diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/koitharu/kotatsu/KotatsuApp.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/koitharu/kotatsu/KotatsuApp.kt
index 50f28cec9..af136fb62 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/koitharu/kotatsu/KotatsuApp.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/koitharu/kotatsu/KotatsuApp.kt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import org.koin.android.ext.koin.androidContext
 import org.koin.android.ext.koin.androidLogger
 import org.koin.core.context.startKoin
 import org.koin.dsl.module
+import org.koitharu.kotatsu.core.db.DatabasePrePopulateCallback
 import org.koitharu.kotatsu.core.db.MangaDatabase
 import org.koitharu.kotatsu.core.db.migrations.Migration1To2
 import org.koitharu.kotatsu.core.db.migrations.Migration2To3
@@ -126,4 +127,5 @@ class KotatsuApp : Application() {
 		MangaDatabase::class.java,
 		"kotatsu-db"
 	).addMigrations(Migration1To2, Migration2To3, Migration3To4, Migration4To5)
+		.addCallback(DatabasePrePopulateCallback(resources))
 }
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diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/koitharu/kotatsu/core/db/DatabasePrePopulateCallback.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/koitharu/kotatsu/core/db/DatabasePrePopulateCallback.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce8749d9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/koitharu/kotatsu/core/db/DatabasePrePopulateCallback.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package org.koitharu.kotatsu.core.db
+
+import android.content.res.Resources
+import androidx.room.RoomDatabase
+import androidx.sqlite.db.SupportSQLiteDatabase
+import org.koitharu.kotatsu.R
+
+class DatabasePrePopulateCallback(private val resources: Resources) : RoomDatabase.Callback() {
+
+	override fun onCreate(db: SupportSQLiteDatabase) {
+		db.execSQL(
+			"INSERT INTO favourite_categories (created_at, sort_key, title) VALUES (?,?,?)",
+			arrayOf(System.currentTimeMillis(), 1, resources.getString(R.string.read_later))
+		)
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values-ru/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values-ru/strings.xml
index 0241cf46a..eee8e8e82 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values-ru/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values-ru/strings.xml
@@ -134,4 +134,5 @@
 	<string name="done">Готово</string>
 	<string name="all_favourites">Всё избранное</string>
 	<string name="favourites_category_empty">В этой категории ничего нет</string>
+	<string name="read_later">Прочитать позже</string>
 </resources>
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diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index fe78a9a74..04f54363d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -135,4 +135,5 @@
 	<string name="done">Done</string>
 	<string name="all_favourites">All favourites</string>
 	<string name="favourites_category_empty">This category is empty</string>
+	<string name="read_later">Read later</string>
 </resources>
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