diff --git a/SQL/paradise_schema.sql b/SQL/paradise_schema.sql
index de48c5bba60..1e509dc8149 100644
--- a/SQL/paradise_schema.sql
+++ b/SQL/paradise_schema.sql
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `player` (
   `nanoui_fancy` smallint(4) DEFAULT '1',
   `show_ghostitem_attack` smallint(4) DEFAULT '1',
   `lastchangelog` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
-  `exp` mediumtext DEFAULT '',
+  `exp` mediumtext NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
   UNIQUE KEY `ckey` (`ckey`)
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=32446 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
diff --git a/SQL/paradise_schema_prefixed.sql b/SQL/paradise_schema_prefixed.sql
index a07684cd8da..20efd87c90a 100644
--- a/SQL/paradise_schema_prefixed.sql
+++ b/SQL/paradise_schema_prefixed.sql
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `SS13_player` (
   `nanoui_fancy` smallint(4) DEFAULT '1',
   `show_ghostitem_attack` smallint(4) DEFAULT '1',
   `lastchangelog` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
-  `exp` mediumtext DEFAULT '',
+  `exp` mediumtext NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
   UNIQUE KEY `ckey` (`ckey`)
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=32446 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;