diff --git a/houdini.sql b/houdini.sql
index a3d8af1..c9203a1 100644
--- a/houdini.sql
+++ b/houdini.sql
@@ -696,32 +696,31 @@ COMMENT ON COLUMN activation_key.activation_key IS 'Penguin activation key';
 
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS permission;
 CREATE TABLE permission (
-  id SERIAL NOT NULL,
   name VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
   enabled BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT TRUE,
-  PRIMARY KEY (id)
+  PRIMARY KEY (name)
 );
 
 CREATE UNIQUE INDEX permission_name ON permission(name);
 
 COMMENT ON TABLE permission IS 'Registered server permissions';
 
-COMMENT ON COLUMN permission.id IS 'Unique permission ID';
 COMMENT ON COLUMN permission.name IS 'Unique permission identifier';
 
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS penguin_permission;
 CREATE TABLE penguin_permission (
   penguin_id INT NOT NULL,
-  permission_id INT NOT NULL,
-  PRIMARY KEY (penguin_id),
+  permission_name VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (penguin_id, permission_name),
   CONSTRAINT penguin_permission_ibfk_1 FOREIGN KEY (penguin_id) REFERENCES penguin(id) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE,
-  CONSTRAINT penguin_permission_ibfk_2 FOREIGN KEY (permission_id) REFERENCES permission(id) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE
+  CONSTRAINT penguin_permission_ibfk_2 FOREIGN KEY (permission_name) REFERENCES permission(name) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE
 );
 
 COMMENT ON TABLE penguin_permission IS 'Penguin permissions';
 
 COMMENT ON COLUMN penguin_permission.penguin_id IS 'Penguin ID';
-COMMENT ON COLUMN penguin_permission.permission_id IS 'Penguin permission ID';
+COMMENT ON COLUMN penguin_permission.permission_name IS 'Penguin permission name';
+
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS penguin_attribute;
 CREATE TABLE penguin_attribute (
   name TEXT NOT NULL,
diff --git a/houdini/data/permission.py b/houdini/data/permission.py
index f31b837..521dffc 100644
--- a/houdini/data/permission.py
+++ b/houdini/data/permission.py
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ from houdini.data import AbstractDataCollection, db
 class Permission(db.Model):
     __tablename__ = 'permission'
 
-    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True, server_default=db.text("nextval('\"permission_id_seq\"'::regclass)"))
-    name = db.Column(db.String(50), nullable=False, unique=True)
+    name = db.Column(db.String(50), nullable=False, primary_key=True)
     enabled = db.Column(db.Boolean, nullable=False, server_default=db.text("true"))
 
 
@@ -13,7 +12,8 @@ class PenguinPermission(db.Model):
     __tablename__ = 'penguin_permission'
 
     penguin_id = db.Column(db.ForeignKey(u'penguin.id', ondelete=u'CASCADE', onupdate=u'CASCADE'), primary_key=True)
-    permission_id = db.Column(db.ForeignKey(u'permission.id', ondelete=u'CASCADE', onupdate=u'CASCADE'), nullable=False)
+    permission_name = db.Column(db.ForeignKey(u'permission.name', ondelete=u'CASCADE', onupdate=u'CASCADE'),
+                                nullable=False, primary_key=True)
 
 
 class PermissionCollection(AbstractDataCollection):
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ class PermissionCollection(AbstractDataCollection):
 
 class PenguinPermissionCollection(AbstractDataCollection):
     __model__ = PenguinPermission
-    __indexby__ = 'permission_id'
+    __indexby__ = 'permission_name'
     __filterby__ = 'penguin_id'