diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index 4179932ad8..692b5deb70 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -- ------------------------------------------
 -- Friendica 2021.12-rc (Siberian Iris)
--- DB_UPDATE_VERSION 1448
+-- DB_UPDATE_VERSION 1449
 -- ------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -1614,7 +1614,7 @@ CREATE VIEW `post-user-view` AS SELECT
 	`post-content`.`title` AS `title`,
 	`post-content`.`content-warning` AS `content-warning`,
 	`post-content`.`raw-body` AS `raw-body`,
-	`post-content`.`body` AS `body`,
+	IFNULL (`post-content`.`body`, '') AS `body`,
 	`post-content`.`rendered-hash` AS `rendered-hash`,
 	`post-content`.`rendered-html` AS `rendered-html`,
 	`post-content`.`language` AS `language`,
diff --git a/static/dbstructure.config.php b/static/dbstructure.config.php
index ca52dace8b..39481348e2 100644
--- a/static/dbstructure.config.php
+++ b/static/dbstructure.config.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 
 if (!defined('DB_UPDATE_VERSION')) {
-	define('DB_UPDATE_VERSION', 1448);
+	define('DB_UPDATE_VERSION', 1449);
 }
 
 return [
diff --git a/static/dbview.config.php b/static/dbview.config.php
index 9939e894d9..4188c7726d 100644
--- a/static/dbview.config.php
+++ b/static/dbview.config.php
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 			"title" => ["post-content", "title"],
 			"content-warning" => ["post-content", "content-warning"],
 			"raw-body" => ["post-content", "raw-body"],
-			"body" => ["post-content", "body"],
+			"body" => "IFNULL (`post-content`.`body`, '')",
 			"rendered-hash" => ["post-content", "rendered-hash"],
 			"rendered-html" => ["post-content", "rendered-html"],
 			"language" => ["post-content", "language"],