diff --git a/sql/000_base_structure.sql b/sql/000_base_structure.sql
index a8108960..9c508180 100644
--- a/sql/000_base_structure.sql
+++ b/sql/000_base_structure.sql
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `pool_worker` (
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `settings` (
   `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
-  `value` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `value` text DEFAULT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`name`),
   UNIQUE KEY `setting` (`name`)
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
diff --git a/sql/002_settings_update.sql b/sql/002_settings_update.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14755617
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/002_settings_update.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE  `settings` CHANGE  `value`  `value` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NULL DEFAULT NULL ;