diff --git a/database_updates.php b/database_updates.php
index 5df65a47..57d4258a 100644
--- a/database_updates.php
+++ b/database_updates.php
@@ -2242,10 +2242,15 @@ if (LATEST_DATABASE_VERSION > CURRENT_DATABASE_VERSION) {
         mysqli_query($mysqli, "UPDATE `settings` SET `config_current_database_version` = '1.5.4'");
     }
 
-    // if (CURRENT_DATABASE_VERSION == '1.5.4') {
-    //     // Insert queries here required to update to DB version 1.5.5
+    if (CURRENT_DATABASE_VERSION == '1.5.4') {
+        mysqli_query($mysqli, "ALTER TABLE `user_roles` ADD `user_role_type` TINYINT(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 1 AFTER `user_role_description`");
+        mysqli_query($mysqli, "UPDATE `settings` SET `config_current_database_version` = '1.5.5'");
+    }
+
+    // if (CURRENT_DATABASE_VERSION == '1.5.5') {
+    //     // Insert queries here required to update to DB version 1.5.6
     //     // Then, update the database to the next sequential version
-    //     mysqli_query($mysqli, "UPDATE `settings` SET `config_current_database_version` = '1.5.5'");
+    //     mysqli_query($mysqli, "UPDATE `settings` SET `config_current_database_version` = '1.5.6'");
     // }
 
 } else {
diff --git a/database_version.php b/database_version.php
index 4023fd42..6241a294 100644
--- a/database_version.php
+++ b/database_version.php
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
  * It is used in conjunction with database_updates.php
  */
 
-DEFINE("LATEST_DATABASE_VERSION", "1.5.4");
+DEFINE("LATEST_DATABASE_VERSION", "1.5.5");
diff --git a/db.sql b/db.sql
index 04568ef9..79a02920 100644
--- a/db.sql
+++ b/db.sql
@@ -1975,6 +1975,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `user_roles` (
   `user_role_id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
   `user_role_name` varchar(200) NOT NULL,
   `user_role_description` varchar(200) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `user_role_type` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
   `user_role_is_admin` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
   `user_role_created_at` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT current_timestamp(),
   `user_role_updated_at` datetime DEFAULT NULL ON UPDATE current_timestamp(),
@@ -2014,6 +2015,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `users` (
   `user_name` varchar(200) NOT NULL,
   `user_email` varchar(200) NOT NULL,
   `user_password` varchar(200) NOT NULL,
+  `user_type` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
   `user_status` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
   `user_token` varchar(200) DEFAULT NULL,
   `user_avatar` varchar(200) DEFAULT NULL,
@@ -2110,4 +2112,4 @@ CREATE TABLE `vendors` (
 /*!40101 SET COLLATION_CONNECTION=@OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
 /*!40111 SET SQL_NOTES=@OLD_SQL_NOTES */;
 
--- Dump completed on 2024-09-18 18:21:54
+-- Dump completed on 2024-10-22 14:08:06