diff --git a/cura/Settings/CuraContainerRegistry.py b/cura/Settings/CuraContainerRegistry.py
index 295d843fd7..6130019f4d 100644
--- a/cura/Settings/CuraContainerRegistry.py
+++ b/cura/Settings/CuraContainerRegistry.py
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ from cura.Machines.ContainerTree import ContainerTree
 from cura.ReaderWriters.ProfileReader import NoProfileException, ProfileReader
 
 from UM.i18n import i18nCatalog
+from .DatabaseHandlers.IntentDatabaseHandler import IntentDatabaseHandler
+from .DatabaseHandlers.QualityDatabaseHandler import QualityDatabaseHandler
+from .DatabaseHandlers.VariantDatabaseHandler import VariantDatabaseHandler
+
 catalog = i18nCatalog("cura")
 
 
@@ -44,6 +48,10 @@ class CuraContainerRegistry(ContainerRegistry):
         # is added, we check to see if an extruder stack needs to be added.
         self.containerAdded.connect(self._onContainerAdded)
 
+        self._database_handlers["variant"] = VariantDatabaseHandler()
+        self._database_handlers["quality"] = QualityDatabaseHandler()
+        self._database_handlers["intent"] = IntentDatabaseHandler()
+
     @override(ContainerRegistry)
     def addContainer(self, container: ContainerInterface) -> bool:
         """Overridden from ContainerRegistry
diff --git a/cura/Settings/DatabaseHandlers/IntentDatabaseHandler.py b/cura/Settings/DatabaseHandlers/IntentDatabaseHandler.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd6c662591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cura/Settings/DatabaseHandlers/IntentDatabaseHandler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2021 Ultimaker B.V.
+# Cura is released under the terms of the LGPLv3 or higher.
+
+from UM.Settings.SQLQueryFactory import SQLQueryFactory
+from UM.Settings.DatabaseContainerMetadataController import DatabaseMetadataContainerController
+from UM.Settings.InstanceContainer import InstanceContainer
+
+
+class IntentDatabaseHandler(DatabaseMetadataContainerController):
+    """The Database handler for Intent containers"""
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        super().__init__(SQLQueryFactory(table = "intent",
+                                         fields = {
+                                             "id": "text",
+                                             "name": "text",
+                                             "quality_type": "text",
+                                             "intent_category": "text",
+                                             "variant": "text",
+                                             "definition": "text",
+                                             "material": "text",
+                                             "version": "text",
+                                             "setting_version": "text"
+                                         }))
+        self._container_type = InstanceContainer
diff --git a/cura/Settings/DatabaseHandlers/QualityDatabaseHandler.py b/cura/Settings/DatabaseHandlers/QualityDatabaseHandler.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..477bb56465
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cura/Settings/DatabaseHandlers/QualityDatabaseHandler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2021 Ultimaker B.V.
+# Cura is released under the terms of the LGPLv3 or higher.
+
+from UM.Settings.SQLQueryFactory import SQLQueryFactory, metadata_type
+from UM.Settings.DatabaseContainerMetadataController import DatabaseMetadataContainerController
+from UM.Settings.InstanceContainer import InstanceContainer
+
+
+class QualityDatabaseHandler(DatabaseMetadataContainerController):
+    """The Database handler for Quality containers"""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__(SQLQueryFactory(table = "quality",
+                                         fields = {
+                                             "id": "text",
+                                             "name": "text",
+                                             "quality_type": "text",
+                                             "material": "text",
+                                             "variant": "text",
+                                             "global_quality": "bool",
+                                             "definition": "text",
+                                             "version": "text",
+                                             "setting_version": "text"
+                                         }))
+        self._container_type = InstanceContainer
+
+    def groomMetadata(self, metadata: metadata_type) -> metadata_type:
+        """
+        Ensures that the metadata is in the order of the field keys and has the right size.
+        if the metadata doesn't contains a key which is stored in the DB it will add it as
+        an empty string. Key, value pairs that are not stored in the DB are dropped.
+        If the `global_quality` isn't set it well default to 'False'
+
+        :param metadata: The container metadata
+        """
+        if "global_quality" not in metadata:
+            metadata["global_quality"] = "False"
+        return super().groomMetadata(metadata)
diff --git a/cura/Settings/DatabaseHandlers/VariantDatabaseHandler.py b/cura/Settings/DatabaseHandlers/VariantDatabaseHandler.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b1deae356
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cura/Settings/DatabaseHandlers/VariantDatabaseHandler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2021 Ultimaker B.V.
+# Cura is released under the terms of the LGPLv3 or higher.
+
+from UM.Settings.SQLQueryFactory import SQLQueryFactory
+from UM.Settings.DatabaseContainerMetadataController import DatabaseMetadataContainerController
+from UM.Settings.InstanceContainer import InstanceContainer
+
+
+class VariantDatabaseHandler(DatabaseMetadataContainerController):
+    """The Database handler for Variant containers"""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__(SQLQueryFactory(table = "variant",
+                                         fields = {
+                                             "id": "text",
+                                             "name": "text",
+                                             "hardware_type": "text",
+                                             "definition": "text",
+                                             "version": "text",
+                                             "setting_version": "text"
+                                         }))
+        self._container_type = InstanceContainer
diff --git a/cura/Settings/DatabaseHandlers/__init__.py b/cura/Settings/DatabaseHandlers/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2