diff --git a/internal/api/api_test.go b/internal/api/api_test.go
index 80a7e64..423bf5c 100644
--- a/internal/api/api_test.go
+++ b/internal/api/api_test.go
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ func TestRestApi(t *testing.T) {
 		"exclusive":        1,
 		"monitoringStatus": 1,
 		"smt":              1,
-		"tags":             [{ "type": "testTagType", "name": "testTagName" }],
+		"tags":             [{ "type": "testTagType", "name": "testTagName", "scope": "testuser" }],
 		"resources": [
 			{
 				"hostname": "host123",
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ func TestRestApi(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected job properties: %#v", job)
 		}
 
-		if len(job.Tags) != 1 || job.Tags[0].Type != "testTagType" || job.Tags[0].Name != "testTagName" {
+		if len(job.Tags) != 1 || job.Tags[0].Type != "testTagType" || job.Tags[0].Name != "testTagName" || job.Tags[0].Scope != "testuser" {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected tags: %#v", job.Tags)
 		}
 
diff --git a/internal/repository/migrations/sqlite3/08_add-footprint.up.sql b/internal/repository/migrations/sqlite3/08_add-footprint.up.sql
index 643b87e..cf9c2b8 100644
--- a/internal/repository/migrations/sqlite3/08_add-footprint.up.sql
+++ b/internal/repository/migrations/sqlite3/08_add-footprint.up.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ALTER TABLE job ADD COLUMN energy REAL NOT NULL DEFAULT 0.0;
-
 ALTER TABLE job ADD COLUMN footprint TEXT DEFAULT NULL;
+ALTER TABLE tag ADD COLUMN tag_scope TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'global';
 UPDATE job SET footprint = '{"flops_any_avg": 0.0}';
 UPDATE job SET footprint = json_replace(footprint, '$.flops_any_avg', job.flops_any_avg);
 UPDATE job SET footprint = json_insert(footprint, '$.mem_bw_avg', job.mem_bw_avg);