diff --git a/sql/mssql.sql b/sql/mssql.sql
index 675542b68..45378d246 100644
--- a/sql/mssql.sql
+++ b/sql/mssql.sql
@@ -362,8 +362,8 @@ WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW
 CREATE TABLE [dbo].[users] (
         [username] [varchar] (250) NOT NULL,
         [password] [text] NOT NULL,
-        [serverkey] [text] NOT NULL,
-        [salt] [text] NOT NULL,
+        [serverkey] [text] NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+        [salt] [text] NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
         [iterationcount] [smallint] NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
         [created_at] [datetime] NOT NULL DEFAULT GETDATE(),
  CONSTRAINT [users_PRIMARY] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED