diff --git a/api/admin.js b/api/admin.js
index 5b49b52..fe4c5e7 100644
--- a/api/admin.js
+++ b/api/admin.js
@@ -127,4 +127,64 @@ api.get('/characters', NEED_ADMIN, async (req, res, next) => {
 	}
 });
 
+api.get('/roles', NEED_ADMIN, async (req, res, next) => {
+	const pagination = get_pagination(req);
+
+	try {
+		const roles = await db.get_roles(pagination, db.CHARACTER.LAST_LOGIN, db.SQL_ORDER.DESCENDING);
+		res.status(200).json({ characters: roles, page: pagination})
+	} catch (e) {
+		console.log(e)
+		res.status(500).json({ message: 'error' });
+	}
+});
+
+api.post('/roles/:avatar/add_gm', NEED_ADMIN, async (req, res, next) => {
+    const avatar = parseInt(req.params.avatar);
+
+	try {
+		await db.update_roles(avatar, {[db.AVATARMODEPERMISSION.GM] : true})
+		res.status(200).json({});
+	} catch(e) {
+		console.log(e);
+		res.status(500).json({ message: 'error' });
+	}
+});
+
+api.post('/roles/:avatar/remove_gm', NEED_ADMIN, async (req, res, next) => {
+	const avatar = parseInt(req.params.avatar);
+
+	try {
+		await db.update_roles(avatar, {[db.AVATARMODEPERMISSION.GM] : false})
+		res.status(200).json({});
+	} catch(e) {
+		console.log(e);
+		res.status(500).json({ message: 'error' });
+	}
+});
+
+api.post('/roles/:avatar/add_spectate', NEED_ADMIN, async (req, res, next) => {
+    const avatar = parseInt(req.params.avatar);
+
+	try {
+		await db.update_roles(avatar, {[db.AVATARMODEPERMISSION.SPECTATE] : true})
+		res.status(200).json({});
+	} catch(e) {
+		console.log(e);
+		res.status(500).json({ message: 'error' });
+	}
+});
+
+api.post('/roles/:avatar/remove_spectate', NEED_ADMIN, async (req, res, next) => {
+    const avatar = parseInt(req.params.avatar);
+
+	try {
+		await db.update_roles(avatar, {[db.AVATARMODEPERMISSION.SPECTATE] : false})
+		res.status(200).json({});
+	} catch(e) {
+		console.log(e);
+		res.status(500).json({ message: 'error' });
+	}
+});
+
 export default api;
diff --git a/api/db.js b/api/db.js
index 38a789f..813a5a4 100644
--- a/api/db.js
+++ b/api/db.js
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ export const AVATAR = Object.freeze({
 	HEAD: Symbol("head_id"),
 });
 
+export const AVATARMODEPERMISSION = Object.freeze({
+	THIS: Symbol("avatarmodepermission"),
+	ID: Symbol("avatar_id"),
+	GM: Symbol("can_gm"),
+	SPECTATE: Symbol("can_spectate")
+});
+
 export const WEAPONSTAT = Object.freeze({
 	THIS: Symbol("weapon"),
 	ID: Symbol("avatar_id"),
@@ -314,7 +321,7 @@ export async function get_characters(pagination, sort, order) {
 
 	try {
 		const char_count = await get_row_count(CHARACTER.THIS);
-		const chars = await pool.query(`SELECT id, account_id, name, faction_id, created, last_login FROM avatar ORDER BY ${to_sql(sort)} ${to_sql(order)} OFFSET $1 LIMIT $2`, values);
+		const chars = await pool.query(`SELECT id, account_id, name, faction_id, created, last_login, avatar_id, can_gm, can_spectate FROM avatar LEFT JOIN avatarmodepermission ON avatar_id = id ORDER BY ${to_sql(sort)} ${to_sql(order)} OFFSET $1 LIMIT $2`, values);
 
 		pagination.item_count = char_count;
 		pagination.page_count = Math.ceil(pagination.item_count / pagination.items_per_page);
@@ -327,6 +334,24 @@ export async function get_characters(pagination, sort, order) {
 	}
 }
 
+export async function get_roles(pagination) {
+	const start_id = (pagination.page - 1) * pagination.items_per_page;
+	const values = [start_id, pagination.items_per_page];
+
+	try {
+		const roles = await pool.query(`SELECT avatar_id, can_spectate, can_gm, id, last_login, account_id, name FROM avatarmodepermission INNER JOIN avatar ON avatar_id = id WHERE can_gm = TRUE OR can_spectate = TRUE ORDER BY last_login DESC OFFSET $1 LIMIT $2`, values);
+		const char_count = roles.rowCount;
+		pagination.item_count = char_count;
+		pagination.page_count = Math.ceil(pagination.item_count / pagination.items_per_page);
+
+		return roles.rows;
+	} catch (e) {
+		if (e.code)
+			e.code = pg_error_inv[e.code]
+		throw e;
+	}
+}
+
 // Database action added for the sake of reporting avatar information out to a publicly exposed API route for leader-boards and other components.
 export async function get_character_batch_for_stats(batch, sort, order) {
 	const values = [batch];
@@ -415,7 +440,7 @@ export async function get_top_kills_byDate() {
 
 export async function get_characters_by_account(account_id) {
 	try {
-		const characters = await pool.query('SELECT * FROM avatar WHERE account_id=$1 AND deleted=false', [account_id])
+		const characters = await pool.query('SELECT a.*, b.* FROM avatar a LEFT JOIN avatarmodepermission b ON a.id = b.avatar_id WHERE a.account_id = $1 AND a.deleted = false', [account_id])
 		return characters.rows;
 	} catch (e) {
 		if (e.code)
@@ -476,6 +501,31 @@ export async function update_account(account_id, fields) {
 	}
 }
 
+export async function update_roles(avatar_id, fields) {
+	if (fields === {}) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	const set = build_SET(fields);
+	set.values.push(avatar_id)
+	const checkExists = await pool.query(`SELECT avatar_id FROM avatarmodepermission WHERE avatar_id = $1`, [avatar_id]);
+
+	try {
+	let query;
+	  if (checkExists.rowCount > 0) {
+		await pool.query(`UPDATE avatarmodepermission ${to_sql(set.sql)} WHERE avatar_id=$${set.next_idx}`, set.values);
+		}
+		else {
+		await pool.query(`INSERT INTO avatarmodepermission (avatar_id) VALUES ($1)`, [avatar_id]);
+		await pool.query(`UPDATE avatarmodepermission ${to_sql(set.sql)} WHERE avatar_id=$${set.next_idx}`, set.values);
+		}
+	} catch (e) {
+		if (e.code)
+			e.code = pg_error_inv[e.code]
+		throw e;
+	}
+}
+
 export async function get_empire_stats() {
 	try {
 		const query = await pool.query('SELECT faction_id, COUNT(*) FROM avatar GROUP BY faction_id');
@@ -571,8 +621,8 @@ export async function search(term, pagination) {
 		const accounts = await pool.query('SELECT id, username, gm, inactive FROM account ' +
 			'WHERE upper(username) LIKE $1 ' +
 			` ORDER BY username OFFSET $2 LIMIT $3`, values);
-		const characters = await pool.query('SELECT id, name, account_id, faction_id FROM avatar ' +
-			'WHERE upper(name) LIKE $1 ' +
+		const characters = await pool.query('SELECT a.id, a.name, a.account_id, a.faction_id, b.avatar_id, b.can_spectate, b.can_gm FROM avatar a' +
+			' LEFT JOIN avatarmodepermission b ON a.id = b.avatar_id WHERE upper(a.name) LIKE $1 ' +
 			` ORDER BY name OFFSET $2 LIMIT $3`, values);
 
 		pagination.item_count = 100;
diff --git a/app/components/AccountLink.svelte b/app/components/AccountLink.svelte
index c590f5d..59eba1d 100644
--- a/app/components/AccountLink.svelte
+++ b/app/components/AccountLink.svelte
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@
 	{/if}
 
 	{#if account.admin}
-	<span class="badge badge-success">GM</span>
+	<span class="badge badge-success">Admin</span>
 	{/if}
 </span>
diff --git a/app/components/ActionButtons.svelte b/app/components/ActionButtons.svelte
index 7f95816..d4872c1 100644
--- a/app/components/ActionButtons.svelte
+++ b/app/components/ActionButtons.svelte
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 	data-account-id={account.id}
 	data-account-name={account.name}
 	data-toggle="modal"
-	data-target="#actionModal">Remove GM</button>
+	data-target="#actionModal">Remove Admin</button>
 {:else}
 <button type="button"
 	class="btn btn-success btn-sm"
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@
 	data-account-id={account.id}
 	data-account-name={account.name}
 	data-toggle="modal"
-	data-target="#actionModal">Make GM</button>
+	data-target="#actionModal">Make Admin</button>
 {/if}
 {/if}
diff --git a/app/components/CharacterLink.svelte b/app/components/CharacterLink.svelte
index debb8c4..d02d9a6 100644
--- a/app/components/CharacterLink.svelte
+++ b/app/components/CharacterLink.svelte
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
 <a class="character-link" href="/user/{character.account_id}">
 	<FactionIcon {character} />
 	<span>{character.name}</span>
+    {#if character.can_gm}
+    <span class="badge badge-success">GM</span>
+    {/if}
+    {#if character.can_spectate}
+    <span class="badge badge-success">Spec</span>
+    {/if}
 </a>
 {:else}
 <span class="character-link">
diff --git a/app/components/PermissionButtons.svelte b/app/components/PermissionButtons.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b6fcbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/components/PermissionButtons.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<script>
+	export let avatar;
+</script>
+
+{#if avatar.can_spectate}
+<button type="button"
+	class="btn btn-warning btn-sm"
+	data-action="remove_spectate"
+	data-avatar-id={avatar.id}
+	data-account-name={avatar.name}
+	data-toggle="modal"
+	data-target="#roleModal">- Spec</button>
+{:else}
+<button type="button"
+	class="btn btn-success btn-sm"
+	data-action="add_spectate"
+	data-avatar-id={avatar.id}
+	data-account-name={avatar.name}
+	data-toggle="modal"
+	data-target="#roleModal">+ Spec</button>
+{/if}
+{#if avatar.can_gm}
+<button type="button"
+	class="btn btn-warning btn-sm"
+	data-action="remove_gm"
+	data-avatar-id={avatar.id}
+	data-account-name={avatar.name}
+	data-toggle="modal"
+	data-target="#roleModal">- GM</button>
+{:else}
+<button type="button"
+	class="btn btn-success btn-sm"
+	data-action="add_gm"
+	data-avatar-id={avatar.id}
+	data-account-name={avatar.name}
+	data-toggle="modal"
+	data-target="#roleModal">+ GM</button>
+{/if}
diff --git a/app/components/RoleModal.svelte b/app/components/RoleModal.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..499d38c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/components/RoleModal.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<script>
+	import { onMount } from 'svelte';
+	import axios from 'axios'
+	import Alert from './Alert'
+	import jq from 'jquery'
+
+	import { createEventDispatcher } from 'svelte';
+
+	const dispatch = createEventDispatcher();
+
+	let modalAlert;
+
+	onMount(() => setup_actions());
+
+	function setup_actions() {
+		const modal = jq('#roleModal');
+
+		modal.on('hide.bs.modal', () => modalAlert.message(""));
+		modal.on('show.bs.modal', (event) => {
+			const button = jq(event.relatedTarget) // Button that triggered the modal
+			const username = button.data('account-name')
+			const avatar_id = button.data('avatar-id')
+			const action_type = button.data('action')
+			const action_name = button.text();
+
+			modal.find('.modal-title').text("Confirm " + action_name)
+			modal.find('.modal-body p').text("Are you sure you want to perform this action on \'" + username + "\'?")
+
+			const submit = modal.find('.modal-footer .btn-primary')
+
+			submit.text(action_name)
+			// remove ALL previous click handlers
+			submit.off()
+
+			submit.click(async (event) => {
+				submit.addClass("disabled")
+
+				try {
+					await axios.post("/api/roles/"+ avatar_id + "/" + action_type)
+					dispatch('action', {
+						target: avatar_id,
+						action: action_type,
+					});
+					modal.modal('hide')
+				} catch (e) {
+					modalAlert.message(e.message)
+				} finally {
+					submit.removeClass("disabled")
+				}
+			});
+		})
+	}
+</script>
+
+<div class="modal fade" id="roleModal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="exampleModalLabel" aria-hidden="true">
+  <div class="modal-dialog" role="document">
+    <div class="modal-content">
+      <div class="modal-header">
+        <h5 class="modal-title" id="exampleModalLabel">Perform Action</h5>
+        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close">
+          <span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
+        </button>
+      </div>
+      <div class="modal-body">
+		  <Alert bind:this={modalAlert} />
+		  <p>Are you sure?</p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="modal-footer">
+        <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-dismiss="modal">No</button>
+        <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">Yes</button>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/app/views/AdminPanel.svelte b/app/views/AdminPanel.svelte
index 1dd4496..8c00b68 100644
--- a/app/views/AdminPanel.svelte
+++ b/app/views/AdminPanel.svelte
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
         import { onMount } from 'svelte'
 	import UserList from '../views/UserList'
 	import CharacterList from '../views/CharacterList'
+	import RoleList from '../views/RoleList'
 	import CharacterLink from '../components/CharacterLink'
 	import AccountLink from '../components/AccountLink'
         import { monitor_tabs } from '../util/navigation'
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@
   <li class="nav-item">
     <a class="nav-link" id="characters-tab" data-toggle="tab" href="#characters" role="tab" aria-controls="profile" aria-selected="false">Characters</a>
   </li>
+  <li class="nav-item">
+    <a class="nav-link" id="roles-tab" data-toggle="tab" href="#roles" role="tab" aria-controls="profile" aria-selected="false">Roles</a>
+  </li>
 </ul>
 
 <div class="tab-content" id="tabs-tabContent">
@@ -74,4 +78,7 @@
   <div class="tab-pane" id="characters" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="characters-tab">
 	  <CharacterList setURLParam={true} {appAlert} />
   </div>
+  <div class="tab-pane" id="roles" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="roles-tab">
+	  <RoleList setURLParam={true} {appAlert} />
+  </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/app/views/CharacterList.svelte b/app/views/CharacterList.svelte
index 51aa82e..429e936 100644
--- a/app/views/CharacterList.svelte
+++ b/app/views/CharacterList.svelte
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 	import moment from 'moment'
         export let setURLParam = true;
 
-	export let appAlert
+	export let appAlert;
+    let characterList;
 
 	async function fetch(page) {
 		try {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@
 	}
 </script>
 
-<PaginatedList {setURLParam} URLSearchName='page_char' bind:fetch={fetch} let:data={characters} let:pagination={pagination}>
+<PaginatedList {setURLParam} URLSearchName='page_char' bind:this={characterList} bind:fetch={fetch} let:data={characters} let:pagination={pagination}>
 	<div slot="header">
 		<p>{pagination.item_count.toLocaleString()} characters in the database</p>
 	</div>
diff --git a/app/views/Profile.svelte b/app/views/Profile.svelte
index c10970e..209a005 100644
--- a/app/views/Profile.svelte
+++ b/app/views/Profile.svelte
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 	import LoginList from '../components/LoginList'
 	import AccountLink from '../components/AccountLink'
 	import ActionButtons from '../components/ActionButtons'
+    import PermissionButtons from '../components/PermissionButtons'
 	import ActionModal from '../components/ActionModal.svelte'
+	import RoleModal from '../components/RoleModal.svelte'
 
 	export let pageCtx;
 	export let appAlert;
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@
 	{#if characters.length >= 1}
 	<div class="row">
 	{#each characters as char, i}
-		<div class="col-md-4 col-12"><CharacterLink character={char} /></div>
+		<div class="col-md-4 col-12">{char.name} <PermissionButtons avatar={char} /></div>
 	{/each}
 	</div>
 	{:else}
@@ -101,3 +103,4 @@
 {/if}
 
 <ActionModal on:action={() => refresh()} />
+<RoleModal on:action={() => refresh()} />
diff --git a/app/views/RoleList.svelte b/app/views/RoleList.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a261149
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/RoleList.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<script>
+	import { onMount } from 'svelte'
+	import axios from 'axios'
+	import CharacterLink from '../components/CharacterLink'
+	import PermissionButtons from '../components/PermissionButtons'
+	import PaginatedList from '../components/PaginatedList'
+    import RoleModal from '../components/RoleModal.svelte'
+
+	import moment from 'moment'
+        export let setURLParam = true;
+
+	export let appAlert;
+    let roleList;
+
+	async function fetch(page) {
+		try {
+			const resp = await axios.get("/api/roles?page="+page)
+			appAlert.message("")
+			return [resp.data.characters, resp.data.page];
+		} catch (e) {
+			appAlert.message(e.message)
+			return undefined;
+		}
+	}
+</script>
+
+<PaginatedList {setURLParam} URLSearchName='page_role' bind:this={roleList} bind:fetch={fetch} let:data={roles} let:pagination={pagination}>
+	<div slot="header">
+		<p>{pagination.item_count.toLocaleString()} characters in the database have a role assigned</p>
+	</div>
+
+	<table slot="body" class="table table-sm table-dark table-responsive-md table-striped table-hover">
+	  <thead class="thead-light">
+		<th>ID</th>
+		<th>Name</th>
+		<th>Last Played</th>
+		<th>Actions</th>
+	  </thead>
+	  <tbody>
+	  {#each roles as char, i}
+		<tr>
+			<td>#{char.id}</td>
+			<td><CharacterLink character={char} /></td>
+			<td>{moment(char.last_login).fromNow()}</td>
+			<td><PermissionButtons avatar={char} /></td>
+		</tr>
+	  {/each}
+	  </tbody>
+	</table>
+</PaginatedList>
+
+<RoleModal on:action={() => roleList.refresh()} />
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/UserList.svelte b/app/views/UserList.svelte
index 6332e4d..1239e26 100644
--- a/app/views/UserList.svelte
+++ b/app/views/UserList.svelte
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 			<div class="form-check">
 			  <input type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" name="gm" id="userFilterGM">
 			  <label class="form-check-label" for="userFilterGM">
-			    GM
+			    Admin
 			  </label>
 			</div>
 			<div class="form-check">