diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 69e526f869..597e2f9c4c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ allprojects {
         maven {
             url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/"
         }
+        maven{
+            url "https://maven.reposilite.com/releases/"
+        }
     }
 
     configurations.configureEach {
diff --git a/dbms/src/main/java/org/polypheny/db/PolyphenyDb.java b/dbms/src/main/java/org/polypheny/db/PolyphenyDb.java
index d30c84a726..e570d1a3c6 100644
--- a/dbms/src/main/java/org/polypheny/db/PolyphenyDb.java
+++ b/dbms/src/main/java/org/polypheny/db/PolyphenyDb.java
@@ -455,6 +455,8 @@ public void join( final long millis ) throws InterruptedException {
 
         log.info( "****************************************************************************************************" );
         log.info( "                Polypheny-DB successfully started and ready to process your queries!" );
+        log.info( "                                    For Swagger documentation:" );
+        log.info( "                                   http://localhost:{}/swagger", RuntimeConfig.WEBUI_SERVER_PORT.getInteger() );
         log.info( "                              The UI is waiting for you on port {}:", RuntimeConfig.WEBUI_SERVER_PORT.getInteger() );
         log.info( "                                       http://localhost:{}", RuntimeConfig.WEBUI_SERVER_PORT.getInteger() );
         log.info( "****************************************************************************************************" );
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 9827f734f9..1c636bc9fd 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -99,3 +99,4 @@ slf4j_api_version = 2.0.12
 typesafe_config_version = 1.2.1
 unirest_version = 3.14.5
 web3j_version = 5.0.0
+openapi = 1.1.7
diff --git a/webui/build.gradle b/webui/build.gradle
index c2d969820a..f6ffc0b294 100644
--- a/webui/build.gradle
+++ b/webui/build.gradle
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ dependencies {
     implementation group: "com.fasterxml.jackson.core", name: "jackson-core", version: jackson_core_version // Apache 2.0
     implementation group: "com.fasterxml.jackson.core", name: "jackson-annotations", version: jackson_annotations_version // Apache 2.0
 
+    annotationProcessor group: "io.javalin-rfc", name: "openapi-annotation-processor", version: openapi
 
+    implementation group: "io.javalin-rfc", name: "javalin-openapi-plugin", version: openapi
+    implementation group: "io.javalin-rfc", name: "javalin-swagger-plugin", version: openapi
+    
     // --- Test Compile ---
     testImplementation project(path: ":core", configuration: "tests")
 }
diff --git a/webui/src/main/java/org/polypheny/db/webui/Crud.java b/webui/src/main/java/org/polypheny/db/webui/Crud.java
index 9a53d7a8ef..9703e6a0e6 100644
--- a/webui/src/main/java/org/polypheny/db/webui/Crud.java
+++ b/webui/src/main/java/org/polypheny/db/webui/Crud.java
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@
 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import javax.servlet.ServletOutputStream;
 import javax.servlet.http.Part;
+
+import io.javalin.openapi.HttpMethod;
+import io.javalin.openapi.OpenApi;
+import io.javalin.openapi.OpenApiContent;
+import io.javalin.openapi.OpenApiRequestBody;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
@@ -2079,6 +2084,13 @@ void getSources( final Context ctx ) {
     /**
      * Deploy a new adapter
      */
+    @OpenApi(
+            path = "/createAdapter",
+            summary = "Deploy a new adapter",
+            tags = { "Adapter" },
+            methods = {HttpMethod.POST},
+            requestBody = @OpenApiRequestBody(content = @OpenApiContent(from = AdapterModel.class))
+    )
     void addAdapter( final Context ctx ) throws ServletException, IOException {
         initMultipart( ctx );
         String body = "";
diff --git a/webui/src/main/java/org/polypheny/db/webui/HttpServer.java b/webui/src/main/java/org/polypheny/db/webui/HttpServer.java
index 21b7001d05..107ec8222d 100644
--- a/webui/src/main/java/org/polypheny/db/webui/HttpServer.java
+++ b/webui/src/main/java/org/polypheny/db/webui/HttpServer.java
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
 import io.javalin.Javalin;
 import io.javalin.http.Context;
+import io.javalin.openapi.plugin.OpenApiConfiguration;
+import io.javalin.openapi.plugin.OpenApiPlugin;
+import io.javalin.openapi.plugin.swagger.SwaggerConfiguration;
+import io.javalin.openapi.plugin.swagger.SwaggerPlugin;
 import io.javalin.plugin.json.JavalinJackson;
 import io.javalin.websocket.WsConfig;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
@@ -61,6 +65,8 @@ public class HttpServer implements Runnable {
     @Getter
     private WebSocket webSocketHandler;
 
+    String deprecatedDocsPath = "/swagger-docs";
+
 
     public static HttpServer getInstance() {
         if ( INSTANCE == null ) {
@@ -70,6 +76,21 @@ public static HttpServer getInstance() {
     }
 
 
+    private OpenApiConfiguration getOpenApiConfiguration() {
+        OpenApiConfiguration openApiConfiguration = new OpenApiConfiguration();
+        openApiConfiguration.setTitle( "Polypheny-DB WebUI" );
+        openApiConfiguration.setDocumentationPath(deprecatedDocsPath); // by default it's /openapi
+        return openApiConfiguration;
+    }
+
+
+    private SwaggerConfiguration getSwaggerConfiguration() {
+        SwaggerConfiguration swaggerConfiguration = new SwaggerConfiguration();
+        swaggerConfiguration.setDocumentationPath(deprecatedDocsPath);
+        return swaggerConfiguration;
+    }
+
+
     public static final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper() {
         {
             setSerializationInclusion( JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL );
@@ -88,6 +109,8 @@ public static HttpServer getInstance() {
         config.jsonMapper( new JavalinJackson( mapper ) );
         config.enableCorsForAllOrigins();
         config.addStaticFiles( staticFileConfig -> staticFileConfig.directory = "webapp/" );
+        config.registerPlugin( new OpenApiPlugin( getOpenApiConfiguration() ) );
+        config.registerPlugin( new SwaggerPlugin( getSwaggerConfiguration() ) );
     } ).start( RuntimeConfig.WEBUI_SERVER_PORT.getInteger() );
     private Crud crud;