diff --git a/dbt/dbt_project.yml b/dbt/dbt_project.yml
index 569ceab..e8cf877 100644
--- a/dbt/dbt_project.yml
+++ b/dbt/dbt_project.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ models:
   data_platform:
     staging:
       +materialized: view
+      +schema: staging
     intermediate:
       +materialized: view
+      +schema: intermediate
     marts:
       +materialized: table
+      +schema: marts
diff --git a/dbt/macros/generate_schema_name.sql b/dbt/macros/generate_schema_name.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e51334
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt/macros/generate_schema_name.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{% macro generate_schema_name(custom_schema_name, node) -%}
+    {%- if custom_schema_name is none -%}
+        {{ default_schema }}
+    {%- else -%}
+        {{ custom_schema_name | trim }}
+    {%- endif -%}
+{%- endmacro %}
diff --git a/dbt/profiles.yml b/dbt/profiles.yml
index 88c988d..e3d658c 100644
--- a/dbt/profiles.yml
+++ b/dbt/profiles.yml
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ data_platform:
       user: "{{ env_var('POSTGRES_USER') }}"
       password: "{{ env_var('POSTGRES_PASSWORD') }}"
       dbname: "{{ env_var('POSTGRES_DB') }}"
-      schema: staging
+      schema: public
       threads: 4