diff --git a/manage/cmd/migration/scripts/12_remove_features_table.sql b/manage/cmd/migration/scripts/12_remove_features_table.sql
index 5f37056..7c8df16 100644
--- a/manage/cmd/migration/scripts/12_remove_features_table.sql
+++ b/manage/cmd/migration/scripts/12_remove_features_table.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 DROP TABLE guild_features;
 DROP TABLE features;
 
-ALTER TABLE guilds ADD COLUMN features text[];
+-- this should do the trick
+ALTER TABLE guilds ADD COLUMN features text[] NOT NULL DEFAULT '{}';