diff --git a/00-init.sql b/00-init.sql
index aa6857ac9f8eded4306d08fbfd0ddef774260d6c..0f8e43d4fad900ba5b30087e55df92c7ef6af984 100644
--- a/00-init.sql
+++ b/00-init.sql
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ CREATE TABLE node (
     os_name                VARCHAR       default NULL,
     tstamp_wrapper_dir     VARCHAR       default NULL,
     type                   NodeType      NOT NULL,
-    location_id            SMALLINT      NOT NULL,
+    location_id            SMALLINT      default NULL,
     format                 VARCHAR       default NULL,
     -- format is used to distinguish between unstuctured (format=NULL) and structured nodes having a well defined format
     async_trans            BOOLEAN       default false,