diff --git a/database_updates.php b/database_updates.php
index d0610d0a..9304c7c9 100644
--- a/database_updates.php
+++ b/database_updates.php
@@ -2472,9 +2472,9 @@ if (LATEST_DATABASE_VERSION > CURRENT_DATABASE_VERSION) {
     if (CURRENT_DATABASE_VERSION == '1.8.0') {
     
 
-        mysqli_query($mysqli, "ALTER TABLE `ticket_statuses` ADD `ticket_status_order` int(11)");
+        mysqli_query($mysqli, "ALTER TABLE `ticket_statuses` ADD `ticket_status_order` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0");
 
-        mysqli_query($mysqli, "ALTER TABLE `tickets` ADD `ticket_kanban` int(11);");
+        mysqli_query($mysqli, "ALTER TABLE `tickets` ADD `ticket_kanban` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0");
 
         mysqli_query($mysqli, "UPDATE `settings` SET `config_current_database_version` = '1.8.1'");
     }
diff --git a/db.sql b/db.sql
index c1c4ea8d..7ccb5c63 100644
--- a/db.sql
+++ b/db.sql
@@ -2019,7 +2019,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `ticket_statuses` (
   `ticket_status_name` varchar(200) NOT NULL,
   `ticket_status_color` varchar(200) NOT NULL,
   `ticket_status_active` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
-  `ticket_status_order` int(11),
+  `ticket_status_order` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
   PRIMARY KEY (`ticket_status_id`)
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_general_ci;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
@@ -2114,7 +2114,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `tickets` (
   `ticket_asset_id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
   `ticket_invoice_id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
   `ticket_project_id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
-  `ticket_kanban` int(11),
+  `ticket_kanban` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
   PRIMARY KEY (`ticket_id`)
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_general_ci;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;