diff --git a/prisma/migrations/20240523084115_create_positions_table/migration.sql b/prisma/migrations/20240523084115_create_positions_table/migration.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e140d3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prisma/migrations/20240523084115_create_positions_table/migration.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+-- CreateTable
+CREATE TABLE `positions` (
+    `id` BIGINT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+    `node_id` BIGINT NOT NULL,
+    `to` BIGINT NOT NULL,
+    `from` BIGINT NOT NULL,
+    `channel` INTEGER NULL,
+    `packet_id` BIGINT NULL,
+    `channel_id` VARCHAR(191) NULL,
+    `gateway_id` BIGINT NULL,
+    `latitude` INTEGER NULL,
+    `longitude` INTEGER NULL,
+    `altitude` INTEGER NULL,
+    `created_at` DATETIME(3) NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP(3),
+    `updated_at` DATETIME(3) NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP(3),
+
+    INDEX `positions_created_at_idx`(`created_at`),
+    INDEX `positions_updated_at_idx`(`updated_at`),
+    INDEX `positions_node_id_idx`(`node_id`),
+    INDEX `positions_packet_id_idx`(`packet_id`),
+    PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
+) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
diff --git a/prisma/schema.prisma b/prisma/schema.prisma
index 182f9bf..297422a 100644
--- a/prisma/schema.prisma
+++ b/prisma/schema.prisma
@@ -116,6 +116,31 @@ model DeviceMetric {
   @@map("device_metrics")
 }
 
+model Position {
+  id      BigInt @id @default(autoincrement())
+  node_id BigInt
+
+  to         BigInt
+  from       BigInt
+  channel    Int?
+  packet_id  BigInt?
+  channel_id String?
+  gateway_id BigInt?
+
+  latitude  Int?
+  longitude Int?
+  altitude  Int?
+
+  created_at DateTime @default(now())
+  updated_at DateTime @default(now()) @updatedAt
+
+  @@index(created_at)
+  @@index(updated_at)
+  @@index(node_id)
+  @@index(packet_id)
+  @@map("positions")
+}
+
 model ServiceEnvelope {
   id         BigInt  @id @default(autoincrement())
   mqtt_topic String
diff --git a/src/mqtt.js b/src/mqtt.js
index 4c3262e..e7c7cfa 100644
--- a/src/mqtt.js
+++ b/src/mqtt.js
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ const optionsList = [
         type: Boolean,
         description: "This option will save all received service envelopes to the database.",
     },
+    {
+        name: "collect-positions",
+        type: Boolean,
+        description: "This option will save all received positions to the database.",
+    },
     {
         name: "collect-text-messages",
         type: Boolean,
@@ -99,6 +104,7 @@ const mqttBrokerUrl = options["mqtt-broker-url"] ?? "mqtt://mqtt.meshtastic.org"
 const mqttUsername = options["mqtt-username"] ?? "meshdev";
 const mqttPassword = options["mqtt-password"] ?? "large4cats";
 const collectServiceEnvelopes = options["collect-service-envelopes"] ?? false;
+const collectPositions = options["collect-positions"] ?? false;
 const collectTextMessages = options["collect-text-messages"] ?? false;
 const collectWaypoints = options["collect-waypoints"] ?? true;
 const collectNeighbourInfo = options["collect-neighbour-info"] ?? false;
@@ -360,6 +366,45 @@ client.on("message", async (topic, message) => {
                 }
             }
 
+            if(!collectPositions){
+                return;
+            }
+
+            try {
+
+                // find an existing position with duplicate information created in the last 60 seconds
+                const existingDuplicatePosition = await prisma.position.findFirst({
+                    where: {
+                        node_id: envelope.packet.from,
+                        packet_id: envelope.packet.id,
+                        created_at: {
+                            gte: new Date(Date.now() - 60000), // created in the last 60 seconds
+                        },
+                    }
+                });
+
+                // create position if no duplicates found
+                if(!existingDuplicatePosition){
+                    await prisma.position.create({
+                        data: {
+                            node_id: envelope.packet.from,
+                            to: envelope.packet.to,
+                            from: envelope.packet.from,
+                            channel: envelope.packet.channel,
+                            packet_id: envelope.packet.id,
+                            channel_id: envelope.channelId,
+                            gateway_id: envelope.gatewayId ? BigInt('0x' + envelope.gatewayId.replaceAll("!", "")) : null, // convert hex id "!f96a92f0" to bigint
+                            latitude: position.latitudeI,
+                            longitude: position.longitudeI,
+                            altitude: position.altitude,
+                        },
+                    });
+                }
+
+            } catch (e) {
+                console.error(e);
+            }
+
         }
 
         else if(portnum === 4) {