diff --git a/config/environment.rb b/config/environment.rb
index f556be3a..2b551925 100644
--- a/config/environment.rb
+++ b/config/environment.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Rails::Initializer.run do |config|
 
   # Use Active Record's schema dumper instead of SQL when creating the test database
   # (enables use of different database adapters for development and test environments)
-  config.active_record.schema_format = :ruby
+  config.active_record.schema_format = :sql
 
   config.load_paths << "#{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/plugins/sqlite3-ruby"
   File.umask(0026)
diff --git a/db/migrate/001_beta1_schema.rb b/db/migrate/001_beta1_schema.rb
index bac65340..63b2ee7f 100644
--- a/db/migrate/001_beta1_schema.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/001_beta1_schema.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class Beta1Schema < ActiveRecord::Migration
       t.column "updated_at", :datetime, :null => false
       t.column "revised_at", :datetime, :null => false
       t.column "page_id", :integer, :default => 0, :null => false
-      t.column "content", :text, :default => "", :null => false
+      t.column "content", :text
       t.column "author", :string, :limit => 60
       t.column "ip", :string, :limit => 60
     end