irwin,
-  activity, relay, streamer, bot, clas, swiss, storm, racer
+  activity, relay, streamer, bot, clas, swiss, storm, racer,
+  ublog
 )
 
 lazy val moduleRefs = modules map projectToRef
@@ -111,6 +112,11 @@ lazy val blog = module("blog",
   Seq(prismic, specs2) ++ reactivemongo.bundle
 )
 
+lazy val ublog = module("ublog",
+  Seq(common, memo, timeline),
+  Seq(specs2) ++ reactivemongo.bundle
+)
+
 lazy val evaluation = module("evaluation",
   Seq(common, hub, db, user, game, analyse),
   Seq(specs2) ++ reactivemongo.bundle
diff --git a/modules/ublog/src/main/Env.scala b/modules/ublog/src/main/Env.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1cc04d01d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ublog/src/main/Env.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package lila.ublog
+
+import com.softwaremill.macwire._
+
+import lila.common.config._
+
+@Module
+final class Env(
+    db: lila.db.Db,
+    userRepo: lila.user.UserRepo
+)(implicit
+    ec: scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext
+) {
+  private val postColl = db(CollName("ublog_post"))
+
+  val api = wire[UblogApi]
+}
diff --git a/modules/ublog/src/main/UblogApi.scala b/modules/ublog/src/main/UblogApi.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6da57cc78a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ublog/src/main/UblogApi.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package lila.ublog
+
+import lila.db.dsl._
+import lila.user.User
+import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext
+
+final class UblogApi(coll: Coll)(implicit ec: ExecutionContext) {
+
+  import UblogBsonHandlers._
+
+  def create(data: UblogForm.UblogPostData, user: User): Fu[UblogPost] = {
+    val post = UblogPost.make(user, data.title, data.intro, data.markdown)
+    coll.insert.one(post) inject post
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/ublog/src/main/UblogBsonHandlers.scala b/modules/ublog/src/main/UblogBsonHandlers.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f0198218f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ublog/src/main/UblogBsonHandlers.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package lila.ublog
+
+import lila.db.dsl._
+import reactivemongo.api.bson._
+
+private[ublog] object UblogBsonHandlers {
+
+  implicit val postIdBSONHandler = stringAnyValHandler[UblogPost.Id](_.value, UblogPost.Id.apply)
+  implicit val postBSONHandler   = Macros.handler[UblogPost]
+}
diff --git a/modules/ublog/src/main/UblogForm.scala b/modules/ublog/src/main/UblogForm.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f24d0ecef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ublog/src/main/UblogForm.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package lila.ublog
+
+import play.api.data._
+import play.api.data.Forms._
+import lila.common.Form.{ cleanNonEmptyText, cleanText }
+
+final class UblogForm {
+
+  import UblogForm._
+
+  val form = Form(
+    mapping(
+      "title"    -> cleanNonEmptyText(minLength = 3, maxLength = 100),
+      "intro"    -> cleanNonEmptyText(minLength = 0, maxLength = 2_000),
+      "markdown" -> cleanNonEmptyText(minLength = 0, maxLength = 100_000)
+    )(UblogPostData.apply)(UblogPostData.unapply)
+  )
+}
+
+object UblogForm {
+
+  case class UblogPostData(title: String, intro: String, markdown: String)
+}
diff --git a/modules/ublog/src/main/UblogPost.scala b/modules/ublog/src/main/UblogPost.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15d7315b96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ublog/src/main/UblogPost.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package lila.ublog
+
+import org.joda.time.DateTime
+
+import lila.user.User
+
+case class UblogPost(
+    _id: UblogPost.Id,
+    user: User.ID,
+    title: String,
+    intro: String,
+    markdown: String,
+    createdAt: DateTime,
+    updatedAt: DateTime
+) {
+
+  lazy val slug = {
+    val s = lila.common.String slugify title
+    if (s.isEmpty) "-" else s
+  }
+}
+
+object UblogPost {
+
+  def make(user: User, title: String, intro: String, markdown: String) =
+    UblogPost(
+      _id = Id(lila.common.ThreadLocalRandom nextString 8),
+      user = user.id,
+      title = title,
+      intro = intro,
+      markdown = markdown,
+      createdAt = DateTime.now,
+      updatedAt = DateTime.now
+    )
+
+  case class Id(value: String) extends AnyVal with StringValue
+}
diff --git a/modules/ublog/src/main/package.scala b/modules/ublog/src/main/package.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c41d1fa30b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ublog/src/main/package.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package lila
+
+package object ublog extends PackageObject {
+
+  private[ublog] val logger = lila.log("ublog")
+}