diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index fcdce92ccf..71050fe4d7 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ define('FRIENDICA_PLATFORM',     'Friendica');
 define('FRIENDICA_CODENAME',     'The Tazmans Flax-lily');
 define('FRIENDICA_VERSION',      '2018-05-dev');
 define('DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.23');
-define('DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1257);
+define('DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1258);
 define('NEW_UPDATE_ROUTINE_VERSION', 1170);
 
 /**
diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index 8778a0c1c8..e8662f95c8 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -- ------------------------------------------
 -- Friendica 2018-05-dev (The Tazmans Flax-lily)
--- DB_UPDATE_VERSION 1257
+-- DB_UPDATE_VERSION 1258
 -- ------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -122,9 +122,9 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `contact` (
 	`xmpp` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT '',
 	`attag` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT '',
 	`avatar` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT '',
-	`photo` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT '',
-	`thumb` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT '',
-	`micro` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT '',
+	`photo` varchar(255) DEFAULT '' COMMENT '',
+	`thumb` varchar(255) DEFAULT '' COMMENT '',
+	`micro` varchar(255) DEFAULT '' COMMENT '',
 	`site-pubkey` text COMMENT '',
 	`issued-id` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT '',
 	`dfrn-id` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT '',
@@ -1079,3 +1079,4 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `workerqueue` (
 	 INDEX `executed` (`executed`)
 ) DEFAULT COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;
 
+
diff --git a/src/Database/DBStructure.php b/src/Database/DBStructure.php
index 9e6ce5b97f..5d527aac60 100644
--- a/src/Database/DBStructure.php
+++ b/src/Database/DBStructure.php
@@ -788,9 +788,9 @@ class DBStructure
 						"xmpp" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "", "comment" => ""],
 						"attag" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "", "comment" => ""],
 						"avatar" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "", "comment" => ""],
-						"photo" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "", "comment" => ""],
-						"thumb" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "", "comment" => ""],
-						"micro" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "", "comment" => ""],
+						"photo" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "default" => "", "comment" => ""],
+						"thumb" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "default" => "", "comment" => ""],
+						"micro" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "default" => "", "comment" => ""],
 						"site-pubkey" => ["type" => "text", "comment" => ""],
 						"issued-id" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "", "comment" => ""],
 						"dfrn-id" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "", "comment" => ""],