diff --git a/server/website/website/forms.py b/server/website/website/forms.py
index 5cbf0e2..985edc7 100644
--- a/server/website/website/forms.py
+++ b/server/website/website/forms.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class SessionForm(forms.ModelForm):
         model = Session
 
         fields = ('name', 'description', 'tuning_session', 'dbms', 'cpu', 'memory', 'storage',
-                  'target_objective')
+                  'algorithm', 'target_objective')
 
         widgets = {
             'name': forms.TextInput(attrs={'required': True}),
diff --git a/server/website/website/models.py b/server/website/website/models.py
index a1e9180..3954a85 100644
--- a/server/website/website/models.py
+++ b/server/website/website/models.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from django.utils.timezone import now
 
 from .types import (DBMSType, LabelStyleType, MetricType, KnobUnitType,
                     PipelineTaskType, VarType, KnobResourceType,
-                    WorkloadStatusType)
+                    WorkloadStatusType, AlgorithmType)
 
 
 class BaseModel(models.Model):
@@ -179,13 +179,13 @@ class Hardware(BaseModel):
     def __unicode__(self):
         return 'CPU:{}, RAM:{}, Storage:{}'.format(self.cpu, self.memory, self.storage)
 
-
 class Session(BaseModel):
     user = models.ForeignKey(User)
     name = models.CharField(max_length=64, verbose_name="session name")
     description = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True)
     dbms = models.ForeignKey(DBMSCatalog)
     hardware = models.ForeignKey(Hardware)
+    algorithm = models.IntegerField(choices=AlgorithmType.choices())
 
     project = models.ForeignKey(Project)
     creation_time = models.DateTimeField()
diff --git a/server/website/website/templates/edit_session.html b/server/website/website/templates/edit_session.html
index 7ee0d45..441c52c 100644
--- a/server/website/website/templates/edit_session.html
+++ b/server/website/website/templates/edit_session.html
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
             <td>{{ form.dbms.label_tag }}</td>
             <td>{{ form.dbms }}</td>
         </tr>
-
         <tr id="cpu_row">
             <td>{{ form.cpu.label_tag }}</td>
             <td>{{ form.cpu }}</td>
@@ -34,7 +33,10 @@
             <td>{{ form.storage.label_tag }}</td>
             <td>{{ form.storage }}</td>
         </tr>
-
+        <tr id="algorithm_row">
+            <td>{{ form.algorithm.label_tag }}</td>
+            <td>{{ form.algorithm }}</td>
+        </tr>
         <tr>
             <td>{{ form.tuning_session.label_tag }}</td>
             <td>{{ form.tuning_session }}</td>
diff --git a/server/website/website/templates/session.html b/server/website/website/templates/session.html
index abc78b8..21f614e 100644
--- a/server/website/website/templates/session.html
+++ b/server/website/website/templates/session.html
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
         <td><div class="text-right">{{ labels.hardware }}</div></td>
         <td>{{ session.hardware }}</td>
     </tr>
+    <tr>
+        <td><div class="text-right">{{ labels.algorithm }}</div></td>
+        <td>{{ algorithm_name }}</td>
+    </tr>
     <tr>
         <td><div class="text-right">{{ labels.creation_time }}</div></td>
         <td>{{ session.creation_time }}</td>
diff --git a/server/website/website/types.py b/server/website/website/types.py
index 1feae6c..b6eda9a 100644
--- a/server/website/website/types.py
+++ b/server/website/website/types.py
@@ -170,3 +170,16 @@ class LabelStyleType(BaseType):
         CAPFIRST: 'capfirst',
         LOWER: 'lower'
     }
+
+class AlgorithmType(BaseType):
+    OTTERTUNE = 1
+    ALGORITHM1 = 2
+    ALGORITHM2 = 3
+    ALGORITHM3 = 4
+
+    TYPE_NAMES = {
+        OTTERTUNE: 'Ottertune Default',
+        ALGORITHM1: 'Algorithm 1',
+        ALGORITHM2: 'Algorithm 2',
+        ALGORITHM3: 'Algorithm 3'
+    }
diff --git a/server/website/website/views.py b/server/website/website/views.py
index 1ddcbe6..7637896 100644
--- a/server/website/website/views.py
+++ b/server/website/website/views.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ from .parser import Parser
 from .tasks import (aggregate_target_results, map_workload,
                     configuration_recommendation)
 from .types import (DBMSType, KnobUnitType, MetricType,
-                    TaskType, VarType, WorkloadStatusType)
+                    TaskType, VarType, WorkloadStatusType, AlgorithmType)
 from .utils import JSONUtil, LabelUtil, MediaUtil, TaskUtil
 from .settings import TIME_ZONE
 
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ def session_view(request, project_id, session_id):
         'knob_names': knob_names,
         'filters': [],
         'session': session,
+        'algorithm_name': AlgorithmType.TYPE_NAMES[session.algorithm],
         'results': results,
         'labels': form_labels,
     }
@@ -313,6 +314,7 @@ def create_or_edit_session(request, project_id, session_id=''):
                 initial={
                     'dbms': DBMSCatalog.objects.get(
                         type=DBMSType.POSTGRES, version='9.6'),
+                    'algorithm': AlgorithmType.OTTERTUNE,
                     'target_objective': 'throughput_txn_per_sec',
                 })
         context = {