diff --git a/nerdd_backend/data/module.py b/nerdd_backend/data/module.py
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+from typing import Any, Optional
+
+from nerdd_module.config import Module as NerddModule
+from pydantic import model_validator
+
+__all__ = ["Module"]
+
+
+class Module(NerddModule):
+    id: Optional[str] = None
+
+    @model_validator(mode="after")
+    @classmethod
+    def validate_model(cls, values: Any) -> Any:
+        assert isinstance(values, Module)
+
+        module = super().validate_model(values)
+
+        # TODO: incorporate versioning
+        # compute the primary key from name and version
+        # if "version" in module.keys():
+        #     version = module["version"]
+        # else:
+        #     version = "1.0.0"
+        # name = module["name"]
+        module.id = module.name
+
+        return module