diff --git a/internal/database/mysql.go b/internal/database/mysql.go
index a6e02db6..2f7bc03b 100644
--- a/internal/database/mysql.go
+++ b/internal/database/mysql.go
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ func OpenMySQLDatabase(connString string) (mysqlDB *MySQLDatabase, err error) {
 		id       INT(11)    NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
 		url      TEXT       NOT NULL,
 		title    TEXT       NOT NULL,
-		excerpt  TEXT       NOT NULL DEFAULT (""),
-		author   TEXT       NOT NULL DEFAULT (""),
+		excerpt  TEXT       NOT NULL DEFAULT (''),
+		author   TEXT       NOT NULL DEFAULT (''),
 		public   BOOLEAN    NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
-		content  MEDIUMTEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (""),
-		html     MEDIUMTEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (""),
+		content  MEDIUMTEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (''),
+		html     MEDIUMTEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (''),
 		modified TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
 		PRIMARY KEY(id),
 		UNIQUE KEY bookmark_url_UNIQUE (url(255)),