diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index 62c91262c0..dde37cd376 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `contact` (
 	`remote_self` boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT '0' COMMENT '',
 	`rel` tinyint unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0 COMMENT 'The kind of the relation between the user and the contact',
 	`duplex` boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT '0' COMMENT '',
-	`network` char(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'Network protocol of the contact',
+	`network` char(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'Network of the contact',
+	`protocol` char(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'Protocol of the contact',
 	`name` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'Name that this contact is known by',
 	`nick` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'Nick- and user name of the contact',
 	`location` varchar(255) DEFAULT '' COMMENT '',