diff --git a/db/schema.sql b/db/schema.sql
index 9d26517..54a1766 100644
--- a/db/schema.sql
+++ b/db/schema.sql
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS conversion_jobs (
   output_mime_type VARCHAR(128) NULL,
   input_size_bytes INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
   output_size_bytes INT UNSIGNED NULL,
+  quality SMALLINT UNSIGNED NULL,
   conversion_duration_seconds DECIMAL(10,3) NULL,
   error_message VARCHAR(255) NULL,
   error_log TEXT NULL,
diff --git a/src/jobs/jobRepository.js b/src/jobs/jobRepository.js
index 07b34ca..e880532 100644
--- a/src/jobs/jobRepository.js
+++ b/src/jobs/jobRepository.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ function toCamelJob(row) {
     outputMimeType: row.output_mime_type,
     inputSizeBytes: row.input_size_bytes,
     outputSizeBytes: row.output_size_bytes,
+    quality: row.quality,
     conversionDurationSeconds: row.conversion_duration_seconds,
     errorMessage: row.error_message,
     createdAt: row.created_at,
@@ -26,8 +27,8 @@ function toCamelJob(row) {
 export async function createJob(pool, job) {
   await pool.query(
     `INSERT INTO conversion_jobs
-      (uuid, status, family, source_format, target_format, original_filename, input_path, input_mime_type, input_size_bytes, expires_at)
-     VALUES (?, 'pending', ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`,
+      (uuid, status, family, source_format, target_format, original_filename, input_path, input_mime_type, input_size_bytes, expires_at, quality)
+     VALUES (?, 'pending', ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`,
     [
       job.uuid,
       job.family,
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ export async function createJob(pool, job) {
       job.inputMimeType,
       job.inputSizeBytes,
       job.expiresAt,
+      job.quality ?? null,
     ]
   );
 }
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ export async function getJobByUuid(pool, uuid) {
   const rows = await pool.query(
     `SELECT id, uuid, status, family, source_format, target_format, original_filename,
             input_path, output_path, input_mime_type, output_mime_type,
-            input_size_bytes, output_size_bytes, conversion_duration_seconds,
+            input_size_bytes, output_size_bytes, quality, conversion_duration_seconds,
             error_message, created_at, updated_at, expires_at, cleaned_at
      FROM conversion_jobs WHERE uuid = ?`,
     [uuid]
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ export async function findPendingJobs(pool, limit) {
   const rows = await pool.query(
     `SELECT id, uuid, status, family, source_format, target_format, original_filename,
             input_path, output_path, input_mime_type, output_mime_type,
-            input_size_bytes, output_size_bytes, conversion_duration_seconds,
+            input_size_bytes, output_size_bytes, quality, conversion_duration_seconds,
             error_message, created_at, updated_at, expires_at, cleaned_at
      FROM conversion_jobs WHERE status = 'pending' ORDER BY created_at ASC LIMIT ?`,
     [limit]
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ export async function findExpiredJobs(pool) {
   const rows = await pool.query(
     `SELECT id, uuid, status, family, source_format, target_format, original_filename,
             input_path, output_path, input_mime_type, output_mime_type,
-            input_size_bytes, output_size_bytes, conversion_duration_seconds,
+            input_size_bytes, output_size_bytes, quality, conversion_duration_seconds,
             error_message, created_at, updated_at, expires_at, cleaned_at
      FROM conversion_jobs WHERE expires_at < NOW() AND cleaned_at IS NULL`
   );
diff --git a/test/jobs/jobRepository.test.js b/test/jobs/jobRepository.test.js
index 2373908..8affa55 100644
--- a/test/jobs/jobRepository.test.js
+++ b/test/jobs/jobRepository.test.js
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ describe('jobRepository', () => {
     expect(job.conversionDurationSeconds).toBeNull();
     expect(job.errorMessage).toBeNull();
     expect(job.cleanedAt).toBeNull();
+    expect(job.quality).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('stores and retrieves a numeric quality value', async () => {
+    await createJob(pool, baseJob({ uuid: '66666666-6666-4666-8666-666666666666', quality: 82 }));
+
+    const job = await getJobByUuid(pool, '66666666-6666-4666-8666-666666666666');
+    expect(job.quality).toBe(82);
   });
 
   it('returns null for an unknown uuid', async () => {