diff --git a/backend/src/config/index.ts b/backend/src/config/index.ts
index 8d1ed8ae6..70830359f 100644
--- a/backend/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/config/index.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Decimal.set({
 })
 
 const constants = {
-  DB_VERSION: '0066-x-community-sendcoins-transactions_table',
+  DB_VERSION: '0067-private_key_in_community_table',
   DECAY_START_TIME: new Date('2021-05-13 17:46:31-0000'), // GMT+0
   LOG4JS_CONFIG: 'log4js-config.json',
   // default log level on production should be info
diff --git a/database/entity/0067-private_key_in_community_table/Community.ts b/database/entity/0067-private_key_in_community_table/Community.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dcb55c875
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/entity/0067-private_key_in_community_table/Community.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import {
+  BaseEntity,
+  Entity,
+  PrimaryGeneratedColumn,
+  Column,
+  CreateDateColumn,
+  UpdateDateColumn,
+} from 'typeorm'
+
+@Entity('communities')
+export class Community extends BaseEntity {
+  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn('increment', { unsigned: true })
+  id: number
+
+  @Column({ name: 'foreign', type: 'bool', nullable: false, default: true })
+  foreign: boolean
+
+  @Column({ name: 'url', length: 255, nullable: false })
+  url: string
+
+  @Column({ name: 'public_key', type: 'binary', length: 64, nullable: false })
+  publicKey: Buffer
+
+  @Column({ name: 'private_key', type: 'binary', length: 64, nullable: true })
+  privateKey: Buffer | null
+
+  @Column({
+    name: 'community_uuid',
+    type: 'char',
+    length: 36,
+    nullable: true,
+    collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
+  })
+  communityUuid: string | null
+
+  @Column({ name: 'authenticated_at', type: 'datetime', nullable: true })
+  authenticatedAt: Date | null
+
+  @Column({ name: 'name', type: 'varchar', length: 40, nullable: true })
+  name: string | null
+
+  @Column({ name: 'description', type: 'varchar', length: 255, nullable: true })
+  description: string | null
+
+  @CreateDateColumn({ name: 'creation_date', type: 'datetime', nullable: true })
+  creationDate: Date | null
+
+  @CreateDateColumn({
+    name: 'created_at',
+    type: 'datetime',
+    default: () => 'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP(3)',
+    nullable: false,
+  })
+  createdAt: Date
+
+  @UpdateDateColumn({
+    name: 'updated_at',
+    type: 'datetime',
+    onUpdate: 'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP(3)',
+    nullable: true,
+  })
+  updatedAt: Date | null
+}
diff --git a/database/entity/Community.ts b/database/entity/Community.ts
index ee08323b6..5df0f70fe 100644
--- a/database/entity/Community.ts
+++ b/database/entity/Community.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export { Community } from './0065-refactor_communities_table/Community'
+export { Community } from './0067-private_key_in_community_table/Community'
diff --git a/database/migrations/0067-private_key_in_community_table.ts b/database/migrations/0067-private_key_in_community_table.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f36e68b16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/0067-private_key_in_community_table.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* MIGRATION TO ADD PRIVATE KEY IN COMMUNITY TABLE
+ *
+ * This migration adds a field for the private key in the community.table
+ */
+
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types */
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
+
+export async function upgrade(queryFn: (query: string, values?: any[]) => Promise<Array<any>>) {
+  await queryFn(
+    'ALTER TABLE `communities` ADD COLUMN `private_key` binary(64) DEFAULT NULL AFTER `public_key`;',
+  )
+}
+
+export async function downgrade(queryFn: (query: string, values?: any[]) => Promise<Array<any>>) {
+  await queryFn('ALTER TABLE `communities` DROP COLUMN `private_key`;')
+}
diff --git a/dht-node/src/config/index.ts b/dht-node/src/config/index.ts
index 43949201b..255a4def0 100644
--- a/dht-node/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/dht-node/src/config/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import dotenv from 'dotenv'
 dotenv.config()
 
 const constants = {
-  DB_VERSION: '0066-x-community-sendcoins-transactions_table',
+  DB_VERSION: '0067-private_key_in_community_table',
   LOG4JS_CONFIG: 'log4js-config.json',
   // default log level on production should be info
   LOG_LEVEL: process.env.LOG_LEVEL || 'info',
diff --git a/dht-node/src/dht_node/index.ts b/dht-node/src/dht_node/index.ts
index dddebbfc7..a767c323e 100644
--- a/dht-node/src/dht_node/index.ts
+++ b/dht-node/src/dht_node/index.ts
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ async function writeHomeCommunityEntry(keyPair: KeyPair): Promise<void> {
     if (homeCom) {
       // simply update the existing entry, but it MUST keep the ID and UUID because of possible relations
       homeCom.publicKey = keyPair.publicKey
+      homeCom.privateKey = keyPair.secretKey
       homeCom.url = CONFIG.FEDERATION_COMMUNITY_URL + '/api/'
       homeCom.name = CONFIG.COMMUNITY_NAME
       homeCom.description = CONFIG.COMMUNITY_DESCRIPTION
@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@ async function writeHomeCommunityEntry(keyPair: KeyPair): Promise<void> {
       homeCom = new DbCommunity()
       homeCom.foreign = false
       homeCom.publicKey = keyPair.publicKey
+      homeCom.privateKey = keyPair.secretKey
       homeCom.communityUuid = await newCommunityUuid()
       homeCom.url = CONFIG.FEDERATION_COMMUNITY_URL + '/api/'
       homeCom.name = CONFIG.COMMUNITY_NAME
diff --git a/federation/src/config/index.ts b/federation/src/config/index.ts
index 710248472..b44487aa9 100644
--- a/federation/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/federation/src/config/index.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Decimal.set({
 */
 
 const constants = {
-  DB_VERSION: '0066-x-community-sendcoins-transactions_table',
+  DB_VERSION: '0067-private_key_in_community_table',
   // DECAY_START_TIME: new Date('2021-05-13 17:46:31-0000'), // GMT+0
   LOG4JS_CONFIG: 'log4js-config.json',
   // default log level on production should be info