diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index cdca1c11e4..925585d44a 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set_time_limit(0);
 
-define ( 'BUILD_ID',               1015   );
+define ( 'BUILD_ID',               1016   );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.0'  );
 
 define ( 'EOL',                    "<br />\r\n"     );
diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index 8f068e59d9..ced7573f3b 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `item` (
   `author-link` char(255) NOT NULL,
   `author-avatar` char(255) NOT NULL,
   `title` char(255) NOT NULL,
-  `body` text NOT NULL,
+  `body` mediumtext NOT NULL,
   `verb` char(255) NOT NULL,
   `object-type` char(255) NOT NULL,
   `object` text NOT NULL,
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index dfa54af593..eb3231b569 100644
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -129,4 +129,8 @@ function update_1014() {
 					intval($rr['id']));
 		}
 	}
+}
+
+function update_1015() {
+	q("ALTER TABLE `item` CHANGE `body` `body` mediumtext NOT NULL");
 }
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