diff --git a/sql/000_base_structure.sql b/sql/000_base_structure.sql
index 9c508180..8dee379b 100644
--- a/sql/000_base_structure.sql
+++ b/sql/000_base_structure.sql
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `monitoring` (
   `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
   `name` varchar(30) NOT NULL,
   `type` varchar(15) NOT NULL,
-  `value` varchar(25) NOT NULL,
+  `value` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
   UNIQUE KEY `name` (`name`)
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COMMENT='Monitoring events from cronjobs';
diff --git a/sql/003_monitoring_update.sql b/sql/003_monitoring_update.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46d8e6b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/003_monitoring_update.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE  `monitoring` CHANGE  `value`  `value` VARCHAR( 255 ) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL ;