diff --git a/00-init.sql b/00-init.sql
index c1f39646550788d4fbe9398c358d2facf27e9829..aa6857ac9f8eded4306d08fbfd0ddef774260d6c 100644
--- a/00-init.sql
+++ b/00-init.sql
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ CREATE TABLE deleted_node (
 
 CREATE TABLE location (
     location_id       SMALLSERIAL   NOT NULL,
-    location_type     LocationType  NOT NULL,
+    location_type     LocationType  default NULL,
     base_path         VARCHAR       NOT NULL,
     hostname          VARCHAR       NOT NULL,
     PRIMARY KEY (location_id)