diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/constants/db.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/constants/db.ts
index f7d15b3880..d41098c405 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/constants/db.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/constants/db.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ export enum DocumentType {
   MEM_VIEW = "view",
   USER_FLAG = "flag",
   AUTOMATION_METADATA = "meta_au",
+  AUDIT_LOG = "al",
 }
 
 export const StaticDatabases = {
@@ -88,6 +89,9 @@ export const StaticDatabases = {
       install: "install",
     },
   },
+  AUDIT_LOGS: {
+    name: "audit-logs",
+  },
 }
 
 export const APP_PREFIX = DocumentType.APP + SEPARATOR
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/context/mainContext.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/context/mainContext.ts
index 9884d25d5a..1f14a20778 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/context/mainContext.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/context/mainContext.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ export function getGlobalDBName(tenantId?: string) {
   return baseGlobalDBName(tenantId)
 }
 
+export function getAuditLogDBName(tenantId?: string) {
+  if (!tenantId) {
+    tenantId = getTenantId()
+  }
+  return `${tenantId}${SEPARATOR}${StaticDatabases.AUDIT_LOGS.name}`
+}
+
 export function baseGlobalDBName(tenantId: string | undefined | null) {
   let dbName
   if (!tenantId || tenantId === DEFAULT_TENANT_ID) {
@@ -228,6 +235,13 @@ export function getGlobalDB(): Database {
   return getDB(baseGlobalDBName(context?.tenantId))
 }
 
+export function getAuditLogsDB(): Database {
+  if (!getTenantId()) {
+    throw new Error("Audit log DB not found")
+  }
+  return getDB(getAuditLogDBName())
+}
+
 /**
  * Gets the app database based on whatever the request
  * contained, dev or prod.
diff --git a/packages/types/src/api/web/global/auditLogs.ts b/packages/types/src/api/web/global/auditLogs.ts
index 7281d0ca36..443cd79aa1 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/api/web/global/auditLogs.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/api/web/global/auditLogs.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Event, AuditedEventFriendlyName } from "../../../sdk"
 import { PaginationResponse, PaginationRequest } from "../"
 
-export interface DownloadAuditLogsRequest {
+export interface AuditLogSearchParams {
   userId?: string[]
   appId?: string[]
   event?: Event[]
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ export interface DownloadAuditLogsRequest {
   metadataSearch?: string
 }
 
+export interface DownloadAuditLogsRequest extends AuditLogSearchParams {}
+
 export interface SearchAuditLogsRequest
   extends PaginationRequest,
-    DownloadAuditLogsRequest {}
+    AuditLogSearchParams {}
 
 export interface SearchAuditLogsResponse extends PaginationResponse {
   data: {
diff --git a/packages/types/src/documents/global/auditLogs.ts b/packages/types/src/documents/global/auditLogs.ts
index bc07bc88d4..5b23650eec 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/documents/global/auditLogs.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/documents/global/auditLogs.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { Document } from "../document"
 import { Event } from "../../sdk"
 
-export interface AuditLogDocument extends Document {
-  appId: string
+export interface AuditLogDoc extends Document {
+  appId?: string
   event: Event
   userId: string
   timestamp: string
diff --git a/packages/types/src/documents/global/index.ts b/packages/types/src/documents/global/index.ts
index 11ce7513f2..b728439dd6 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/documents/global/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/documents/global/index.ts
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ export * from "./quotas"
 export * from "./schedule"
 export * from "./templates"
 export * from "./environmentVariables"
+export * from "./auditLogs"